Search
Now showing items 181-190 of 5970
An examination of international crises: The effect of decision maker stress on crisis management, attributes, and outcomes in non-protracted conflict and protracted conflict crises.
(2007)
In the field of foreign policy analysis, there is a long history of research examining factors that impact decision making in conflicts, wars, and crises. The following research project is an attempt to add to this body ...
Managerial Ability and Real Earnings Management
(2013)
In this study, I examine the relation between managerial ability and real earnings management (REM). I find that firms engaging in production REM have significantly worse subsequent firm performance than do other firms. ...
“ME NO MORE COME”: PERSISTENCE AND QUITTING AMONG ADULT SPANISH-SPEAKING ENGLISH LEARNERS
(2018-08)
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore what makes adult Spanish-speaking English learners (ELs) stay or drop out of English class in a non-profit English literacy center in a city in a southwestern state ...
Opinions from the field: Graduate assessments of the value of master's degrees in arts administration.
(2004)
Respondents generally reported that the degree helped them in their job searches and prepared them well for work in the arts. Open-ended responses, however, allowed them the opportunity to discuss their misgivings with the ...
Passive Actuation of a Planetary Rover to Assist Sandy Slope Traverse
(2016)
This thesis introduces the design of a novel locomotive methodology. The problem being addressed is the traverse of unmanned locomotion over sandy inclined traverses. This is a special terramechanical issue regarding terrain ...
SEASONAL AND CLIMATIC MODEL OF LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN DEMOGRAPHICS
(2017-05)
Abstract
The lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) has suffered substantial losses in both population number and occupied range over the last century. Although the species has been the focus of range-wide ...
4DVAR retrieval of prognostic land surface model variables.
(2004)
The major findings of the first type of retrieval are: Initial soil moisture contents as well as deep soil temperature can all be successfully retrieved, for realistic initial guess errors; the relative difficulty in ...
Journal of the Faculty Senate, February 9, 2004
(The University of Oklahoma Faculty Senate, 2004-02-09)
Essays on economic development and international economics.
(2003)
The third essay, "Infrastructure as a Determinant of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, " attempts to investigate the role of infrastructure on foreign direct investment inflows. A comprehensive physical and governance ...