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REAL TIME MONITORING OF SLOPE STABILITY IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA
(2014-1)
There were three primary objectives of the proposed research. The first was to establish a comprehensive landslide database, the second was to create a first- cut regional landslide map and the third was to relate safe and ...
Elucidating the catalytic mechanism of malic enzyme via site-directed mutagenesis studies.
(2001)
Based on homology search results and the three-dimensional structures of malic enzymes, 12 highly conserved ionizable residues were selected as potential general acid/base in the malic enzyme reaction. Site-directed ...
The Role of Gender Expectations and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors on Teaching Evaluations
(2010)
Organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) are a much-discussed and debated construct in the literature. When examining behaviors not explicitly detailed in job descriptions, ambiguity and subjective expectations about ...
Photoassociation and Rovibrational Cooling of Sodium Cesium Using Chirped Laser Pulses and Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage
(2015-04)
This dissertation presents the study of how two laser pulses can bind sodium and cesium atoms at ultracold temperature ($T=200\mu K$) into an ultracold, polar, diatomic molecule with a definite quantum state.
A single-channel ...
Freshwater zooplankton: ecology, cryptic species, and global change
(2016-08)
Modern threats to freshwater biota include anthropogenic eutrophication and invasive species, both of which may impact biodiversity. My four chapters focus on different aspects of these global changes. In Chapters 1 and ...
Epizoic Diatom Assemblages on Freshwater Turtles
(2016-05)
Although freshwater turtles and their epibiotic hosts are a good model for studying epibiotic interactions (including basking, the effects of turtle species, and geographic variation), information on diatom-turtle relationships ...
Hysteresis and dynamic effects in the relationship between capillary pressure, saturation, and air-water interfacial area in porous media.
(2006)
Air-water interfacial areas (A) were measured for multiple drainages (primary, secondary, and scanning) using a newly developed method, along hysteretic Pc-S curves representing natural drying/wetting processes. The ...
The Transformation of the Self: Competing Moral Repertoires in Contemporary Java
(2015-03-14)
Character and virtue are changing rapidly in Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population. The long-praised preference for communal harmony over individual advancement is under great stress. The dominant force ...
'Tricks upon Travellers': Robert Owen, New Lanark, and the Choreography of Character, 1800-1826
(2010)
When he assumed management of the cotton manufactory at New Lanark, Scotland in 1800, Robert Owen (1771-1858) faced a population made up of employees of "ill-formed" character. Over the course of the next twenty-six years, ...
The Role of Principals in Supporting Early Childhood Teachers
(2019-12-13)
Dissertation Abstract
As access to state-funded preschools continues to increase, a steady rise in the number of preschool children enrolled in public education has occurred across the United States. Since 2004, the ...