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TREES AS ECOLOGICAL TEMPLATES FOR TROPICAL LITTER ARTHROPOD COMMUNITIES
(2012)
My dissertation spans five chapters on diverse topics on the ecology and taxonomy of ants in tropical regions. In Chapter 1, I explored if tree species identity explained litter arthropod biodiversity. In Chapter 2, I ...
Casimir energies of cavities: The geometry question
(2012)
The question of how the Casimir effect relates to a system's geometry is of fundamental interest. In this thesis, we present new results for interior Casimir self-energies of various integrable geometries and show interesting ...
Journal of the Faculty Senate, February 13, 2012
(The University of Oklahoma Faculty Senate, 2012-02-13)
Genetic Evidence for an Indispensable Role of Somatic Embryogenesis Receptor Kinases in Brassinosteroid Signaling
(PLos Genetics, 2012-01-12)
Author Summary Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a group of plant hormones critical for plant growth and development. BRs are perceived by a cell-surface receptor complex including two distinctive receptor kinases, BRI1 ...
The effects of 12 weeks of walking with and without blood flow reduction on bone turnover markers in college-aged women
(2012)
Walking while reducing blood flow to and from the working muscles has been shown to result in strength gains and increased muscle cross-sectional area (MCSA) in young men and older adults. However, little is known about ...
The Double Bassist's Companion to Better Playing Health
(2012)
The world of double bass playing has been marred from its inception with issues of pain and discomfort. Over time stress caused by the size and weight of the instrument creates potential physical problems for the musician. ...
Survivability, Scalability and Security of Mobility Protocols
(2012)
Today mobile computing has become a necessity and we are witnessing explosive growth in the number of mobile devices accessing the Internet. To facilitate continuous Internet connectivity for nodes and networks in motion, ...
The Linkages Among Firm Strategies, Firm Reputation, and Performance: A Three Essay Dissertation
(2012)
No one would question that firm reputation is a quality commonly ascribed to successful firms in the market. However, the premise of the relationship between firm reputation (FR) and firm performance (FP) has not been ...
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A MECHANISTIC AND EMPIRICAL PAVEMENT DESIGN GUIDE (MEPDG) FOR RIGID PAVEMENTS-PHASE I (FHWA-OK-12-06 2208)
(2012-11)
This reports completes a sensitivity analysis of the MEPDG based on Oklahoma pavements, provides a literature review of base material best practices, increases the Oklahoma weather data available for the MEPDG, investigates ...
Samuel Coleridge Taylor's Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
(2012)
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast is widely recognized as the seminal work of the English composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Among his compositional output, this choral cantata launched his career as a musician and composer of ...