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Relation of Maternal Feeding Practices and Food Socialization Behaviors to Weight Status in Low Income 3- and 4-year Old Children
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-12-01)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of maternal parenting style and food socialization behaviors on child weight status in low-rural Oklahoma children. Participants in the study ...
Chinese Consumers Evaluation Of Multinational and Domestic Discount Store Image and Store Satisfaction
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-05-01)
Three research objectives were set for this study. The first objective was to examine the Chinese consumers' evaluation of store image on five selected attributes for both multinational and domestic discount retail stores. ...
Strategy of Image Quality Assessment a New Fidelity Metric Based Upon Distortion Contrast Decoupling
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-07-01)
This thesis presents a new image fidelity metric, Most Apparent Distortion (MAD), that uses a visual masking model and a measure of appearance distortion strategically to define the fidelity of a distorted image. Subjective ...
Designing a Bioreactor for Regenerating High Aspect Ratio Tissues
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-12-01)
Many tissues have a high aspect ratio (large surface area relative to the thickness of the matrix) and contain multiple cell types. Effect of flow-through configuration within these systems has not been studied. In these ...
Status and Population Characteristics Of the Northern River Otter (Lontra Canadensis) in Central And Eastern Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-05-01)
In 1984 and 1985, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation reintroduced 17 northern river otters (Lontra canadensis) in southeastern Oklahoma. In the past, distributional data have been limited to incidental harvest ...
Dynamic Reconfigurable Computer With A Dynamic Genetic Algorithm
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-07-01)
The performance of the human brain is incredible and motivated us to create a system which behaves similarly. The flexibility of performance is the main function we emulate. We will create a system model of heterogeneous ...
Comparative Study of Logit and Artificial Neural Networks in Predicting Bankruptcy In the Hospitality Industry
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-05-01)
Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) have received a great deal of attention in the area of decision support system because of their outstanding ability to forecast and classify events to make a decision This study employed ...
Strategic competition and sequential horizontal mergers
(2008-05)
Findings and Conclusions: Temporally separated merger decisions within an industry may not necessarily be independent events. The literature on merger waves and casual observation attests to this fact. Fundamental economic ...
Efficacy of Electrolytically Generated Hypochlorous Acid (Electrolyzed Water) on Fresh and Precessed Meats
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-12-01)
Thorough research has been completed on the efficacy of electrolyzed water, electrolytically generated hypochlorous acid, against bacterial cultures and fresh produce. The objective of this research was to extend the body ...