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Consumer Preferences for Farm Animal Welfare: Results From a Telephone Survey of U.S. Households
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-12-01)
As animal industry and animal advocacy groups debate how farm animals should be treated, little research has focused on the attitudes of consumers in the United States. This study utilizes results of a representative ...
Shopping and the self: The relationships among body size, body-esteem, and women's shopping behaviors
(2008-07)
Scope and Method of Study: Theories of the self suggest that individuals are likely to strive towards maintaining or enhancing self-esteem. Such theories have implications for marketing and models of consumer decision-making. ...
Exposing Agricultural Communications Students to the Hayakawa-Lowry News Bias Categories: A Descriptive Study
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-12-01)
This study employed the Hayakawa-Lowry content analysis methodology (Lowry, 1985) and a researcher-designed survey instrument to answer the eight research questions presented in the study. The population for this study ...
Ethnic Organizations and Ritual Dynamics: Exploration of an Asian Indian Community
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-07-01)
This dissertation explores the ethnic identity among the Asian Indian Community in the city of Springfield, a large metropolitan area in south central United States. This research tries to understand the ritual dynamics ...
Computational Fluid Dynamics for Civil Engineering Infrastructure
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-07-01)
The research has three main objectives. The first objective is to develop the theoretical background of CFD. The second objective is to compare the result of wind fatigue design load on cantilever sign support structure ...
No Mans Land: The Construction of Middle-class Masculinity in Ebony and Esquire, 1948-1953
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-05-01)
Stress and Coping Among Police Officers In Rural Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-07-01)
Rural law enforcement personnel are often neglected in police research. In this study, rural police stress and coping techniques among rural law enforcement were investigated. Participants (N = 85), from nonmetropolitan ...
Meta-functional genomics of the bovine rumen
(2008-05)
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Comparison of Three Intraoperative Warming Devices
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-07-01)
Thermal homeostasis is important for the overall well-being of people and animals. Hypothermia is common during and after surgeries. The combination of anesthesia, exposure to a relatively cold operating room environment, ...