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Investigation into the relationships between higher education facility square footage and student enrollments, university endowments, and student tuition
(2012-05)
America's colleges and universities have expanded campus facilities by renovating and increasing square footage. This is in contrast to general construction activity during the same time period. This quantitative study ...
Social Responsibility in Events
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)
In recent history, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has come to the forefront of many conversations and surveys in the event industry, yet no study has been completed to determine the feasibility CSR as an event ...
Devolatilization Characteristics of Cellulose, Hemicellulose, Lignin and the Selected Biomass During Thermochemical Gasification: Experiment and Modeling Studies
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)
Pyrolysis and gasification are two promising thermochemical conversion technologies for conversion of biomass into fuels, chemicals and power. Devolatilization is the first major process that occurs in biomass gasification ...
Young Latino Voters: Are Young Latinos Associated with the Homogenous (Tocqueville) Model?
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)
Upon reviewing the literature, conducting a survey to measure young Latino voting behaviors and testing my variables through the dual motivations theory of public engagement to determine whether my hypothesis, young Latino ...
Characteristics of creativity in relation to auditors' recognition of fraud cues and response to perceived fraud risk
(2012-07)
The research examines whether differences in scores for each of four recognized domains of creativity (assessed with standardized scales measuring workplace support of creativity, personality, degree of creative ideation, ...
Evaluating Lines in a Wheat Breeding Program for Race Nonspecific Resistance to Leaf Rust, Puccinia Triticina
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-12-01)
Breeding resistance to leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) into wheat varieties has long depended on the incorporation of one or more race specific or “major” genes that confer complete resistance to specific rust ...
Dehumidifying Coil Models for Energy Simulation and Design
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)
This thesis presents a summary and analysis of the development of dehumidifying fin and tube coil models. The goal is to compare and assess the models that are presented in the available literature and evaluate the ...
Increased Vpd Due to Higher Temperature Leads to Faster Mortality of Tree Seedlings Common to the Forest-grassland Ecotone During Drought
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-12-01)
My objective was to assess the effects of an increase in VPD on plant water use strategy, seedling establishment, and persistence of multiple species common in Oklahoma along the forest-grassland ecotone under predicted ...
Polymer functionalized single-walled carbon nanotube composites and semi-fluorinated quaternary ammonium polymer colloids and coatings
(2012-07)
Scope and Method of Study: Current study focused on understanding of "wetting" and "dewetting" phenomena between surfaces of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) which are lightly grafted with polymer chains by ...
Type 2 diabetes exacerbates bone loss in Native American women
(2012-05)
Scope and Method of Study: Recent evidence suggests a relationship between type 2 diabetes and an increased risk of fracture. Native Americans are known to have a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes (i.e. ~2 times the ...