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Analysis of the Leptosphaeria Maculans Race Structure and Identification of Major-Gene Resistance to Black Leg in Winter Canola
(2015-05-01)
Black leg, caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans, is a widespread disease of winter canola (Brassica napus) in Oklahoma. Major resistance genes (Rlm) are expressed in seedlings and interact with avirulence genes in ...
Regulation of placental growth factor by fluid shear stress in the vessel wall
(2015-07)
Arteriogenesis is the process by which mature arteries form from collateral arterioles after upstream arterial stenosis or occlusion. During collateral remodeling, monocytes are recruited to the vessel wall. Placental ...
Mindful service: A self-regulation theory view of the effect of mindfulness on customer orientation
(2015-12)
Mindfulness, a non-elaborative and non-judgmental quality of consciousness, has been repeatedly conceptualized based on the concept of self-regulation of attention to thoughts and emotions. The present study investigates ...
Investigating the Correlation Between Quality Factor of Metallic Cavities and Electromagnetic Radiation
(2015-07-01)
This research investigates the correlation in reduction of quality factor of a reverberant cavity and that cavity�s ability to radiate. A reverberant cavity was chosen because it provides an idealized model of many commercial ...
Wellness Engagement in Older Adults
(Oklahoma State University, 2015-05-01)
The purpose of this study is to identify predictors of engagement in wellness activities, including life satisfaction, depression, and social networks, in order to increase wellness offerings. Methods: Participants who ...
Low Power Synchronous Design of Hardware Architecture for Ieee 754 Single Precision Floating Point Fast Fourier Transform
(2015-12-01)
Signal Processing, communication systems, Digital information systems and many other fields of DSP have the wide need for Fast Fourier Transformation computations. Hardware architecture for computing IEEE 754 single precision ...
Teachers' perceptions of Edcamp professional development: A Q method study
(2015-07)
This study described the subjective opinions of teachers about their experiences at Edcamp, an unconference-style form of teacher professional development (PD). Traditional PD has been maligned for being overly expensive ...
Baseline Study of Students' Consumption of School Lunch Meal Components Prior to Implementation of the Cooking for Kids: Culinary Training for Oklahoma School Nutrition Professionals
(Oklahoma State University, 2015-05-01)
Since implementation of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA), 2010, school cafeterias are seeing a decline in students' school meal consumption. Cooking for Kids is a 5-year program that aims to train and provide food ...
Identifying the Contributions of Interferon Responses to Disease and Pregnancy in Cattle
(2015-07-01)
Two significant challenges the cattle industry is facing are respiratory disease and infertility. The type I interferon (IFN) pathway plays a pivotal role in both disease and pregnancy. The type I IFN pathway is interrupted ...