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Effects of Aquasmart Polymer Coated Sand on Growth and Water Use of Ornamentals, Nutrient Leaching in Greenhouse Media, and Establishment and Growth of Turfgrass
(2016-05-01)
The use of soilless substrates in the greenhouse and nursery industries has increased in recent years. While these substrates provide consistency and initial sterility, they are often hydrophobic, especially if they dry ...
Phosphorus and metal sorption in aged bioretention cells with fly-ash amended filter media
(2016-07)
Stormwater runoff from urban areas can transport a significant load of phosphorus (P) and heavy metals. Media samples from seven year old bioretention cells (BRC) were collected, to a depth of 0.6 m, to assess the accumulation ...
School Wellness Policy Quality and Factors Affecting Implementation in Rural Oklahoma Elementary School
(2016-07-01)
School districts have been required to develop a school wellness policy (SWP) since the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 was passed by Congress. School wellness polices consist of objectives for addressing ...
New Classes of Random Sequences for Coding and Cryptography Applications
(2016-05-01)
Cryptography is required for securing data in a digital or analog medium and there exists a variety of protocols to encode the data and decrypt them without third party interference. Random numbers must be used to generate ...
Value of parsimonious nutritional information, consumer-oriented foods cluster, and predicting food price
(2016-12)
This dissertation focuses on three topics that relate to consumer behavior and the food industry. The first chapter investigates consumers' beliefs about the tastiness and healthfulness of 173 food items in a framed field ...
Dash of grit, a smidgen of stressor management and a pinch of regulatory tendencies to be engaged?
(2016-08)
This paper involved a path analysis of a new measure of grit to understand work engagement. Recent studies have found significant correlations between both constructs; however an explanation of "how" grit plays a role in ...
On the other side of the reference desk: Exploring undergraduates' information search mediation experiences through the ACRL Framework
(2016-05)
Information seeking, a key aspect of information literacy, is relevant to student academic success as well as to leadership, organizational and public policy issues within higher education. Although librarians contend that ...
Examining the perceived benefits of intramural sports participation of undergraduate students at Oklahoma State University
(2016-12)
The purpose of the study was to examine the perceived benefits of intramural sports participation for full-time undergraduate students at Oklahoma State University. The survey instrument used for this study was the Artinger ...
Determining the Impacts of Cattle Origin and Ownership Characteristics on Feedlot Performance and Economic Returns
(2016-12-01)
The U.S. beef cattle industry is segmented into two broad categories, feeder cattle production and feedlot finishing. In 2016 cattle on feed totaled 10.5 million head, making feedlots an integral step in American beef ...
Student engagement and college students' future aspirations
(2016-12)
A large majority of research concerning student engagement focuses on the improvement of students' academic progress and success and increased student retention (Finn, 1989; Reschly & Christenson, 2012). A limited, almost ...