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Use of armed drones by law enforcement: A need for essential elements in policy
(2019-12)
In 1936, Lt. Cmdr. Fahrney, Officer in Charge of the Navy's Radio-Controlled Aircraft Project, introduced the term drone in his semi-annual report for aerial targets. Later, in 1946, the United States military used the ...
Policy, system, and environmental approaches: Determining factors of use of PSE among extension educators in Oklahoma
(2021-07)
Background: A nation-wide focus on Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) strategies has emerged as a complimentary approach to individual based strategies for obesity prevention. PSE changes are community-based strategies ...
Potential Economic Impacts of the Managed Haying and Grazing Provision of the Conservation Reserve Program
(Oklahoma State University, 2009-12-01)
A survey of 480 Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) fields from across 14 states in the Great Plains region was completed to estimate the economic impacts from a policy change in the managed haying and grazing provision of ...
Not another acronym: A critical analysis of NFPA standards for small to medium-sized fire departments
(2020-12)
The purpose of this study was to construct a framework of NFPAs to assist fire administrators in their daily implementation of policy and procedures. The central researcher question was "Can a framework be created to assist ...
Turning disability into a dream: A narrative inquiry of one mother’s endurance
(2022-12)
Research has indicated that, as of 2017, 18.7 percent of individuals who had a disability held employment, as opposed to 65.7 percent without a disability (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018). Despite the passage of the ...
Improving the Nutritional Quality at What Cost? The Economics of Reducing Sodium in Foods
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)
Salt serves a multifaceted purpose in food products for producers and consumers. Producers use sodium as a preservative to increase shelf life, and many consumers often have a preference for salty, long-lasting, and ...
Fed and Non-fed Cattle Production Returns in Relation to Trade Flow
(Oklahoma State University, 2004-12-01)
Percentage returns to operating capital in fed and non-fed cattle budgets for the production countries of the United States, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, and Argentina are compiled in an effort to compare (on a ...