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Assessing the Impact of Potential Bridge Collapse on Road Network Vulnerability: a Case Study in Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2011-12-01)
is study applied three different measures, which are unweighted increased travel time, increased travel time weighted by traffic flow, and decreased accessibility of cities, to assess the importance of unsafe highway bridges ...
Hormonal Regulation of Microrna-221 and Its Effect on Bovine Ovarian Theca Cell Function
(2015-05-01)
Development of ovarian follicles in cattle is controlled by systemic and locally produced hormones acting at the molecular level controlling numerous gene transcripts which spatial-temporal expression leads to one follicle ...
Associations Between Parental Internalizing Symptomology and Adolescent Adjustment: an Examination of Direct and Indirect Effects
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-07-01)
The purpose of this study was to examine the link between parental internalizing symptomology (i.e. symptoms of anxiety or depression) and adolescent adjustment (i.e., antisocial behavior, depressive symptoms, prosocial ...
Writing instruction in the journalism and mass communication classroom
(2017-07)
This multiple case study dissertation investigated undergraduate journalism and mass communication (JMC) writing instruction at two universities in a total of seven undergraduate JMC classrooms. The purpose was to investigate ...
Essays on asset liquidity, cash holdings, and the cost of corporate debt
(2015-12)
This dissertation examines the relationship between the ability of a firm to sell its real assets (asset liquidity) and its cash holdings behavior as well as its cost of debt. In essay 1, I show that for financially ...
Investigate the Effect of Quality of Work-life on Construction Craft Workers� Job Satisfaction
(2015-12-01)
a shortage in skilled construction workers is the greatest challenge the U.S. construction industry facing in this era. This shortage would create a substantial risk to the competitiveness of the U.S. construction industry. ...
Social Networking Sites: Examining Facebook as a Retention Tool at Colleges and Universities
(Oklahoma State University, 2011-07-01)
This study examines two universities' (Oklahoma State University and Northwestern Oklahoma State University specifically) Facebook use and the perceptions of students about their university's Facebook use. A content analysis ...
Examining the African-American Perception of Agriculture: Views of Students Attending an 1862 Land-grant Institution
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-07-01)
Shortly after the Civil War, the numbers of African Americans involved in agriculture began to dwindle. Although recently an increase has occurred in African-American farmers in the United States, the overall numbers are ...
Engaging community college students in online courses
(2017-12)
The percentage of students enrolled in online courses is higher for community college students than it is for students attending four-year colleges and universities (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2017a). The ...
Case Study on Veracity in Twitter Data Using Oil Company Related Tweets
(2015-07-01)
Twitter is a powerful real-time micro-blogging service and it is a platform where users provide and obtain information, called tweets, at a rapid pace. Because of the volume, velocity, and unstructured nature of tweets, ...