Browsing OSU Dissertations by Title
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Government disaster assistance: An exploration of expectations
(2020-12)Scholars have raised concerns that individuals' expectations of government disaster assistance are outsized and do not align with reality. The purpose of this dissertation was to explore participants' expectations of ... -
Government Incentives and Defined Benefit Pension Investment
(2019-05-01)This study investigates the association between government incentives and defined benefit pension funding. The government provides tax incentives to defined benefit plans to buoy pension funding. In addition, sponsors of ... -
Grabbing the tiger by the tail, a hybridized retirement system measured through the stakeholders' eyes
(2014-12)The changing landscape of retirement systems throughout the world presents many challenges for governments, employers, and participants. The future for employees have dimmed with the retreat of pension plans, and the ... -
Graduate student success: Coping mechanisms and the journey to the Ivory Tower
(2004-12)Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of the study is to explore the successful graduate student experience focusing specifically on stress, its influences, sources, the various ways students cope and expected outcomes. ... -
Grasshoppers of Oklahoma (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
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Grassland heterogeneity and pyric herbivory: Implications for ungulate movement, biodiversity conservation, and rangeland productivity in the Anthropocene
(2022-05)How to simultaneously manage grasslands for sustained livestock productivity and biodiversity conservation is a persistent dilemma for rangeland ecologists and conservationists. Moreover, climate change and invasive species ... -
Grassroots family leadership: A qualitative case study of equity and engagement
(2020-05)This qualitative case study explores a grassroots family leadership initiative in a high poverty, Midwestern, urban school setting. Using community cultural wealth as a theoretical lens, this study considers how shared ... -
"Great art of telling the truth": Tragic evasion in American fiction, 1798-1952
(2022-12)My dissertation examines signal works of American tragic fiction—novels, novellas, and short stories—from Charles Brockden Brown to Ralph Ellison. With the exception of scholar-critics like Rita Felski and Terry Eagleton, ... -
Green and sustainable synthesis of silver nanowires using batch and millifluidic processes and their applications in conductive inks
(2023-05)This dissertation focuses on the solution-based synthesis of one-dimensional (1D) silver nanostructures (mainly silver nanowires) using green, sustainable, and cost-efficient materials and processes, and application of 1D ... -
Green means green, not asphalt gray: State parks and development of the Raleigh metropolitan area, 1936-2016
(2017-05)State parks are a ubiquitous presence on the American landscape with thousands of units in all fifty states that attract far more visitors than the U.S. National Park System. While the sheer diversity and number of state ...