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Relationships among geomorphology, habitat, and fishes in Eastern Oklahoma streams: Implications for stream restoration
(2006-05)
Scope and Method of Study: Stream restoration is a multidisciplinary practice aimed at reestablishing disturbed stream ecosystems. Fluvial geomorphology and landscape ecology have been individually incorporated into stream ...
Post-acquisition performance in the hotel and restaurant industries
(2006-07)
Scope and Method of Study: This study provides an empirical illustration of post-acquisition performance in the hotel and restaurant industries, using mergers and acquisitions from 1980 to 2004. At the first stage of ...
Plasma and salivary cytokine response to two competitive collegiate soccer games
(2006-05)
PURPOSE: The first purpose of this study was to determine the influence of playing in two competitive collegiate soccer games on cytokine levels in college male soccer players. The second purpose of this study was to compare ...
Internal structure assessment of two measures of worldmindedness and their relationship with cultural pluralism, social distance, and social dominance orientation
(2006-05)
Scope and Methods of Study: The purpose of this study was to examine the structural dimensions of two scales developed to measure a worldminded attitude. Furthermore, the possibility of a higher order factor structure was ...
Design, assembly and characterization of three-dimensional photonic band gap structures fabricated with barium titanate: strontium titanate: barium zirconate mixtures
(2006-12)
Scope and Method of Study: Ternary mixtures of barium titanate (BT), strontium titanate (ST) and barium zirconate (BZ) were investigated as materials for three-dimensional, periodic, layer-by-layer structures used as ...
Propensity to participate in brand alliances: A managerial perspective
(2006-07)
Scope and Method of Study: A review of the brand alliance literature indicates that while scholars have concentrated on understanding consumers' reactions to brand alliances, the antecedents of firm participation in brand ...
Modeling and optimization of Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) using neural networks, ANFIS and evolutionary algorithms
(2006-05)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study is to provide new approaches to improve the current modeling and optimization of the chemical mechanical planarization or polishing (CMP) process. Neural Networks (NN), ...
Implementing business-to-business online reverse auctions
(2006-07)
Scope and Method of the Study: The purpose of this study was to address the gap in the academic literature by developing and testing a model to successfully implement online reverse auctions with respect to: (1) reducing ...
To accept or reject a customer's business? The interaction of customer quantitative merit, customer reputation and the decision-maker's need for discretion
(2006-05)
Scope and Method of Study: This research investigated factors that influence customer selection decisions. Two methods were employed. First, interviews were conducted with bank executives, loan officers, and regulators to ...