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Ethnic identity formation and ritual dynamics: An analysis of first-generation Asian Indian immigrants in the Southern Plains regions of the United States
(2013-07)
This study focuses on issues dealing with ethnicity, community, and especially identity construction among first-generation Asian Indian immigrants who reside in the Southern Plains region of the United States. Identity ...
Measuring bilateral market power between processors and retailers: An application to the U.S. beef industry
(2013-12)
The U.S. agricultural food processing and retailing industries have become increasingly concentrated. Therefore, numerous studies have investigated the impact of changes in market structures. This paper examines the ...
Grid and group analysis of the role of culture in school improvement planning
(2013-05)
This study used purposeful sampling to select two Oklahoma public schools for qualitative case studies. The two schools had previously been identified as Schools in Need of Improvement and had shown progress since ...
Management practices and efficiency of farms in the Western Great Plains
(2013-07)
This dissertation is composed of four papers that have been produced as part of a research project designed to increase winter wheat productivity by suppressing cereal aphids in the Western Great Plains of the U.S. One ...
How education breaks the cycle of poverty: An inter-regional study of Indonesian households
(2013-05)
The positive contribution of human capital to income has long been studied and shown to be significant. This study shows the importance of public spending on education in order to accelerate growth and reduce poverty. ...
Examination of the design process of repurposed apparel and accessories: An application of diffusion of innovations theory
(2013-12)
The overconsumption of fashion products has resulted in an abundance of second-hand apparel and textiles, which are still functional, but have been discarded because they are no longer fashionable. This second-hand apparel ...
Comparison of the speech patterns and dialect attitudes of Oklahoma
(2013-07)
The lexical dialect usage of Oklahoma has been well-studied in the past by the Survey of Oklahoma Dialects, but the acoustic speech production of the state has received little attention. Apart from two people from Tulsa ...
Values-based leadership: College leaders' perspectives on maintaining values in decision making
(2013-07)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to explore college leaders' experiences of negotiating conflicts between their personal values and those of the institution and its stakeholders. This qualitative ...
I. Steric effects in the synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-4-(1H)-quinolinones by the tandem Michael-SNAr reactionII. Synthesis of Nitrogen heteroarotinoids for anticancer activityIII. Synthetic study of supramolecular compounds
(2013-07)
In the initial project, a one-pot tandem reaction sequence was developed for the preparation of 2,3-dihydro-4-(1H)-quinolinones by a Michael addition-SNAr reaction sequence. The steric environment of the Michael terminus ...