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Organizational slack and managerial attention to risk: Impact on an organization's experience with harmful surprises
(2014-07)
Many organizations today are faced with an increasing number of risks related to their internal and external environments. When these risks manifest, the results can be disastrous. Recently, as these disasters have increased ...
Moderating effect of within-team trust on employee engagement and workgroup outcomes
(2014-12)
This study explored daily variability of employee engagement. The study used daily measures of hindrance demands, challenge demands, and employee engagement to examine the relationship between these constructs as well as ...
State spending for higher education in Oklahoma: Perceptions from members of the Oklahoma State Legislature
(2014-05)
A significant body of literature in political science and economics demonstrates that a variety of competing interests impact state spending for higher education. With a changing political landscape and declining university ...
Disordered eating symptoms and emotional regulation in female collegiate athletes and non-athletes
(2014-05)
Background: Eating disorders (EDs) are some of the most challenging mental disorders to treat. Thus recognizing the early signs and symptoms of eating disorders is critical for prevention efforts. Disordered eating is a ...
Sweet sorghum bioethanol production: Research, demonstration, and operational issues
(2014-12)
Sweet sorghum or Sorghum bicolor (L) moench is sugar rich, grows with minimal inputs, and is suitable for cultivation in dry regions making it a desirable energy crop for Oklahoma. In-field fermentation of sweet sorghum ...
Structural and physical investigations of novel germanium compounds: Aryloxides, nanomaterials, and photolysis of oligogermanes
(2014-05)
The work described in this dissertation will explore the synthesis and characterization of novel germanium containing compounds in order to gain a better understanding of the organometallic chemistry of germanium. These ...
Role of cosmic rays in lightning initiation
(2014-07)
From electric field measurements, the maximum electric fields typically found within a thunderstorm are an order of magnitude too weak to initiate a lightning discharge. Relativistic electrons produced in galactic cosmic ...
Structure-function relationships in the photoactive yellow protein family of photoreceptors
(2014-12)
The amino acid sequence of a protein determines its three-dimensional structure, which in turn determines its functional properties. An intensively studied but still partially unresolved question is how the structure of a ...
New approaches and a subjective database for video quality assessment
(2014-07)
Video quality assessment plays an important role in multimedia systems that process digital images/videos such as video codec, video streaming server. The use of video quality assessment algorithm helps optimize system ...
Investigation into the validity of the quantity discrimination curriculum-based measure of early numeracy
(2014-05)
Children come to school with a number of informal math skills (Gersten et. al., 2005; National Mathematics Advisory Panel, 2008). These informal skills include counting, ability to identify numbers, ability to formulate ...