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Influence of Divorcing Parents' Post-Separation Dating Relationships on Children's Behavior
(2019-07)
Divorce for many families is a common life trajectory, with divorce rates being about half of first marriages (Amato, 2010; Frisby, Booth-Butterfield, Dillow, Martin, and Weber, 2012). On average, children from divorced ...
Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of the Impact and Acceptability of Choice Architecture Strategies on Middle School Age Students' Fruit and Vegetable Choices
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)
Childhood obesity is a nationwide problem with serious future implications and is partly due to inadequate consumption of fruit and vegetables (FV). Choice architecture (CA) strategies, a principle of behavioral economics, ...
Finding Value in Grape Pomace
(Oklahoma State University, 2015-05-01)
The production of grapes is increasing all around the world. A 7% annual increase in wine grape production, and the waste products associated with wine processing, occurred in 2013 in the US. Pomace is a predominant waste ...
Inside the Minds of Malaysian World Pastry Chefs: Portraits of Culinary Creativity
(2018-05-01)
Retaining quality chefs has long been an issue in the culinary industry. Existing literature insists that practitioners should enhance work environments to support and foster chefs' creativity. However, the core issue of ...
Genetic Mark-recapture Abundance Estimate and Dietary Preferences in a Recently Re-established American Black Bear Population
(2016-07-01)
American black bears (Ursus americanus) are recolonizing parts of eastern Oklahoma that they have not occupied since the late 1800s. The Ozark region black bears are adapting their diets and foraging behaviors to include ...
Disentangling Frequency and Talker Variability in a Statistical Learning Task Investigating Child Speech Acquisition
(2017-05-01)
Past research suggests that statistical patterns in a child’s native language influence the child’s speech production accuracy (Stoel-Gammon, 1998; Plante, Bahl, Vance, & Gerken, 2011). In addition to hearing some forms ...
In-situ Field Biofilm Detection Using Seismic Methods
(2016-12-01)
Biofilms are ubiquitous in subsurface environments and are being used in a variety of engineering and remediation applications. Their ephemeral nature makes them hard to detect and, as a result, the much needed in-situ ...
Effects of Instrument-assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization on Isokinetic Knee Extensor Strength and Fatigue
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-05-01)
Strength is one characteristic that most athletes focus on improving as it is a critical element for success. It is believed that some micro-tearing of the muscle tissue occurs daily in routine activities and during regular ...
Asssessment of Sod Handling Quality and Tensile Strength of Thirty-nine Turf Bermudagrasses
(2015-12-01)
Turfgrass sod is a pad of grass with its intermingled shoots, rhizomes and roots as well as adhering soil. To be successfully used as a sod crop, a turfgrass must have a suitable production cycle and sod handling/transport ...
Mineralogical and Resource Procurement Study of Pre-Civil War Fort Construction Using Stone and Mortar in Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2013-05-01)
Much is known about the arduous lifestyles of the early nineteenth century United States soldier. However, little is known of the actual laborious fort construction methods these soldiers used as they upgraded from lumber-only ...