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Disaster Mitigation Programs in Tulsa, Oklahoma: An Examination of Organizational Survival
(Oklahoma State University, 2010-07-01)
This study uses qualitative analysis to examine how Tulsa Project Impact, a formalized emergent citizen group, survived a major external environmental change. Tulsa Project Impact was formed from FEMA Project Impact, a ...
Characteristics of Two Self-sustaining Populations of Paddlefish in Northeast Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2013-12-01)
Oklahoma has several self–sustaining populations of paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) that support sport fisheries, including Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees (Grand Lake) and Keystone Lake. The Oklahoma Department of ...
Parasite Community Structure in 5 Species of Damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from Teal Ridge, Stillwater Oklahoma.
(Oklahoma State University, 2013-12-01)
Few ecological studies exist on parasite community structure in insects and compared to other invertebrate and vertebrate groups, insects have been largely ignored in studies on parasite community structure. This is ...
Constraints on Development of Anoxia Through Geochemical Facies Mapping of Devonian Black Shales in the Midcontinent
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)
The Woodford Shale of the US southern Midcontinent is an Upper Devonian/Lower Mississippian black shale sequence that includes the Frasnian-Famennian boundary. Black shales are commonly enriched in transition metals. While ...
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the adults Need Dairy Too Program
(Oklahoma State University, 2011-05-01)
A Community Nutrition Education Program, "Adults Need Dairy Too", was evaluated, as an additional curriculum to the current CNEP curriculum, for its effectiveness on low-income CNEP participants' consumption of low fat/nonfat ...
Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Oklahoma Grapes
(Oklahoma State University, 2010-05-01)
Many debilitating chronic conditions are linked to chronic inflammation. Recent studies have indicated that a relationship exists between phenolic compounds found in grapes and the reduction of chronic inflammation. The ...
Epizootiology of Dog Heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, in Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2011-05-01)
There were four main objectives of this study. The first was to determine the prevalence of D. immitis in coyotes throughout Oklahoma. The second was to evaluate the relationship between landscape and social factors and ...
Small Manufacturer Strategic Decision Making Assistance Tool (SMSDM): a Case Study of a Small Oklahoma Manufacturer
(Oklahoma State University, 2011-07-01)
The propose was to design an informative analytical tool for small Oklahoma manufacturing firms that would assist in their strategic planning and decision making processes. The specific objectives were to: 1) determine the ...
Occurrence of Arsenic in the Rush Springs Sandstone and Its Implications on Groundwater Chemistry: Caddo County, Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2011-07-01)
Arsenic is considered highly toxic; ingestion causes toxic reactions ranging from skin lesions to cancer. Groundwater in some public supply wells within the Rush Springs Sandstone aquifer in Caddo County, Oklahoma contain ...
Parameterization and Application of the Aquacrop Model for Simulating Bioenergy Crops in Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-07-01)
The objective of this study was to parameterize the AquaCrop model for two bioenergy crops, switchgrass and forage sorghum, using field measurements from Stillwater, Oklahoma in 2011. The parameterized model was then ...