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(DE)CENTERING HETERONORMATIVITY IN THE U.S. MILITARY: IDENTITY (RE)NEGOTIATION AND CULTURAL CHANGE FOLLOWING THE REPEAL OF “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL”
(2016-05-13)This study assesses: (1) cultural stigmatization processes and their influence on self-concept clarity for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals in the United States military, (2) the identity management strategies employed by GLB ... -
De-Gendering Hegemony: How Parsing Out Attitudes Toward Productive, Reproductive, and Gender-Essentialized Labor Helps Explain the Cross-National Stall in Gender Equality
(2017-05)Starting with the problem of the two-decade stall in the developed world’s gender revolution, this project applies Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) techniques to answer three related questions: (1) “How have attitudes ... -
De-professionalized and Demoralized: A Longitudinal Examination of Teachers' Perception of Their Work and Teacher Turnover During the Accountability Era in the United States
(2018-04-27)The purpose of this dissertation, presented in a three article format, is to describe the changes in teachers’ perceptions of their work, and how those changes relate to teacher turnover, through the state and federal ... -
Deaf Education Elementary Teachers' Perceptions on Self-Determination: A Mixed Methods Study
(2020-05)Self-determination is a best practice in special education and is taught to younger students with a disability to provide a foundation for academic success; yet these practices are dependent on teacher implementation. It ... -
The debilitating effects of certain classroom paraphernalia on the psychomotor performance of adults /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1976) -
Decadal development of CREST hydrological model family: review, improvements, applications, and outlook
(2022-08)A hydrological model is an indispensable tool in Earth system science and engineering operations to understand, predict, and manage water resources on Earth. The Coupled Routing and Excess Storage (CREST) model, released ... -
A decade of British opposition to the Suez Canal project, 1854- 1864 /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1973) -
Deception in Wireless Communications: Benefits and Perils
(2024-05-10)Wireless signals, ubiquitous and capable of penetrating obstacles, are increasingly exploited to infer personal information such as vital signs, human activities, and crowd counts. This surge in wireless sensing techniques ... -
A decision analysis model for adult education program planning at the vocational level.
(1982)The answers to Questions One and Two were established through the use of a three iteration Delphi Technique. A select committee of adult vocational education decision makers within the state of Oklahoma were chosen to serve ... -
Decision making in Indian Education programs in Eastern and Western Oklahoma.
(The University of Oklahoma., 1981)This study investigated the nature of the conflict within the public schools in Eastern and Western Oklahoma between Indian Education Advisory Committee members, school board members, and educational administrators in ... -
A decision model for the assessment of student fees in higher education /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1973) -
Decision support system for form verification of manufactured parts.
(2007)The form verification of manufactured parts is a process composed of a set of operations that are expensive and yet add no value to the product. Yet, the resources used to inspect the parts add a small but significant ... -
THE DECISION TO TEACH IN AN ERA OF DECLINING ENROLLMENTS IN TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS
(2019-05)In America, declining enrollments in teacher education programs pose a problem for the future of education. Some studies (Barry & Shields, 2017; Westervelt, 2015) suggest high-stakes testing and top-down education reforms ... -
The decision whether to invoke the criminal process;
(The University of Oklahoma., 1977) -
A Decision-Framework for Building Portfolios Towards Enhanced Resilience and Sustainability of Communities Under Natural Hazards
(2019-05-10)In recent years, communities in the U.S. and other countries have experienced several catastrophic natural hazards (e.g. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Christchurch Earthquake in 2011). The unproportioned social, ... -
Decision-Making for Well Placement Optimization in Oil Field Development
(2015)Well placement is a method to improve oil recovery by drilling new infill wells in a reservoir. Drilling new wells is a critical yet very challenging task in field development, because the optimal well locations are rarely ... -
Decision-making in child abuse and neglect: The impact of clinician characteristics on potential reporting behaviors.
(2006)The purpose of this study was to further clarify the impact of clinician characteristics on child abuse and neglect reporting decisions. Examined characteristics included personal attributes, training, length of practice, ... -
Decision-making in the Disraeli government in regard to armed intervention in Afghanistan :
(The University of Oklahoma., 1971) -
Decisional influences in peasant animal production :
(The University of Oklahoma., 1973)