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Fairness in American politics and culture.
(2001)Fairness is a term often used in political debate but not often carefully examined. In this dissertation I propose a way of understanding fairness by combining the insights of political theory with an examination of the ... -
Faith development, religious fundamentalism, right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, Christian orthodoxy, and proscribed prejudice as predictors of prejudice.
(2007)The association between religiosity and prejudice is well documented. Several constructs including religious fundamentalism, right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and Christian orthodoxy are related ... -
Faith in the Anthropocene: Contested Theologies of Nature and Political Attitudes on Environmental Stewardship
(2017)This dissertation improves upon past understanding of politics, religion, and nature through a close exploration of the role Christian theology plays in opinion formation. It does so by probing the varieties of religiously ... -
The fallible narrator in nineteenth century American fiction /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1963) -
False recognition in retarded and normal subjects /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1972) -
Familiarity of CBDNA commissioning projects among college band directors in the United States.
(1999)The purpose of the study was to determine familiarity among college band directors in the United States of band compositions generated through commissioning projects supported by the College Band Directors National ... -
Family Structure, Parenting Practices, and Self-Control
(2016-08)Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime posits that low self-control is the primary cause of crime and other negative outcomes, including relationship and employment instability, inability to meet financial ... -
Fancy and imagination: Cultivating sympathy and envisioning the natural world for the modern child.
(2006)This dissertation examines the attitudes that scientists, educators, and nature-writers held toward fancy and imagination in nature-study and nature books for children around the turn of the century. In a period where ... -
Fanship as parasocial relationships: an outlook on the model for strategic management of fan communication
(2021-12-17)This dissertation designed and tested a model for fanship for parasocial relationship (FPR), in order to provide a scale to measure the relationships between fans and their favorite celebrities, taking into account publics ... -
Fanship scale development
(2023-05-12)Fanship is known as the connection an individual has with a fan object (e.g., celebrity, film, sports team, etc). Through this connection, individuals are able to build relationships, create social change, enact ... -
Far From Value-Free: How a Value-Centered Scientific Pluralism Bolsters the Cognitive Credentials of Science
(2015)The value-free ideal for science (VFI) prohibits noncognitive values (e.g., social or religious values) from influencing the practice of science. After all, a scientist should not reject an empirical theory (e.g.) on ... -
Far infrared spectra of Rochelle salt /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1971) -
Farm policy in transition : 1932, year of crisis /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1963) -
The farmers' search for order, 1880-1910 /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1974) -
Farmers, professors and money :
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Fast and precise power prediction for combinatorial circuits considering glitching effects.
(2003)The power consumed by a combinational circuit is dictated by the switching activities of all signals associated with the circuit. Analytical approaches, named MCP and MCPG algorithms, are proposed for calculating signal ... -
Fast Convergent and Secure Key Distribution Protocols Using a Dual-Quantum Channel
(2008)This dissertation presents three new quantum key distribution protocols over a dual quantum-channel to enhance the convergence speed of the key distribution process. The proposed protocols effectively use a dual-quantum ... -
Fast neutron dosimetry of californium-252 /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1968)