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Irish music in central Oklahoma: An ethnographic study.
(2006)Based mainly on fieldwork conducted in the Oklahoma City and Norman areas over a three-and-a-half year span (2002--2006), the research material for this dissertation has been gathered primarily through the author's ... -
Iron and sulfur microbial processes applied to the biodegradation of organic contaminants in groundwater.
(1998)This research emphasizes microbial/mineral interactions associated with Fe$\sp{3+}$ and SO$\sb4\sp{2-}$ reduction. Simplified methods are developed to evaluate Fe$\sp{3+}, $ Fe$\sp{2+}, $ and S mineral species. These ... -
IRON PRECIPITATES FROM ACID COAL MINE DRAINAGE IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO: ORIGIN, OCCURRENCE AND REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.
(The University of Oklahoma., 1983)Monomeric species of dissolved iron in acid mine drainage and the waters of receiving streams were also examined. The dominant iron species in acid mine drainage was Fe(II). In areas of the receiving stream where precipitation ... -
Iron Transport and Removal Dynamics in the Oxidative Units of a Passive Treatment System
(2016-12)Abstract Mine drainage is threat to water systems in legacy mining districts as elevated concentrations of dissolved iron, sulfate, and trace metals have an unmitigated impact on water quality. Changes in pH due to ... -
Iron uptake in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria.
(2006)Bacteria, including both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, utilize iron sources from the environment. Iron uptake systems in Gram-negative bacteria are well studied. Escherichia coli FepA transports certain catecholate ... -
The ironic vision in the fiction of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and William Faulkner /
(1983)Similarly, these authors debunk the myth of the brave new future. In a fallen, "irremediably flawed" world there is a disjunction between past and present which prevents continuity of culture, ethics, traditions, and family ... -
Irony and the self in the lyric poetry of James Merrill.
(1982)The paper also discusses Merrill's use of form and formal poetic convention in his early lyric poetry, as well as the function of form in his two novels. His use of form suggests that it is a distancing device so that the ... -
Irony in the poetry of Jos√♭e Espronceda /
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Irreducible non-cuspidal characters of GSp(4,Fq)
(2011)Admissible non--supercuspidal representations of GSp(4,F), where F is a local field of characteristic zero with an odd-ordered residue field Fq, have finite dimensional spaces of fixed vectors under the action of principal ... -
The irrigation frontier on the Texas high plains: 1910-1960 /
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Is a different perspective helpful? Assessing the validity of peer ratings of goal orientation.
(2006)The present study was the first to examine the validity of peer ratings of goal orientation. I examined peer-assessed goal orientation in a collaborative training environment with a complex task. The reliability and ... -
Is AFI All in the Family? A Multi-Level Family Study of Age of First Intercourse
(2013-11-14)The importance of the timing of first intercourse in one's life history, and its significance in relation to a number of fertility and social outcomes, has been established in a number of studies. Studies have attempted ... -
Is Bias in Criminal Justice Decision-Making Replicated at Post-Sentencing? An Examination of Infractions and Sanctions in a Southern State Prison System
(2018-05-11)An abundance of research suggests that demographic differences in criminal outcomes are prevalent at many stages of the criminal justice system (e.g., arrest, prosecution, conviction, and sentencing). For instance, males ... -
Is breaking up hard to do? An exploration of the resignation process
(2013)Although much is known about why employees decide to resign from their jobs, scant research has examined what occurs after employees decide to leave their jobs but before they exit their organization for the final time. ... -
Is human resources management in the leading states being reinvented?
(2004)Reinventing government is an approach to public sector management theory that may be the most influential and significant in the past half century. It claims that the traditional government employment principles of fitness ... -
Is Iron Status an Additional Barrier to Smoking Cessation in Females? An ERP Analysis.
(2022-12)It has been well-established that females achieve lower cessation rates than males in traditional smoking cessation interventions. Research suggests that iron status variations (i.e. deficiency) are common in females. Iron ... -
Is there a relationship between racial composition of school teaching staff and student engagement, student trust in teachers, and student achievement? an examination of schools in an urban district
(2023-12-15)Achievement gaps, which are disparities in academic performance and educational attainment based on racial and socioeconomic factors, have continued to get worse. Various causes for these gaps are poverty, ineffective ... -
Is there a relationship between sexual orientation and perceived school safety among teachers?
(2022)A teacher’s perception of safety is a critical component of school safety. A substantial body of scholarship explores factors related to a teacher’s perception of school safety, underscoring individual, school, neighborhood, ... -
Is there anybody out there? Toward an audience-oriented writing pedagogy.
(2001)In chapter one I explore the history of audience as a theoretical construct within rhetorical and composition studies. I argue that James Porter's work in particular has caused audience to be conceived of in a managerial ...