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INVESTMENT-PROMOTION POLICIES AND EMPLOYMENT BY FOREIGN FIRMS IN THE US STATES
(2012)This study examines the relationship between state-level attributes and employment outcomes of US inbound Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). In particular, I investigate how investment-promotion policies influence the ... -
Investors' Reactions to Management Earnings Forecasts: The Effects of Changes in Forecast Precision and Investor Preferences
(2014)This study examines the effects of changes in management earnings forecast precision (i.e., changes in the width of the forecast range) and investor preferences on investor judgments. In general, prior research finds that ... -
The Invisible Artist: The Editor's Perspective on Rhetoric, Ethics, and Representation in Film Editing
(2024-05-10)This dissertation explores the impact that the film editor has on films and what their beliefs are when it comes to the content that they create. Examining history, this dissertation shows that film editors have always ... -
Invisible Minority: Military-Connected Adolescents in Secondary Schools
(2018-12-14)Military families and military-connected children are a vital source of support – the backbone for soldiers fighting in our armed forces. There are currently four million military-connected children in the U.S. and 80% of ... -
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. ...