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NATIVE STORIES: AMERICAN INDIAN REPRESENTATION AND SELF-REPRESENTATION IN RHETORIC AND LITERATURE
(2018-05-11)ABSTRACT In this dissertation, American Indian Representation and Self-Representation in Rhetoric and Literature, I examine both positive and negative representations of American Indians in the genres of poetry, fiction, ... -
The natural history of the mosquitoes of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1961) -
Natural magic :
(1980)Though integration rather than alienation is the aim of Wharton's ironic method, alienation is a crucial unifying theme threaded throughout her best work, a motif so insistently explored that it, rather than manners or ... -
NATURAL PRODUCTS AS A SOURCE OF NEW THERAPIES FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE AND EFFORTS TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF A METABOLOMICS-BASED DRUG DISCOVERY PLATFORM
(2010)Natural products have traditionally played an important role in drug discovery research. They have been particularly important in the search for therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. Although there are numerous forms ... -
The naturalistic humanism of Matthew Arnold :
(The University of Oklahoma., 1968) -
Naturalized virtue ethics.
(2003)In Chapter 5, I place NVE is the space of contemporary virtue theories and also contrast it with eudaimonistic or welfare-based ethics and with evolutionary ethics. NVE is a good-based virtue theory, but it is neither a ... -
Naturalness in Supersymmetry
(2015-06)Weak scale supersymmetry solves the Big Hierarchy problem of the Standard Model. But recent severe sparticle mass limits from the LHC accentuate the Little Hierarchy Problem: Why are the W , Z and h masses so small (∼ 100 ... -
Nature and catalytic role of extra-framework aluminum and partially coordinated aluminum in MFI zeolite
(2023-05-12)Zeolites are extensively employed in the chemical and petroleum industries as an acid catalyst for cracking, isomerization, and alkylation reactions. Recently, they have also gained attention as potential catalysts for ... -
The Nature, Determinants, and Consequences of Congressional Distributive Politics
(2024-08-01)The allocation of public resources is a core responsibility of the United States federal government, and geographically targeted spending is both practically important and central to major theories of the US Congress. This ... -
Navigating political identity in the big red dot: Political conversations among rural Oklahoman college students
(2021-08)This study examines ways in which rural Oklahoman college students navigated their various layered identities in political conversations during a year fraught with political events, including those leading up to the 2020 ... -
Nazi Germany and the Vatican, July, 1933-January, 1935 /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1971) -
Near Surface Atmospheric Impacts Resulting From a Developing Metropolitan Area
(2016-12)Over the past century, the population of the world has become increasingly urbanized. As a result, cities have become larger and more densely populated than any time in history. This unprecedented growth and rapid modification ... -
The need for and nature of one type of course in mathematics for general education at the college level /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1956) -
The need of male alcoholics to maintain a dependency status and avoid self-reliance /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1969) -
Negotiating Acceptance: A Sociocultural Analysis of Second Language Users’ Constructions of Speakerhood in Cherokee Nation Language Revitalization
(2014-05-09)Language revitalization has the major goal of creating new speakers, and the approaches and ideologies employed in the journey toward this goal are multiple and diverse. This research project presents the experiences and ... -
Negotiating situated roles in a transitional health care system :
(1983)The central problem is the exploration of ways in which varying occupational positions, subjective perceptions of professional identity, and professional commitment determine attitudes toward work roles and environment, ... -
Negotiating the "new country": The cultural politics of exchange in the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache reservation and allotment periods, 1867-1910.
(1998)This dissertation focuses on the cultural aspects of exchange involving the Kiowa and Comanche tribes of western Indian Territory between 1867 and 1910, otherwise known as the reservation and allotment periods. The circulation ... -
Negotiating the Female-Athlete Paradox: Examining Gender Identity and Body Image
(2011)This study examined the influence of gender identity and athletic identity on body image in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and II female athletes. One hundred and thirty female athletes took part in ...