Browsing OU - Dissertations by Title
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Work requirements and welfare participation: Analyzing the effects of the JOBS program.
(2000)The 1996 welfare reform relies heavily on work as an antidote to "dependency." But have we any reason to expect work requirements to spur people to leave welfare? Recent experience provides an opportunity to analyze the ... -
Working alliance and readiness to change in incarcerated sex offenders.
(1999)This study measured the effect of treatment alliance on Readiness to Change, utilizing the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) (Horvath & Greenberg, 1989) and the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Inventory (URICA) ... -
The working draft sequence of the Gram-positive bacteria Bacillus stearothermophilus strain 10 genome, its analysis, and annotation.
(2002)A whole-genome random shotgun (WGS) sequencing method was used to obtain the working draft sequence. To date, over 99 percent of this approximately 3.4 Mbp Bacillus stearothermophilus genome has been sequenced from ... -
Working in conflict: how bureaucrats navigate accountability pressures
(2022)Bureaucrats make policy. So, understanding their motivations behind discretionary choices, or ultimate decisions about their role and agency are pivotal toward examining policy outcomes. This dissertation attempts to expand ... -
Working in the 'gray' area of a "permanent campaign": The routine, political and campaign activities of congressional district staff.
(2001)The district staff members of incumbents in the United States House of Representatives perform vital representational and electoral functions. Nearly half of all personal staff in the United States Congress work 'back home' ... -
Working Memory and the Time Course Influence on Visual Attention
(2011)Working memory and attention are closely related concepts. Capture of visual attention by working memory (WM) contents has generated much interest in recent years. However, there is a lack of literature related to the time ... -
Working together: School administrators supporting teachers of students with behavioral challenges
(2023-12-15)Special educators who teach students with significant or challenging behaviors may experience physical aggression, verbal aggression, the destruction of classroom or personal property, or the elopement of a student. Student ... -
Workload History and Anticipation: Effects on Task Performance and Subjective Stress
(2011)Though previous research has demonstrated that a sudden change in workload can have negative performance outcomes, there has been little examination of factors that could minimize these effects. The purpose of the present ... -
Workload History and Anticipation: Effects on Task Performance and Subjective Stress
(2011)Though previous research has demonstrated that a sudden change in workload can have negative performance outcomes, there has been little examination of factors that could minimize these effects. The purpose of the present ... -
The workshop and the academy :
(The University of Oklahoma., 1974) -
THE WORLD BELOW: HOW RESOURCES AND HABITAT INFLUENCE INSECT COMMUNITIES ACROSS SPACE AND THROUGH TIME
(2019-05-10)Insects are one of the most abundant, diverse, and ecologically important clades of organisms. They represent up to 5-10 million species, accounting for approximately 46% of the animal biomass on Earth. Yet, despite the ... -
The world view of William Faulkner /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1955) -
WORLDS APART: THE IMPACT OF CULTURAL WORLDVIEW ON THE POLICY PREFERENCES OF THE RICH AND POOR
(2018-05-11)In March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law amid mixed reviews from the public. The primary research question for this dissertation is: what explains the public’s level of support ... -
WRITING A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF ONE NON-WRITER'S JOURNEY
(2010)This qualitative study explores the experiences of a self-proclaimed non-writer as she seeks to understand and develop a style of writing. Research is included to support the ideas that teachers of writing should be writers ... -
Writing in the Age of Speed
(2009)This dissertation argues that speed characterizes the world of technology in the twenty-first century. The ideologies inherent in technologies have always been of enormous interest to historians, philosophers, and political ... -
X-RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURES AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PRODUCTS FROM THE INTERACTIONS OF MYOGLOBIN WITH NITROGEN OXIDES AND ARYLHYDRAZINES, AND NITROREDUCTASE INTERACTIONS WITH ORGANIC NITRO COMPOUNDS
(2016-05)This thesis describes research into the roles that metalloproteins and non-metalloproteins play in the biological inorganic/organic chemistry of common nitrogen oxides. There are three main chapters on this work: the first ... -
X-RAY SPECTRAL ANALYSIS IN X-RAY FLUORESCENCE IMAGING FOR BREAST CANCER DETECTION
(2016)The knowledge of X-ray spectrum plays a major role in exploiting and optimizing the X-ray utilizations, especially in biomedical application fields. Over the past decades, extensive research efforts have been made in better ... -
Xenophilic consumer behavior :
(1980)XCB was measured as the ratio of imports to total consumption within several product categories. Income, dualism, exposure, education, and governmental intervention were used as independent variables in the hypothesized ... -
XIQU LIANGZHE BY WENJING GUO: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY AND PERFORMER’S GUIDE
(2018-05-11)Xiqu Liangzhe for Solo Viola, Wenjing Guo, traditional Chinese musical style and Western musical instrument, translation of playing techniques from traditional Chinese instruments to the viola, and performer’s analysis of ... -
Yalom's Therapeutic Group Factors in Women's Quilting Groups: A Qualitative Study
(2010)Can participation in creative community based groups be therapeutic? The presence of Yalom's therapeutic group factors (Yalom,& Leszcz, 2005) is examined in women's small quilt-making groups. 50 quilt-makers and 5 small ...