Browsing OU - Dissertations by Title
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Warring factions: Senators, nominees, and interest groups in the Senate confirmation process.
(1999)Two primary methods of study are employed in this project. First, data were gathered from 1,112 confirmation hearings for federal judges and 88 confirmation hearings for cabinet secretaries-designate between 1977 and 1998. ... -
Washington style: Members of Congress on Capitol Hill.
(1998)Members of the United States House of Representatives adopt one of three distinct patterns or styles of behavior in Washington: a constituent style, policy style or partisan style. These styles are the vehicles House members ... -
Water conservation as a long-range strategy in municipal water supply planning :
(1985)To address these and related questions, a questionnaire was mailed to each of the water managers in the selected Oklahoma towns and cities. The questionnaire was completed by 49 of the 60 managers who were requested to ... -
WATER REFORMS IN KENYA: A HISTORICAL CHALLENGE TO ENSURE UNIVERSAL WATER ACCESS AND MEET THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
(2011)Access to water is a key issue for developing countries. Kenya is one such country in which water scarcity and a poor water infrastructure compromise the health and standard of living of the population, and hinder its ... -
Water resource development in the Arkansas Valley :
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Water resources in the lunar environment /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1970) -
Water reuse potential in the Valley of Mexico and design of a general methodology for the selection of the best water reuse alternative /
(1983)The Valley of Mexico, as well as many other regions in the world, is experiencing acute water shortages mainly due to population explosion, industrial development, and limited water resources. The major objectives of this ... -
Water use in hotels and motels in Oklahoma, 1963-1964 /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1967) -
WAVEFORM AND TRANSCEIVER OPTIMIZATION FOR MULTI-FUNCTIONAL AIRBORNE RADAR THROUGH ADAPTIVE PROCESSING
(2013)Pulse compression techniques have been widely used for target detection and remote sensing. The primary concern for pulse compression is the sidelobe interference. Waveform design is an important method to improve the ... -
WDDM- A WAFER-SCALE DATA DRIVEN MULTIPROCESSOR (FLOW, BLOCK DRIVEN, VLSI, ARCHITECTURE, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION).
(The University of Oklahoma., 1985)It has been shown that the existing von-Neumann design machines fail to meet the requirements of the real-time scientific and the 5th generation applications. A computer organization, such as data driven architecture, which ... -
We (Not Them) The People: Populist Rhetoric in the Contemporary U.S. Congress
(2023-12)This dissertation provides evidence that populist rhetoric shapes Congress, parties and individual politicians in rich and contextual ways. I collected a dataset of over 2 million tweets (2012-2020: Chapter 2) and over ... -
We are in this together: Group psychological contracts, breach, and outcomes
(2010)For nearly two decades, researchers have often turned to the psychological contract as a framework for examining employer-employee relations. During this time, they have largely focused on examining the perceived obligations ... -
We can't dance every day: New teachers seeking balance
(2013-12)Dedicated and competent teachers are essential to the success of public schools. However, due to the various pressures on teachers, from both the top down and the bottom up, many new teachers struggle as they enter the ... -
We still tell stories: An examination of Cherokee oral literature.
(2002)A primary objective of the study is to show that Cherokee Indians are not antiquated human beings stuck in history, but a modern, contemporary people with deep ancestral connections to their heritage. The stories they tell ... -
WEAK ANTI-LOCALIZATION STUDIES OF SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING IN N- AND P-TYPE InSb HETEROSTRUCTURES
(2012)The effects of spin-orbit interactions (SOIs) on transport properties of InSb/AlInSb heterostructures have been studied experimentally. At low temperatures, the quantum interference gives rise to a quantum correction to ... -
WEAK ANTI-LOCALIZATION STUDIES OF SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING IN N- AND P-TYPE InSb HETEROSTRUCTURES
(2012)The effects of spin-orbit interactions (SOIs) on transport properties of InSb/AlInSb heterostructures have been studied experimentally. At low temperatures, the quantum interference gives rise to a quantum correction to ... -
WEAK SCALE SUPERSYMMETRY FROM THE MULTIVERSE
(2020)The CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has not found any experimental evidence yet for Supersymmetric (SUSY) particles. This has pushed the limits on the masses of SUSY particles in the multi-TeV region high enough to question ...