Browsing OU - Dissertations by Title
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A window on school-age care.
(2001)The purpose of this study was to examine the interrelationships of the many characteristics that may contribute to the quality of school-age child care and to examine, from an ecological perspective, school-age child care ... -
WIRELESS OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER DESIGN, LINK ANALISYS AND ALIGNMENT CONTROL FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION
(2013)Pointing, acquisition and tracking of a free-space optical node in a mobile network experiencing misalignment due to adverse factors including vibration, motion and atmospheric turbulence requires a different approach than ... -
Wireless: Radio, Revolution, and the Mexican State, 1897-1938
(2013)This dissertation explores the interplay of early radio technology and twentieth-century state power in Mexico. It argues that wireless technology was crucial to government attempts at incorporating frontiers, foreign ... -
"The Wish to be a Red Indian:" Indianthusiasm and Racial Ideology in Germany
(2017-12)This dissertation analyzes the role of Indianer – Germans (and other Europeans) who wish to be Native American so much that they embody and practice essentialized notions of Native American cultural traditions – in German ... -
Wister Area Fourche Maline: A Contested Landscape
(2014-05-09)The Wister area of southeastern Oklahoma was a contested landscape during the Fourche Maline (Late Woodland cultural period). This claim is supported by paleopathological evidence for high rates of skeletal trauma and ... -
With music strong by Lukas Foss :
(1997)In 1988 Lukas Foss composed a choral/orchestral work for Margaret Hawkins on the occasion of the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. This new work, With Music Strong, is based on texts by Walt Whitman ... -
Wnt Signaling Inhibitor Characteristics According to Bone Status, Physical Activity Levels, and Muscle Function in Young and Middle-aged Premenopausal Women
(2017-05-12)Introduction: Bone metabolism is regulated by the Wnt signaling pathway and is considered to be crucial for skeletal development. There are two glycoproteins that inhibit Wnt function and bone metabolism: sclerostin and ... -
Woman as myth in the works of G√♭rd de Nerval /
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Women and the avant-garde: Sexual difference in discourse and art, 1900--1950.
(2002)This study seeks to understand the critical influences shaping the literary and artistic exchanges between women and the modernist avant-garde. It analyzes texts disclosing expressions of gender and sexual difference ... -
Women and the Construction of American Indian Scholarship, 1830-1941
(2012)Between 1830-1941 a select group of European American women's rights proponents crafted a body of American Indian scholarship through which they were able to exercise an extraordinary degree of social and political influence. ... -
Women mentoring minority women in universities: Retention strategies for female minority students.
(2001)These purposely selected women (informally) mentored minority women in two different universities in one state. The broad research question was: (1) How do university female faculty perceive the mentoring process (if ... -
Women Superintendents: The Effects of Gender on Leadership
(2016-12)The superintendency is one of the most heavily masculinized roles in American culture (Brunner & Grogan, 2007). It is documented that women are underrepresented in the position of superintendency. Approximately 20% of the ... -
Women's Literacy, Identity and Cultural Knowledge in Post Conflict Northern Uganda
(2022-05-13)The main purpose of this study was to explore how adult literacy education for women in Northern Uganda affected their identity as learners and women as well as how culture facilitated learning. Specifically, these questions ... -
Women's Shame Resilience: Examining Various Theoretical Assumptions of Shame Resilience Theory
(2014-12-12)Shame has been identified as a self-conscious emotion (i.e., emotions evoked by self-reflection and self-evaluation) that negatively impacts interpersonal relationships, mental health, and psychological adjustment (Tangney ... -
Women, bison, and coup : a structural analysis of Cheyenne pictographic art /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1985)Cheyenne pictographic art of the 19th century was a complex medium of communication that expressed cultural perceptions and functioned to reinforce and mold social values. In addition to the explicit narrative content of ... -
Women, politics, and power: The media's construction of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
(1999)From the beginning, their open political partnership was hotly discussed and debated in the media. Media attention and concern centered on Rodham Clinton's political power and influence. With her appointment to head the ... -
Woodford Shale enclosed mini-basin fill on the Hunton Paleo Shelf. A depositional model for unconventional resource shales
(2020-05-08)The exploration of unconventional hydrocarbon resources of the Woodford Shale in Oklahoma (USA) has focused on characterizing this formation as an entirely open marine deposit. The impact of recognizing the enclosed ... -
The Woodford Shale in the Marietta Basin (Oklahoma and North Texas)
(2019-05-10)A geologic characterization of the Woodford Shale in the Marietta Basin has never been published due to the very limited data in the basin. The primary goal of this dissertation is to identify, analyze and interpret the ... -
A word frequency analysis of business communications and shorthand textbook materials.
(1982)The comparison of word frequencies of the business letters and the business memoranda indicates that a large percentage of high frequency words in business letters are not high frequency words in business memoranda; that ...