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Of birds, guano, and man: William Vogt's "Road to Survival".
(2005)
William Vogt's best-selling and influential neo-Malthusian text Road to Survival articulated the conservation sensibility of his day and was literally read around the world. Vogt (1902--1968) came to his conclusions about ...
Adaptation versus fusion theory in the experience of returned LDS missionaries.
(2002)
This dissertation investigates the outcomes of theory-making, as well as many underlying assumptions surrounding intercultural contact. It does this by examining two competing intercultural theories, Kim's Adaptation Theory ...
SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS: VENDORS AND CONSUMERS ON FILLING THE CERTIFICATION GAP
(2009)
SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS:
Formation and dissolution of surfactant precipitates.
(2007)
Precipitation of surfactants is one of the most important considerations in surfactant applications. Understanding the formation and dissolution of surfactant precipitates provides more effective utilization of surfactants. ...
Asian and Hispanic educational differences and their impact on spatial and socio-economic inequity in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
(2000)
During my 15 years as an English-as-a-second-language teacher in the Oklahoma City Public Schools I observed that Asian and Hispanic students had different degrees of academic success. Asians were better students than ...
Relationships among academic-related characteristics of peers, social support provided by peers, achievement motivation, and achievement in adolescents.
(2003)
This study investigates relationships among perceived academic-related characteristics of a best friend, perceived social support provided by a best friend, perceived academic-related characteristics of classmates, perceived ...
SEQUENCE AND ANALYSIS OF THE
(2009)
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora, a soilborne fungus confined to the southwestern regions of the United States, causes root rot in more than 2,000 species of dicotyledonous plants. To investigate the gene repertoire in this plant ...
The evolution of exchange in small-scale societies of the Southern High Plains.
(2005)
A political economic perspective, which envisions exchange as an activity embedded in broader social, economic, and political institutions, provides the theoretical foundation for understanding the alternative roles that ...
A pseudo-dual-Doppler analysis of cyclic tornadogenesis.
(2000)
The goals of this study were twofold. The first was to determine a pseudo-dual-Doppler wind synthesis method in Cartesian coordinates appropriate for the analysis of the ELDORA data. Unique aspects of this part of the study ...
Essays on economic development in Latin America.
(2007)
Chapter Three empirically analyzes the effect of inequality on economic growth in Latin American countries. I use the area of family farms as a percentage of total agricultural holdings as a measure of inequality. In a ...