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Observational and model analyses of the Oklahoma City urban heat island
(2014-05-09)
To date, much of the current understanding of the impacts of urban areas on atmospheric processes results from a number of field programs. Between 28 June and 31 July 2003, a vast array of instrument systems collected ...
Investigation into molecular beam epitaxial growth and characterization of InGaAs structures and InAs superlattices
(2014-05)
(1) InGaAs quantum wells have been experimentally studied for their potential application in electronic devices. The narrow band gap of InGaAs lead to smaller effective masses for electrons and holes, which results in ...
Polyphasic Taxonomy: A Tool to Identify and Characterize Members of Complex Microbial Communities
(2014-12)
Systematics is a fundamental discipline that underpins the science of microbiology, providing a framework that allows for the identification, classification, taxonomy, and nomenclature of single cell organisms. Since the ...
Public Interest, Private Lands: Soil Conservation in the United States, 1890-1940
(2014-05)
My dissertation is a history of soil conservation in the United States between 1890 and 1940. In a democracy founded, in part, on the principle of private property rights, how have Americans sought to protect the public ...
Medicine Worse than the Malady: Indian Health, Colonization, and the Wind River Reservation, 1800-1928
(2014-05-09)
At the turn of the century Native Americans represented a wide variety of cultures, economic situations, regions, and historical experiences. Yet unusually high rates of tuberculosis, trachoma, and infant mortality were ...
Heinrich Domnich: A Discussion of His Career, Pedagogy and Concert Works for the Horn
(2014-08)
This document explores the life, music, and writing of Heinrich Domnich, a professor at the Paris Conservatoire and a horn virtuoso of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Domnich lived from 1767 to 1844 and ...
How Is Sexual Identity Acceptance Related To Self-Determination For LGB-Identified University Students Within Classroom Settings?
(2014-08-15)
The social environment in which students operate has been shown to influence psychological well-being (Deci & Ryan, 2000). Through this quantitative study, the research highlights inadequacy of academic research dealing ...
Verbal Aggressiveness in Marriage: Examining the Influence of Empathy and Accountability on the Fundamental Attribution Error
(2014-09)
This study examined causal attributions made for verbal aggressiveness in marriage relationships. Specifically, empathy and accountability interventions were used to mitigate the Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE), or the ...
INVESTIGATING THE SYNTHESIS OF TRANSITION METAL OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES IN A COUNTER-FLOW FLAME
(2014-05-09)
In this dissertation, the synthesis and growth mechanisms of various transition metal oxide (TMO) nanostructures inside a counter-flow flame medium were investigated. Transition metal oxide nanostructures with distinctive ...
Disability and College Composition: Investigating Access, Identity, and Rhetorics of Ableism
(2014-05-09)
This dissertation analyzes the accessibility and accommodation experiences of students with disabilities in college writing classrooms at a Midwestern public research university. The study argues that writing teachers need ...