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Patterns in habitat selection between breeding and wintering grounds of Neotropical migrant passerines
(2017-05)Migratory animals must select suitable habitat in different locations to take advantage of abundances of resources and escape harsh climates during seasonal changes. Niche tracking occurs when migratory animals fill the ... -
Patterns of Pollution: A Legal Geography of America's Toxic History and the Road to Remediation at the Tar Creek Superfund Site
(2023-08-04)Toxic sites across the United States have been sacrificed for progress and prosperity somewhere else. Far and wide, the communities that inhabit sacrifice zones and experience slow violence–or harm that happens over long ... -
Peer Relations and Aggression: Precursors to Adolescent Delinquency and Risk-Taking Behavior
(2019-05-10)Adolescent problem behaviors are an important area of investigation because of the long-term implications of engaging in risky and delinquent behaviors. Past research has focused on overt aggression and peer rejection as ... -
Peer to peer metrological data sharing model
(2020-12-18)Present manufacturing systems often generate enormous amounts of data, that are often forgotten or lost. A major reason for ignoring such data is the heterogeneity of data. This research focuses on the heterogeneity between ... -
Perceived Discrimination in Healthcare Among American Indian College Students
(2020-05)Introduction: Trust is integral in the patient-physician relationship. Perceived discrimination can have a detrimental effect on that relationship. The purpose of this study is to investigate Native and Non-Native perceptions ... -
Perception is Powerful: Managerial Coaching, Reciprocity, Employees' Perceptions, and Engagement
(2023-05-12)Between 2021-2022, "Quiet Quitting" topped work-related headlines, and a June 2022 Gallup survey found that 50% of employees were ‘not engaged.’ Not engaged employees are the ones who are ‘quietly quitting.’ Organizations ... -
Perception, visibility, and intervisibility in the late Archaic landscape of the Black Mesa region of Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Colorado
(2023-05-12)Phenomenology, as an interpretive framework centered on perception and life experience, aids archaeologists in understanding past human relationships with landscapes and their features. In the Black Mesa region of Cimarron ... -
Perceptions of Remote Work Within the Construction Industry in the Current Pandemic Environment
(2021-05-16)Working remotely has become increasingly popular over the past year, given organization’s need to rapidly adjust to changing conditions as a result of the Coronavirus. It allowed companies to more easily adapt to stay-at-home ... -
PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY AMONG CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS
(2020-07-30)The health and safety of construction jobsites in the United States has been a concern for a long time among industry practitioners and researchers. Despite all the efforts, the number of construction workplace fatalities ... -
Perceptions: a peek into self-knowledge
(2018-12-14)I am interested in exploring the nature of self as an emergent property that arises at the intersection of individuals and their cultural environments. Cultural forces provide potential resources for agency when internalized ... -
PERFORMACE OF UREA-BASED IN-SITU CO2 EOR: INFLUENCES OF DIFFERENT POROUS MEDIA
(2018-12-14)Carbon dioxide (CO2) flooding has been proved as a successful method for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in oil fields globally in recent decades. However, significant growth of applying CO2-EOR technology is largely restricted ... -
The performance and cost-benefit analysis of iron coagulants and polymer additive in enhancing seawater treatment during harmful algal blooms
(2023-05)Water usage is growing at more than twice the rate of the population, and an increasing number of regions are reaching the limit at which water services can be sustainably delivered, specifically in arid regions (United ... -
Performance characteristics of selected asphalt mixes : a laboratory and field study
(2006)A combined laboratory and field study was undertaken to investigate the performance characteristics of some Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) mixes that are commonly used by Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT). Four different ... -
Performance Measurement Indicators in the Healthcare Industry: A Systematic Review
(2016-08)Objectives: The purpose of this study is to explore and investigate the types of employee performance measurement systems applied in healthcare services and assess their efficiency in providing accurate measurement of the ... -
PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SOIL INTEGRATED BRIDGE SYSTEMS (GRS-IBS) IN OKLAHOMA
(2017-05-12)In 2013, the University of Oklahoma, together with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Oklahoma Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), started a feasibility study of GRS-IBS, which had been promoted by the ... -
The Performance of Cement-Limiting and High-Volume Recycled Material Mix Designs for Use in Concrete Pavements Through Laboratory and Field Implementation Testing
(2016-05)Conventional methods of replacing roadways are beginning to negatively impact the environment. The continued use of high volumes of cement will continue to exacerbate the increasing levels of carbon dioxide. In addition ... -
THE PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE CONTAINING HIGH VOLUMES OF RECYCLED MATERIALS FOR USE IN PAVEMENT APPLICATIONS
(2017-12)America’s roadway system is in need of a more sustainable, efficient, and innovative plan to improve the condition if its infrastructure. As a possible solution, this research focuses on using recycled concrete aggregate ... -
Performance of Fiber-Reinforced Eco-Friendly Concrete for Bridge Structures
(2016-08-12)Concrete is the leading building material in the world due to its readily available materials, strength, durability, and relatively low cost. With cities growing at a more rapid pace, the demand for concrete is increasing. ... -
Performance of Fiber-Reinforced Self-Consolidating Concrete for Repair of Bridge Sub-Structures
(2016-05)The damage of various reinforced concrete elements accounts for significant annual expenditures by state and federal transportation agencies on bridge maintenance, repair, or replacement. With the rising costs of materials ... -
Performance of Multi-Hazard-Resistant Hollow-Core FRP-Concrete-Steel Columns with High-Strength SCC or UHPC
(2023-12-15)The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and state departments of transportation (DOTs) are actively promoting accelerated bridge construction (ABC) to minimize construction costs by reducing construction time, which in ...