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QUANTIFYING PARTICLE TRANSPORTATION FOR UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION
(2017-12)The objectives of this research dissertation include: (1) develop a novel procedure of single well chemical tracer test (SWCTT) and modification of method of moments (MoM) to estimate mobile oil saturation; (2) apply ... -
Quantifying phosphorus loads and streambank erosion in the Ozark Highland Ecoregion using the SWAT model
(2015-12)Phosphorus (P) and sediment are major pollutants of waterbodies in the United States. Recent research has shown that future management practices must consider legacy P, especially from streambanks. Identifying and quantifying ... -
Quantifying Precipitation Efficiency and Drivers of Excessive Precipitation in Post-Landfall Hurricane Harvey
(2019)Hurricane Harvey produced widespread rainfall amounts over 1000 mm in portions of Southeast Texas, including Houston from 26-31 August 2017. The highly efficient and prolonged warm rain processes associated with Harvey ... -
Quantifying sediment loads from streambank erosion and potential load reductions from streambank stabilization using process-based modeling
(2017-07)Unstable streambanks contribute a significant sediment load to surface waters in some watersheds. Streambank stabilization techniques are available to increase stability of streambanks or reduce erodibility, thereby reducing ... -
Quantifying Selfing and Outcrossing Fertility in Lowland Swtichgrass Populations Using Ssr Markers
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-12-01)Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), a native C4 perennial species, is being developed as a major cellulosic crop for biofuel feedstock production in the U.S. However, no information is available on mating behavior of plants ... -
Quantifying Solar-Powered Removal of Aqueous and Gaseous Sulfide in a Mine Water Passive Treatment System
(2018-12-14)Passive treatment systems can improve water quality for mine water discharges. However, some process units, like vertical flow bioreactors (VFBRs), may produce excess sulfide, which can be a source of nuisance odors and ... -
Quantifying spatial-temporal stability to drought in a semi-arid shortgrass prairie ecosystem
(2022-05)Drought is known to cause negative ecological impacts in grasslands, with areas prone to drought expected to experience increases in both severity and frequency in the coming years. Cimarron County, Oklahoma is located at ... -
Quantifying the Costs and Benefits of Pavement Retexturing as a Pavement Preservation Tool
(2011)The objective of this research was to leverage research done abroad in Australia and New Zealand, as well as research conducted within the United States to determine the role pavement preservation treatments have on safety ... -
Quantifying the Effect of De-Emulsifiers on Acid Treatment in Carbonate Formations
(2021-02-21)Matrix acidizing is a highly successful, effective, and relatively inexpensive approach to enhancing well productivity in carbonate formations. Accordingly, there has been little motivation to address the ways to optimize ... -
Quantifying the effect of methane production on surrounding soil atmospheric gas exchange
(Oklahoma State University, 2021-04)By observing the behavior of soil microorganisms with respect to proximity to a methane production site (dairy farm lagoon), the relationship between anthropogenically manipulated atmospheric methane levels and methane ... -
Quantifying the Effects of Shared Resource Contention on Performance in Virtualiazed Systems
(Oklahoma State University, 2011-12-01)This study explores the use of hardware performance counters to capture correlation between shared resource usage and performance of the system, in a virtualized computer system.This thesis found hardware events that can ... -
Quantifying the efficiency and quality of air void distributions in concrete
(2022-05)This work establishes new ways to measure and examine the air bubble distribution within concrete. This is important to provide freeze thaw durability and resistance to oxychloride formation. These bubbles decrease the ... -
Quantifying the Impact of Asphaltene Precipitation on Sandstone Wettability
(2017-12)Asphaltene precipitation, and the resulting decline in oil production, has for long been identified as a severe problem in oil reservoirs. The deposition of these high molecular weight oil fractions in pore spaces have ... -
Quantifying the Impact of Experimental Factors on the Measurement of Dynamic Capillary Effects in Unsaturated Porous Media
(2014-12-12)Multiphase flow is an important phenomenon in many natural and engineering systems; for example, oil recovery and water movement in the unsaturated zone are two common multiphase flow systems. The capillary pressure-saturation ... -
Quantifying the Impact to Surface and Ground Waters Using Oklahoma Corporation Commission Compliance Reporting
(2015-07-01)Given increasing oil and gas drilling activity as a result of the new technologies of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, many Oklahomans have been concerned about pollution to surface and ground waters. Two ... -
Quantifying the intact proteome: optimization of analytical methods for high-throughput top-down proteomics
(2023-05-12)Proteins play an indispensable cellular role within organisms and participate in a majority of biological functions, including enzymatic catalysis, immune reaction, and signaling. Multiple forms of a protein (i.e., ... -
Quantifying the Physics and Energetics of Iron Low-Ionization Broad Absorption-Line Quasar Outflows
(2022)Quasars are among the most luminous and massive objects in the universe. They host an actively accreting supermassive black hole (SMBH) at their centre that can power energetic phenomena that outshine the host galaxy. A ... -
Quantifying the shifted baseline in breeding bird communities for Native American tribes relocated to Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2019-07-25)Ecosystem services are often recognized for their importance in productivity (e.g., Nitrogen fixation) or biosphere support (Oxygen production from photosynthesis). Cultural ecosystem services (e.g., biodiversity appreciation) ... -
Quantifying the Software Maintenance Task: an Empirical Study of Complexity Metrics Across Versions
(Oklahoma State University, 1989-05-01)This study concerns the discussion of popular software metrics, models and their applications. The thesis presents an empirical investigation of selected software metrics and also an empirical validation for a new metric, ...