Search
Now showing items 4161-4170 of 6152
Normativity, Human Nature and Practical Reason: A New Approach to an Old Problem
(2017-05-12)
Neo-Aristotelian ethical naturalism (henceforth: Aristotelian naturalism) claims ethical goodness is a kind of human natural goodness, where natural goodness is a function of human nature. Call this the core thesis. The ...
THE CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATORS FOR SWIMMING AND SCRATCHING ARE PARTLY SHARED OR INTERACT AT THE INTERNEURONAL LEVEL IN ADULT TURTLES.
(2014-12)
Distinct rhythmic behaviors involving a common set of motoneurons and muscles can be generated by separate central nervous system networks, a single network, or partly overlapping networks in invertebrates. Less is known ...
Anxiety and Empowerment: An Ethnography of Science in the Middle
(2017)
Stacked within the Frontier Strip, 70,000 square miles of land constitutes the 46th state of the Union, Oklahoma. The state is known for its agriculture, energy, and aerospace industries, as well as rich cultural history ...
ORAZIO GRASSI AND A 1623 TREATISE ON THE SPHERE: ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICO-MATHEMATICS AT THE COLLEGIO ROMANO IN THE EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
(2016-12)
The University of Oklahoma History of Science Collections recently acquired a 1623 manuscript which has been attributed to the Jesuit mathematician Orazio Grassi. The first section of the manuscript, entitled “Tractatus ...
The Original Exception: The Originaires in Senegal, 1848-1960 Undergraduate
(2017)
When French colonialists governed parts of Africa, they partitioned Africans into groups of unique, individual statuses: sujets, metis, originaires, tirailleurs, and assimiles. These statuses contributed to uneven access ...
Sterilization of hydrogen peroxide resistant bacterial spores with stabilized chlorine dioxide
(2015-04-17)
Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032 spores isolated from a clean room environment are known to exhibit enhanced resistance to peroxide, desiccation, UV radiation and chemical disinfection than other spore-forming bacteria. The ...
Spectrum Formation at Late Times in Type Ia Supernovae
(2015-05-08)
I present a study of radiative transfer effects in type Ia supernovae ranging from 3-4 months to nearly 2 years post-maximum light. I explore several components of spectrum formation, beginning with a semi-analytic model ...
Structure and assembly of avian communities associated with black-tailed prairie dog ecosystems.
(2007)
It is clear that even in their current remnant state, black-tailed prairie dogs continue to play a significant role in the assembly of ecological communities across the Great Plains. Conservation of prairie dogs goes well ...
ONLINE MEMORY UPDATING: INVESTIGATING DIRECTED FORGETTING
(2013)
Memory updating, defined as the replacement of outdated information with new information, is be achieved by both increasing the likelihood of remembering the new information and reducing proactive interference caused by ...
Relevance and Privacy Improvements to the YaCy Decentralized Web Search Engine
(2018)
The YaCy decentralized web search engine carries significant potential advantages in censorship resistance over centralized search engines such as Google. However, YaCy currently suffers from deficiencies in relevance of ...