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Dynamic Shear Rupture along Faults: Experiments and Simulations
(2013-12-14)
Earthquakes are events of unstable shear rupture that propagate along fault-zones in the crust. Earthquake rupture processes have been the focus of experimental analyses and numerical simulations, yet many details are still ...
Journal of the Faculty Senate, March 11, 2013
(The University of Oklahoma Faculty Senate, 2013-03-11)
Recognizing Racial Publics--An Exploration of Racial Identity and Community Among Black Women in Understanding Obesity and Weight Loss Messages
(2013)
This dissertation takes a public relations approach and qualitatively explores how Black women understand obesity and weight loss messages based on their racial identity and community. Racial identity is the degree to which ...
Student Engagement and Leadership of the Transition Planning Process
(Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2013-05-01)
The Council for Exceptional Children’s Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT) has been a longstanding leader and advocate in the field of secondary education for students with disabilities. This paper traces ...
DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF HUMAN MIDDLE EAR TISSUES
(2013)
Middle ear tissues, including the tympanic membrane (TM), round window membrane (RWM) and stapedial annular ligament (SAL), play important roles in acoustic transmission function in the middle ear. Changes of mechanical ...
ADVANCES TOWARD THE UTILIZATION OF CUCURBIT[7]URIL AND SELECTED VIOLOGENS IN MOLECULAR MACHINES AND DEVICES
(2013-10-18)
The study of technology at the molecular level is the perhaps the final frontier in materials science, and is fertile ground for the application of supramolecular chemistry. Cucurbit[7]uril is a particularly unique ...
HIT LIST: PRESIDENT CARTER'S REVIEW OF RECLAMATION WATER PROJECTS AND HIS IMPACT ON FEDERAL WATER POLICY
(2013)
This dissertation investigates changes in funding of federal water projects and the development of new water policies during the administrations of Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. I conclude that these events ...
Cardiovascular and Muscular Responses to Eight Weeks of Resistance Exercise Training in Young and Older Women
(2013)
PURPOSE: Resistance training is recommended for all adults of both sexes. The time-course of muscle hypertrophy in young and older women and the arterial stiffness and limb blood flow responses to resistance exercise in ...
Higgs Phenomenology in the Standard Model and Beyond at LHC
(2013)
In this dissertation, the discovery potential of neutral Higgs bosons has been discussed respectively in the Standard Model (SM), minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM), and unified supersymmetric models. In the SM, ...