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Improving fault images using a directional Laplacian of a Gaussian operator
(2016-05)
Fault picking is a critical, but human-intensive component of seismic interpretation. In a bid to improve fault imaging in seismic data, I have applied a directional Laplacian of a Gaussian (dLoG) operator to sharpen fault ...
Confucianism: The New Wave of Ancient China Undergraduate
(2016)
Confucianism, a Chinese philosophy founded roughly 2,500 years ago,
has traditionally been understood to be, by historians and philosophers
alike, a strongly conservative philosophy. Yet after taking a look at the
historical ...
Dog parks and their users: A study of four dog parks in the greater Oklahoma City metropolitan area
(2016-05)
Humans have had a unique relationship with dogs for thousands of years. In the last three decades, this relationship has shifted and dogs have begun to be more widely recognized as family members by the wider American ...
The Works of Will James: His Contribution to the Mythologizing of the American Cowboy
(2016-12)
The life of Will James is one of mystery. His works, however, tell the story of a life he was meant to live. Born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault in 1892 in Saint-Nazaire-d’Acton, the boy grew up yearning to be a cowboy. ...
2016 Self, Motivation & Virtue Project Conference Highlights
(2016-05)
This video features highlights from the 2016 Self, Motivation & Virtue Project Conference, held on May 5-7, 2016 at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. This event was made possible by funding from the ...
Painful desires : the creation of the Iran-Contra affair Undergraduate
(2016)
The Iran-Contra affair was one of the most significant scandals in 20th century U.S. history. Although the name, Iran-Contra, appears to mainly involve the Islamic Republic and the Nicaraguan rebels, the affair heavily ...
IMPACTS OF TELEVISION HUMOR ON VIEWERS’ ENGAGEMENT, ATTITUDES, AND MEMORY: THE MODERATING EFFECTS OF MOTIVATION AND ABILITY
(2016)
This study explores the impact of late-night television humor on viewers’ engagement, attitudes, and memory. Existing literature has pointed to the effects of late-night comedy viewing on attitudes (Young, 2004), candidate ...
Scandal and Reform: a Historical Study of Corruption and Reform in Oklahoma's Court System, 1956-1967
(2016-12-09)
In the years 1964 and 1965 Oklahomans learned the shocking details of corruption in the Oklahoma Supreme Court. At least three justices had accepted substantial bribes in exchange for their votes. In the case of at least ...
LEGACIES OF EMPIRE: GREATER FRANCE FROM COLONIALISM TO TERRORISM
(2016-05)
In this thesis, I argue that the legacies of empire and colonization are influencing the development of French identity and are challenging notions of contemporary French society. I argue that these colonial legacies reached ...
Celebrity on the Peacock Throne : Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi's superstar portrayal in U.S. popular culture, 1965-1978 Undergraduate
(2016)
Foreign policy is not a science; it is an art. The creation of policies, the opinions formed towards other countries, and the relationships between nations are all part of the delicate balance that leads to foreign relations ...