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Parent-offspring recognition in cave swallows
(2013)
Natural selection favors investment in genetic relatives over giving such aid indiscriminately. Parental care is often easily directed only towards genetic relatives, but under some circumstances, this task can be problematic. ...
Neoliberal Natives: Projections, Disruptions, and Survivance within Casino Narratives
(2017-05-12)
Upon the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) in 1988, Indian gaming has been at the forefront of Native American discourses regarding sovereignty, self-determination, and economic development. Gaming operations ...
Microcosm assessment of natural processes affecting chemicals of emerging concern in secondary effluent
(2017-05)
The fight for new water sources is over, reclaimed water is next. Currently, the City of Norman supports its water needs via Lake Thunderbird (LT) and the Central Oklahoma Aquifer System (COAS). In times of peak demand, ...
ADDIE: Perspectives in Transition
(2011)
in an asynchronous forum responding to a prompt positing that ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) might be used in teaching instructional design (ID) as a safety net for designers without ...
COMMUNICABILITY, WELLNESS, AND RURAL HEALTH ECONOMICS: A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA
(2014-05-09)
Through an analysis of chronotopic discourses, or discourses that provide meaning in connection to time and space, focused on the (re)definition of rurality in relation to health, this dissertation examines the overall ...
Therapeutic Applications of Bioconjugates in Human Disease
(2018-12-14)
The unifying element tying together the therapeutics presented in this thesis is annexin A5. The protein, annexin 5 (ANXA5), is a membrane management protein that specifically binds to apoptotic cells. The natural ligand ...
Carbon Nanotube Enhanced Lithium Ion Composite Cathodes
(2014-08-13)
Batteries are sought that can deliver high energy density and high power density over thousands of cycles, with minimum environmental impact and cost. Invariably no one material can achieve all of these requirements. Lithium ...
Effects of Fuel Unsaturation on Pollutant Emissions from the Laminar Flames of Prevaporized Petroleum and Biodiesel Blends in Air
(2017-05)
Biodiesels, considered as alternative fuels to petroleum diesel, are defined as fatty acid methyl or ethyl esters derived from triglycerides of vegetable oils or animal fats. The utilization of biodiesels reduces greenhouse ...
Decolonizing hybridity: indigenous video, knowledge, and diffraction
(Cultural Geographies, 2012-07-01)
This article examines the hybrid cultural geographies of indigenous video with Donna Haraway’s visual strategy of diffraction. Drawing on ethnographic inquiry, one particular video is explored from three different perspectives. ...
HAND GESTURES FOR DRONE CONTROL USING DEEP LEARNING
(2018-12)
Commercial drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are rapidly becoming more prevalent and are used in many different applications, such as surveillance for sporting events, transportation for emergency ...