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EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF PROPPED FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITY
(2018-05)
Hydraulic fractures act as conduits connecting a wellbore to nanodarcy permeability unconventional reservoirs. Proppants are responsible for enhancing the fracture conductivity and help in maintaining high production rates. ...
The Effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Isometric Exercise on Pain Perception Prior to and Following an Acute Bout of Exercise
(2018-05-11)
Pain is defined as an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience. The experience of acute or chronic pain has produced adverse societal implications. The use of exercise and TENS have been established for their ability to ...
Learning Not to Take the Bait: An Examination of Training Methods and Overlearning on Phishing Susceptibility
(2018-05-11)
As phishing attacks become increasingly common and sophisticated, anti-phishing training must extend beyond teaching individuals about cues and rules associated with phishing. Specifically, training methods that teach ...
Niche Partitioning in Theropod Dinosaurs: Diet and Habitat Preference in Predators from the Uppermost Cedar Mountain Formation (Utah, U.S.A.)
(2018-12-14)
We explore hypothetical ecologies to explain diversity among predatory dinosaurs in North America’s medial Cretaceous, based on occurrence, tooth morphology, and stable isotope analysis. The Mussentuchit local fauna, Utah, ...
Learning Assisted Decoupled Software Pipelining (LA-DSWP)
(2018-05)
In this thesis, I introduce and implement an extension to the Decoupled Software Pipelining (DSWP) algorithm proposed by Rangan et al. This new extension is named Learning Assisted Decoupled Software Pipelining (or LA-DSWP) ...
Journal of the Faculty Senate, September 17, 2018
(The University of Oklahoma Faculty Senate, 2018-09-17)
Steady State Permeability Measurements in Shales
(2018)
Characterizing matrix permeability in shale formations is vital to determining the long term productivity of a reservoir as well as determining the optimal completion design. Permeability of shales lies in the nanodarcy ...
All risk and no reward: How benevolent and hostile sexism undermine women's development through feedback seeking
(2018-12-14)
For nearly three decades, researchers have investigated a myriad of proactive behaviors in organizations, including feedback seeking. In general, feedback seeking and other forms of proactive behavior are believed to be ...
Domesticity, Utopia, and Biopolitics: A Critical Study of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Moving the Mountain
(2018-05-11)
With the rise of first-wave feminism in United States, often characterized by the movement to secure women the right to vote and enact a voice in the public sphere, the early twentieth century indicated a clear ideological ...
Understanding Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Influences for Smoking in Multiunit Housing
(2018-08)
This study explored some underlying reasons to why some smokers choose to smoke indoors as well as some of the factors that contributed to this decision. In addition, this study looked at what smokers know about environmental ...