The University of Oklahoma: Recent submissions
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Forward-view Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography for Needle-based Interventions
(2024-05-10)During my five-year Ph.D. academic career at the University of Oklahoma, I would first express my deepest gratitude to Dr. Qinggong Tang. I really appreciate your assistance with both my research studies and daily life. ... -
CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER INJECTION-INDUCED FRACTURING: IMPLICATIONS FOR CARBON GEOSEQUESTRATION
(2024-05-03)To safely sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) in the subsurface, it is vital to maintain the injection pressure below the formation breakdown pressure, which is dominantly governed by lithology, principal stresses, and presence ... -
THE PARADOX OF ‘BLACK TEACHERS FOR BLACK STUDENTS’: A CRITICAL NARRATIVE CASE STUDY OF BLACK TEACHERS' EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR TEACHER PREPARATION WITHIN PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS
(2024-05-10)As a result of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas, a shortage of African American teachers has plagued American schools. A call for the integration of schools, while making great educational strides for Black ... -
ACTIVATION OF MURINE DENDRITIC CELLS THROUGH STING PATHWAY INTERACTIONS WITH GLYCATED CHITOSAN
(2024-05-10)N-dihydrogalactochitosan (Glycated Chitosan, GC) is a promising immunoadjuvant for cancer therapeutics. Synthesized from chitin and galactose, GC stimulates the innate and adaptive antitumor immune responses more potently ... -
TOWARDS AI-ENABLED DIAGNOSTICS FROM NOISY AND INCOMPLETE DATA
(2024-05-10)The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized diagnostic procedures, promising enhanced accuracy and efficiency across various domains. This dissertation leverages AI capabilities for diagnostic purposes, ... -
Principals' Perceptions of Isolation and Contributing Factors: A Mixed Method Analysis
(2024-05-10)Principals’ perceived isolation has been empirically associated with factors such as lower self-efficacy, job dissatisfaction, and burnout and a strong predictor of a principal's intentions to leave the profession. The ... -
How do adults who experienced complex childhood trauma describe their progression through school?
(2024-05-10)Complex trauma is considered the most severe form of trauma. It is characterized by multiple harmful events that typically begin early in a child’s life, are chronic and prolonged, result in highly adverse developmental ... -
HOW GAY AND LESBIAN EDUCATORS POSITION THEMSELVES IDEOLOGICALLY IN THE CLASSROOM
(2024-05-10)In this study, I aim to better understand the ideological positioning of gay and lesbian educators in the classroom setting. Through conducting a qualitative study, I interviewed three teachers who identify as gay or ... -
Understanding Inter-Group Cooperation Among Far-Right Extremist Groups: Through the Two-Pyramid Model of Radicalization and Textual Analysis
(2024-05)After the event of the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, NC, it has become clear that extremist white nationalist groups communicate and interact with each other. What is unclear is the criteria they use when ... -
ARE WORK-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS ASSOCIATED WITH POSITIVE PLACEMENT AND PROGRAM COMPLETION?
(2024-05-10)Career technical education (CTE) is undergoing a resurgence in popularity. Amid this uptick in interest, one significant area of investment is in work-based learning (WBL) opportunities for students, which encompasses many ... -
An Investigation of Organizational Citizenship Behavior De-escalation
(2024-05-10)Although prior research indicates that employees often feel pressure to increase levels of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), very little systematic research has explored the opposite occurrence – when employees ... -
Supervisor Responses to Subordinate Social Issue Advocacy: The Motivating Role of Anticipated Gratitude and Guilt
(2024-05-10)Social issues are a frequent topic of discussion in organizations today. Given that many employees view their organizations as a place to initiate change on such issues, recent work has examined how employees sell social ... -
WHEN TO FOLLOW, WHEN TO BREAK, WHO TO BLAME: CITIZEN PERCEPTIONS OF STREET-LEVEL SERVICE INTERACTIONS
(2024-05-10)In this dissertation, I combine insights from public administration with those of political science, public policy, and social psychology to better understand how citizens think about and understand their governments. In ... -
The Invisible Artist: The Editor's Perspective on Rhetoric, Ethics, and Representation in Film Editing
(2024-05-10)This dissertation explores the impact that the film editor has on films and what their beliefs are when it comes to the content that they create. Examining history, this dissertation shows that film editors have always ... -
BRIDGING BALLET AND LATIN DANCE: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO CHOREOGRAPHY AND CULTURAL INTEGRATION
(2024-05-10)This study explores the intersection between ballet and Latin dance, two dance styles with divergent trajectories in the choreographic field. It examines the history of ballet from the appearance of the Ballet de Cour in ... -
Accountability, Ownership, and Satisfaction: An Innovative Approach to Teamwork in Engineering Education
(2024-05-12)Teamwork skills are essential for engineers to be successful in their careers. Engineers often work in teams to solve complex problems. Unfortunately, learning power skills, such as teamwork, can pose a significant challenge ... -
They Arrive, They Compete, But What’s Next?: Exploring the Transition Out of Sport Experiences of Former Division I International College Athletes
(2024-05-10)International college athletes (ICAs) represent a unique and rapidly growing subpopulation within National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) member institutions, especially at the Division I (DI) level. These athletes ... -
EVALUATION OF MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM ACCURACY IN ENERGY EXPLORATION USING PHYSICS DERIVED SYNTHETIC MODELS.
(2024-05-10)Oil and gas exploration and production struggles with meeting energy needs while minimizing environmental impact. Amidst artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to expedite energy exploration and minimize ... -
Cloudy with a Chance of Conservation: How Perception Shapes Conservation Behavior
(2024-05-10)With disruptive natural events such as hurricanes, flooding, and drought-based wildfires affecting ecosystems and human communities more frequently than ever, environmental conservation is a critical issue now and going ... -
Methodus Poetico-Philosophicus
(2024-05-10)A plausible interpretation of Wittgenstein’s claim that philosophers should be poets can be constructed by drawing together: (1) his conception of the goal of philosophy as the ethical and existential transformation or ...