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Essays in regional and urban economics
(2018-05)
My dissertation contains three applied essays. The first essay examines how proximity to higher-tiered centers in the urban hierarchy affects the population growth. The massive population growth in India is not driven by ...
Studies on the mobility and transport of barium present in unconventional petroleum produced water disposed into saline aquifers
(2018-05)
Petroleum produced water (PPW) from unconventional oil and gas (UOG) in the USA contains heavy metals whose concentrations are in many cases hundreds of time above the USA drinking water standards. This poses an environmental ...
Immigration: The Shaping of Partisan Identity and Presidential Vote Choice
(2018-05-01)
Immigration as an issue is salient in U.S. politics, particularly regarding the 2016 presidential election. Building a wall on the southern border of the United States, expanding border patrol units, and deporting all ...
Trace Metal Distribution in Redeposited Organic Carbon-Rich Sediments in a Modern Upwelling System
(2018-07-01)
To determine the depositional pathways and environments of organic carbon-rich material, sediment cores from the Benguela upwelling system offshore Namibia were investigated. Trace and major elements, organic carbon, and ...
Comparison of Chiral Methamphetamine Separations in Urine
(2018-05-01)
Methamphetamine (meth) and amphetamine are commonly abused central nervous system (CNS) stimulants that are frequently screened for in many forensic and clinical toxicology labs. Amphetamine is present as the metabolite ...
Stratigraphy, depositional environment, and reservoir characterization of the Osage-Layton sandstone in north-central Oklahoma
(2018-12)
The Osage-Layton sandstone is an important oil- and gas-producing reservoir in Oklahoma. Previous studies have concluded that the Osage-Layton sandstone (also known as the Cottage Grove sandstone in central and northwest ...
Disordered Eating in Non-Elite Marathon Runners
(2018-05-01)
The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate prevalence of disordered eating in non-elite marathon runners. Another purpose for this study was to analyze the difference in disordered eating prevalence between males ...
Optimum Time and Rate of Fertilizer Nitrogen for Wheat (Triticum aestivum) and Maize (Zea mays L.) Grain Yield
(2018-12-01)
Corn yield can be related directly to the crop's nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). A study was conducted in 2017 at two locations, Lake Carl Blackwell (LCB) and EFAW both located near Stillwater, OK. This experiment was ...
Information technology in agriculture: The value of implementing a whole-chain traceability system to transfer information in beef industry and using eye-tracking technology to improve conjoint analysis
(2018-05)
Information technology has been widely used in agricultural industries. This dissertation evaluates the benefits of two newly-developed information technologies, whole-chain traceability in the beef industry and eye tracking ...
Placental Growth Factor Regulation by Shear Stress and Iron Metabolism in Endothelial Cells
(2018-12-01)
Arteriogenesis is the complex process of outward enlargement of small arteries and arterioles, also known as the collaterals. Arteriogenesis involves cell proliferation and vasculature remodeling and it is induced by ...