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Oil Retention and Its Effects on Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer in Microchannel Evaporators of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Systems
(2015-12-01)
In Air-conditioning and Refrigeration systems, a small portion of the compressor oil circulates with the refrigerant through the cycle components. The oil circulating with the refrigerant flow retains in heat exchangers ...
Optimization-based multibody dynamics modeling method for team lifting simulation
(2019-12)
A novel optimization-based multibody dynamics modeling method is proposed for two-dimensional (2D) team lifting prediction. The box itself is modeled as a floating-base rigid body in Denavit-Hartenberg representation. The ...
From One Movement to Another: Histoire(s) Du Cinma and Poetic Revealing
(Oklahoma State University, 2011-12-01)
This thesis attempts to consider how historiography can be understood and visualized in its plurality through the various aesthetic and stylistic features of cinema. Working against more traditional notions of historiography ...
Examination of the influence of athletic participation on college adjustment
(2018-05)
College students are faced with adjustment as they enter the new and unfamiliar environment. Strategies of adaptation are developed, some of which are positive and some less positive. Student-athletes have an additional ...
Provenance and pore system analysis of carbonate mass transport deposits in the Permian Basin: Insight into Wolfcamp unconventional reservoirs
(2019-07)
Mass Transport Deposits (MTD's) make up a significant portion of basinal sedimentation and can serve as a reservoir unit, flow unit barriers, or paleo-topographic highs that may control overlying reservoir distribution. ...
Uses of the slime mold lifecycle as a model for numerical optimization
(2010-07)
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Factors affecting student persistence at public research universities in Oklahoma
(2016-07)
Prior studies have demonstrated that most college dropouts happen at the transition to the third semester of college. Using a state dataset that includes student data for the 2013-2014 time span in the state of Oklahoma, ...
Perceptions and preferences of students from small rural high schools in pursuing bachelor's degrees
(2011-05)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this descriptive case study was to describe the perceptions and preferences of students from small rural high schools in pursuing bachelor's degrees in a university setting. The ...
Two essays in financial markets development and economic growth: An empirical investigation
(2012-07)
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Relationship of Self-compassion with Thwarted Belongingness and Perceived Burdensomeness in American Indian/alaska Native People
(Oklahoma State University, 2016-05-01)
In this study, the relationships of self-compassion (i.e., self-kindness, self-judgment, common humanity, isolation, mindfulness, and over-identification) with suicide risk factors of perceived burdensomeness and thwarted ...