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Essays on estimating market power exertion in the U.S. beef packing industry
(2020-05)
The first essay discusses the aggregation bias issue in estimating the degree of market power for agricultural and food industries and explores ways to improve the conjectural elasticity estimates using proper aggregation ...
Ontogeny, disparity, and function of the enigmatic casques of cassowaries (Casuarius): A case study of cranial ornamentation in archosaurs
(2020-12)
Modern cassowaries (Casuarius spp.) are flightless birds best known for their elaborate cranial casques, keratin and bone headgear located above the orbit and neurocranium. Because cassowaries are rare, seclusive, and ...
Lessons learned from oral histories gathered from the April 2018 Oklahoma Teacher Walkout
(2020-12)
This qualitative oral study study's primary purpose is to elicit, preserve, and explore personal stories from individuals who participated in the April 2018 Oklahoma Teacher Walkout. The study also builds understanding of ...
Administering history: The Oklahoma Historical Society and the Civil War in Indian Territory
(2021-12)
The American Civil War is one of the most studied periods in American history, with over 60,000 books detailing numerous topics from the political saga leading to war to social history exploring the lives of civilians, ...
Molecular dynamics study of protein mortalin and its mutants with anti-cancer agents flex hets
(2021-07)
Mortalin is a protein that belongs to a family of heat shock proteins (Hsp70) and has been found to be overexpressed in cancer cell lines. Mortalin has been found to interact with tumor suppressor protein p53, thus inhibiting ...
Curriculum specialists in the conversation of change: A third space approach
(2021-07)
The site-based curriculum specialist is a position that is often implemented to satisfy reform mandates without deeper, more significant consideration of how the specialist initiates or sustains change efforts in the school. ...
Multiple case study exploring teachers' queering of LGBTQ-inclusive children's literature in upper elementary classrooms
(2020-12)
This multiple case study interrogates the pedagogical practice of queering LGBTQ-inclusive children's literature in 3rd-6th grade classrooms. Five teachers, representing both private and public schools, demonstrated their ...
Tails of option-implied probability distributions
(2020-05)
This thesis builds on and contributes to work in the field of financial risk management, specifically option-implied probability distributions. Although a number of studies have examined estimating the middle portion of ...
Modelling and evaluating strategies to reduce bale handling costs in a cooperative cotton warehouse
(2020-12)
Cooperatively owned cotton warehouses have unique inventory management issues. Unlike some other agricultural commodities, cotton is stored and marketed on an identity preserved individual basis. Unlike other warehouses ...
Investigation of a holistic human-computer interaction (HCI) framework to support the design of extended reality (XR) based training simulators
(2021-12)
In recent years, the use of Extended Reality (XR) based simulators for training has increased rapidly. In this context, there is a need to explore novel HCI-based approaches to design more effective 3D training environments. ...