OSU Theses: Recent submissions
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Examining the relationship between normative beliefs, misuse of prescription medications and gender in college students
(2023-05)Introduction: Misuse of prescription medications (MPM) is a significant health concern, particularly among college students who demonstrate particularly high rates of misuse. Research has noted many variables related to ... -
Fire alone: A critical analysis of disaster-related learning in children's literature
(2023-05)The purpose of this study is to critically evaluate how readers perceive natural hazards portrayed in children’s literature, specifically through the Warriors middle school fantasy series about groups of feral cats living ... -
Heraclitus the priority monist: A study in ancient metaphysics
(2023-05)Heraclitus is famous for claiming that “all things are one,” (ἓν πάντα εἶναι). But what does this mean? In this thesis, I offer a novel, ground-theoretic model for unity in Heraclitus: Cosmic unity through priority monism. ... -
Nonuniqueness and equivalence in online inverse reinforcement learning with applications to pilot performance modeling
(2023-05)The focus of this thesis is behavior modeling for pilots of unmanned aerial vehicles.The pilot is assumed to make decisions that optimize an unknown cost functional, which is estimated from observed trajectories using a ... -
Effects of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on mobilization: Analysis of mobilization as a compliance mechanism
(2023-05)Human rights treaty compliance remains an open question in comparative politics literature. There have been treaties like CEDAW, which have achieved remarkable women’s rights improvement. But how this treaty accomplishes ...