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LGBQ Identity and E-cigarette Dependence Among Young Adults
(2022-05-13)Introduction: E-cigarette use is most prevalent among young adults (18-25-year-olds) and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) people when compared to other age groups and heterosexual people. This study examined the ... -
"Like, Right Now We Don't Really Have a Voice": Stories of Secondary Social Studies Teachers Working with ELLs
(2020-05-08)Students for whom English is a second or additional language are a significant and growing population within public schools. Notions of inclusion and citizenship are uniquely and distinctly a part of social studies. In ... -
Limitations and evaluation of the linear assumption on antenna design
(2022-05-13)A common assumption made by antenna engineers is to consider a system to be linear and time-invariant (LTI). This assumption is incredibly powerful and has enabled a century of advancements, but consequently has perhaps ... -
Linear Post Linear Flow Production Analysis
(2017-05-12)This study was motivated by the production data observed from multi-fractured horizontal wells in the field that have two infinite acting flow regimes. These two infinite acting flow regimes appear as two straight lines ... -
Linking image processing and numerical modeling to identify potential geohazards
(2017-08)Faults, along with natural fractures, may enhance production when confined within the reservoir. However, if the fault is connected to an aquifer, it may cause early water breakthrough in the reservoir. Even if they are ... -
Liquid Chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry-based metabolite profiling in the hearts of germ-free and conventionally-raised mice
(2020-12-15)The microbiota is the community of microorganisms living on and in a biological system. It has shown to play a role in a broad range of medical conditions, including cardiovascular diseases. Germ-free (GF) mice grew under ... -
Listening At the Lab: Bird Watchers and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
(2016-05)Professionalization within the sciences has often been presented as a process of separation between scientists and the public. Implicit within this conception of professionalization is a hierarchical conception of knowledge ... -
A Lithic Analysis of School Land I (34DL64) A Northern Caddo Village in the Foothills of the Ozarks
(2024-05-10)School Land I (34DL64) is a Harlan Phase (A.D. 1050-1250) Caddo village site set in the Arkansas River basin at the confluence of the Grand and Elk Rivers in Delaware County, Oklahoma. This site was originally excavated ... -
Lithostratigraphy and depositional environments of the Pitkin Limestone (Chesterian, Mississippian) in portions of Cherokee, Muskogee, and Sequoyah Counties, Oklahoma
(Norman : [s.n.],, 1981)This thesis provides a detailed lithostratigraphic analysis and interpretation of depositional environments of the pitkin limestone (Chesterian, Mississippian) in a portion of northeastern Oklahoma. The study area is located ... -
A Litmus Test for the Pattern-Suppression Model
(2016)The current set of experiments were designed to test the pattern-suppression model, which is a component of the suppression theory of forgetting. Experiment 1 tested the pattern-facilitation hypothesis, a hypothesis derived ... -
Living walls and their effect on indoor environmental quality and occupant satisfaction in the workplace
(2021-12-17)Occupant health and comfort has suffered as a result of tightly sealed buildings and construction that divides humans from nature (Wolverton, Douglas, & Bounds, 1989). Biophilic design is a way of reconnecting occupants ... -
Local Lunacy: A Legal, Political, and Spatial History of the Early British Psychiatric System and the Causes for the Lunacy and County Asylums Acts of 1845
(2022-05-14)Between 1774 and 1845, British social outlook towards mental health changed drastically and a new wave of prominent medical people revolutionized the field. Quaker beliefs and Enlightenment philosophy influenced ideas of ... -
Localization of tables and plots in documents using deep neural networks
(2022-05-13)There has been an immense increase in number of scientific publications being published every single day, it has been increasingly difficult to keep up with all the new results being published. In this research, we localized ... -
A location optimization approach to refugee resettlement decision-making
(2020-12)Whether due to customary causes or new emerging ones, the ever-growing refugee population precipitates a variety of issues all around the world. Resettlement of individuals and families is an issue that should be regarded ... -
LONELINESS AS IT STANDS IN RELATION TO THE HUMAN CONDITION: DAVID FOSTER WALLACE’S GRAPPLING WITH LONELINESS, DEPRESSION, AND A DESIRE TO LESSEN THE PAIN OF EACH
(2024-05-10)David Foster Wallace’s unique writing style hinges on difficulty. His approach to storytelling challenges the reader’s expectations, forcing them to actively engage with the characters and scenes rather than passively ... -
Long-Range Water Municipality Planning in the Face of Climate Change in Oklahoma and Texas
(2023-05-12)The climate is warming as anthropogenic climate change continues to alter the planet and its atmosphere. Water infrastructure is a part of the human-built environment, and this system deals with disasters due to its ... -
Loosening the Emotions that Bind - Mindfulness and Ethical Decision Making
(2018-07-24)Research has shown that negative emotions can influence the decision-making process and contribute to unethical behavior. It was hypothesized that mindfulness would decrease negative emotions and reduce their impact in the ... -
“The Lord That Counseled Thee to Give Away thy Land”: The Wardship Controversy in the First Quarto Version of King Lear
(2019)This thesis argues that the 1608 First Quarto (Q) version of William Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear responds to then-ongoing popular agitation in England against the institution of wardship. Q implicitly affirms routinely-made ... -
Losing My Political Motivation: Trends in Voting and Protesting Expectations of U.S. High School Seniors
(2023-05-12)The purpose of this descriptive study is to analyze trends in the political engagement plans of high school seniors from 1976 to 2019. Using the Monitoring the Future dataset, I address the following research questions: ... -
Lottie Moon: Southern Baptist Feminist
(2024-05-10)Charlotte Diggs “Lottie” Moon is widely acknowledged by Southern Baptists as a key contributor to the mass expansion of Southern Baptist missions during the 19th century. Though the missionary is celebrated for her fierce ...