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ON THE FATE OF THE FRACTURING FLUID AND ITS IMPACT ON LOAD RECOVERY AND WELL PERFORMANCE
(2016-08-01)The complexity of the shale system coupled with the mystery of low fracturing fluid recovery has puzzled many researchers. Field reports from hydraulic fracturing operations performed on shale formations have highlighted ... -
On the Reciprocal Nature of Active Publics in Divisive Social Issues: Opinion Climate and the Road to Stalled Social Conversations
(2022-05-13)This thesis investigated active publics’ communicative course of action by evaluating variables such as individual ethical orientation and perceived opinion climate, providing insight on the justification of the communicative ... -
On the use of Odonata as ecological indicators
(2018)The insect order Odonata, the dragonflies and damselflies, is unique to use as an ecological indicator for water quality because of its close relationship with aquatic ecosystems and relative ease of observation and ... -
"One card to rule them all:" Towards a Critical Understanding of New Fare Collection Technology
(2021-05)Payments for public transit are changing, as agencies adapt to the near-ubiquity of smartphones as well as credit- and debit-cards in order to secure fare revenues. These developments have enabled many transit agencies in ... -
One-class Support Vector Machines Approach for Trust-Aware Recommendation Systems
(2021-12)As the amount of information users interact with every day continue to grow, filtering it for useful information is increasingly important. One of the most useful tools for this task are recommender systems (RS). These ... -
Opportunity in Crisis: Russia's Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
(2021-05)Sweeping the globe in 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has delivered one of the greatest shocks to the international system in recent history. Beyond presenting a health crisis, the pandemic has affected global trade and ... -
Optimal Facility Location for Interdependent Infrastructure Network Recovery
(2017-05)Modern communities heavily depend on critical infrastructure networks such as power, water, transportation, telecommunications, gas, etc. Since daily life requires these networks to be operational, it is important that ... -
Optimal selection of short- and long-term mitigation strategies for flooding hazard
(2022-05)Every year, flood hazards cause significant economic losses in different locations worldwide with devastating impacts on the buildings and the physical infrastructure. Therefore, investing in flood mitigation is crucial ... -
Optimal structure patterns for resilient corporate networks
(2019-12-13)Corporate networks are sets of companies maintaining formal relations between them in the form of contracts (INSEE, 2016). This type of network is generally affected when unexpected events happen, such as financial crises ... -
Optimization of red brick dust-based geopolymers for use in sustainable construction
(2023-12-15)With the rising carbon dioxide levels affecting climate change, sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives to ordinary portland cement (OPC) are being investigated. To reduce the overall environmental impact, industrial ... -
OPTIMIZATION OF THE SEARCH CRITERIA FOR DETECTING THE STANDARD MODEL HIGGS BOSON DECAYING TO WW^* BOSONS
(2019)Abstract It is important to measure the properties of the Higgs boson that has been detected at the LHC to determine if it exactly matches the predictions of the Standard Model (SM) Higgs or if it deviates from those ... -
Optimizing a Pedestrian Level of Service Analysis in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
(2018-05-12)Urban areas across the United States have seen an increase in transportation methods beyond the private automobile. Cities such as Minneapolis, Denver, and Charlotte have added or expanded light rail transit, bike lanes, ... -
OPTIMIZING THE SPREAD OF INFLUENCE IN SOCIAL NETWORK COMMUNITY STRUCTURES
(2019-12-14)Natural disasters and disruptive events were a major reason for researchers to study networks and community vulnerability. Detecting communities is considered a key element to better understand social networks. This detection ... -
Optimizing Wettability to Maximize Production from Retrograde Condensate Reservoirs - A Simulation Approach
(2017-05-12)It is well documented that significant production loss can be expected when regions of a retrograde condensate reservoir fall below the dew point, leading to liquid banking around the wellbore. Several methods have been ... -
ORAZIO GRASSI AND A 1623 TREATISE ON THE SPHERE: ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICO-MATHEMATICS AT THE COLLEGIO ROMANO IN THE EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
(2016-12)The University of Oklahoma History of Science Collections recently acquired a 1623 manuscript which has been attributed to the Jesuit mathematician Orazio Grassi. The first section of the manuscript, entitled “Tractatus ... -
THE ORGANIC GEOCHEMICAL VARIABILITY IN DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES WITHIN A STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE OF THE WOODFORD SHALE IN THE ARDMORE BASIN, OKLAHOMA
(2020-07)The Devonian-Early Mississippian Woodford Shale underlying the subsurface of Carter and Murray Counties in the Ardmore Basin, Oklahoma, USA, has attracted growing interest as an unconventional reservoir. Heterogeneity has ... -
Organic Geochemistry of The Woodford Shale, Cherokee Platform, OK and its Role in a Complex Petroleum System
(2016-05-13)The Woodford Shale is probably the most prolific source rock in the Anadarko Basin and Cherokee Platform. During the last decade, it became more important due to its high unconventional hydrocarbon potential. Recent studies ... -
ORGANIC-RICH SHALE TENSILE STRENGTH MODELING
(2016-05-13)Shale mechanical characterization is an expensive and time intensive lab and field exercise. Experimental observations in lab shale characterization have shown some relation (linear or non-linear) between fracture toughness ... -
THE ORTHODOX ETHIC? THE ROLE OF CHRISTIAN ORTHODOXY IN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS IN MACEDONIA
(2019-08)Max Weber’s analysis in his prominent book The Protestant Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism has prompted a generation of research that observes the role and impact of religion in world affairs. The core of Weber’s ... -
The OSCE in Twenty-First Century Ukraine: An Exploration of Best Practices Applied
(2018-05-11)With fifty-seven member states and a remarkably broad definition of security, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) offers an unparalleled platform for crisis management across Europe and the Former ...