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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 ... -
Our squirrels will have elephant ears : indigenous perspectives on climate change in the south central United States
(2015)As climate change impacts areas around the world Indigenous communities are being impacted disproportionately. In the US a number of tribes are in differing levels of response and adaptation. In the south central U.S. there ... -
OUTCROP-SCALE STUDY OF THE PERMIAN BONE SPRING FORMATION, BONE SPRING CANYON, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, TEXAS: FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION
(2017-05-12)A light detection and ranging- (LiDAR) focused outcrop study was conducted on Upper Leonardian Bone Spring limestone in the Bone Canyon, Delaware Basin of West Texas. LiDAR technology is very useful in modeling fracture ... -
Outcrop-subsurface geological characterization of La Luna Formation as an unconventional resource in the Northwest Lago de Maracaibo Basin and North Andean Flank, Venezuela /
In recent years, unconventional shale reservoirs have become very important around the world for their high source of energy and for their high economic value. La Luna Formation is of crucial importance in the petroleum ... -
Outlawing and becoming native in the colonization of Yosemite National Park: a cultural-ecological perspective
(2022)Since the 1980s, Environmental historians have produced research disproving the myth of pristine wilderness. Yet, few environmental historians have focused their research efforts on considering how such a myth may have ...