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Phylogenetic Relationships, Taxonomic Revision, and Conservation of Mountain Dragons of the Genus Japalura sensu lato from Asia
(2017)Mountain Dragons of the genus Japalura sensu lato (sensu lato means “in the broad sense”) are small-to-medium sized, insectivore lizards of the family Agamidae. Although similar to the Iguanaian lizards of the New World ... -
"Physicke for Body and Soule": Medicine and Religion in Early Modern England
(2021-05-14)The body and soul were intimately linked in early modern religious thought. This thesis examines one facet of this connection: the relationship between medicine and religion in published sermons, religious tracts, and ... -
Physiological Responses to a Single Bout of Resistance Exercise Between Men and Women
(2018-05-11)It has been shown that blood flow restriction (BFR) exercise provides similar physiological muscular adaptations to traditional high intensity resistance exercise; however, there is still ambiguity about whether males and ... -
Physiological Responses to a Single Bout of Resistance Exercise: Practical vs Controlled Blood Flow Restriction
(2018-05-11)Blood flow restriction (BFR) exercise has been used to induce increases in muscle size and strength at relatively low exercise intensities. The technique requires the application of a restriction device to reduce blood ... -
Piano Concerto No. 1, "Concert of Sages"
(2018-12-14)Concert of Sages comes out of the duality of my being a composer and a pianist, and my desire to express this duality. As the orchestra is a prime test of a composers’ mettle, a concerto is a prime test of a concert ... -
Piezoresistive Sensing in Additively Manufactured Prosthetics
(2022-12)This paper attempts to determine whether hobbyist 3D printers can be used to advance prosthetic capabilities. We attempt to answer this by designing, printing, and testing a prosthetic hand using a hobbyist 3D printer ... -
PILOT EVALUATION OF THE WEIGHTED OFFENSIVE PRODUCTIVITY RATING IN HOCKEY USING LONGITUDINAL DATA AND LOGISTIC REGRESSION
(2018-05-11)The purpose of this study was to evaluate an analog to the baseball statistic Weighted On-Base Average (wOBA), which provides an estimate of a baseball player’s offensive production, in the context of hockey. In this model, ... -
A Pixel-Based Focus+Context Technique for Visualizing Variation in Classical Text
(2016-05)Before the advent of printed texts, text duplication was primarily done by hand copying. As a result, numerous versions of the same text with errors, alterations, and erasures were often created. Classics scholars synthesize ... -
Place as a storied event-in-process in Braiding sweetgrass and There there
(2021-05-14)The notion that place may be conceptualized as a storied event-in-process is the crucial premise of this literary exploration. The essay critically analyzes the storied memoir Braiding Sweetgrass by Potawatomi scholar ... -
Place, Space, and Community in the Spiro Region: A Multi-sensor Geophysical Survey of the Brackett Site (34CK43) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma
(2020-05)The Brackett site (34CK43) is a Harlan Phase (A.D. 1050-1250) single mound site located at the confluence of the Illinois River and Baron Fork Creek in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. The site also had seven house-like structures ... -
Pleasant Porter, tribal statesman
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PLEISTOCENE CORAL REEF DESTRUCTION IN THE FLORIDA KEYS: PALEOTEMPESTITE EVIDENCE FROM A HIGH RESOLUTION LIDAR XRF ANALYSIS OF WINDLEY KEY QUARRY, FL
(2016-05-14)Not all unconformities are alike, and for carbonates, their discrimination can be difficult. In this regard, one particular discontinuity surface, among many, which is exposed as a laterally persistent surface in the ... -
Poetry Instruction in the High School Language Arts Classroom
(2017-05-13)In this study, teachers and twelfth grade students were surveyed regarding poetry instruction. Teachers were asking about their attitudes regarding poetry instruction and about their poetry teaching practices. The twelfth ... -
Police Electronic Citation Mobile System for Statewide Deployment in Oklahoma
(2018-05-11)Collecting timely and accurate data for traffic citations and accident reports are important goals for law enforcement. Manually filled paper forms have historically contained content errors, took longer time to complete, ... -
Political ideologies in the liberal international order: examining responses to left and right populism in Latin America
(2022-07-18)This thesis tests the proposition that the Liberal International Order does not treat all norms equally, but rather values neoliberalism over others. I test this hypothesis through four case studies of Latin American ... -
Políticas de lo gótico: sujeto marginal y cuerpos discapacitados en la narrativa gótica de Mariana Enríquez
(2023-01-12)Gothic literature represents what lies in the margins of society, with the forbidden and impossible. Following Jacques Rancière ideas on the politics of literature, this thesis explores the political implications of the ... -
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/Carbon Nanofiber Nanocomposite with Piezoresistive Sensing Functions
(2017-08)Flexible material that can be deployed for sensing a wide range of pressure and strain is an active research area due to potential applications in engineering and biomedical devices. Current load sensing materials such as ... -
Pop-folk muzika: the paradoxical coexistence of ethnonationalism, globalization, and queerness in Serbian popular music
(2020-12-20)This document investigates the prevalence of ethno-nationalist ideology in the Balkan neo-folk music genres Pop-folk and its predecessor, Turbo-folk, under influences of globalization and queer culture. Turbo-Folk and ... -
Popular Faulkner: The Development of “The National Voice” Across The Bayard and Ringo Stories
(2018-05-11)This thesis seeks to demonstrate the development of a 'popular' Faulkner that emerges through the composition history of his 1938 novel 'The Unvanquished.' Using Michael Warner's concept of "publics," Faulkner's Bayard-Ringo ... -
Popularity and Gender Prototypicality: An Experimental Approach
(2019-12-13)These studies investigate links between conformity to gender norms and adolescents’ peer popularity. Previous research has established that popularity is associated with physical attractiveness in both boys and girls, as ...