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Relationships Between the Circulation and Eastward Propagation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation
(2020-12)The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is the dominant mode of intraseasonal variability in the tropics and represents a major connection between global weather and climate. Successful prediction of the phenomenon has proved ... -
Relevance and Privacy Improvements to the YaCy Decentralized Web Search Engine
(2018)The YaCy decentralized web search engine carries significant potential advantages in censorship resistance over centralized search engines such as Google. However, YaCy currently suffers from deficiencies in relevance of ... -
RELFECTION SEISMIC INVESTIGATION OF AN ALPINE VALLEY IN UNAWEEP CANYON, WESTERN COLORADO: EVIDENCE OF PALEOZOIC GLACIATION OF THE UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU
(2019-05)Unaweep Canyon in Western Colorado is a unique landscape which has a puzzling history. The canyon has a wide U-shaped profile in the west that contrasts with the narrow V-shaped river carved canyons nearby. Many suggest ... -
Religious Jurisprudence and Islamophobia, The United States, France, and Canada
(2018-08-02)This research aims to take a deeper look into Islamophobia, which is discussed as indiscriminate negative attitudes or behaviors directed at Muslims and Islam in the United States, France, and Canada. This research takes ... -
The Religious Restructuring of the Politics of Education: Exploring Stalled Support for Education Spending, 1973-2018
(2023-05-12)Recent research on Americans’ attitudes toward public education focuses on controversial legislation surrounding curriculum, increasing teacher compensation, and changing priorities of political parties. However, the ... -
Remembrance and Perseverance in History of the Native American Church in Oklahoma
(2019-05-10)In this thesis, I examine the concepts of Native sovereignty, authenticity, (invented) tradition, indigeneity, and cultural heritage as these are applied to the context of the Native American Church (NAC, Peyotism, or the ... -
Remote Sensing of Hydrologic Variables in Rivers
(2020)The use of a “rating curve”, an empirical relationship between water depth in a river and the volumetric flux of water, or discharge, is subjected to uncertainty in data extrapolation, complexity due to changes in channel ... -
Removal of Residual Oil From Produced Water Using Magnetic Nanoparticles
(2019-08)The production of wastewater during hydrocarbon recovery is an unresolvable factor of the oil and gas industry. Oil wells in the US produce on average, nearly 10 barrels of water for every 1 barrel of oil. Most of the ... -
Republic on the Red River: Documenting Choctaw Political Transformation from Removal to Reconstruction
(2022-04-27)The Trail of Tears left a stain upon American history, as a betrayal of the republic’s founding principles: but out of the removal, a political transformation was underway in the Choctaw Nation. Under the leadership of men ... -
Repurposing the Comparative Method for Pawnee Language and Dialect Revitalization
(2016-08)A member of the Caddoan language family, Pawnee is a nearly extinct language with few living fluent speakers. However, there is an active, community-led revitalization movement. Community members involved in revitalization ... -
Reservoir Characterization and Chemostratigraphy of the Goddard Shale in the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province
(2016)The Goddard Shale of the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province, or SCOOP, has become a formation of interest in recent years. However, there is a paucity of published information in regards to this formation. Therefore, the ... -
RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF THE DESMOINESIAN SERIES GRANITE WASH, BUFFALO WALLOW FIELD, ANADARKO BASIN, TEXAS
(2017)The Desmoinesian Series Granite Wash at Buffalo Wallow Field represents deepwater deposits including slumps, channels, and submarine fan lobes that consist of six major lithofacies as mudstone, interbedded mudstone and ... -
Reservoir Characterization of the Brae Formation, South Brae Field, UK North Sea
(2018-12)The South Brae Field is located 166 miles off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland in the UK sector of the North Sea. The Upper Jurassic Brae submarine channel-fan complex deposits are the primary hydrocarbon reservoirs in UK ... -
RESERVOIR QUALITY EVALUATION OF THE MERAMEC AND UPPER OSAGE UNITS IN THE ANADARKO BASIN
(2018-12-14)The objective of this study is to provide a comparative look at the diagenetic evolution and reservoir quality characteristics of the Meramec and Upper Osage units in the STACK (Sooner Trend Anadarko Basin of Canadian and ... -
Reservoir-scale stratigraphy, sedimentology, and porosity characteristics of Mississippian reservoirs, northeastern Anadarko Shelf, Oklahoma
The “Mississippi Lime” has been a productive carbonate play for several decades. However, geologic controls on production and reservoir quality have frequently been ambiguous to geologists. The Mississippian limestone ... -
Resilience-Based Tri-Level Optimization for Multi-Commodity Networks
(2022-05)Interdependent critical infrastructure systems represent substantial financial investments and are vital to maintain a basic level of social and economic well-being, making them attractive targets for malevolent actors. ... -
Resolution and Physics Sensitivities in Convection-Allowing Models and Ensembles
(2017-08)In recent years, convection-allowing models (CAMs) and ensembles have become more prominent in both research and operational settings. However, it largely remains unclear how to leverage computing resources to maximize ... -
Resolving Ontologies of Antisemitism, Orientalism, and the Question of Zionist Colonialism
(2018)This study addresses the persistent charge of orientalism leveled against Zionism and explores the relationship between orientalism and antisemitism, which Edward W. Said describes in his 1978 book Orientalism as that of ... -
Respiratory Rate Estimation Using WiFi Channel State Information - A Machine Learning Approach
(2020)Respiratory rate (RR) is an important vital sign for diagnosing and treating a number of medical conditions. Current respiration monitoring systems require that a special device is continuously attached to the human body. ...