Browsing OU - Theses by Title
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Canids and Humans in Oklahoma: How Rabies Shaped the Interactions Between Humans, Dogs, and Coyotes in Oklahoma between 1870 and 1920
(2021-08)Focusing on the period between 1870 and 1920 in Oklahoma, this thesis examines the ways in which rabies and hydrophobia shaped the interactions between humans, dogs, and coyotes, primarily by examining the ways in which ... -
CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER INJECTION-INDUCED FRACTURING: IMPLICATIONS FOR CARBON GEOSEQUESTRATION
(2024-05-03)To safely sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) in the subsurface, it is vital to maintain the injection pressure below the formation breakdown pressure, which is dominantly governed by lithology, principal stresses, and presence ... -
CARBON NANOTUBES AND MAGNETIC PARTICLES AS PICKERING EMULSION STABILIZERS: PARTICLE CONTROL FOR PHASE SELECTIVE REACTIONS
(2016-05-13)Interest in the use of two phase reaction systems for the production of biofuels and specialty chemicals from biomass has been increasing over the past several years, specifically in circumstances in which the feedstock ... -
Carbon-Based Pollutant Analysis and Remote Sensor Validation Using Column-Observing Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometers During the TRACER Campaign
(2023-08-04)Greenhouse gases methane (CH4), and carbon dioxide (CO2), along with carbon monoxide (CO), while produced by both anthropogenic and natural sources, all contribute to atmospheric warming. Additionally, CO poses health risks ... -
CARBOXYLIC ACID KETONIZATION ON ZEOLITES
(2016-05)Carboxylic acids contained in crude oil and bio oil present significant corrosion and handling problems. It is necessary that the acid content is reduced in the bio-oil for upgrading. One potential method is to convert ... -
Caregiver-infant/toddler interactions during diapering: associations with well-being and involvement
Diaper changes, as an aspect of care for implementing quality caregiver-child interactions in infant and toddler non-parental care settings is examined. First, this study proposes a theory of care that specifically addresses ... -
Caricatures of cartography: geographic imaginaries in the political cartoons of Emad Hajjaj
(2021)This thesis examines the political cartoons of Palestinian-Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj as a site for new Arab imaginative geographies. With the mapping of the Arab world an artifact of imperialism, the ability to ... -
Cascading Effects of Nudging and Education on Common Goods: An Experimental Comparison of Potable Water Recycling Interventions
(2021-08)Despite calls for research comparing different forms of choice architecture interventions, little empirical work has directly made those comparisons. Here, I evaluate two strategies on whether they increase acceptance of ... -
Case studies in causal inference and anomaly detection
(2020-12-18)The study of parent-child well interactions in unconventional shales has generated high interest both in the industry and academia over the last decade. This is largely because of the growing number of child wells and their ... -
Case Study: Integrated Core Modeling and Simulation of Unconventional Hydraulically Fractured Wells in the Delaware Basin
(2020-07-30)The Early Paleozoic Wolfcamp formation is one of the main unconventional reservoirs in the Delaware Basin, and highly targeted by U.S. companies. Innovative completion techniques and representative core analysis have ... -
CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF FURFURAL TO MORE UPGRADABLE PRODUCTS OVER BIFUNCTIONAL CATALYST
(2017)Furanics are produced in high abundance from the decomposition of biomass. The thermal and chemical instability of these species leads to the formation of humins upon condensation. The ring rearrangement of furfural via ... -
Catalytic dehydration of poly (vinyl alcohol-co-ethylene) with heterogeneous acid catalysts
(2023)This study investigates the role of acid site density, pore size, and solvent selection in the catalytic dehydration of Poly (vinyl alcohol-co-ethylene) (EVOH) using zeolite catalysts. The first set of experiments ... -
CATALYTIC UPGRADING OF SUGAR DERIVATIVES
(2016-08-12)With industrial revolution there has been a huge increase in demand for petroleum-based fuel. Detrimental effects on environment due to unprecedented use of fossil fuels and shortage in its availability has spurred the ... -
Catastrophic Process Event Stratigraphy of the Rader Member in the Delaware Basin
(2018-12-14)The Bell Canyon Formation, Middle Rader Member, debrite crops out in Guadalupe Mountains (along Highway 62, McKittrick Canyon and vicinity) revealing a Late Guadalupian catastrophic submarine debris slide. The formation ... -
Catching Up With Cabaret: Finding Deeper Meaning in a Never-Ending Adaptation
(2022-05-13)Cabaret, a 1966 Broadway musical with book by Joe Masteroff and music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb, and the 1972 film of the same name, directed by Bob Fosse, have been subjects of considerable scholarly research ... -
Cell Wall Alterations During Lateral Root Emergence in Oryza Sativa
(2016)In rice seedlings, lateral roots (LRs) develop through several layers of extant tissues, including multiple cortex cell layers, as well as single files of sclerenchyma, exodermis, and epidermal cells. In contrast to typical ... -
A Ceramic Analysis of a Caddo Village Site in the Northern Caddo Frontier: An Archaeological Investigation of the School Land I Site (34DL64) in Delaware County, Oklahoma
(2023-12-15)School Land I was a Spiroan Caddo village site positioned near the northern periphery of the Caddo cultural area in present-day northeast Oklahoma. This site was excavated in 1939 and 1940 as a salvage attempt to gather ... -
CFD Analysis of Power-Law Fluid in a Partially Blocked Eccentric Annulus Under Turbulent Flow Conditions
(2019-12)An increase in hydrocarbon production by the application of several laterals from a single vertical wellbore is now a widespread practice. Horizontal and inclined wells are drilled at record lengths, which once seemed ... -
Characteristics and Lifecycles of Anticyclonic Tropopause Polar Vortices
(2023-05-12)Tropopause polar vortices (TPVs) are sub-synoptic, long-lived, closed circulation features located in the upper-troposphere and lower-stratosphere region. Although TPV circulations can be cyclonic or anticyclonic, most ...