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Developing a Composite Mycelium-Glass Brick Unit
(2019)There is an increased need to find sustainable building materials for the construction industry as we face challenges such as, global warming, fast depletion of natural resources and fossil fuels. It is difficult to achieve ... -
Developing a Water Balance Model to Estimate Consumptive Use in the Southeast Watershed Planning Region of Oklahoma
(2020-05-08)With the passage of the Water for 2060 Act, Oklahoma established a statewide goal of consuming no more freshwater in 2060 than was consumed in 2012. However, there currently does not exist a quantifiable method to estimate ... -
Developing Affordable Smart Solutions for Police Reporting
(2018-08-02)Due to the high costs of many eCitation systems currently on the market, many police agencies are still using pen and paper to fill out their citations. This traditional citation method may be cost effective. However, ... -
DEVELOPING AN ALGORITHM INTEGRATING VOICE AND IMAGING ANALYSIS TO RECOGNIZE FACIAL FEATURES AND DEFICIENCIES AFTER ORAL SURGERY
(2024-05-10)According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), oral cancer is one of several major types of head and neck cancer (HNCs) and affects approximately 54,000 individuals in the United States each year. Recognized risk ... -
Developing an Algorithm to Identify Secondary Incidents
(2018)Highways are the most frequently used means of transportation in today’s world and the leading source of travel mishaps. Crashes or incidents on highways—both primary and secondary—constrain highway capacity, threaten ... -
Developing and Testing an Ecologically Valid Fitness Test in Suburban SWAT Operators
(2017-12-15)Developing and Testing an Ecologically Valid Fitness Test in Suburban SWAT Operators: 10 tactical athletes (SWAT operators) were tested to develop the validity of a physical fitness test that closely mirrored their physical ... -
Developing Comprehensive Training on LGBT Issues in the Classroom
(2021-05-16)Social studies educators hold an important role in shaping the ideas their students have about society and what we owe to each other. Because of this, it is crucial that we model how to treat LGBT individuals with respect ... -
Development and assessment of constrained reinforcement learning-based controller for building demand response
(2023-12-15)Recent advancements in model-free control strategies, such as reinforcement learning (RL) have led to more practical and scalable solutions for building energy system controls These strategies do not require complex models ... -
Development and characterization of advanced nanocomposites with enhanced mechanical and thermal properties
(2023-05-12)The mechanical and thermal properties of composites made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), glass micro-balloons (GmBs), and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were investigated in this thesis. The objective of this study was to determine ... -
Development and characterization of injectable biocompatible hyaluronic acid hydrogels for potential brain aneurysm blockage and vascular regeneration
(2022-08-04)Brain aneurysms are blood vessel wall deformations that affect 240 million people worldwide and their rupture causes the death of a fourth of the patients each year. Current brain aneurysm treatments, like surgical clips ... -
Development and implementation of a wetlands volunteer monitoring pilot program for Oklahoma
(2000)Due to limited public and private manpower,citizens have become valuable tools for collecting environmental data. Currently over 700 volunteer environmental monitoring programs in the United States are actively collecting ... -
Development and Initial Validation of an Inventory of State Epistemic Curiosity: Distinguishing the Interest and Deprivation Dimensions
(2023-12-15)The scholarly literature on epistemic curiosity has predominantly taken a trait-based perspective despite theory espousing its importance as a cognitive-motivational state relevant to learning, achievement, and creativity. ... -
Development and Simulation of a Novel Guidance System for Quadrotors Flying in a Contested Environment
(2019-08-01)Due to their accessibility, quadrotors are used as testbeds for guidance, navigation, and control systems and have been used for a wide variety of applications. These applications range from commercial aerial photography ... -
Development and testing of an FPGA-controlled switched-integrator current amplifier for use in scanning tunnelling microscopy
(2023)The scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) is a very powerful analytic tool capable of achieving atomic resolution. Unfortunately, the STM is restricted to samples that are sufficiently conductive to allow adequate tunneling ... -
Development Length of 0.6 in. Prestressing Strands in Precast, Prestressed Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement Concrete
(2016-12-16)Calcium sulfoaluminate cement is a very rapid setting, hydraulic cement that releases approximately half as much carbon dioxide during production as conventional portland cement. Calcium sulfoaluminate cement produces ... -
The Development of a Combined Approach for the Real-Time, Non-Destructive Monitoring of In Vitro Bone Tissue Engineered Constructs Utilizing Physio-Metabolic Markers
(2016-08)Annually, over $2.5 billion is spent on more than 500,000 bone grafts in the US alone, with more than 2 million being implanted worldwide. The limited supply of autografts and complications associated with traditional ... -
Development of a plunger lift model for gas wells
(1996)The use of plunger lift has proven to enhance the performance of gas wells with liquid production and extend the life of gas reservoirs. These wells often suffer from liquid loading problems which severely reduce gas ... -
The Development of a Smart and Low Power Consumption Variable Speed Limit Sign for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
(2024-05-10)Variable Speed Limit Signs (VSLSs) play a crucial role in traffic management. Various studies have demonstrated that they can significantly reduce accidents and improve traffic flow, particularly on congested highways, ... -
Development of a State-Wide Velocity Profile in Oklahoma Using Ambient Noise Seismic Tomography
(2018)Earthquakes have been a growing concern in the state of Oklahoma in the last several years and as a result, prediction of the ground motion, understanding of subsurface geological structure, and the estimation of accurate ... -
Development of a Verified Non-Linear Winkler Model for the Seismic Analysis of Piles in Improved Ground
(2019-12-13)Several ground improvement techniques that are proven to be effective and economical solutions to increase the lateral stiffness and strength of weak soils around piles often result in unwarranted conservative volumes of ...