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BAD APPLES DON’T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE: THE ROOTS OF TORTURE IN U.S. IDEOLOGY
(2016-05-13)This paper seeks to explain the extraordinary persistence of torture as an element of U.S. foreign policy. The strong international consensus against the use of torture and the apparent commitment of the U.S. to the rule ... -
Balancing Excellence and Equity: South Korean Education Issues and Policy
(2019-05-10)South Korea is often renowned in the comparative education field for its students’ high scores on international assessments, regarded as a success story and a role model. Despite this, the Korean education system has ... -
The Ballets Russes in Spain: The Historical Fusion of Flamenco and Classical Ballet
(2019)The objective of this project was to discover the connection between Flamenco Dance and Classical Ballet and if it created a third dance form. What did Flamenco Dance contribute to the Ballets Russes on their Spanish detour ... -
Barriers and Challenges to the Adoption of Collaborative Project Delivery Methods: A Multiple-Case Study Analysis
(2023-05-13)The last 30 years have seen considerable advantages afforded to those who chose to adopt more collaborative project delivery methods (IPD, Progressive Design Build) in the Construction Industry; however, despite these ... -
BASELINE CONCENTRATIONS OF CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERN IN THE LAKE THUNDERBIRD WATERSHED, PLANNING FOR INDIRECT POTABLE REUSE IN OKLAHOMA
(2018-05)The City of Norman, OK is planning an indirect potable reuse (IPR) project to augment their water supply. The IPR project involves transferring treated effluent from the Norman Water Reclamation Facility (NWRF) to Dave ... -
Baseline Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Bartlesville Water Supply, Evaluating the Caney River Environmental Buffer for Indirect Potable Reuse Project
(2019)The City of Bartlesville, Oklahoma is planning to increase their water supply through Indirect Potable Reuse (IPR), by transferring wastewater to a location about five to seven miles upstream from their water supply intake ... -
Beam Shear in Mild Reinforced Ultra-high-performance Concrete
(2022-08)Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) is being utilized in bridge construction primarily for deck overlays and end-of-girder and beam repairs of deteriorated traditional concrete elements. UHPC has been used selectively ... -
"Beat your habit, not your kid": a public relations case study of a child abuse prevention campaign directed toward substance abusers
(1995)This is a case study of a public relations campaign which addresses a social problem through the parameters of a public relations method. The campaign titled, "Beat your habit, not your kid" addresses the connection between ... -
THE BEHAVIOR OF EMULSION IN ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEMS
(2016-08)The gas lift system and ESP are used to enhance oil production from a well. The basic principle of gas lift technique is reducing the gravity component of the pressure by injecting gas, thus increasing the oil production ... -
BEHAVIORAL AND CHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF A CONDITIONAL SIGNAL IN THE GREEN SWORDTAIL (XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII)
(2016-05)Color polymorphisms are a common occurrence across most taxa. These differing forms of visual signals can act as a determinant for status and relative attractiveness for the choosy sex in a given species. While this ... -
Benchmarking of Academic Departments using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
(2019-08-01)Departmental rankings are a primary factor in assessing the organizational performance and quality. Peer Assessment Scores are one of few metrics by which academic departmental performances are quantified. There are different ... -
Beta Diversity of Stream Fish Communities: Partitioning Variation Between Abiotic and Spatial Factors
(2016)Variation in species composition of assemblages within a region is known as beta diversity. Beta diversity contributes to regional diversity (gamma), and understanding the factors that maintain it and explain variation of ... -
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Challenges of Building Coptic Spaces in Contemporary Egypt
(2022-05)The Coptic community of Egypt operates daily under pressures from state, society, and the Coptic Orthodox Church, and yet are expected to be an invisible minority that places its national identity over its ethnoreligious ... -
Between the leaves: cannabis policy, medicalization, and user communities in the Sooner State
(2023-12-15)This anthropological study uses an ethnographic approach to contextualize and explore the policy behind Oklahoma’s expansive medical cannabis industry and the lived experiences of user communities in the state. First, I ... -
Beyond Black and White: Native American Representation in Mainstream Media
(2016-05-13)The media has the ability to shape public opinion and influence policy direction. The case of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl gained national attention as the ‘Baby Veronica’ case. The outcome of this particular custodial ... -
A Bi-Objective Formulation for Robust Defense Strategies in Multi-Commodity Networks: Application to Rail Freight
(2017-05)Characterizing system performance under disruption is a growing area of research, particularly for describing a system’s resilience to a disruption event. Within the framework of system resilience, this study approaches ... -
Bias and bias remediation in creative problem-solving: Managing biases through forecasting
(2017)Although scholars have identified many variables that affect creative problem-solving, less attention has been given to variables that might lead to failure in creative problem-solving. One set of variables that might lead ... -
Biased Neutrality: Examining the Existence of Gender Segregation and Clustering in the Retail Industry
(2017-12-15)A significant portion of existing research on gender segregation in the workplace is devoted to the study of gender dominance across professions, but few studies have focused on job segregation within specific industries. ... -
Bible Translation and Language Renewal: A Collaborative Approach
(2016-05)Many indigenous languages face attrition globally as the languages of the West continue to grow in influence. As linguists and indigenous speech communities struggle to organize effective language programs, many languages ...