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Low-level Stability Analysis of Observed Supercell Environments
(2022-08)Lapse rates have long been used to quantify the stability of the environment and aid in the prediction of storms. Low level lapse rates (0-1 km and 0-3 km) specifically have become a tool in understanding the finer processes ... -
Lower-energy conformers search of TPP-1 polypeptide via hybrid particle swarm optimization and genetic algorithm
(2018)Low-energy conformation search on biological macromolecules remains a challenge in biochemical experiments and theoretical studies. Finding efficient approaches to minimize the energy of peptide structures is critically ... -
MACHINE LEARNING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEISMIC ATTRIBUTE-SEISMIC FACIES ANALYSIS DATA BASE
(2018-08-02)Currently, seismic facies and structural analysis requires a significant amount of time and effort by skilled interpreters. With the advances made by companies such as Amazon and Google with AI (artificial intelligence) ... -
Machine Learning Approach to Model Interdependent Network Performance
(2019-12-13)Resilience can be understood as the property of an object or system to recover from its state of disruption back to its complete functional stage as it was prior to the disruption event. There are different ways of measuring ... -
Macroscale population estimates for a migrant songbird using weather radar
(2017)Changes in migratory bird populations can signal environmental change occurring on the wintering grounds, the breeding grounds, or along the migratory route between them. Aerial insectivores (swifts, swallows, etc.) ... -
Magnetostratigraphic constraints of the pre Colorado-River integration Bouse Formation, Blythe Basin, Arizona
(2023-05-13)Magnetostratigraphic studies offer unique insights into the orientation of Earth’s ancient magnetic field and provide an opportunity to determine the chronology of depositional events, particularly when combined with other ... -
MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE PRE-COLORADO RIVER INTEGRATION LOST CABIN BEDS, COTTONWOOD VALLEY, ARIZONA
(2019-05-10)The Miocene Lost Cabin beds of Cottonwood Valley, Arizona, represent a north-northeasterly fine-grained axial valley basin deposit fed by sediments from the Newberry and Black Mountains to the west and east, respectively. ... -
"Make It An Indian Massacre:" The Scapegoating of the Southern Paiutes
(2016-05-13)Overall, this project attempts to move dialogue beyond the cause of the Mountain Meadows Massacre to examine how and why Mormon perpetrators manipulated and covered their tracks in order to frame the Southern Paiutes. This ... -
Making Satellite Sensors Better for Hydroclimatic Applications: Evaluation of NASA SMAP Soil Moisture Using Oklahoma’s Environmental Monitoring Network—MESONET
(2017-12-15)Soil moisture, quantified as the ratio of liquid water to soil in volume or weight, is the measurement of the water that is held in the space between soil particles. Understanding the components of soil, particularly its ... -
MAKING SENSE OF U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY: VIOLENCE, AGENCY, AND INTERSECTIONALITY IN POLICY, PAST AND PRESENT
(2020-05)Since President Trump took office in 2017, he has implemented dozens of restrictive immigration laws at the expense of women and people of color. The rapid barrage of policies has confounded international and domestic ... -
MAMMALIAN CAVE FAUNA FROM THE LATE PLEISTOCENE OF THE WESTERN OZARK PLATEAU, OKLAHOMA
(2018)The Ozarks are a highland system riddled with caves across multiple states within the South-Central United States. During the late Pleistocene retreat of the North American Laurentide ice sheet, habitat and species ... -
Managerial Coaching: Investigating the Mediating Effect of Role Clarity on Employee Turnover Intention
(2016)State and local governmental agencies are challenged by the turnover of capable employees. Consequently, human resource practitioners and agency heads must develop effective organizational strategies that will retain the ... -
Manufacturing of Continuous Carbon Fiber Composites Using Ultraviolet Laser-Assisted Direct Ink Write 3D Printing
(2020-05)Additive manufacturing (AM), commonly referred to as 3D printing, is a quickly growing field with numerous techniques available to manufacture parts which are stronger, lighter, and more complex than those which could ... -
MAPPING HYDRAULIC FRACTURE USING SHEAR WAVE
(2018-12)It has become critical to understand the location of hydraulic fracture and the extent to which it stimulates a reservoir to plan future drilling and completions. Various methods have been used to map the fracture propagation. ... -
Maps, milkweed, and monarchs: application of geospatial techniques to identify habitat in rights-of-way for Lepidopteran conservation
(2021)As a signatory of the Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances for the Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation Lands (CCAA), the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) is required to locate ... -
A Martial Environment: The Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Ecological Change, 1942-2010
(2016)This thesis examines the military-industrial complex and ecological change in the American West during and after the Cold War. By specifically examining one munitions factory—the Rocky Mountain Arsenal—this thesis demonstrates ... -
The Masculine Dilemma: Entanglement of Violence and Maleness in "The Only Good Indians"
(2022-05-14)This thesis examines the four Blackfeet male protagonists within Stephen Graham Jones’s "The Only Good Indians" in order to investigate stereotypes often applied to masculinity, specifically Indigenous masculinity. Examining ... -
Masculine methods: travel narratives and scientific authority in early Victorian Britain
(2022-08-04)Feminist formulations have rightly impacted the history of science. In this thesis, I show how in the context of 19th Century Britain, men of science appealed to contemporary norms of masculinity to claim masculine virtues ... -
Material Analysis for High-Efficiency Polymer Composite Heat Exchanger
(2020-05)Heat exchangers are widely used in different industries as primary devices to transfer heat between fluids or gases that are at different temperatures. These devices are most commonly made out of metals, which are known ... -
The Materiality of Disability in Animal’s People
(2019-05)Metaphors are useful tools for understanding large, complicated issues, but they are inherently limiting. Particularly in a disability context, the application of metaphor relegates the material differences of a disabled ...