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A Pixel-Based Focus+Context Technique for Visualizing Variation in Classical Text
(2016-05)Before the advent of printed texts, text duplication was primarily done by hand copying. As a result, numerous versions of the same text with errors, alterations, and erasures were often created. Classics scholars synthesize ... -
Place as a storied event-in-process in Braiding sweetgrass and There there
(2021-05-14)The notion that place may be conceptualized as a storied event-in-process is the crucial premise of this literary exploration. The essay critically analyzes the storied memoir Braiding Sweetgrass by Potawatomi scholar ... -
Place, Space, and Community in the Spiro Region: A Multi-sensor Geophysical Survey of the Brackett Site (34CK43) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma
(2020-05)The Brackett site (34CK43) is a Harlan Phase (A.D. 1050-1250) single mound site located at the confluence of the Illinois River and Baron Fork Creek in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. The site also had seven house-like structures ... -
Pleasant Porter, tribal statesman
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PLEISTOCENE CORAL REEF DESTRUCTION IN THE FLORIDA KEYS: PALEOTEMPESTITE EVIDENCE FROM A HIGH RESOLUTION LIDAR XRF ANALYSIS OF WINDLEY KEY QUARRY, FL
(2016-05-14)Not all unconformities are alike, and for carbonates, their discrimination can be difficult. In this regard, one particular discontinuity surface, among many, which is exposed as a laterally persistent surface in the ... -
Poetry Instruction in the High School Language Arts Classroom
(2017-05-13)In this study, teachers and twelfth grade students were surveyed regarding poetry instruction. Teachers were asking about their attitudes regarding poetry instruction and about their poetry teaching practices. The twelfth ... -
Police Electronic Citation Mobile System for Statewide Deployment in Oklahoma
(2018-05-11)Collecting timely and accurate data for traffic citations and accident reports are important goals for law enforcement. Manually filled paper forms have historically contained content errors, took longer time to complete, ... -
Political ideologies in the liberal international order: examining responses to left and right populism in Latin America
(2022-07-18)This thesis tests the proposition that the Liberal International Order does not treat all norms equally, but rather values neoliberalism over others. I test this hypothesis through four case studies of Latin American ... -
Políticas de lo gótico: sujeto marginal y cuerpos discapacitados en la narrativa gótica de Mariana Enríquez
(2023-01-12)Gothic literature represents what lies in the margins of society, with the forbidden and impossible. Following Jacques Rancière ideas on the politics of literature, this thesis explores the political implications of the ... -
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/Carbon Nanofiber Nanocomposite with Piezoresistive Sensing Functions
(2017-08)Flexible material that can be deployed for sensing a wide range of pressure and strain is an active research area due to potential applications in engineering and biomedical devices. Current load sensing materials such as ... -
Pop-folk muzika: the paradoxical coexistence of ethnonationalism, globalization, and queerness in Serbian popular music
(2020-12-20)This document investigates the prevalence of ethno-nationalist ideology in the Balkan neo-folk music genres Pop-folk and its predecessor, Turbo-folk, under influences of globalization and queer culture. Turbo-Folk and ... -
Popular Faulkner: The Development of “The National Voice” Across The Bayard and Ringo Stories
(2018-05-11)This thesis seeks to demonstrate the development of a 'popular' Faulkner that emerges through the composition history of his 1938 novel 'The Unvanquished.' Using Michael Warner's concept of "publics," Faulkner's Bayard-Ringo ... -
Popularity and Gender Prototypicality: An Experimental Approach
(2019-12-13)These studies investigate links between conformity to gender norms and adolescents’ peer popularity. Previous research has established that popularity is associated with physical attractiveness in both boys and girls, as ... -
Population genetic structure and effective population size of the threeridge mussel (Amblema plicata) in southeast Oklahoma assessed using microsatellites.
(2017-07-17)A myriad of anthropogenic factors have led to substantial declines in North America’s freshwater mussel populations over the last century. A greater understanding of mussel dispersal abilities, genetic structure, and ... -
POROUS SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND POTENTIAL BIO-APPLICATION
(2019-12)Porous shape memory polymers (SMPs) are the smart materials which attract significant interests in the fields such as aerospace, civil engineering, electrical engineering, and biomedical device. Porous SMPs have low recover ... -
The Portrayal of Mexican Immigrants in Oklahoma History and Its Influence on State and Federal Immigration Reform
(2021-05-16)The portrayal of Mexican immigrants in Oklahoma history is damaging to the growth and prosperity of the Mexican immigrant community because it enforces the stigma and negative stereotypes this community continues to ... -
Positive Branded Rumors and Preannouncements: The Potential Backfire of Consumer Response to Exciting Misinformation
(2022-05-13)Branded rumors are not new in the realm of advertising scholarship; however, many past studies have been conducted with the assumption that rumors are inherently detrimental to their related brand. The present study aimed ... -
THE POSITIVE DAD EFFECT: DOES IDENTIFICATION WITH THE FATHERHOOD IDENTITY REDUCE WORK-BASED MASCULINITY THREAT RESPONSES?
(2020)This study investigates whether different masculine identities affect the relationship between masculinity threat and threat response in an organizational context. Specifically, the study seeks to extend the extant literature ... -
Positive Teacher-Student Relationship Building and Its Effects on Motivation, Learning, and Teacher Well-being
(2019-05-10)This study investigates the ways in which teachers in secondary education settings build positive teacher-student interpersonal relationships (TSRs) and how those relationships may affect student motivation, learning, and ... -
Post-Digital Publishing Practices in Contemporary Arts Publishing
(2019-12)A consideration of the ways in which post-digital influence impacts visual culture, and specifically arts publishing. The post-digital moment creates a unique opportunity for analog/digital crossover, which manifests in ...