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Return-on-investment frameworks can increase the efficiency of restoration efforts to improve freshwater connectivity
(2017-05-13)With global declines in biodiversity and limited budgets, many conservation organizations are trying to increase the efficiency of conservation efforts. One method is the use of a return-on-investment (ROI) framework, which ... -
Revealing channelized features through multi-scale workflows in a mixed carbonate siliciclastic setting, Grayburg and San Andres formations, Midland Basin, TX
(2023-05-13)Channelized systems in mixed carbonate-siliciclastic settings are challenging to characterize from the geological standpoint as facies variability is expected to be high (e.g., siliciclastic porous channel fills, carbonate ... -
Reverse Backprojection Method for Simulation of Passive Bistatic SAR Data
(2017-12-15)Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is a valuable tool for acquiring information about landscapes through forming two-dimensional images remotely. SAR has useful applications for defense, intelligence, humanitarian, and urban ... -
Reversing the Error: The Role of Causal Attributions in Inhibiting Prejudice
(2017-05)There are a wide variety of explanations for why a person may hold prejudicial attitudes. For example, prior research suggests that those who hold more prejudicial views partake in the fundamental attribution error in ... -
A review of the application of databases in freshwater fisheries management and the effect of water quality on the mean relative weight of largemouth bass, crappie, and channel catfish in Oklahoma lakes.
(2018-05-12)The subject of this thesis is the development and use of databases for use in fisheries management. The thesis consists of two chapters. The first is a literature review of fisheries databases and an overview of my work ... -
Revisiting the mechanisms of clay damage
(2016-05)Molecular dynamics simulations were used to investigate the underlying mechanisms of water interaction with Wyoming-type montmorillonites. The study focused on (1) the clay swelling process for different cations with the ... -
RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMER AND RAP MODIFIED ASPHALT BINDERS USING MULTIPLE STRESS CREEP AND RECOVERY METHOD
(2016-12)In recent years, asphalt modifications have become increasingly popular in asphalt pavement construction. Also, in view of technical, environmental and economic benefits, the pavement industry is in favor of using high ... -
RHEOLOGY OF AQUEOUS AND POLYMER-BASED NITROGEN FOAMS AT HIGH PRESSURE AND HIGH TEMPERATURE (HPHT) CONDITIONS
(2017-05-12)Foams are complex mixtures of gas and liquid held together by a surfactant at the gas-water interface. The use of foams find application in many industrial operations such as underbalanced drilling fluid, fracturing fluid ... -
Rhetoric and Gesture in the Performance of Seventeenth-Century Vocal Music
(2016)In this document I approach the performance of seventeenth-century vocal music via rhetorically-informed analytical procedures. I draw from primary sources such as Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria and several seventeenth ... -
The Rhetoric of Ecological Food: Environmental and Technological God Terms in Blue Apron, Soylent, and Slow Food
(2017-05-12)The rhetoric and language surrounding technologically and environmentally oriented food systems illustrate that what and how we eat shapes the way we think about food, ecology, and the world. Analyzing the rhetoric of ... -
Riparian Nitrate and Phosphate Removal Under Future Climate Scenarios
(2024-05-11)Riparian buffer zones are specially managed zones that lie between agricultural fields and rivers, lakes, or wetlands. They are crucial for protecting water quality, human health, and ecosystem function. Critical ecosystem ... -
Risk factors for sexual violence among college students in dating relationships: An ecological approach
(2018-05-11)Introduction: Amidst the environment of autonomy from parental authority and peer pressure of college life, college students are vulnerable to sexual violence in dating relationships. The American College Health Association ... -
RISK TOO MUCH TO GAIN TOO LITTLE: ASTROTURFING STRATEGY, ITS PRESUMED EFFECTS AND LIMITATIONS
(2018-12-14)Astroturfing strategies are deceptive mechanisms that hide the source of the information from the publics. By not disclosing the persuasive intent and identity of the sources behind these communicative efforts, organizations ... -
Road Culvert Impacts on Stream Fish Community Structure in Eastern Oklahoma
(2019-05)Road culverts threaten the Ozarks and Ouachita Mountains regions of Oklahoma with habitat fragmentation and loss of aquatic biodiversity. This region of Oklahoma is understudied when it comes to this issue. Fishes within ... -
Road Power: The Politics of American Highway Development, 1900-1939
(2018)Road Power uses the development of the American highway system to examine the foundations of the federal state. This thesis argues that the highway bureaucracy accrued power throughout the early twentieth century, providing ... -
Robust Adaptive Control Laws for Tilt-Rotor Quadcopters Subject to User-Defined Constraints
(2019-05-10)This thesis focuses on Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC) and its application to a tilt-rotor quadcopter. After formulating two standard MRAC approaches, this thesis proposes a robust model reference adaptive control ... -
Robust Resource Allocation to Interdependent Networks under Multiple Disruption Scenarios
(2017-12)In recent years, the threat of international attacks on critical infrastructure networks has grown; as defined by a 1998 Presidential Decision Directive, these are networks necessary to society’s functionality and include ... -
ROCK CHARACTERIZATION AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MISSISSIPPIAN STRATA, MERAMEC / SYCAMORE. MERGE PLAY, CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
(2018-12-14)Historically, Mississippian rocks (Meramec / Sycamore Fms.) have been a productive oil and gas formations in Oklahoma. This study followed upon two major plays that were recently identified, The Sooner Trend Anadarko ... -
Rock properties derived from analysis of earth tide strain observed in continuous pressure monitoring of the Arbuckle Group of Oklahoma
(2017)The Arbuckle Group is an important geologic unit in the state of Oklahoma because of its suitability as a saltwater disposal (SWD) zone. In 2014, the Arbuckle Group received about 68% of the total volumes of saltwater ... -
ROCK TYPING IN ORGANIC SHALES: EAGLE FORD, WOODFORD, BARNETT AND WOLFCAMP FORMATIONS
(2017-05-12)Shales are the most common sedimentary rocks found on earth. Most US shale plays are spatially extensive with regions of different maturity and varying prospects. With increasing understanding of the heterogeneity, ...