Browsing OU - Theses by Title
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Transformational leadership and the twenty-first century law enforcement leader
(2005)Modern day law enforcement and its successful future will be contingent upon the attributes of the law enforcement leaders and the style of leadership in which they will practice. The focus of the study is to illustrate a ... -
Transgender Realities: The Relationship Between Transgender Visibility, Race, and Victimization
(2023-05-12)For years, gender scholars and activists have agreed that transgender individuals in the United States face overwhelming systemic oppression as well as high rates of violence and victimization. However, few studies have ... -
Transgressive Gender and the Empowerment of Masculine Women in The Monk
(2017-05-12)In my paper, titled “Transgressive Gender and the Empowerment of Masculine Women in The Monk,” I discuss how Matthew Lewis revolutionizes Gothic literature by crafting powerful women characters who deviate from traditional ... -
Transient Brain-Wide Neuronal Activations in Nonhuman Primate Under Resting and Anesthetized Conditions
(2023-08-04)The aim of this thesis was to determine the existence of and identify transient brain-wide patterns in nonhuman primates if these patterns did exist. Specifically, this thesis revolves around identification of coactivation ... -
TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOR IN WELLBORE AND SURROUNDING FORMATION
(2017-05-12)Transient temperature behavior in a wellbore develops as a result of heat exchange between fluid in the wellbore and surrounding formation as the hot fluid from reservoir moves upward in production, or vice versa during ... -
THE TRANSITION OF A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE TO A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY TEACHERS: A CASE STUDY
(2018-05-11)Professional Learning Communities are hailed as efficient tools for fostering collaboration among teachers and improving achievement among students. This qualitative case study seeks to understand the transition of an ... -
Transmission electron microscopy of metallic nanoparticles extracted from soils dated to the Younger Dryas; persistence and generation during chemical digestion
(2023-12-15)Impact events are associated with nanodiamonds. Often found within meteorites, or produced from the interaction with earth’s environment, they can be found across sedimentary layers that record impact events. Acid digestion ... -
Transnational concern and multi-cultural care : a case study of Casa de Milagros
(2009)An eclectic social advocacy network - comprised of national and international grassroots actors, advocacy tourists, and celebrity advocates - operates across national borders to sustain Casa de Milagros, a home for indigenous ... -
The triangular model for multi-actor relational dynamics: restaurant chains and their publics
(2021-05-14)Organizational relationships with external publics are mostly perceived in the context of two-way interactions. In networked digital media platforms, employees or investors who are internal stakeholders and publics engage ... -
TRIAXIAL AND INJECTION EXPERIMENTS ON ROCKS AND THEIR IMPACT ON PERMEABILITY AND ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS
(2017-05-12)Understanding the various micromechanical processes that occur in a rock under in-situ stress conditions has been a major imperative of rock mechanics. Some of the applications of rock mechanics include the science of ... -
Trilobites From a Cambrian Extinction Interval at the Base of the Steptoean, Riley Formation, Central Texas
(2018)The Riley Formation of central Texas provides the only record of Steptoean trilobites in the southern mid-continent region. The objective of this thesis is to document the faunal assemblages associated with the globally ... -
TWITTER RESISTANCE AND DIGITAL TESTIMONIO(S) IN 140 CHARACTERS: RESTORING THE COMPLEXITY OF MEXICO’S HASHTAG FEMINISM
(2019)Despite the conceptual recognition and initial developments in the field of digital activism, the analysis of hashtag activism remains largely unproductive; focusing primarily on the western English-speaking world and ... -
Two Europe(s)? attitudes towards immigrants across eastern and western Europe
(2023-05-12)Considering recent immigration trends as well as crises of war which have displaced large numbers of people and led to high rates of migration into and within Europe, understanding how anti-immigrant sentiments develop and ... -
A Two Part Study in the Evaluation of Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts from Convection-Allowing Models
(2017-12)Previous studies examining convection-allowing models (CAMs), as well as NOAA/Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiments (SFEs) have typically emphasized “day 1” (12-36 h) forecast guidance. These studies ... -
The "U-Tube": An improved aspirated temperature system for mobile meteorological observations, especially in severe weather
(2012)The ability to obtain quality air temperature measurements in and around thunderstorms is often problematic, and even more challenging from a moving platform such as a ground-based vehicle. Since the original Verification ... -
U.S. Food Diplomacy Landscape: An Exploratory Case Study
(2018)This exploratory research was undertaken to map out the current landscape of U.S. food diplomacy. This was one of the first studies to condense existing food diplomacy literature to categorize the terms associated with ... -
U.S.-Russian Space Cooperation: Explaining Outer Space Partnership in the Midst of Earthly Rivalry
(2017-05-12)Literature that covers the topic of U.S.-Russian space cooperation tends to isolate it from the overall context of U.S.-Russian relations, while literature that does take the rivalrous relationship into account tends to ... -
U/Pb Detrital Zircon Provenance of Mid-Pennsylvanian Sediments into the Anadarko Basin: Implications for Paleogeography and Sequence Stratigraphy
(2021-08-03)Late Paleozoic tectonism coupled with high-frequency climatic variations influenced sediment dispersal patterns across the midcontinent that resulted in frequent shifts of sediment sources to depocenters. Despite the ... -
UAV-Based In Situ Antenna Characterization: Analysis and Design Requirements
(2018-05-11)This thesis proposes to characterize antennas in situ with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), especially within the framework of weather radar and 5th generation wireless systems (5G) antennas. Specifically, it is concerned ... -
Ultimate fracture failure analysis of structures using incremental plasticity theory
(1987)Two computer programs are developed for the finite element analysis of nonlinear elasto-plastic problems, using constant strain-stress triangular elements. The first computer program predicts initiation and propagation ...