Browsing OU - Theses by Title
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Visibility Estimation from Camera Images Using Deep Learning
(2023-08-04)Atmospheric visibility is an important and complex meteorological variable that directly affects safe and reliable transportation. Specifically, declining visibility can pose an increased risk to automotive, aviation, and ... -
Visions from Revelation
(2020-05-08)Visions from Revelation is a sketch of Revelation 4 portrayed through piano and fixed media. The pianism makes tribute to several composers. Eleven Echoes of Autumn by George Crumb influenced the inside-of-the-piano ... -
Visual Sovereignty and Indigenous Film Festivals: A Case Study on The Native Crossroads Film Festival
(2019-05-10)This thesis is an ethnographic documentation of the Native Crossroads Film Festival, an annual multi-day cultural event in Norman, Oklahoma that features a selection of indigenous films. I argue throughout this thesis that ... -
Visualizing Data in Traditional Text Layouts with Application to Classical Latin
(2017)Scholarship in linguistics, library science, journalism, and classics has long de- pended upon reading and analyzing text in traditional printed formats. Increasingly, manual and automatic text processing techniques are ... -
The Voice of A Girl Becoming: A Solipsist's Collection of Creative Nonfiction
(2021-05-14)The Voice of A Girl Becoming: A Solipsist’s Collection of Creative Nonfiction is a collection of eleven creative nonfiction stories and essays. Written to show how the material I have engaged with as a graduate student ... -
Voices of a female white/non-white Brazilian Educator
(2019-12-06)In this thesis, the author employs testimonio to present her voices as a female Brazilian educator who has always been considered white in her home country, and who comes to study at a university in the United States of ... -
Volunteer Motivation and Retention in a Nonprofit Organization
(2019-05-03)This study examines the functional motivation to volunteerism behavior and hierar-chical leisure to constraint of individuals volunteering in a public service education non-profit organization. The study of motivation is ... -
Was that Rudeness or Racism? Exploring the Moderating Effect of Attribution to Racism on Experiences of Incivility
(2022-08)Incivility is a typical way that subtle discrimination manifests in academic contexts and may be a key contributor to racial and ethnic disparities in student wellbeing and achievement. Research testing ethnic identity as ... -
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Water Enhancement of Hydrocarbon Cracking Reactions on ZSM-5
(2019-07)Catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons is an extremely important process for the production of fuels and commodity chemicals from petroleum feedstocks. The effects of water on these reactions has been studied before at high ... -
The Water that Sustains Us: Indigenous Resistances to Defend the Environment in Oklahoma
(2019-05-10)My research focuses on Indigenous people’s resistance movements to safeguard and sustain their natural environments. I would affirm that Indigenous-led resistance movements and actions to preserve the environment protect ... -
Water use conflicts in the Lower Pecos, Permian Basin: A spatio-temporal analysis of unconventional oil and gas development and agriculture under drought conditions
(2023-12-15)Unconventional oil and gas (UOG) production is increasing rapidly within the U.S., especially the practice of hydraulic fracturing (HF). HF requires large quantities of water, which raises concerns about water scarcity, ... -
WATER USE TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN THE RIO GRANDE RIVER BASIN: CASE STUDIES IN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO
(2017-05)The Rio Grande River Basin spanning over Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico presents a big challenge in terms of efficient water management. Water is allocated by a wide range of relatively autonomous water authorities ... -
WAYS OF KNOWING: JEWELRY OF THE NAVAJO, ZUNI, AND HOPI
(2020-05)This research examines the introduction of Southwestern Native American jewelry as an art form in the Navajo, Zuni and Hopi cultures in conjunction with developing sociographic variables, supporting cultural survivance ... -
We Need A New Idea: The Need For Student Autonomy Because There Is No One Right Way
(2016-05-13)In this thesis, I will argue that it is important to encourage empowered adaptability through developing autonomy in school. I believe that emphasizing the importance of unique individual experiences through life and ... -
“[We] need to tell this story”: Case Studies of Instructional Narratives on the Oklahoma City Bombing
(2022-05-14)Teachers intentionally and unintentionally present particular interpretations and narratives of historical events; these narratives shape students' understanding and perceptions of the past, present, and future. Through a ... -
The Weapon of Dress: Identity and Innovation in Cherokee Clothing, 1794-1838
(2017-05-12)In the decades leading up to Removal, Cherokees underwent a variety of sartorial changes. This thesis examines these changes, the resulting tensions, and the use of clothing as a weapon of resistance against Removal. ... -
Weather or Not: First Crusader Conceptions of Meteorology and the Miraculous
(2021-05-14)Recent historians of the First Crusade have written that appearances in the sky were important to crusaders because they were signs of divine approval, served a narrative function, and indicated God's plan of an upcoming ... -
Wettability Alteration Using Fluorinated Nano-Silica for Near Wellbore Region
(2016-12-16)Fluorinated nano-Silica particles are capable of coating silica and limestone substrates with an amphiphobic layer. A layer that repels both water and oil to some extent. The polymer formed with PFDS and TEOS is capable ...