Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Title
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Chinese foreign policy decision-making : a neoclassical realist approach.
(2011)Despite its sudden rise, China has not engaged in balancing US power contrary to the prediction of the balance of power theory. The structure of a unipolar world restricts balancing which is effectively a revisionist act ... -
Christian culture and Germanic tradition in Old English literature : a syncretic approach to reconciling faith and culture.
(2011)Many conservative or 'traditional' Christians today contend that some modern churches, in an effort to engage with contemporary culture, adapt the values and practices of the secular world to too great a degree in order ... -
Church interior aesthetics : the effects of interior aesthetics, within a worship environment, on the attendance of an 18 to 25 age population.
(2008)Protestant churches are experiencing a decline in attendance in young adults aged 18 to 25, showing little interest in attending services yet the spiritual interests among them are high. Historically, cultural shifts have ... -
Church shootings :differences in offender and incident characteristics compared to other mass shooting incidents in the U.S..
(2016)This study aimed at identifying the motives and reasons behind why church shooting incidents occur. This was accomplished by looking into incident and offender characteristics of 18 church shooting cases. Data was gathered ... -
"Civil defense is YOUR job!" : American civil defense programs directed towards children.
(2019)During World War II and the Cold War, Civil Defense agencies needed to get the American people behind their programs. Civil Defense officials used new methods of informing the public while encouraging active participation. ... -
Civilian social network degradation and views on psychological treatment among police officers.
(2011)Thirty-five current police officers were recruited for a study on their social network composition and attitudes toward psychological assessment and treatment. This study was based around the idea of an us versus them ... -
Claiming knowledge : challenges of gender and class in the composition classroom.
(2008)Since English composition classes are rich in reading, language, dialogue, and writing, they offer the perfect venue in which to provide women and members of disadvantaged classes the opportunity to have their voices acknowledged. -
Cold case investigations : a university initiative.
(2019)Despite technological advancements and improved methodologies in forensic science and investigative practices, cold cases are a growing problem in the United States. Although there has been a surge in interest in solving ... -
Combat, supply, and the influence of logistics during the Civil War in Indian Territory.
(2008)The purpose of this study is to broaden the historical knowledge of the war in Indian Territory by looking at the relationship between combat, supply, and logistics and the progression of warfare in the Territory as a ... -
Communion concepts : confession, conversion, and redemption in The sun also rises, The grapes of wrath, and The poisonwood Bible.
(2010)The elements and themes of Protestant communion are evident in The Sun Also Rises (1926), The Grapes of Wrath (1939), and The Poisonwood Bible (1998). The elements of wine and bread are ubiquitous in these novels and ... -
Comparative analysis of techniques for shooting trajectory reconstruction.
(2012)Shooting trajectory reconstruction is a common discipline in the field of crime scene reconstruction. This discipline, however, has minimal published history about the origin, the most valuable techniques and methods, or ... -
A comparative investigation of equine-related and bovine-related human fatalities in Oklahoma
(2023)Since the late 1990s, there have been a growing number of research efforts evaluating the patterns associated with equine-related injuries. Most of the data collected focuses on demographics, cause of injury, and sustained ... -
Comparative subtidal and supratidal taphonomic changes in the elemental components of marine vertebrate bones using energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy and principle component analysis : ecological and forensic application.
(2018)Individuals and agencies of multiple disciplines have evolved interests which result in the studies and research of marine mammals as well as other protected marine dwellers such as sea turtles. Aside from wildlife ... -
Comparison of Extraction Kits PrepFiller?« and DNA IQ for STR analysis of contact DNA Samples.
(2011)Contact DNA evidence is becoming a common occurrence at crime scenes and is often collected and analyzed for human identification. Current Short Tandem Repeats (STRs) techniques are still limited in Low Copy Number (LCN) ... -
Complexity of external distractors from small unmanned aircraft systems
(2021)The integration of small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) into the transportation system has presented a unique opportunity to investigate the effects these operations will have on other areas of the system. Specifically, ... -
Computational studies of graphene and silicene for DNA base detection
(2020)Graphene's success for nanopore DNA sequencing has shown that it is possible to explore other potential single- and few-atom thick layers of elemental 2D materials beyond graphene (e.g. phosphorene and silicene), and also ... -
A Computational Study of Graphene and Phosphorene for DNA Base Detection
(2020)Research into methods of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing has been improving with the goal of providing fast and cheap sequencing of longer strands as accurately as possible. One possible way of improving the process ... -
Computational study of interactions between DNA bases and single-layer Ti3C2 MXene
(2023)Electronic DNA sequencing using atomically thin 2D-based nanodevices has recently emerged as the next-generation of DNA sequencing technology. Recent molecular dynamics simulations showed that single-layer Titanium Carbide ...