Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Title
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Differences in Initiation and Utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
(2020)Statement of the Problem. Adolescents and young adults underutilize sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, contributing to health disparities related to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended ... -
Sexual selection, alternative reproductive tactics and sexual conflict in collared lizards : integration of molecular and behavioral ecology.
(2014)Sexual selection theory often predicts that socially dominant males should sire more offspring than males adopting subordinate social tactics. However, it is often difficult to determine the extent to which this expected ... -
Shadow boxer.
(2011)Shadow Boxer is a novel about identity crisis. Willie Guyles has struggled with his gender identity for his entire life. He's mostly tried to ignore it by pursuing traditionally masculine pursuits: boxing, military, law ... -
Sheiks and sherifs : western portrayals of the middle east between the World Wars.
(2018)Oftentimes, when there are analyses of E. M. Hull's The Sheik or discussions of Lowell Thomas's presentations over Lawrence of Arabia, the intertextual nature between these works--as well as the historical and cultural ... -
Shoulder dynamic stability and shoulder range of motion in volleyball athletes.
(2010)Shoulder injuries are one of the most common injuries in athletics, especially the athletes who use overhead motions like volleyball hitters, quarterbacks in football, and baseball pitchers. Approximately 20% of all game ... -
Show me the money : how currency manipulation promotes Chinese modernization.
(2015)This study provides an answer to the complex question of why China manipulates its currency. The research attempts to explain how currency manipulation used as one of many tools can help propel a country toward modernization, ... -
Side effects may include time travel.
(2014)Alexi Anna Mackey is a thirteen-year-old with all the problems of growing up: her little brother, Mikey, annoys her as often as not; she's a little clumsy, which makes her chosen sport of pole-vaulting a bit challenging; ... -
Silent history : reclaiming Palestinian cultural patrimony and history and using NAGPRA as a paradigm.
(2011)This study examines the nationalist tendencies of Israeli archaeological policies and practices, but also that nation's infringement on Palestine's cultural patrimony claims and identity. Despite the international community's ... -
Silk, supplies and socialism : how women exercised public power in the American West, 1890-1920
(2023)In my thesis, I reframe the long-held assumption that because women in the United States prior to 1920 were blocked from access to the vote, women did not exercise political or economic influence in their communities. I ... -
Social modulation of androgens and glucocorticoids in territorial male collared lizards.
(2010)"The challenge hypothesis predicts that breeding strategy and degree of parental care may modulate within season hormone levels and androgen responsiveness to social challenges in males. Hirschenhauser and Oliveira (2006) ... -
Social networking sites and selection decisions : the impact of privacy settings of Facebook profiles and hiring decisions.
(2013)Social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook and LinkedIn have gained popularity in the recent years. As long ago as 2009 and recent as 2012, some organizations have required the login credentials for potential employees ... -
Social perception and implicit self-esteem.
(2012)Three experiments investigated whether implicit self-esteem was influenced by various perceptual stimuli. It was predicted that positive comments, performance, and feedback would lead to high implicit self-esteem, whereas ... -
Social-envenomation : a ritual of snake-handling churches.
(2018)This study focused on the deaths that had taken place within the Pentecostal church sects that handled venomous snakes during their religious services. This was accomplished by gathering statistics of 105 cases that were ... -
Socioeconomic status and physical activity levels in obese and non-obese African Americans
(2022)A lack of physical activity has become a major problem in the United States with no signs of relief coming anytime soon. More specifically, the African American community continues to remain among the most inactive. While ... -
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(2015)A creative thesis of lyric poetry. A collection exploring the struggles and beauty of childhood, relationships and desire as they play out in front of a Western Oklahoma backdrop. -
Something of himself : textual and historical revision in Rudyard Kipling's Kim.
(2008)This thesis asks whether 'Kim', as a fin de siècle novel, helped to bridge the Victorian and modern periods in British literature, and whether the novel, published at the midpoint of Kipling's career, stands as a marker ... -
Soul on fire : a musical.
(2010)Abstract excerpt: This musical follows Kisha, a young girl who was raped by a prominent member of her community, as she tries to prove that her story is true. It explores the aftermath of rape and abuse and its effect on ... -
Spandex cinema : three approaches to comic book film adaptation.
(2009)Adapting graphic novels requires new approaches in the theoretical models currently available to film theorists. Comic book films must be dissected beyond references to character, setting, plot, or story; analysis must ... -
Spirituality, sexual orientation, and mental health among college students.
(2017)The purpose of this study was to determine whether sexual orientation and spiritual practice affect depression and anxiety symptoms among non-heterosexual college students. Participants (n=11) were non-heterosexual college ...