Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Title
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Arbitraging geoeconimic and geopolitical logic : the US-Iranian case.
(2018)Through scrutinizing US-Iranian relations through the lens of radical geopolitics theory, it will be shown that a core proposition of radical geopolitics theory is too restrictive, and ought to be weakened to account for ... -
Archetypes Rooted in Saudi Arabian and Islamic Cultural Traditions
(2019)This thesis produces twenty manga archetypes rooted in the culture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and other Islamic societies. The study aims to create archetypes that can be utilized to produce character design to ... -
Are reproductive life history traits of Australian three-lined skinks fixed or phenotypically plastic?
(2009)Reptile viviparity is strongly associated with cool climates in interspecific comparisons, but intraspecific comparisons provide an even stronger opportunity to identify causal pathways and distinguish facultative (plastic) ... -
Arguing against yourself : exploring the relationship between conflicting episodic memories.
(2015)The current study is an attempt to evaluate how participants' memory is altered by information either congruent or incongruent to their original testimony. False memory research consistently shows that exposure to post-event ... -
Ariadne's threads of identity : foreshadowing of social and individual identity theories in John Dos Passos' U.S.A.
(2009)The eminent biologist E.O. Wilson theorizes a unity of knowledge for all fields of study. Claiming that all knowledge springs from a basis in physics and continues to chemistry, biology, social sciences, and into humanities ... -
Arthur Gooch : the political, economic, and social influences that led him to the gallows.
(2010)Born in 1908, Arthur Gooch came of age in the prosperous 1920s, but something changed for him and for America in 1930. The socioeconomic depravity and increased media coverage of crimes in the Thirties affected those who ... -
Assessing the interior design of storm shelters on a university campus
(2009)The purpose of this study is to assess whether the current design and space plan of a primary storm shelter in an educational building located on a large mid-western university campus in “Tornado Alley” is safe according ... -
Assessment of consecutive matching striae.
(2012)Firearm and tool mark identification relies on criteria that have been accepted in the field to assist firearm examiners in determining if a bullet has been fired from a particular firearm. In this research, criteria for ... -
Attachment in secondary education : effects of student attachment bonds with parents and teachers on student motivation.
(2018)The consistent amount of time a student spends with educators throughout their childhood requires that researchers take steps to understand the extent of the impact these relationships might have. To better examine these ... -
Behavioral & motivational characteristics of female firesetters in Oklahoma.
(2018)The purpose of this research is to focus on and identify the behavioral and motivational characteristics of female firesetters of all ages in the state of Oklahoma. The current theory is that female arsonists are motivated ... -
Behavioral characteristics of maternal filicide : a case study.
(2013)The purpose of this study is to identify the history and behavioral trends of maternal filicide in the United States. This study examines six cases of filicide that were highly publicized by the media. The media tends to ... -
Behavioral Characteristics of Stalkers Who Kill
(2021)The purpose of this study is to identify behavioral characteristics of stalkers who ultimately kill their targets, with the goal of creating a risk factor checklist to help identify current offenders most at risk for ... -
Beliefs in and experiences with sasquatch and corresponding coping strategies.
(2008)Specific coping strategies were investigated and between-group comparisons were made based on the level of confidence each group had in the existence of sasquatch. The level of confidence was determined by the participants' ... -
Beyond binary : Navajo alternative genders throughout history.
(2016)Hosteen Klah was both a Navajo medicine man and weaver. However, the Navajo largely considered weaving to be a woman’s task. Women taught this skill from mother to daughter, and it represented both a creative and spiritual ... -
Beyond DNA : an epigenetic approach to identical twin identification
(2016)For more than two decades, DNA analysis has helped forensic scientists link suspects to a crime. Often times, DNA evidence is one of the most impactful pieces of evidence available. However, there is still one thing that ... -
Binary democracy : voter confidence and voting technologies.
(2017)The specific type of voting machine used by voters could have an affect on the amount of confidence they feel about the accuracy of their votes being recorded. This thesis studies different types of voting machines and the ... -
Black vernacular English and the rhetoric of Jeremiah Wright
(2008)In this exposition I discuss the rhetorical conventions which are prevalent in the Black Church in order to demonstrate how the African American rhetorical tradition helps shape the cultural identity of many African ... -
Blink modulation during positive and negative picture stimuli.
(2017)In this study, emotional response to negative and positive visual stimuli is examined using blink modulation as a behaviorally based dependent variable. The researcher exposed 58 participants to an array of predetermined ...