Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Title
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The inherent influence of travel on an emerging feminist icon : Florence Nightingale abroad.
(2017)The primary intent of this research is to evaluate and deduce events leading up to, during, and after the travels of Florence Nightingale abroad in Europe and the near East. This work examines the perception of how enforced ... -
The International Criminal Court arrest warrants in northern Uganda and peace negotiations
(2011)For more than two decades, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has been engaged in armed conflict against the government of Uganda. Under the leadership of Joseph Kony, the LRA is responsible for atrocities that include forced ... -
The investigation of voluntarily childless married couples and marital satisfaction
(2008)This exploratory study was designed to investigate the impact on marital satisfaction as a result of being voluntarily childless. An open-ended questionnaire was the instrument used in this cross sectional, convenience ... -
"The invisible spirit alone" : the romance of reform in Grace Aguilar's theological writings.
(2011)The Anglo-Jewish author Grace Aguilar lived in the early nineteenth century when England was experiencing revolutions and reforms in philosophy, politics, and religion. The daughter of Sephardic immigrants, Aguilar authored ... -
The Latinization of Oklahoma : case studies on Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Guymon.
(2010)Latin Americans have been a part of the geography and history of Oklahoma since the sixteenth century. Over the past two centuries, Latinos have trekked to Oklahoma to escape odious conditions in their mother countries. ... -
The legacy of Arthur and Shifra Silberman : an unparalleled collection of American Indian painting and scholarship.
(2013)American Indian art is a vibrant illustration of the individuality of Oklahoma history and a pivotal aspect of its modern identity. The Native American Art Movement of the twentieth century produced influential artists ... -
The Lusitania and the American Public Response : a newspaper narrative.
(2017)Since the First World War erupted on 4 August 1914, historians have been documenting the conflict and outbreak of war via writing books, conducting archival research, producing films, etc. In the 1920's following the ... -
The new deal for city management : a principal-agent theory policy analysis.
(2007)This thesis examines the historical development of principal-agent theory as it has been applied to municipal management, and how this theory helps us explain the high attrition rate in the city management profession. ... -
The passing.
(2012)The Passing explores the relationship between man and death in a fictional world called Aetheria. The protagonist, Kane Brennan, goes to war and is forced to decide what he truly believes about the world and himself while ... -
The persistence of the gender wage gap in the 21st century.
(2012)The goal of this research project is to determine whether the gender wage gap still exists, and if so, why it continues to exist. It explores the evolution of federal wage equality legislation, the establishment of the ... -
The Phoenix Program: from Vietnam to Black Sites - a legacy of torture
(2018)During the Vietnam War, the United States attempted to defeat the North Vietnamese through assorted endeavors. One such effort was developed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1967 and referred to as the Phoenix ... -
The political economy of migration in China.
(2012)Since opening up its economy to international trade and investment in the 1970s, China has undergone the largest transfer of rural populations to urban eras in modern history. In order to achieve these growth levels, massive ... -
The pop-up principle.
(2014)This collection of short stories follows the conventions of postmodern literary fiction, and features conflicts between middle-class family members who predominantly live in Texas and Oklahoma. My main objective in this ... -
The prayer closet warriors.
(2007)Seventh grader Maddie enters her hall closet to pray and finds herself standing in a field in heaven. There she discovers that she can save her school from the Anti-Nagah, the light eater. To do so Maddie must pass three ... -
The precocious mind : the intellectual development of Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
(2010)Charlotte Perkins Gilman embodied the innovative spirit of her age and country. She was not content to accept the roles that society had imposed upon her sex. As a true American revolutionary, Gilman defied expectations ... -
The relationship between body mass index and subjective well-being in females during early young adulthood.
(2008)This study investigated the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and subjective well-being (SWB) in females during early young adulthood. Seventy-three Caucasian females 18-25 years of age participated in the study. ... -
The relationship between burnout, motivation, and exercise habits in retired college athletes
(2022)The effect of sport burnout on retired college athletes has not been widely researched. However, there are several studies that show sport burnout is present in athletes and can be influenced by different factors, including ... -
The relationship between lower extremity muscular power and functionality in older adults.
(2011)As humans age we go through a process of muscle mass loss known as Sarcopenia. This process of muscle loss can lead to many different forms of functionality based health concerns that can leave an individual immobile and ... -
The relationship between on-ice aerobic capacity and on-ice power output
(2015)There is debate if a high aerobic capacity will improve recovery from repeated bouts of sprinting, which primarily taxes the anaerobic energy systems. The relationship between aerobic capacity and repeat sprint ability in ... -
The rhetoric of disability : a Foucauldian discourse analysis.
(2018)The institution of disability, as it is perceived in the United States and most of Western civilization, signifies a site of oppression that has been historically neglected if not actively rejected by the hegemonic population ...