Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Title
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Victims of patriarchy : failed masculinity in nineteenth-century American literature.
(2012)The United States was built upon foundations of patriarchy which called for men to demonstrate their masculinity publicly. In the nineteenth-century, as middle- and upper-class Americans began to populate cities, there ... -
Vigorous Cold War handshakes : reviewing Nixon's 1972 China trip.
(2007)The purpose of this study is to reexamine former United States (U.S.) President Richard Milhous Nixon's historic trip to the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.). Although his administration is most often remembered for its ... -
Vivian.
(2011)'Any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, no matter how passionate.' (W.H. Auden). Walt and Vivian are unhappily married, living in a tent-camp during the early part of the Great ... -
Voltage harmonic adjustment of Cuk and SEPIC converters
(2020)Voltage harmonics are present on electrical power lines today. These harmonics are voltage fluctuations which can be the result of dc to dc converters due to their high frequency switching called Pulse Width Modulation ... -
W.P. "Bill" Atkinson : the man who built a city, lost a state, and challenged a king.
(2015)The legendary public and private feud between W.P. "Bill" Atkinson and Edward King Gaylord is an intriguing and unusual story of powerful and wealthy men - once close associates and friends - who became enemies. This work ... -
Warning signs : avoiding consumer debt : can a system of visual signs be developed to persuade consumers to become wary of their debt?.
(2009)The lack of warning regarding consumer debt, brought about the development of a visual system of warning signs, based on characteristics found in other effective warning signs. The created warning sign has the potential ... -
Water and its temporal dimensions in William Faulkner and Toni Morrison
(2021)William Faulkner and Toni Morrison offer narrative insight into the experience and implications of human's experience of temporality. This thesis constructs a narrative relationship between the two authors, exploring the ... -
We can't eat gender rolls: the pradox of the citoyenne during the French Revolution
(2022)The citoyennes of the French Revolution were silenced by the Republic of France through codification of Rousseau's Natural sexes, and their contributions to the French Revolution remain largely unexplored by historians. ... -
Weapons of the gods : sword of victory.
(2013)When eighteen-year-old Edana's father, King Cian of Eire, dies, the gods visit Edana in a dream and warn her of the struggles that she will soon face, claiming that Edana must be the one to assume responsibility if Eire ... -
What is the experience of babywearing a NICU graduate?.
(2018)The benefits of skin-to-skin and kangaroo care have been well researched and documented. Despite the large volume of evidence to support various and long-term benefits to both caregivers and children, skin-to-skin care ... -
Whist, quadrilles and social hierarchy : Pride and prejudice as a game.
(2012)Jane Austen begins her novel Pride and prejudice by informing readers that what they are about to read is a story about competition. Throughout the novel, Austen's audience becomes aware of the elements of competition in ... -
Whitewashing African American History in Oklahoma City’s Deep Deuce District: Exploring Historical Preservation as a Problematic Tool for Tourism and Gentrification
(2020)Historic preservation of African American neighborhoods in Oklahoma City values restoration of buildings and objects but fails to authentically preserve or respect the original culture by actively excluding the Black ... -
"Who will protect the working girl?" : the effect of the 1909 shirtwaist strike and triangle factory fire on early twentieth century labor organizations.
(2017)Organized labor through unions was prominent as part of the Progressive Era in the early twentieth century. Under the influence of the American Federation of Labor, groups such as the Women's Trade Union League and ... -
Why churches deserve tax exemption : the impact of Southern Baptists in Oklahoma.
(2007)This paper continues the research on faith-based nonprofit's relationship with government in providing social programs and provides a cost/benefit analysis of nonprofit tax-exemption--Abstract, Leaf 4." -
The Wicking of Blood in Fabrics and the Effect It Has on the Angle of Impact
(2020)Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) is currently limited to smooth, non-porous surfaces. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the same mathematical model used to analyze bloodstain patterns on smooth, non-porous ... -
The Wilcox Museum acquisition history
(2021)The Wilcox Museum at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas is in need of digitizing and organizing all of their paperwork from 1888 to current (2021). A majority of their documentation has begun to fade with time ... -
Will you still love me tomorrow? Sociometer theory and sexual self-esteem
(2021)Self-esteem is often conceptualized as a general reflection of how as individual feel about themselves. However, research has shown self-esteem is not only an active component of our social selves, but it is also uniquely ... -
Willow.
(2017)'Willow' is a story about one of the biggest problems facing humanity today: Human Trafficking. The world's population has never been higher. As a direct result, slavery has been more widespread. 'Willow' is a fictional ...