Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Title
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Painting the trails : can artwork affect urban trail use
(2020)Urban trails are paved or unpaved pathways through neighborhoods, cities, and parks that are used to increase the walkability of an area, provide alternative transportation routes, offer recreational space, and increase ... -
Paradigm shift : how the evolution of two generations of home consoles, arcades, and computers influenced American culture, 1985-1995.
(2016)As of 2016, unlike many popular media forms found here in the United States, video games possess a unique influence, one that gained its own a large widespread appeal, but also its own distinct cultural identity created ... -
Paradise twin.
(2018)1. Description of the Form of Genre of the Creative Project. Paradise Twin is a realistic novel set in Oklahoma at the Paradise Twin Trailer Park, which was formerly a drive-in movie theater. The first-person point of view ... -
Paranoid politics : a comparison of the use of fear during the Cold War and the Global War on Terror using the paranoid style of American politics.
(2008)Two of the most frightening time periods in modern America have occurred in close proximity to each other. The Cold War pitted the United States against a fierce ideological competitor that pointed its weapons of mass ... -
Parental stress and self-care
(2023)Stress is a concerning contributor to non-optimal parenting practices. Why is educating parents on self-care not an evidence-based practice? Research indicates stress impacts parenting in negative ways. More specifically, ... -
Passive visual behavior modifiers and consumer psychophysiology online.
(2012)Through an examination of the electroencephalography (EEG) data collected from 27 university students, this study examined the efficacy of three known passive visual behavior modifiers -- color, layout, and motion -- in ... -
Pastor's son.
(2012)Pastor's Son is a novel that explores the confusion surrounding the death of Eric Wells, a young man killed outside of a gay club in Oklahoma City. Those closest to Eric--his family, led by his father, David, a small town ... -
Pei on the prairie : urban renewal in Oklahoma City, 1960-1990
(2021)Downtown Oklahoma City was drastically remade beginning in the 1960s as part of the broader national program of urban renewal. Yet, very little research has explored this transformation, nor has there been a deep exploration ... -
Perceived location of self.
(2012)Evidence suggests that the perceived location of the self is changeable. I replicated Legennhager et al (2007) where participants experienced a perceptual illusion of a relocated self, created by having a participant wear ... -
Perceived status value regarding elderly individuals : assessing cultural influence.
(2009)Western societies often view elderly individuals in a more negative view than other cultures around the world. This negative view is commonly referred to as ageism. The importance of understanding this demographic has ... -
Perceptions of Early Head Start teachers of instructional coaching.
(2018)Recent Early Head Start standards require instructional coaching be utilized as a form of teacher development. (Head Start: Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center, 2018). This research provides an insight into Early ... -
Perceptions of new graduate, post-licensure registered nurses at the initiation of professional responsibilities.
(2015)Aim - To identify any discrepancy between new graduate nurses' perceptions of their professional roles before they begin practice and what they experience at the initiation of their duties. Background - Turnover and attrition ... -
Performance evaluation of a Cadre Forensics TopMatch-GS 3D system for cartridge case comparisons
(2023)This research presented a series of commonly used firearms and commonly used ammunition brands to evaluate the Cadre Forensics TopMatch-GS 3D system overall and to test for differences between same ammunition and different ... -
Performance, politics, and queenship: rhetorical strategies of Tudor mothers, daughters, and sisters
(2024)This project explores how four Tudor queens utilized performance and written rhetoric to gain and maintain power, as well as how their efforts influenced their daughters and kingdoms. Chapter One centers around Catherine ... -
Personality and situational correlates of false confessions.
(2014)Personality correlates, such as the need to belong, unstable self-esteem, and insecure-anxious attachment style may predict false confessions and internalization. Study 1 examined the influence of these personality correlates. ... -
Physiological measures of anti-social behavior within psychopathy.
(2016)The purpose of the current study was to utilize new physiological measures associated with psychopathy and criminal behavior. Research has demonstrated a link between psychopathy and criminal behavior (Douglas, Vincent, & ... -
Poetry of literary studies.
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Policing in 18th century England : the rise and fall of the thief-taker, 1680-1730.
(2016)Examines why England and subsequently other English speaking countries were reluctant to adopt a governmental police force to reduce crime, hypothesizing that the establishment of Thief-takers as a governmentally backed ...