Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Issue Date
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The cyber-economy and the nation-state
(1996)The cyber-economy which is developing via the Internet represents a serious challenge to the ability of nation-states to exercise sovereignty over their economies. Nation-states stand to lose the ability to control their ... -
A new approach to illustration curriculum design: using Bloom's taxonomy as the framework for cognitive and psychomotor illustration studio objectives
(2007)This study examines the results of beginning and advanced illustration students by using curriculum designed with Bloom's revised taxonomy. Literature on the relevance of cognitive learning environments was reviewed prior ... -
Corn silk dolls.
(2007)When a family stays in an old farmhouse for a few weeks in the summer, their lives are changed when they find some corn silk dolls in the house. These are not ordinary dolls, they are soul-sucking dolls. -
New kingdom.
(2007)"New Kingdom occurs in ancient Egypt and is loosely based upon historical figures and events involving the rulers Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis III circa 1480-1479 B.C."--Abstract, leaf vi. -
Prevalence of antibodies to West Nile virus in selected farm animals in central Oklahoma.
(2007)This study examined the seroprevalence of West Nile virus (WNV) specific Immnunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies among five different farm animal species including: Bos taurus (cattle), Capra hircus (goat), Ovis aries (sheep), ... -
Hinterland.
(2007)A young adult novel set in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, aims at an audience of fifteen years old or older. Identity and responsibility emerge as the two most important themes in this bildungsroman, as sixteen-year-old ... -
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. ... -
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." -
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 ... -
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 comparative similarities of the psychocultural roots of genocide and war.
(2007)This study investigated the comparative similarities between war and genocide, the hypothesis being that there are similarities. The participants included 138 students from the University [of] Central Oklahoma general ... -
The effects of caffeine on ratings of perceived exertion and completion times in a 1.5-mile run test in college-aged males.
(2007)The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of caffeine from Red Bull on selected aspects of running performance during a 1.5 mile run test in college-aged males--Abstract, leaf x." -
Valentine, Texas
(2008)Valentine, Texas begins with two men, lifelong friends, hunting buddies, guys who shot reflector lights out of mailbox posts and fought cowboys and Indians in grade school, and now find themselves on opposite sides of the ... -
The black jessamine
(2008)The play follows a prosperous family in an Oklahoma rural town. Garret Bedford is the owner of a large oil company. The town was founded on the Bedfords' wealth, therefore the residents regard Garret as a saint. However,Garret ... -
Combat, supply, and the influence of logistics during the Civil War in Indian Territory.
(2008)The purpose of this study is to broaden the historical knowledge of the war in Indian Territory by looking at the relationship between combat, supply, and logistics and the progression of warfare in the Territory as a ... -
Constructing Mr. Darcy : tradition, gender, and silent spaces in Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice.
(2008)The reality of Jane Austen's characters in Pride and Prejudice is socially constructed; their goals and actions become a typification of society's institutions and conventions. Examining Austen's pivotal characters, with ... -
Making sense : a study of the dialogical nature of consciousness in creative writing.
(2008)The present study investigated the dynamics of a single participant's various I-positions ... using Stephenson's (1985) Q method, analysis of variance, factor analysis, and qualitative assessment of the participant's ... -
Interpersonal perceptions of American culture
(2008)A small study of international student perception of American culture was conducted. One of two counterbalanced videos was presented to each participant followed by questionnaires regarding attitude and attitude certainty, ... -
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 ...