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Thermal tolerance of alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula)
(2021)
Alligator gar belong to an ancient lineage that dates back over 215 million years. Historically, alligator gar populations occurred in the Mississippi River basin from Illinois (USA) to Mexico. Alligator gar populations ...
Molecular survey of Ixodes scapularis associated pathogens from Odocoileus virginianus at Lake Arcadia in Edmond, Oklahoma
(2021)
Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) is the primary host and vector for Ixodes scapularis (deer tick). Most of the research into Ixodes scapularis has been geographically restricted to the northeastern United States, ...
Neo-commercial illustration
(2020)
Illustration is continually changing in terms of both its content and its process alongside technological progress and the increasing popularity of digitalization. Furthermore, illustration is consistently finding new ways ...
Feminine power through the performance of gender and identity : subverting patriarchal standards and the gender binary
(2021)
This thesis examines strategies for exercising feminine power within patriarchal settings; in particular, it addresses the ways in which female characters access varied forms of power through gendered performances that ...
The Moment We Realized: Triple Consciousness and the Intersectionality of Race, Gender and Sexuality in 20th and 21st Century African American Women
(2021)
The Triple Consciousness Theory (TCT), inspired by W.E.B. Du Bois' Double Consciousness, argues that Black women view themselves through multiple lenses and not solely two (gender and race). Although it is unclear who first ...
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 ...
Sexual health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors amongst South-Asian international students at the University of Central Oklahoma
(2021)
The lack of sexual health knowledge among international students is multi-dimensional and is impacted by culture, society, parental guidance, environment, migration, and belongingness to the new culture. The topics of ...
Lurking in the Shadows: Human Trafficking and Sex Work
(2021)
This thesis explores the issues surrounding human trafficking (HT) and exposes a great lack of knowledge about human trafficking by local, federal, and international law enforcement agencies. Human trafficking discourse ...
Effect of telomerase on proliferation and differentiation of a cell line derived from Dupuytren's contracture
(2021)
Dupuytren's disease is a fibroproliferative disorder that affects the hand's palm and eventually leads to loss of hand function. It is characterized by shortening of the palmar fascia and an increased myofibroblast percentage ...