UCO - Graduate Works and Theses: Recent submissions
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Deconstructing American laughter: the power of carnivalesque humor to empower the voices of the oppressed
(2024)Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of the carnivalesque, as seen in his book Rabelais and His Word, highlights how laughter has the power to break through the restrictions and fear within oppressive, official cultures, giving power ... -
Analysis of the anti-cancer effects of Taraxacum officinale seed extract
(2024)Taraxacum officinale, known as dandelion, has been used in traditional medicines for centuries. In recent years, researchers have started to investigate the potential anti-cancer effects of dandelion extracts. The purpose ... -
Goddesses, dreamers, and witches: the politics of women in The Wild Hunt
(2024)The Wild Hunt is a folklore motif with variants including a group of beings traveling through the night air with a central figure leading them. When we consider the motif of those who were involved in, and specifically ... -
"[Corporate] needs to act like they give a f***": a qualitative study on perceived organizational support in the local news industry
(2024)Local news research has shown rampant turnover in the industry, with journalists pointing to factors such as pay, schedule, management, direction of the industry or content, increased workloads, and family. Over the past ... -
Sportswashing in the Cold War: 1950s American golf
(2024)The conclusion of the Second World War brought immense power to the United States of America. The Cold War was the ideological conflict between capitalism and communism; the United States versus the Union of Soviet Socialist ... -
A comparative analysis of accuracy and sensitivity in semen presumptive testing: ABAcard P30™, RSID Semen™, and Seratec PSA™
(2024)Semen presumptive tests are often used in forensics to detect the possible presence of semen on evidence from a crime scene. These tests work by identifying enzymes or proteins commonly found in semen, such as prostate-specific ... -
Education policy and reform in the state of Oklahoma after 1950 and the achievement gaps of underserved student populations
(2024)The educational reform brought about by the U.S. federal government and the state of Oklahoma after 1950 perpetuated an already broken system rather than creating the needed change for all minority student populations ... -
The detection and distribution of antidepressants in biological specimens
(2024)This study developed and validated a method utilizing Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC) paired with tandem mass spectrometry (MS-MS) to detect and quantify thirteen antidepressants and metabolites in blood and ... -
Identification of geographic and cultural ancestry through chemical analysis of latent fingerprint residues
(2024)The permanence and uniqueness of fingerprints and the analysis of physical characteristics associated with fingerprints have allowed for the identification of individuals in forensic investigations. However, there is ... -
Orientalism in British policymaking: Gertrude Bell and the Iraq Mandate, 1921-1932
(2024)In the wake of the First World War, the League of Nations established the mandate system to stabilize the territories that had, until recently, been under the control of Germany or the Ottoman Empire. It did so by assigning ... -
Roots of colonialism in Old English poetry
(2024)The white nationalist ideologies that drove many colonialist efforts are often built off of a so-called Anglo-Saxon ideal, which involves appealing to Old English epics such as Beowulf as part of the foundation of national ... -
Quantitative assessment of barrel wear from solid copper bullets
(2024)Forensic firearm analysis is based on the principle that firearms impart individual characteristics on bullets and cartridge cases during the firing process, and these individual characteristics can be used to trace a ... -
Divine women's esteem in late antiquity and their later representations in literature
(2024)The Late Antiquity period and the stories that emerged from it were some of the most impactful narratives for future authors and their writing. This period encompassed many types of communities, languages, social customs, ... -
A combined method to locate and improve DNA recovery from fabrics
(2024)The purpose of this thesis project is to identify touch DNA on different clothing surfaces and improve DNA recovery and efficiency. This study undertook a multi-method approach to improve identify touch DNA on clothing and ... -
The impact of contextual bias on novice examiners in firearms examinations and fingerprints analyses
(2024)Despite efforts to maintain objectivity in analysis and interpretations, bias and human error still impact forensic science. Diversity in the perspectives, ideologies, techniques, and experience of forensic scientists ... -
Racial identification in colonial Latin America: social class in the visual form
(2024)This thesis will analyze the evolution of racial identity during the colonial period in Spanish Latin America and how Casta paintings in the seventeenth century led to the creation of a society based on social stratification ... -
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 ...