UCO - Graduate Works and Theses: Recent submissions
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The effects of external focus of attention on standing triple jump performance.
(2015)The purpose of the study is to determine if the use of external focus of attention has an effect on standing triple jump performance. External focus is where a subject focuses on an object or a focal point outside of ... -
T.S. Eliot : a bibliography of T.S. Eliot criticism, 1987-2013
(2015)This bibliography of scholarship related to the writer T.S. Eliot is arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically within each year. This bibliography contains 1624 entries. Select entries have been annotated. Where ... -
Revolution, imperialism, and the Hawaiian monarchy : reconsidering American-Hawaiian affairs during the late nineteenth century.
(2014)After 100 years, the Hawaiian kingdom's collapse continues to garner not only academic debate, but also long-standing hostilities rooted in deep-seated sentiments of Pacific Nativism and American Nationalism. From this ... -
An extraction method using whole insect larvae to isolate DNA from a deceased host.
(2014)The analysis of entomological evidence continues to be a useful method for the identification of human remains from a crime scene, especially when the body is in a state of decomposition. During active decomposition the ... -
The forensic value of processed human hair extensions.
(2014)The human hair extension industry has grown immensely with revenues exceeding nine billion dollars each year. Statistics indicate that over sixty percent of women have at some point invested in hair extensions and that ... -
The acute effect of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on motor power output.
(2014)There has be an increased interest in the chronic effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in contact sports from both research and nonscientific fields alike. The chronic effects can only be minimized by understanding the ... -
Side effects may include time travel.
(2014)Alexi Anna Mackey is a thirteen-year-old with all the problems of growing up: her little brother, Mikey, annoys her as often as not; she's a little clumsy, which makes her chosen sport of pole-vaulting a bit challenging; ... -
Undergraduate students' attitudes toward older adults after an intergenerational service-learning project.
(2014)In the United States, adults are living longer, and working longer and negative attitudes toward older adults still exist. Attitudes of college students from various colleges and disciplines have been studied to assess ... -
Memory/erasure.
(2014)Memory/Erasure is a volume comprised of largely autobiographical poetry. In the first section, Memory, the work focuses on my interpretation of memories, both familial and personal. The second section, titled Erasure, ... -
Stability of synthetic cannabinoids in biological specimens : analysis through liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.
(2014)Synthetic cannabinoids, known as spice or K2 among others, create an ever-changing challenge for the forensic chemist or toxicologist. The spectrum of compounds is constantly growing and evolving. Understanding the stability ... -
After six, at forty
(2014)This is a nonfiction memoir detailing my journey as an African immigrant. The focus is two pronged: it describes my deeper religious understanding as I went through a journey of barrenness to childbirth while simultaneously ... -
"These kids just can't write!"... or can they? : faculty perceptions of student writing.
(2014)The idea that student writing has declined in quality over time has been repeated so many times that few people question it, despite the fact that serious analytical research on this topic is difficult to come by. The main ... -
In the shadow of the giant : the impact of the industrial city on identity in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American literature
(2014)The Industrial Era in America ushered in a time of unprecedented economic growth, yet unfortunately, the industrial-consumer culture created by this growth fostered a devaluation of the American individual during this time ... -
Under erasure
(2014)This thesis is a collection of eleven short, unrelated stories. These stories range in length from thirty-three to two pages. They are organized according to how I sensed they should be when I drew up the table of contents. ... -
Geographical disparities in wrongful conviction cases.
(2014)The horrors of wrongful conviction have become a reality for too many Americans. As formic science has matured, along with the evolution of interrogation techniques, the occurrence of wrongful convictions has become more ... -
Even if it's wrong : a screenplay.
(2014)Even if it's Wrong, a feature length screenplay, takes place over a five day period, Friday to Wednesday, mostly in Tulsa, Oklahoma in November. Thirty-one-year-old Price Singleton's only real goal in life is not to have ... -
The influence of a biological explanation of psychopathy in the courtroom.
(2014)Psychopaths are a troubling population for the general public and criminal justice system. Psychopathic patterns of antisocial behavior appear early in life and remain present for life (Hare, 2003). Most psychopaths are ... -
Caregiver burden and chronic illness among aging adults: an analysis of the factors moderating levels of caregiver burden/stress in caregivers.
(2014)The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between chronic illness among the elderly population of United States and the caregiving burden/stress among the caregivers for this population. This study's literature ... -
Relocation of remains : scavenger patterns in north central Oklahoma.
(2014)The processes by which clandestine remains are scattered and destroyed by vertebrate necrophagus scavenging behaviors are significant to forensic death investigations, in terms of focusing search techniques, improving ... -
Opportunistic federalism is failing : a case for change in Ouroborosian policy making.
(2014)The current federalism paradigm has been on a path to failure since its inception. The various methods of federalism from the past have attempted to effectively fuse both federal and state power based on the most pervasive ...