UCO - Graduate Works and Theses: Recent submissions
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Surgeons of the severed limb: Confederate military medicine in Arkansas, 1863-1865
(2014)By bridging two frequently overlooked subjects in Civil War historiography, medicine and the conflict in the West, this work provides a novel and important perspective on the war in the Trans-Mississippi by examining the ... -
The color of justice in Oklahoma : connections between racial disparity and the death penalty.
(2014)Racial disparity among death row inmates has often been a debated and questioned topic in the United States. Although the populations of African Americans and Caucasians are relatively equal on death row, African Americans ... -
Formulation and application of cinnamon oil-chitosan emulsion coating to increase the internal quality and shelf life of shelled eggs.
(2014)Eggs are one of the most versatile and nutritious foods and a good source of high- quality protein, vitamins, and minerals. However, as time passes, eggs' internal quality deteriorates due to evaporation of carbon dioxide ... -
A replication, evaluation, and criticism of unconscious thought theory.
(2014)Modern social psychology has incorporated into the literature a number of theories and effects that were highly counter-intuitive at the time they were introduced, yet have formed a body of literature claiming to demonstrate ... -
An enzymatic means for the rehabilitation of low-copy number and degraded DNA.
(2014)In spite of the immense success forensic DNA analysis has obtained over the last twenty-five years, a substantive challenge within the field of forensic DNA analysis is amplification and interpretation of degraded and ... -
Secrets of a Pepto Bismol casa.
(2014)Secrets of a Pepto Bismal Casa explores the journey of a young, Mexican American girl named Martha in Laredo, Texas, in 1990. The novel is set in first person point-of-view and is split into two threads--what occurs in ... -
Effects of motivational music on a 1.5 mile running time trial.
(2014)Music has a positive effect on performance measures during exercise and sport at submaximal intensities. Purpose: To measure the effects of self-selected motivational music on a 1.5 mile maximal intensity running time ... -
I dream of Major Nelson.
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Effects of rest period length on exercise volume in older adults.
(2014)Research involving rest periods during resistance training for older adults is limited. Understanding optimal rest periods can help exercise professionals develop efficient and effective training programs for older adults. ... -
Temperatures of envy : associations between temperature perceptions and experiences of envy.
(2014)Envy is generally thought of as a negative emotional response involving a contrast between oneself and another. In its proper form, it can have detrimental effects upon relational interactions and attentional resources, ... -
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. ... -
Sexual selection, alternative reproductive tactics and sexual conflict in collared lizards : integration of molecular and behavioral ecology.
(2014)Sexual selection theory often predicts that socially dominant males should sire more offspring than males adopting subordinate social tactics. However, it is often difficult to determine the extent to which this expected ... -
Describing the Buckle Up program efforts to support child well-being in Oklahoma : exploring potential connections between child motor vehicle injuries, fatalities, certification status, and Buckle Up events.
(2014)In 1997 Safe Kids Worldwide and General Motors Corporation founded the Buckle Up program. The program trains and certifies individuals to become service providers whose job is to obtain the knowledge and skills on the ... -
The Glorious Revolution in Massachusetts Bay Colony.
(2014)This thesis focuses on the political relationship between the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the English Crown between 1630 and 1691. It begins with the establishment of the colony and how the Puritans who settled in ... -
Practical evidence processing : does cyanoacrylate fuming hinder firearms analysis?.
(2014)Cyanoacrylate fuming is a successful and efficient chemical process of revealing latent prints on non-porous objects found at crime scenes. In a crime laboratory setting, firearms are often processed for latent prints. ... -
The run.
(2014)The Run is a novella-length creative work that follows Dust, a Marine Corps Reservist who performs military funeral services all across Nebraska. In his civilian life, Dust is an English teaching assistant at Nebraska ... -
The pop-up principle.
(2014)This collection of short stories follows the conventions of postmodern literary fiction, and features conflicts between middle-class family members who predominantly live in Texas and Oklahoma. My main objective in this ... -
Hemingway : insights on military leadership.
(2014)The literature of Ernest Hemingway is rich with military lessons derived from his lifetime of proximity to war and his understanding of soldiers and leaders at all levels as presented through his characters. Hemingway wrote ... -
The World Trade Organization and its outlook on agriculture : an excellent neoliberal case study or an organized hypocrisy?.
(2014)The World Trade Organization is a highly significant global body, acting as a permanent forum for liberalization of trade in goods and services. It recently increased management of global investment and intellectual property ... -
The stability of low-top versus high-top basketball shoes.
(2014)BACKGROUND: Ankle sprains are one of the most common athletic injuries that occur in sports participation (Trevino, Davis, & Hecht, 1994). There has been numerous prevention strategies designed to decrease the occurrence ...