UCO - Graduate Works and Theses: Recent submissions
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Ernest Hemingway and the reality of the American dream.
(2011)Ernest Hemingway's fiction criticizes the American Dream and its myth of success in the early twentieth century. In The Sun Also Rises, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," Hemingway ... -
A more perfect union.
(2011)A More Perfect Union is a realistic novel set in contemporary Oklahoma City and follows Elijah McClure, a young poker pro who wishes to ask the First Daughter of Oklahoma, Kathryn Cook, to marry him the night her father ... -
Sulphur and lilacs.
(2011)Set in a late-1930's mining town in West Virginia and in the broader theater of World War II, Sulphur and Lilacs is about Calvin Fisher, a young Marine whose experiences teach him about honor, duty, family, and love. As a ... -
Developing a home assessment instrument for the disabled elderly.
(2011)Senior citizens are a rapidly growing portion of our population. This large group of older people has increased the demand for commercial accessible housing such as nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Due to the ... -
Texting and tapping : a dynamical approach to multitasking.
(2011)Jobs in various work fields (e.g., flying airplanes; Helmreich, 2000) require a high ability to successfully handle more than one task at a time, or to multitask. Researchers usually explain multitasking by having priorities ... -
Men, money, and maritime insurance : an examination of how Lloyd's of London created and led a shadow empire in Great Britain, 1774-1835.
(2011)The purpose of this study is to identify and explore the significance of commercial enterprise in the expanding British Empire during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Historical records have repeatedly revealed how ... -
Female attraction to male muscle mass across the menstrual cycle.
(2011)The current project investigated female attraction to male muscle mass across the menstrual cycle. On four separate occasions in a five week period, female participants rated the attractiveness of images of male bodies. ... -
A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics model for flow through porous media.
(2011)This thesis covers the development of a model for fluid flow which incorporates computational fluid dynamics simulations using three-dimensional planar porous media networks. Porous media are introduced along with applications ... -
Learning strategies of digital forensics examiners and students studying digital forensics
(2011)Digital forensics, also known as computer forensics, is the investigation of any digital media in order to find evidence. This media can include computer hard drives, flash drives, cell phones, etc... This discipline is ... -
Field and laboratory assessments of muscular power in female NAIA soccer players.
(2011)The primary purpose of the investigation was to determine the most closely related assessment between the agility t-test, countermovement vertical jump, fly-in 40-yard dash, lower limb length, and percent body fat when ... -
Boot party.
(2011)Boot Party is a fictional screenplay consisting of essentially three acts which concerns an adolescent punk rocker in 1986 Denton, Texas called Jonah. Jonah leaves home following a violent confrontation with his stepfather ... -
The effect of non-leading foot placement on power in the fencing lunge.
(2011)Fencing success does not depend on specific morphological or physiological attributes. Nevertheless, the muscular demands are very specific and development of effective movement takes time and practice. Being able to lunge ... -
Red pterodactyl.
(2011)Inspired by the surreal poetry of Russell Edson and the sound-driven poetry of Theodore Roethke, the poetry collection Red Pterodactyl explores the fine line between reality and the surreal by intertwining commonplace ... -
The International Criminal Court arrest warrants in northern Uganda and peace negotiations
(2011)For more than two decades, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has been engaged in armed conflict against the government of Uganda. Under the leadership of Joseph Kony, the LRA is responsible for atrocities that include forced ... -
On stony ground
(2011)On Stony Ground chronicles the adventures of Goose, a young runaway, and his friend Henry, a mentally handicapped man who helps Goose survive in the small town of Cimarron, Oklahoma. Goose's journey begins when he is ... -
"Leaving the rez" : indigenizing urban space in selected short stories by Sherman Alexie.
(2011)As the world continues to move away from rural forms of living, so too do Native Americans struggle with this transition, both within the realm of literature and in the real world around us. The plight of modern Native ... -
Christian culture and Germanic tradition in Old English literature : a syncretic approach to reconciling faith and culture.
(2011)Many conservative or 'traditional' Christians today contend that some modern churches, in an effort to engage with contemporary culture, adapt the values and practices of the secular world to too great a degree in order ... -
Public awareness of graphic design.
(2011)For more than 30 years, the graphic design industry has been searching for a solution to communicate to the public, to the business world, and to leaders exactly why graphic design is important and what graphic designers ... -
A functional role of Facebook : psychological and social needs.
(2011)Two studies were conducted to investigate motivations to use Facebook. In Study 1, data from 87 participants were used to determine which psychological (e.g., competence, autonomy, and relatedness) and social (e.g., ... -
Haptic control of eye movements.
(2011)Eye-hand coordination is crucial to many important tasks. A NLDS framework assumes that eyes and hands are interacting facets of one complex oculo-motor system in which physiological and task constraints interact to shape ...