UCO - Graduate Works and Theses: Recent submissions
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Monitoring temperature distribution during laser-tissue interaction for cancer treatment using magnetic resonance thermometry.
(2009)One of the major challenges in the field of cancer treatment is to induce a prolonged systemic immune response. Laser immunotherapy has shown its potential as a minimally invasive alternative for many cancer patients due ... -
Evaluating the use of cognitive-behavioral treatment programs in the federal probation system.
(2009)This study seeks to describe the number of United States Probation Offices using cognitive-behavioral treatment programs, which programs are being used, how referrals are made to the programs, if risk factors are considered ... -
Unsubstantiated bias toward foster care versus group home placements for wards of the state.
(2009)High number of placements for children in U.S. DHHS custody has led to class action lawsuits around the country. The current study proposes that social stigmatization effects in the form of family ideology drive foster ... -
Term limits and interest group influence.
(2009)Supporters of term limits argued that they would decrease interest group influence. Using data from 24 states from 1998 to 2008, this paper finds that this assumption is not the case. This analysis finds that states with ... -
The changing visual identity of churches : from symbols to branding.
(2009)This study, titled "The Changing Visual Identity of Churches: From Symbols to Branding", follows the evolution from simple symbols to modern visual identity systems being used by churches. This research explores when the ... -
The thin ideal : the role of positive and negative expectancies.
(2009)Media often portrays women of an unattainable stature. This unattainable stature is commonly referred to as the thin ideal. Women in media, especially fashion models, have become significantly thinner over the last several ... -
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(2009)144 is a Fantasy Role-Playing Game (RPG) set in the world of Traespairnas. This world is filled with exotic peoples, mystical locations, and fearsome monsters. As a table-top RPG, the game is designed to be played with a ... -
Spandex cinema : three approaches to comic book film adaptation.
(2009)Adapting graphic novels requires new approaches in the theoretical models currently available to film theorists. Comic book films must be dissected beyond references to character, setting, plot, or story; analysis must ... -
Constructing Mr. Darcy : tradition, gender, and silent spaces in Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice.
(2008)The reality of Jane Austen's characters in Pride and Prejudice is socially constructed; their goals and actions become a typification of society's institutions and conventions. Examining Austen's pivotal characters, with ... -
Making sense : a study of the dialogical nature of consciousness in creative writing.
(2008)The present study investigated the dynamics of a single participant's various I-positions ... using Stephenson's (1985) Q method, analysis of variance, factor analysis, and qualitative assessment of the participant's ... -
Reducing alcohol-related harm through utilizing a harm prevention curriculum at the University of Central Oklahoma.
(2008)The college student population, ages 18-24, represent a population at high risk for alcohol related harm. Although there has been a lot of investigation of methods to prevent this population from using alcohol, there is a ... -
Jesse James in public memory : the Robin Hood myth, museum interpretation and newspaper analysis of Missouri's famous outlaw.
(2008)This study focuses on the importance of understanding myths and interpretive material to gauge memory of historical criminals. Each chapter represents an aspect of popular culture that supplements the traditional historical ... -
The terror within
(2008)Illustrates the degree to which people from all walks of life learn how to cope and survive at all costs. The internal struggle for balance in troubled lives is seen in the external circumstances of everyday living. This ... -
Music heard deeply : song and ethnic interaction in the Cherokee Ozarks.
(2008)Musical practices provide important insights into the interests, opinions, and beliefs of a study population. While demonstrating the role of music in historical analysis, this work also tells a narrative of the varied ... -
Interpersonal perceptions of American culture
(2008)A small study of international student perception of American culture was conducted. One of two counterbalanced videos was presented to each participant followed by questionnaires regarding attitude and attitude certainty, ... -
Death-primed memory suppression
(2008)Participants (17 males, 37 females) performed a computer-based, five-phase, study recall-suppress-test-recognize task. Participants significantly suppressed more nonword target items compared to death-related prime-target ... -
A study of movement in sitting-volleyball.
(2008)Focused on movement in the game of sitting-volleyball [also known as wheelchair volleyball] with the US Paralympic Team. The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of lateral, forward, and posterior hand ... -
Claiming knowledge : challenges of gender and class in the composition classroom.
(2008)Since English composition classes are rich in reading, language, dialogue, and writing, they offer the perfect venue in which to provide women and members of disadvantaged classes the opportunity to have their voices acknowledged. -
Characteristic preferences in mate selection among college students : a comparison study spanning the late twentieth century into the early twenty-first century.
(2008)This study was designed to explore the preferred characteristics of mate selection. Additionally, this study sought to determine preferences by sex, age, and over time. As a matter of geographical convenience and also in ... -
Psychologist-historians: historying women and benevolent sexism
(2008)Analysis of the cultural influences on psychologist-historian authors regarding general trends of benevolent and hostile sexism through the lens of women's perceived place in society at the time of a text's publication. ...