Browsing UCO - Graduate Theses by Title
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A three-dimensional transient numerical study and analysis of blood flow dynmaics in renal artery aneurysms.
(2017)The kidney is one of the main components of the urinary system. The main function of the kidney is filtering the blood to eliminate unwanted substances and to keep a certain concentration of red blood cells. The kidney, ... -
A trip to Wonderland : a stage play.
(2015)A Trip to Wonderland is a 90 minute play based on the Lewis Carol novel, the Adventures of Alice in Wonderland. Alice Liddell is presumed to be real in this story, and suffers from Lewis Carol syndrome, which symptoms ... -
A true, new woman : Alice Mary Robertson during first-wave feminism, 1854-1931.
(2010)"The story of Alice Mary Robertson is complex and fascinating. Constituents from the second district in Oklahoma elected her to the United States House of Representatives in 1920. That same year, women had gained the right ... -
A validation of Promega's PowerPlex?« 16 HS system testing the strengths and limitations.
(2011)An internal validation study was conducted using the PowerPlex?« 16 HS system to ensure proper performance on the Applied Biosystems 3130 Genetic Analyzer in the University of Central Oklahoma laboratory. Manual extraction ... -
A validation study of the measurement accuracy of SCENE and SceneVision 3D software programs
(2015)This descriptive study sought to determine the measurement accuracy of two 3D modeling software programs used in crime scene processing and reconstruction. These two programs are FARO's SCENE and 3rdTech's SceneVision 3D. ... -
A view of the hallway : spectatorship and the trandsgender character
(2012)This thesis aims to reevaluate theories of the spectatorial gaze in light of films that feature transgender characters. Such theories, in particular those of Laura Mulvey, Mary Ann Doane, and Teresa de Lauretis, rely on ... -
Absenteeism in healthcare : identifying gaps and resources for working families.
(2015)The need for quality care for children is a need families face across the country regardless of social status. In today's business of child care, hours of operation and cost of services have taken precedents to the quality ... -
Acute effects of two different foam rollers on range of motion.
(2016)The aim of this study was to determine if differences existed between the effects two different foam rollers had on hip and shoulder ROM. Ten college students participated in a random cross over design study. Participants' ... -
Adaptation and resilience : the Kiowa people in the nineteenth century
(2023)The history of American Indians has historically been viewed through an Anglo-European lens and not from the perspective of the subject population. The aim of this thesis is to give a brief account of the Kiowa people from ... -
Advanced crime scene mapping and technology course design
(2021)The purpose of this project is to develop an Advanced Crime Scene Mapping and Technology course that aims to strengthen crime scene documentation and mapping skills, enhance cognitive abilities, and introduce students to ... -
Advancing the sustainability of letterpress print production in the 21st century.
(2015)During the 21st century, letterpress printing saw the start of a revival in its use as a craft. Graphic designers and artists as well as the institutions that taught them are supporting and adopting this antiquated printing ... -
Aemilia Lanyer's threads in the tapestry of dialectical devotion.
(2010)Disparate and dialectical dialogues characterize sixteenth-century British cultural, religious, and political ideologies. Christian ideology, in its various forms and interpretations, was most commonly cited as support for ... -
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 ... -
Aging, analogical transfer, and everyday problem solving.
(2013)The current study investigated the relationship between technology (IT) use, aging, and everyday problem solving by examining the presence of analogical transfer from general life experience to the given problem solving ... -
All the world's my stage.
(2015)All The World's My Stage is the action-filled comedy of Kimberly Peterson's woefully isolated and loveless life. Middle-aged and single, her most recent love affair only exists in her dreams with her favorite movie star. ... -
Alliance dissolution : a constructivist approach.
(2018)Alliance dissolution is an understudied pattern in international politics. Independent studies by Walt, Leeds, and Snyder, within the realist tradition of international relations theory, have all touched on alliance ... -
AMBER Alerts and their effectiveness.
(2015)Do AMBER Alert messages encourage people to become more face-vigilant? Face-vigilance was measured through a recognition task that instructed participants to search for discrepant faces in friendly, threatening, and neutral ... -
Americanizing the beautiful game : the rise of mainstream American soccer, 1960-2005.
(2017)This thesis examines the rise of mainstream soccer in the United States from 1960 to 2005 with a national, a regional (Oklahoma), and then a local (Edmond, OK) focus. It argues between 1960 to 2005 conservative-leaning ... -
An analysis of the enemies of United States society through the superhero narrative from 1940-2015.
(2016)Comic books have been an aspect of culture in the United States since the late 1930s, since their inception, they have constantly reflected the attitudes, troubles and trends of the time. Because comic books follow historical ... -
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 ...