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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. ... -
Prairie noir.
(2017)This thesis is comprised of English-language poetry, with many of the poems addressing the author's background as an Oklahoman, but also as an individual in the 21st Century. -
Predictor variables for success in college wrestling.
(2016)Research involving a wrestler's success in competition is limited. Understanding the physiological attributes that a successful wrestler must exhibit will help coaches and wrestlers develop effective and efficient philosophies ... -
Prevalence of antibodies to West Nile virus in selected farm animals in central Oklahoma.
(2007)This study examined the seroprevalence of West Nile virus (WNV) specific Immnunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies among five different farm animal species including: Bos taurus (cattle), Capra hircus (goat), Ovis aries (sheep), ... -
Primary motor cortex stimulation facilitates visual guidance.
(2015)The choices for analyzing cognitive load performance data are often problematic as they are task-dependent and do not generalize well. This makes research into task independent variables necessary. Complexity is one such ... -
Princess Sultana : a reflection of Saudi society.
(2011)The story of Sultana in Princess: a true story of life behind the veil in Saudi Arabia, written by Jean Sasson, proposes an autobiography of a woman in the royal family in Saudi Arabia. Assuming the voice of a woman who ... -
Probation and parole re-entry education program: recidivism and prisoner re-entry for firearm violations
(2021)Recidivism refers to a person’s regression back to criminal behavior, usually after serving time for aprevious crime. Nationwide efforts are made to reduce the rate of recidivism as well as lowering the number of violent ... -
Profanity and humor : is that @!&#% funny?
(2011)Profanity and Humor are two complex human behaviors; both have been understudied by mainstream academics. There has even less research examining the interaction between these two topics. Three previous studies examined ... -
Promoting eyewitness recall through sketching in the self-administered interview
(2022)The Cognitive Interview (CI) is a widely researched investigative method that promotes accurate and detailed recall from eyewitnesses. The Self-Administered Interview (SAI; Gabbert, 2009) is a booklet emulating the CI ... -
The Psychological Impact of Investigating Crime Scenes
(2021)The goal of this study was to determine if there are stressful or psychological impacts from investigating crime scenes. This was accomplished by analyzing ninety-four anonymous surveys that had been distributed to various ... -
A psychological scar: collective trauma and memory in republican Rome, 390-55 BCE
(2021)The sack of Rome by the Gallic chieftain Brennus in 390 BCE was the cause of a collective trauma that influenced all sectors of Roman society. The collective trauma and memory were, in part, responsible for policy changes, ... -
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. ... -
Psychosocial factors predicting adherence to the metabolic reset diet
(2023)Obesity and diabetes have very high prevalence rates in the modern world and are two key characteristics of metabolic syndrome. This in turn has been linked to other chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, kidney ... -
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 ... -
Public health implications of colombian diaspora : market density as an indicator for food insecurities.
(2015)Food security is outlined as the universal capacity to procure safe food goods in a diurnal modus consistent with biological load and lifestyle. Therefore, food insecurity is the failure of these processes, which can ... -
"Purposes of prestige," 1933 : the Roosevelt touch and U.S. diplomatic recognition of the Soviet Union.
(2016)This thesis examines the United States government's official diplomatic recognition of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1933. I argue that in severing sixteen years of executive policy President Franklin D. ... -
Puzzling.
(2018)Our interactions with letterforms are ever-increasing with the additions of new technologies and a more digitally connected society. Through stone tablets to papyrus scrolls, printed books to digital publishing, type finds ... -
Queen's women : the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1866 and 1869.
(2017)This thesis will examine the implementation of the Contagious Diseases Acts (CDA) of 1866 and 1869 and the process undertaken by those in and out of Parliament to repeal the legislation. This task will be accomplished by ... -
Queering black power : longing for a hero.
(2017)Both Amiri Baraka and James Baldwin had links to the Black Liberation Movements of 1960s and 1970s. Both of these men wrote fiction and social essays on the state of race relations in the United States. Amiri Baraka wrote ...