OU - Undergraduate Student Publications
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Science in Italian Renaissance Art Undergraduate
(2023-05)University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award -
Elucidating the Mechanisms of Antibiotic Tolerance During CoInfection of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae in Chronic Wounds Undergraduate
(2023-05)Polymicrobial infections are some of the most financially demanding issues in the healthcare system, requiring over $25 billion in treatment annually in the United States alone. This results from their increased virulence, ... -
The Substantial Restraint Doctrine: A New Judiciary Standard of Analysis for Campaign Finance Disclosure Undergraduate
(2023-05)American elections are defined by the millions of campaign finance dollars contributed to individual candidates and campaigns by 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups seeking to push forth their interests’ competing agendas. While ... -
Microcontact Printing: How the Reusability of Stamps Without Reinking Affects Cell Adhesion Undergraduate
(2022)Microcontact printing is a method that utilizes a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamp to pattern extracellular matrix (ECM) onto a substrate which can be used to adhere to biological substances such as proteins and cells. ... -
Into the Badlands: Japanese American Incarceration and the Environment Undergraduate
(2019)In the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the United States not only declared war on the Empire of Japan, but also began the forced relocation of thousands of Japanese American citizens from the Pacific ... -
Diffusion Through Hydrospheres: Drug Release Model Undergraduate
(2022)Hydrogels are commonly used as a drug delivery model due to their biocompatibility and mechanical properties. It is important to model drug delivery to gain accurate predictions of how a drug will release into the body. ... -
Seoul: A Dilemma of Modernity or Affordability Undergraduate
(2021-04-09)This ArcGIS StoryMap explores the changes in Seoul’s real estate starting in the late 1900s due to gentrification and displacement. The two main areas studied throughout the StoryMap are the districts of Mapo-gu and ... -
Children of the Red Light Undergraduate
(2021-11)The city of Kolkata is full of astonishing history and various ways of life. As the capital of India’s West Bengal state, it attracts the public with its grand colonial architecture, art galleries, and cultural festivals. ... -
A Case of Mistaken Identity: State and Cultural Constructions of Mapuche Womanhood Through Activism Undergraduate
(2021-11-02)This paper will first discuss the Chilean state and Chilean feminists’ understanding of Mapuche women’s identity. I will argue that the Mapuche are used as a means to an end, then discarded when they have served their ... -
Soft Robotics in Medicine Undergraduate
(2021-05-04)Robots are seeing increasing integration into the medical field, but they are often limited by their size, lack of flexibility, and other intrinsic impediments. However, an area of recent interest, soft robotics, has the ... -
Mechanical Properties of Biomaterials Used in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Undergraduate
(2021-05-04)Total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA and TKA) represent two of the most successful operations in orthopedics. For a total hip or knee prosthesis to function successfully, it must transfer mechanical loads up to seven times ... -
Nano-Polymeric Biomaterials Used in Cancer Drug Delivery Undergraduate
(2021-05-04)Cancer drug delivery therapy has become an increasingly researched field. Between the understanding of how nanomedicine can be used in cancer therapies, and the needs of a polymer to deliver drugs to targeted organs and ... -
Moving Towards Functional Renal Bioprinting Undergraduate
(2021-05-04)3D bioprinting technologies are rapidly developing and provide a platform for manufacturing structures that mimic the in vivo environment. Recent research aims to produce 3D bioprinted structures that recapitulate both in ... -
Maycomb's usual disease: A practical application to disability studies in "To Kill A Mockingbird" Undergraduate
(2021)This paper aims to connect literary studies and disability studies through the acknowledgement of disability in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. By analyzing Boo Radley as a character with autism, we can begin to discuss ... -
Solutions to media bias Undergraduate
(2021)I want to discuss all of the possible options for media regulation. I want to look at the pros and cons of each along with the financial impacts to each. I have found five possible solutions; reinstate the Doctrine exactly ... -
America’s Dairyland: A Brie Bit Gay Undergraduate
(2020)The dogmatic, authoritarian 1950’s triggered a massive emergence of movements and sub-cultures that sought to counter repressive McCarthy-era persecutions and reject mainstream American society. Openly gay and lesbian ... -
The Cold War: The Pursuit of Freedom from an Unfreed Nation, The United States of America Undergraduate
(2020-04-24)The end of World War II brought some temporary joy to the United States and many other nations across the globe. Nevertheless, such a joy barely lasted as tension among its wartime ally, the Soviet Union, escalated to what ... -
On Reinforcement Learning, Nurturing, and the Evolution of Risk Neutral Undergraduate
(2020)Reinforcement learning depends on agents being learning individuals, and when agents rely on their instincts rather than gathering data and acting accordingly, the population tends to be less successful than a true RL ... -
Exploring The Architecture on the Campus of the University of Oklahoma Undergraduate
(2020)As the title suggests, this paper presents itself as more than merely a historical account of the evolving architecture at the University of Oklahoma. Indeed, I have spent the past few months diving into how these buildings ... -
Residential Segregation: A Story of Health Inadequacies Undergraduate
(12/4/18)The intentional segregation of metropolitan areas in the United States during the twentieth century has resulted in rising health disparities in low-income minorities today. Contemporary medical practices like collecting ...