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Shadow boxer.
(2011)
Shadow Boxer is a novel about identity crisis. Willie Guyles has struggled with his gender identity for his entire life. He's mostly tried to ignore it by pursuing traditionally masculine pursuits: boxing, military, law ...
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 ...
Silent history : reclaiming Palestinian cultural patrimony and history and using NAGPRA as a paradigm.
(2011)
This study examines the nationalist tendencies of Israeli archaeological policies and practices, but also that nation's infringement on Palestine's cultural patrimony claims and identity. Despite the international community's ...
Validation and evaluation of the Identifiler?« Plus system using environmentally compromised DNA samples.
(2011)
Internal validations are required for every laboratory for every kit chemistry used. This study validated the Identifiler?« Plus STR Amplification kit for use at the University of Central Oklahoma. Validations examine the ...
Oklahoma City's James 'Jimmy' E. Stewart : twentieth century race progress in the Sooner State and beyond.
(2011)
James 'Jimmy' E. Stewart developed his abilities to influence people and applied diplomatic skills to create the social, cultural, and political networks that, over time, improved the lives of black Americans in Oklahoma ...
Lost in luck : stories.
(2011)
Lost in luck: stories is a collection of eight short stories written and revised during my time as a graduate student at the University of Central Oklahoma. The most prominent theme within the collection is luck. Specifically, ...
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 ...
Politics and production control : American farmers and the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.
(2011)
Throughout the 1930s, the Roosevelt administration enacted numerous federal programs under the umbrella of the New Deal; among these was a series of agriculture regulations designed improve the plight of the American farmer. ...
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., ...
"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 ...