University of Central Oklahoma: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1301-1320 of 1937
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Degrees of oblivion.
(2010)"These poems are chiefly concerned with self-awareness and the degree to which each poem's individual speaker is, either voluntarily or involuntarily, oblivious to his or her particular circumstance within the poem. This ... -
Girls ride horses, too.
(2010)"Maggie Fitzgerald is a young, widowed mother of two. Her brother Alan is a police detective in Atlanta, Georgia. The brother is killed on duty, and on the day of his funeral, Vince Howard, one of Alan's friends, stops by ... -
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 ... -
"Winning the peace" in Oklahoma : Governor Robert S. Kerr's policies for postwar economic progress.
(2010)"Elected governor just after the United States entered World War II, Robert S. Kerr focused his administration on economic progress for Oklahoma. With federal war expenditures curing most of the Great Depression's ills, ... -
Relationship between perceived coaching behaviors and pre-season skills of collegiate volleyball players.
(2010)"The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the hitting and serving percentages of collegiate volleyball players and perceived coaching behaviors of their respective coaches. The study included 23 ... -
Yaeger's game : how Bank Night helped movie exhibitors following the Great Depression.
(2010)"In the immediate years following the 1929 stock market crash, thousands of movie theaters across the United States closed their doors due to lack of business. Understandably, most Americans struggled to maintain whatever ... -
Flows in a rotating cylinder.
(2010)The purpose of this work is to focus on studying Görtler vortices inside a rotating cylinder. The literature review chapter, (Chapter 1), gives us insight from Görtler and Hämmerlin on the dominant - centrifugal and ... -
Divided we fall : Cherokee sovereignty and the cost of factionalism, 1927-1906.
(2010)As a tribe, the Cherokees interacted with Europeans early in American history. From initial contact, tribal sovereignty became an issue during trade and land negotiations. The tribe began with full autonomy that required ... -
Genetic diversity of the Brownsville common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas insperata).
(2010)Habitat fragmentation is particularly severe in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) of south Texas, where an estimated 95% of the native brushland has been eliminated by agriculture and urban development. This fragmentation ... -
Shoulder dynamic stability and shoulder range of motion in volleyball athletes.
(2010)Shoulder injuries are one of the most common injuries in athletics, especially the athletes who use overhead motions like volleyball hitters, quarterbacks in football, and baseball pitchers. Approximately 20% of all game ... -
Understanding teachers' beliefs of young children's play in naturalized learning environments.
(2010)Recent research in the field of early childhood education has increasingly focused on children's connections with natural environments. However, there has yet to be a study that investigates teachers' perceptions of teaching ... -
The battle of Belleau Wood : America's indoctrination into 20th century warfare.
(2010)The battle of Belleau Wood serves as a microcosm of the American experience in the Great War. Several misconceptions surrounding the battle, born largely out of its propaganda value, created a legacy that overshadows the ... -
The effects of cognitive behavioral group therapy on first year college students with heightened anxiety and depressive symptoms.
(2010)Depression, anxiety, and lack of assertiveness are among the top five impediments to successful academic performance (American College Health Association, 2005). College freshmen who report mental health difficulties were ... -
Redemption's sweet song.
(2010)Making mistakes and redeeming oneself marks growth. Philena Shiloh, a na? African American woman, learns the hard way that growth generates both pain and reward. An unplanned pregnancy forces Philena's best friend, Rachel, ... -
The use of authentic assessment in eligibility determination for early childhood intervention programs.
(2010)The purpose of this study was to survey Part C Coordinators of early intervention programs across the United States and its territories to determine the actual use of authentic assessment methods to determine eligibility ... -
Arthur Gooch : the political, economic, and social influences that led him to the gallows.
(2010)Born in 1908, Arthur Gooch came of age in the prosperous 1920s, but something changed for him and for America in 1930. The socioeconomic depravity and increased media coverage of crimes in the Thirties affected those who ... -
The Latinization of Oklahoma : case studies on Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Guymon.
(2010)Latin Americans have been a part of the geography and history of Oklahoma since the sixteenth century. Over the past two centuries, Latinos have trekked to Oklahoma to escape odious conditions in their mother countries. ... -
The effects of resistance training on resting metabolic rates in overweight adults.
(2010)The purpose of this study was to determine if resistance training (RT) aids in weight loss over time by increasing the fat free mass (FFM) and resting metabolic rate (RMR) in overweight subjects. This study included 6 ... -
Hysteresis in visual search.
(2010)People perform complex visual tasks. Airplane pilots land planes safely on the ground and baseball players swing bats at speeding fastballs. Drivers weave through traffic and sports fans skillfully track the movements of ... -
Triangulating power in the writing class.
(2010)Michel Foucault described the power relationship as having three elements, namely knowledge, the individual, and power, and discussed at length how they function. While many scholars have applied Foucault in a myriad of ...