University of Central Oklahoma: Recent submissions
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The beautiful art of stalking.
(2015)The Beautiful Art of Stalking is a screenplay about a reclusive and untrusting novelist, Effie, who inadvertently gains the attention of corrupt and high-ranking businessmen while she attempts to acclimate to the outside ... -
Moonlight and other stories
(2015)Moonlight and Other Stories is a collection of Literary Short Stories. It primarily deals with families in conflict, whether it's a newly divorced man who is convinced his only son is gay, or a young boy wanting to separate ... -
A dark cloud rests upon your nation : Lipan Apache sovereignty and relations with Mexico, the United States, and the Republic of Texas.
(2015)The indigenous nation of the Lipan Apaches initiated diplomatic interaction with European powers beginning with colonial Spain in the early eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century, Lipan Apaches engaged the sovereign ... -
Effect of micron architectural modifications on the fracture of implant-cement interfaces.
(2015)The majority of cemented hip replacements fail due to implant loosening. One design feature that may affect loosening rates is the fracture performance of implant-cement interface. The goal of the study is to develop an ... -
Head or heart? : The Richardson-Fanning Controversy and its effect on spirituality in the Stone-Campbell movement.
(2015)Dr. Robert Richardson, a leader in the early Stone-Campbell Movement, an indigenous American church, challenged the theology of the sect, which consubstantiated Spirit and scripture. The group highly regarded enlightened ... -
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(2015)A creative thesis of lyric poetry. A collection exploring the struggles and beauty of childhood, relationships and desire as they play out in front of a Western Oklahoma backdrop. -
Educating with the arts : how art education policy impacts educational outcomes
(2015)The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of art education policy on educational outcomes. While past literature focuses on how art in the classroom can raise individual test scores, this research takes a broader ... -
Men are cheaper than gold : English sailors and their irreligiousness towards society, 1560-1642
(2015)The English common sailor rose from his humble beginnings to the pinnacle of renown and fame during the repulsion of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Afterwards, with the rise of the privateer and the merchant ships, the Royal ... -
Forensic science curriculum for high school students.
(2015)Over the last several decades, forensic science--the application of science to civil and criminal legal matters--has become of increasing popularity with the public. The range of disciplines within the field is immense, ... -
The effects of external focus of attention on standing triple jump performance.
(2015)The purpose of the study is to determine if the use of external focus of attention has an effect on standing triple jump performance. External focus is where a subject focuses on an object or a focal point outside of ... -
T.S. Eliot : a bibliography of T.S. Eliot criticism, 1987-2013
(2015)This bibliography of scholarship related to the writer T.S. Eliot is arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically within each year. This bibliography contains 1624 entries. Select entries have been annotated. Where ... -
Revolution, imperialism, and the Hawaiian monarchy : reconsidering American-Hawaiian affairs during the late nineteenth century.
(2014)After 100 years, the Hawaiian kingdom's collapse continues to garner not only academic debate, but also long-standing hostilities rooted in deep-seated sentiments of Pacific Nativism and American Nationalism. From this ... -
An extraction method using whole insect larvae to isolate DNA from a deceased host.
(2014)The analysis of entomological evidence continues to be a useful method for the identification of human remains from a crime scene, especially when the body is in a state of decomposition. During active decomposition the ... -
The forensic value of processed human hair extensions.
(2014)The human hair extension industry has grown immensely with revenues exceeding nine billion dollars each year. Statistics indicate that over sixty percent of women have at some point invested in hair extensions and that ... -
The acute effect of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on motor power output.
(2014)There has be an increased interest in the chronic effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in contact sports from both research and nonscientific fields alike. The chronic effects can only be minimized by understanding the ... -
Side effects may include time travel.
(2014)Alexi Anna Mackey is a thirteen-year-old with all the problems of growing up: her little brother, Mikey, annoys her as often as not; she's a little clumsy, which makes her chosen sport of pole-vaulting a bit challenging; ... -
Undergraduate students' attitudes toward older adults after an intergenerational service-learning project.
(2014)In the United States, adults are living longer, and working longer and negative attitudes toward older adults still exist. Attitudes of college students from various colleges and disciplines have been studied to assess ... -
Memory/erasure.
(2014)Memory/Erasure is a volume comprised of largely autobiographical poetry. In the first section, Memory, the work focuses on my interpretation of memories, both familial and personal. The second section, titled Erasure, ... -
Stability of synthetic cannabinoids in biological specimens : analysis through liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.
(2014)Synthetic cannabinoids, known as spice or K2 among others, create an ever-changing challenge for the forensic chemist or toxicologist. The spectrum of compounds is constantly growing and evolving. Understanding the stability ... -
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 ...