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Exploring the "edge of reality": The international in Ben Okri's The Famished Road
(2019-04-26)Ben Okri's The Famished Road (1993) follows Azaro, an abiku child, and his family through life in an impoverished neighborhood in what can be assumed to Lagos, Nigeria, just before the advent of Nigerian independence. Okri ... -
Exploring the Myers-Briggs Type indicator
(2017-05-12)This study examined the efficacy of an abbreviated method of a personality assessment. Whereas traditional methods of type assessment rely on multi-item questionnaires, this new method utilizes vignettes written by the ... -
Expression and isolation of the membrane proteoglycan syndecan-1 from E. coli
(2019-04-26)Syndecan-1 is a membrane proteoglycan, which is a protein with glycosaminoglycans, or long carbohydrate chains, attached to its extracellular domain. The syndecan family is composed of various proteoglycans that each aid ... -
Expression and purification of INI1 truncations
(2019-05-06)INI1 (Integrase Interactor 1) is a highly-conserved, core component of the SWI/SNF remodeling complex and is characterized as a tumor suppressor. Mutations in the SMARCB1 gene/INI1 protein cause aggressive pediatric cancers ... -
FAA power tower
(4/28/2023)The FAA utilizes Relocatable Power Towers that operate independent of the power grids. The issue with the current system is the management system on these towers is proprietary so when the system fails, the FAA must pay ... -
Facebook and U.S. presidential elections
(2021-12-16)This paper discusses the role of the social networking site Facebook in each of the four presidential elections since its membership was opened to anyone above the age of 13. It discusses Facebook’s origins as a site, how ... -
Facebook promotion for business marketers
(2016-04-28)This research paper, as titled, details the topic of Facebook Promotion for Business Marketers. A brief company background was given, as well as an analysis on the landscape of social media's role in marketing. After ... -
Factors influencing school adjustment in international elementary school children in U.S.
(2018-05-03)The purpose of this study is to better understand the school adjustment process of international elementary students who have moved from other countries to the United States. Much of current research focuses on immigrant ... -
Family communication and children's emotion regulation
(2017-05-01)There is literature which indicates that parent-child interaction could be a factor in how children regulate their emotions. For this study, we used data that was gathered as part of the Family and Schools for Health or ... -
"Family through the eyes of time": A creative nonfiction memoir
(2018-05-26)I wrote my three-piece creative nonfiction memoir with the idea to capture the ways in which a family can change through divorce, time, and grief. I wrote 24 pages, based on the average MFA requirements, but it will be the ... -
Fashioning the 1920's: Factors shaping a distinct style of women's clothing
(2014-04-22)The 1920's are often considered a decade of immense liberation for women. The iconic flapper is the image most associated with this decade, when the post-war economy was burgeoning and many new types of industry were taking ... -
Fast fashion: Adjusting Nike's future in the apparel industry
(2022-04-19)Fast fashion companies have set a new standard for cheap and fast production in the apparel industry. Through use of synthetic materials and cheap labor, they have reduced costs far below average and made clothing more ... -
Feast yourself: The food truck finder
(2017-05-01)This honors thesis consists of a capstone project which was completed individually. The purpose of the project was to create a mobile application to facilitate finding food trucks. The application enables users to find ... -
Feminism done wrong: What motivates women to join terrorist organizations? A case study of the Black Widows
(2018-11-19)Perhaps one of the most understudied aspects of terrorism is that of the female terrorist. This research analyzes the motivations of female terrorists to join organizations and compares them to the motivations of male ... -
Fertility or mortality: Do cost-benefit ratings of everyday products vary with context?
(2022-05-26)This study aimed to evaluate whether women respond differently in rating everyday products when the context is framed in terms of benefits and costs to fertility versus lifespan. We also examined if the observed relationship ... -
Filaments
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Final design report: Spoiler Alert! Active aero for Formula SAE, Senior Design Spring 2022
(2022-04-22)The purpose of this Senior Design Project was to design and build an actively actuated front wing for the Oklahoma State Formula SAE competition car. This was accomplished using multiple engineering analysis and design ... -
Final project report: MAE 4344 Interdisciplinary Design Projects
(2019-04-26)This project, Go Baby Go, is a non-copy written program that provides modified ride-on power wheel cars to pediatric individuals with disabilities. There exists a connection for many children between self-directed mobility ... -
Final project review: Wings 'n' things
(2018-05-02)Design a wing that could withstand 13 lbf/ft^2 wing loading up to a 6g load. Once the wing was designed manufacture the wing to proper specifications and tolerances. This wing would then be tested on a rig that was designed ... -
Final report for secure camera capture system (April 2016)
(2016-04-14)This report provides an overview of the Secure Camera Capture system produced by Team 6 in Spring 2016�s Senior Design 2 class. The project encompassed a three-part hardware and software system, used to capture, securely ...