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EVALUATION OF MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM ACCURACY IN ENERGY EXPLORATION USING PHYSICS DERIVED SYNTHETIC MODELS.
(2024-05-10)Oil and gas exploration and production struggles with meeting energy needs while minimizing environmental impact. Amidst artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to expedite energy exploration and minimize ... -
Cloudy with a Chance of Conservation: How Perception Shapes Conservation Behavior
(2024-05-10)With disruptive natural events such as hurricanes, flooding, and drought-based wildfires affecting ecosystems and human communities more frequently than ever, environmental conservation is a critical issue now and going ... -
Methodus Poetico-Philosophicus
(2024-05-10)A plausible interpretation of Wittgenstein’s claim that philosophers should be poets can be constructed by drawing together: (1) his conception of the goal of philosophy as the ethical and existential transformation or ... -
Brine Driven Alteration of Phyllosilicates
(2024-04-16)The sedimentary structures and mineralogy of the Martian surface record a complex and inconsistently active hydrosphere throughout the planet’s history (Bibring et al., 2006; Elwood Madden et al., 2009). Phyllosilicates ... -
Design And Construction of A Novel Drilling Rig For The Investigation of Hard Rock Drilling for Super-Hot Enhanced Geothermal System Development
(2024-05-11)The pursuit of sustainable energy solutions in the face of increasing global demand has fueled interest in super-hot Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). These systems tap into vast, recoverable geothermal energy potential ... -
Numerate people benefit more from regular science reporting: The critical role of scientific reasoning and causal misunderstanding
(2024-05-10)Numerate people tend to make more informed judgments and decisions because they are more risk literate (i.e., better able to evaluate and understand risk). Do numeracy skills also help people understand regular science ... -
CONSTRAINING INITIATION OF RIFTING IN A MAGMA POOR SYSTEM: LAKE TANGANYIKA
(2024-05-11)The Lake Tanganyika rift is commonly cited as a modern analog for early stages of continental rifting. It lies within the western branch of the East African Rift system (EARS). The modern Tanganyika rift consists of distinct ... -
‘I am Very Devoted to our Lady’: Creolization in Enslaved Afro-Mexican Blasphemy Trials
(2024-05-10)Many historians have viewed Afro-Mexican blasphemy as an opportunity for resistance against an oppressive system in which enslaved Black people committed sacrilege to appeal to the Mexican Inquisition for reprieve and to ... -
THE COMEBACK KIDS: BOOMERANG AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE THROUGH THE LENS OF IDENTITY THEORY
(2024-05-10)Boomerang hiring, the re-hiring of employees who have previously worked for an organization is on the rise. With this rise comes a need to understand the benefits and drawbacks of this labor market strategy. In the field ... -
POLITICAL AND GENDER DIALECTICS IN THREE NINETEENTH-CENTURY SPANISH NOVELS OF THE BOURBON RESTORATION (1874-1931)
(2024-05-10)This investigation aims to show that three of the most iconic Spanish novels of the nineteenth century are connected to each other as a dialogue between their authors about politics and gender in Spain. These novels are ... -
Survival in the Bible Belt: Oklahoman Queer Politics and Religion in the 1980s
(2024-05-10)This work follows the story of Oklahoma’s queer community in the 1980s through the lens of two community newspapers, The Gayly Oklahoman and Herland Sister Resources. The 1980s was an incredibly important decade for the ... -
Blood and ink: A qualitative inquiry of teacher well-being in post-pandemic Oklahoma
(2024-05-10)During the COVID-19 pandemic public schools were at the center of political debate related to educational content and curricula. Some conservative states moved to place tighter controls on schools in these dimensions with ... -
Multi-Material Extrusion Based Additive Manufacturing of Flexible Polymetric Materials
(2024-05-10)Direct ink writing (DIW) is a 3D printing technique, capable of printing many different polymers that cannot be 3D printed using other methods. Previous DIW attempts at the University of Oklahoma using a modified Ender 3 ... -
INVESTIGATION INTO MANUFACTURING PARTS WITHIN PARTS TO PRODUCE A HIGHER PRESSURE RESILIENT SPHERICAL PRESSURE VESSEL
(2024-05-11)Specifically, this thesis is an investigation into the use of Additive Manufacturing (AM) for the construction of a small rocket component whose fabrication by means of AM has not been researched extensively. In general, ... -
Essays in Corporate Finance
(2024-05-10)This dissertation consists of two essays. The first essay (Chapter 1) looks at retiree medical plans in the context of mergers and acquisition activity. The second essay (Chapter 2) is an investigation of the at-the-market ... -
ENHANCING INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE THROUGH INTEGRATION OF A MAX-MIN FAIRNESS-INSPIRED STRATEGY IN MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AND SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS
(2024-05)This dissertation's primary contribution to Supply Chain and Transportation Network (SCTN) resilience lies in the implementation of a sequence of Multicriteria Mixed Integer liners programming MCMILP models that ... -
Post-migration seismic data conditioning methods on a merged dataset
(2024-05-11)Analyzing amplitude anomalies in seismic data requires a comprehensive understanding of the geological context and the accuracy of the seismic image to faithfully represent the subsurface. Over the past four decades, ... -
“How do you pay for debt without money? Just pay with your health.” Understanding the association between Legal Financial Obligations and Physical Health
(2024-05-10)Millions of people in the United States are subjected to Legal Financial Obligations (LFOs), otherwise known as the fees and fines imposed by the criminal justice system. This debt can be a source of stress for individuals ... -
Assessing the Effects of Misleading Post-Event Information Using Multinomial Processing Tree Models
(2024-05-10)Multiple studies have shown that misleading post-event information can alter an individual's memory. Three hypotheses (no-conflict, coexistence, destructive updating) have been proposed to explain the fate of the original ... -
Archaeoastronomy: Comparing Astronomic Traditions of Torres Strait Islanders with Quantitative Evidence
(2024-05-10)Located north of Cape York in Australia lies the Torres Strait and the indigenous people who call it home. Torres Strait Islanders have a rich culture including song, dance, folk tales, and other traditions. Western ...