The University of Oklahoma: Recent submissions
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“I Phub You Because…”: Testing a Theory of Interpersonal Behavior for Understanding and Predicting Phubbing
(2024-05-10)Phubbing (i.e., phone and snubbing) is toxic to most individuals. Unlike their perceptions that it is rude, they still phub others. With the prevalence of such behavior in the current age of high technology, it is necessary ... -
Faculty Newsletter - May 2024
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Investigations of microbial diversity and microbial interactions in a contaminated aquifer and experimental evolution of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough
(2024-05-10)Investigating the mechanisms underlying microbial diversity is one of the challenges in microbiology. The dimension of diversity typically includes three aspects: taxonomic diversity (TD), phylogenetic diversity (PD), ... -
THE BATTLE FOR BELIEVABILITY: SEXUAL TRAUMA, TESTIMONY, AND VICTIMHOOD IN ANNA BURNS’ MILKMAN AND RUTH OZEKI’S A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING
(2024-05-10)The widespread under-reporting of rape and sexual assault is largely attributed to the victim-blaming attitudes and routine disbelief of women in our culture. Believability–or what makes someone believable–lies at the ... -
Analyzing Heat Waves Experienced by Underrepresented Communities Living in Low-Income Neighborhoods of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
(2024-05-10)According to the United States (U.S.) National Weather Service, extreme heat was the most fatal weather phenomena in 2022. As climates change around the U.S. and, more specifically, across the Southern Great Plains, extreme ... -
Understanding the Spatial Ecology and Space Utilization of Copperhead Snakes in Tennessee
(2024-05-10)The exploration of animal movement data has greatly advanced animal habitat studies with broad applications in conservation planning, land management practices that improve habitat quality and connectivity, and resolving ... -
The Development of a Smart and Low Power Consumption Variable Speed Limit Sign for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
(2024-05-10)Variable Speed Limit Signs (VSLSs) play a crucial role in traffic management. Various studies have demonstrated that they can significantly reduce accidents and improve traffic flow, particularly on congested highways, ... -
Maternal social environment shapes yolk testosterone allocation and embryonic neural gene expression in tree swallows
(2024-05-10)Offspring from females breeding in competitive social environments are often exposed to more testosterone (T) during embryonic development, which can affect traits from growth to behavior in potentially adaptive ways. ... -
CONSTRUCTING IDENTITY, CRAFTING CRITIQUE: MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT'S SUBVERSIVE USE OF THE TRAVELOGUE EPISTOLARY GENRE
(2024-05-10)Historically marginalized populations, denied access to traditional forms of political advocacy, have contributed to public discourse through their subversive uses of genres. In the field of Rhetoric and Writing, scholars ... -
EXPLORING BEAMFORMING TECHNIQUES FOR mmWAVE SCANNING ANTENNAS
(2024-05-10)Radar and communication systems greatly benefit from having a highly directive antenna, with a narrow beamwidth. Previous studies have been performed on multiple techniques to obtain a reduced beamwidth, and the aim of ... -
A Machine Learning Based Multi-model ensemble Approach to reconstruct the historical monthly precipitation over Oklahoma using NOAA's SPEAR dataset
(2024-05-10)General Circulation Models (GCMs) are important tools in simulating and projecting future precipitation at the decadal scale. However, it is inevitable that simulation and projection errors and uncertainty exist in GCMs, ... -
Fire management and risk perception through an organizational lens
(2024-05-10)Acting as a relentless flame, increasing wildfire risk has left a scorched trail of devastation across the globe. Based on the most recent National Climate Assessment, this threat is only projected to climb as climate ... -
QUALITY OF LIFE IN COMMUNITIES NEAR OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY IN THE EAGLE FORD SHALE
(2024-05-10)Research on the public health impacts of oil and gas development has consistently found significant physical health disadvantages for communities exposed to activities associated with oil and gas development at all stages ... -
Diversification dynamics in space and time of two marine fish groups
(2024-05-10)Understanding the evolutionary processes shaping species distributions in both marine and terrestrial environments has been a central interest among evolutionary biologists, biogeographers, and ecologists. Species richness ... -
Understanding Emotionally Supportive Family Communication Individuals with MS Experience Through a Critical Interpersonal and Family Communication (CIFC) Framework
(2024-05-10)Emotionally supportive communication (ESC) has been argued as the most valuable form of supportive communication, which the present study explores from the perspective of individuals living with multiple sclerosis (MS). ... -
Compact Antenna Test Range for mmWave Metrology Applications
(2024-05-10)With finite supply and increasing demand, the RF frequency spectrum is highly saturated with signals. There is an urgent need to design and implement antennas that operate at higher frequencies for applications such as 5G ... -
Only the Young: The Rhetoric of Youth-Led Social Movements In the 21st Century
(2024-05-10)In this dissertation, I examine several examples of contemporary youth-led protest in conjunction with some of the specific challenges of organizing in the present day. In each chapter, I pair one circumstance that makes ... -
A Catalog of Early Cycladic Zoomorphic Objects: Symbolism and Function
(2024-05-11)During the Early Cycladic period of the Aegean Bronze Age (ca. 3200-2000 BCE), the inhabitants of the Cycladic islands produced three-dimensional zoomorphic objects, many of which survive today. This study cataloged 128 ... -
Examining Preservation of Pathological Lesions in Cremated Human Skeletal Remains from the Archaic Period Site of Phaleron, Greece
(2024-05-10)This thesis explores preservation of pathological lesions in primary cremations from the Archaic Period (ca. 750-480 BCE), archaeological site of Phaleron, Greece. The main research questions include: 1) How can ... -
EVALUATION OF HOLLOW-CORE-FRP-CONCRETE-STEEL COLUMN AND FOOTING CONNECTION
(2024-05-10)Accelerated bridge construction (ABC) has recently gained popularity among state departments of transportation to minimize construction costs, time and waste, and optimize the use of materials. This research focused on the ...