George Perkins and the Progressive Party : a Study of Divergent Goals (open access)

George Perkins and the Progressive Party : a Study of Divergent Goals

This study will focus on the role of George Perkins in the development and decline of the Progressive Party. Theodore Roosevelt is often at the center of this story for the Bull Moose and the Progressives were closely intertwined. Ultimately, the inconsistencies of the master-politician Roosevelt and the detrimental influence of Perkins contributed to the downfall of the Progressive Party of 1912.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Cobelle, Pete W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Kinetic and Mechanical Properties of a Stabilized Beta Phase Plutonium Alloy (open access)

A Study of the Kinetic and Mechanical Properties of a Stabilized Beta Phase Plutonium Alloy

The elements Sn, Mg, Ti, Zr, Hf, Si, Cd, and U were alloyed with plutonium to determine their effect on stabilization of the beta phase. Zirconium was found to be the ' most effective. Kinetic studies were conducted on Pu-Zr alloys having 0.24, 0.65, and 1.7 at.% Zr contents. The beta to alpha transformation in the Pu-Zr alloys was somewhat similar to that in unalloyed plutonium. The main difference being that time, temperature, transformation curves of the alloys were shifted to the right as the zirconium concentration increased. It was determined that the amount of beta phase retained at room temperature increased as the zirconium concentration increased. The minimum amount of Zr needed to stabilize the beta phase of plutonium at room temperature was determined to be 2.0 at.%. A 2.4 at.% Zr addition stabilized the beta phase of plutonium at atmospheric pressure from room temperature to 265 deg C. During mechanical property testing it was determined that the stabilized beta Pu-2.4 at.% Zr alloy was brittle from room temperature to 230 deg C. Both tensile and compression strengths of the beta stabilized alloy were greater than the unalloyed beta phase of plutonium. A brittle-ductile transition was noted between 130 …
Date: January 1, 1962
Creator: Taylor, J. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Architectural Trends in Fort Worth, Texas (open access)

A Study of the Architectural Trends in Fort Worth, Texas

The purpose of this study was to determine the trends that are developing in the architecture of the civic, commercial, and religious buildings in Fort Worth, Texas. This will be shown by an analysis of what the author considers to be the best examples of buildings constructed in Fort Worth during the past ten years.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Curtsinger, J. Dallas.
System: The UNT Digital Library
OPTIMAL DIGITAL COMPUTER CONTROL OF NUCLEAR REACTORS. (open access)

OPTIMAL DIGITAL COMPUTER CONTROL OF NUCLEAR REACTORS.

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Date: January 1, 1969
Creator: Lipinski, W C
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Firo-B Scale with Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients (open access)

An Evaluation of the Firo-B Scale with Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients

Concerning the present study, if in the test result of psychotic patients there is some distortion of reality concepts, as is generally expected, then their scores on any personality scale should vary considerably from norms established on the same test by "normal" subjects.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Ladd, Lawrence J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Susceptibility to the Mueller-Lyer Illusion as a Function of Conflicts in Self Concept and the Characteristics of the Stimulus (open access)

Susceptibility to the Mueller-Lyer Illusion as a Function of Conflicts in Self Concept and the Characteristics of the Stimulus

While various studies have related susceptibility to the Mueller-Lyer illusion to mental health, to developmental maturity, and to self-differentiation, there have been no studies in which susceptibility to the illusion has been related to a wide spectrum of self-concept dimensions. It is one of the purposes of the present study to analyze susceptibility to the Mueller-Lyer illusion as a function of errors in self-perception. To the extent that an individual suffers conflicts with regard to his self-concept, in any of its significant dimensions, it is expected that he will suffer a greater susceptibility to the illusion.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Khan, Ehsan Ullah, 1933-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Interrelationship of College Press, Student Needs and Academic Aptitudes as Measured by Grade Point Average in a Southern Denominational College (open access)

The Interrelationship of College Press, Student Needs and Academic Aptitudes as Measured by Grade Point Average in a Southern Denominational College

The problem of this study was to determine the relationship between certain non-intellectual variables and academic achievement.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Bennett, James Weldon
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Direction of Aggression and Group Conformity of Policemen, Narcotic-Addicts, and Seventh Day Adventists as Measured by the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study (open access)

The Direction of Aggression and Group Conformity of Policemen, Narcotic-Addicts, and Seventh Day Adventists as Measured by the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study

The present study was an attempt to measure the direction of aggression among three diverse groups, namely, policemen, narcotic-addicts and Seventh Day Adventists. The second aspect of this investigation was to determine the group conformity tendencies of the three basic groups. The Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study was used as the measuring instrument.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Gerlach, Herman
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Avidin Injected Intraperitoneally on the Course of Leukemia in the Mouse (open access)

The Effect of Avidin Injected Intraperitoneally on the Course of Leukemia in the Mouse

The current work was undertaken to test the ability of avidin to affect the course of leukemia when administered intraperitoneally.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Jones, George Adams, III
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Chaconne and Passacaglia in Twentieth Century Organ Music (open access)

The Chaconne and Passacaglia in Twentieth Century Organ Music

In order to trace the origin of the chaconne and passacaglia, the much larger classification of basso ostinato, of which the chaconne and passacaglia are two later examples, must be considered. According to one authority, Lili Propper, the earliest beginnings of the basso ostinato can be traced back to the Middle Ages through the use of organ points exemplified in organum purum. A later and more developed use of the basso ostinato can be discovered in the recurring basses of the Montpellier Codex and the masses of the fifteenth century. A freer manifestation of the idea can be found in the reiterated bass motive of the familiar canon, Sumer is icumen in.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Tiller, Barney
System: The UNT Digital Library
STABILITY OF THE GUIDING CENTER PLASMA. (open access)

STABILITY OF THE GUIDING CENTER PLASMA.

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Date: January 1, 1968
Creator: Nelson, David B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationships Among Critical Thinking Ability Personality Attributes, and Attitudes of Students in a Teacher Education Program (open access)

Relationships Among Critical Thinking Ability Personality Attributes, and Attitudes of Students in a Teacher Education Program

The problem of this study was an investigation of the relationships among the attitudes, critical thinking ability,and personality attributes of students in a teacher education program.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Bradberry, Ronald David, 1936-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of Intercollegiate Athletics in Higher Education as Perceived by College and University Presidents throughout the United States (open access)

The Role of Intercollegiate Athletics in Higher Education as Perceived by College and University Presidents throughout the United States

The purposes of this study were to determine the perceptions of college and university presidents concerning the role of intercollegiate athletics in higher education, to identify the various similarities and differences regarding the role of intercollegiate athletics as perceived by college and university presidents, and to provide useful data for college administrators, faculty, and staff to utilize when implementing new programs of operation or when evaluating existing practices.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Mason, Robert Todd, 1931-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Academic Achievement and Intelligence among Negro Eighth Grade Students as a Function of the Self Concept (open access)

Academic Achievement and Intelligence among Negro Eighth Grade Students as a Function of the Self Concept

The problem of the present study was to determine the self concept of selected Negro boys and girls and to study the relationships of their self concept to their intelligence and academic achievement.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Gay, Cleveland Johnson, 1912-
System: The UNT Digital Library
TIGHT-BINDING ENERGY BANDS OF PEROVSKITE TYPE TRANSITION METAL OXIDES. (open access)

TIGHT-BINDING ENERGY BANDS OF PEROVSKITE TYPE TRANSITION METAL OXIDES.

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Date: January 1, 1969
Creator: Karian, H G
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Interrelationship of Sociempathic Ability, Self Concept, Sociometric Status and Teaching Effectiveness of Student Teachers (open access)

The Interrelationship of Sociempathic Ability, Self Concept, Sociometric Status and Teaching Effectiveness of Student Teachers

The major problem to be investigated consists of four phases: 1) the investigation of the relationship of sociempathic ability to self concept, sociometric status, mental ability, student teaching, and teaching effectiveness of elementary and secondary student teachers, and the relationship between sociometric status and self concept; 2) an investigation of the relationship of self concept and sociometric status to the teaching effectiveness of elementary and secondary student teachers; 3) a comparison of elementary and secondary student teachers on the strength of the relationships mentioned above, and on mean scores in self concept, sociempathic ability and mental ability; and 4) an investigation to determine if differences in self concept ratings exist among subject major groups of secondary student teachers, and to determine if there are differences between the sexes with regard to sociempathic ability.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Biggerstaff, Edwin Levi
System: The UNT Digital Library
TWO-PROTON FINAL-STATE INTERACTIONS IN THE REACTIONS $sup 3$He(d,t)2p, d($sup 3$He,t)2p, $sup 3$He($sup 3$He,$sup 4$He)2p, AND p($sup 3$He,d)2p. (open access)
Success-Striving and Failure-Avoidant Aspiration Patterns of Institutionalized Mental Retardates (open access)

Success-Striving and Failure-Avoidant Aspiration Patterns of Institutionalized Mental Retardates

The design of this experiment was developed to investigate the presence of success-striving and failure-avoidant motivational patterns in the level of aspiration behavior of retarded subjects. The primary objective of this study is to show that success-strivers are present in mentally retarded groups, even if in the minority.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Middleton, Charles B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
SOIL WATER REDISTRIBUTION DURING EVAPORATION. (open access)

SOIL WATER REDISTRIBUTION DURING EVAPORATION.

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Date: January 1, 1968
Creator: Fritton, D.D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner": Critical Commentary, 1798-1968 (open access)

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner": Critical Commentary, 1798-1968

The new elements in "The Ancient Mariner" were partly responsible for the unfavorable early reviews which vary much from the high praise the poem receives today. The purpose of this study is to record critical opinion of the poem from the contemporary reviews of 1798 to the intensive critical analysis of the 1960's.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Schlueter, Helen V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Predictive Value of an English Achievement Test for Grades in Modern Foreign Languages (open access)

The Predictive Value of an English Achievement Test for Grades in Modern Foreign Languages

This study has as its objectives: (1) the determination of the degree of relationship between achievement in the study of English as measured by a standardized English achievement test and achievement in the study of foreign languages as measured by teacher's grades; (2) the determination of the amount of contribution to such a relationship of the achievement in various functional areas in the study of English as measured by the subtests of the English achievement test.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Barnard, William Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationships between Level of Aspiration and Psychological Needs at the College Level (open access)

Relationships between Level of Aspiration and Psychological Needs at the College Level

The concept of level of aspiration bears directly on goal setting behavior; it is a convenient and important variable in understanding human motivation in a variety of situations. Thus it was the purpose of this study to investigate the relationships between levels of aspiration and the psychological needs of achievement, dominance, autonomy, change, and aggression.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Skelton, Sanford Kent
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Verbal Praise and Reproof on the Level of Aspiration of Institutionalized Mental Defectives (open access)

The Effects of Verbal Praise and Reproof on the Level of Aspiration of Institutionalized Mental Defectives

The study to be reported was designed to investigate the effects of verbal praise and reproof, from persons in authority, on the LOA and subsequent performance of institutionalized defectives.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Kelley, George L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Group Dimension Measurement in a Southern Baptist Church (open access)

Group Dimension Measurement in a Southern Baptist Church

The purpose of this study is to get some concrete evidence that group principles can be applied to church groups in an effective manner. The more immediate purpose is to improve the relations in the individual classes so that they will have a feeling of belongingness, relatedness, or close affiliation. It is the purpose of this experiment to help these individuals find the fulfillment of their personal needs that can be supplied in the Sunday School class.
Date: January 1962
Creator: Patterson, Nelton Duward
System: The UNT Digital Library