Texas Register, Volume 11, Number 65, Pages 3812-3849, August 29, 1986 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 11, Number 65, Pages 3812-3849, August 29, 1986

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: August 29, 1986
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Examination of the Perceptual Asymmetries of Depressed Persons as Mediated by Hypnosis (open access)

An Examination of the Perceptual Asymmetries of Depressed Persons as Mediated by Hypnosis

This study evaluated the role of asymmetric processing of information in depression. Depression has been hypothesized to involve a deficit in the global processing of information (Tucker, 1982). This type of global processing has been manipulated through the use of hypnosis by Crawford and Allen (1983). In the current study, a 3 x 2 ANCOVA design allowed the comparison of three groups of subjects on their performance on a perceptual task measuring global perception. The task chosen was designed by Navon (1977) and consisted of designs which differed on global or local features. The groups were screened with the Beck Depression Inventory, the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, and the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory, yielding 46 subjects divided into three groups of right-handed males and females. The experimental group consisted of high susceptible depressives from the community. The controls were one group of high susceptible normals and one of low susceptible depressives. All groups performed the Navon task under both waking and hypnosis conditions. Analysis of the results revealed a main effect for group (F(2, 86) = 9.60, p < .01) on the global scores. In addition, high social desirability scores predicted slower presentation times. However, hypnosis was not effective …
Date: August 1986
Creator: Wilson, Lucy Erma
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Differences in IQ Scores, Referral Source and Presenting Problem Between Boys and Girls Diagnosed ADD-H (open access)

Differences in IQ Scores, Referral Source and Presenting Problem Between Boys and Girls Diagnosed ADD-H

The purpose of this research was to investigate the possibility that there are sex differences between ADD-H boys and girls. ADD-H boys and girls were compared on the four variables of presenting problem, referral source, intelligence test performance on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and WISC-R subtest configuration. General demographics of the ADD-H boys and girls families were also examined. The subjects participating in this study were 39 girls and 41 boys from a large child outpatient facility in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex diagnosed as ADD-H between February 1984 and February 1986. No differences were found when comparing ADD-H boys and girls on all four variables. These results may suggest that there are no real differences in regards to presenting problem, referral source, IQ scores and subtest configuration between boys and girls diagnosed ADD-H.
Date: August 1986
Creator: Harbeitner, Mary Hilado
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ancillary effects of selected acid deposition control policies (open access)

Ancillary effects of selected acid deposition control policies

NAPAP is examining a number of potential ways to reduce the precursors (sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) to acid deposition. However, the policies to reduce acid deposition will have other physical, biological and economic effects unrelated to acid deposition. For example, control policies that reduce sulfur dioxide emissions may also increase visibility. The effects of an acid deposition policy that are unrelated to acid deposition are referred to as ''ancillary'' effects. This reserch identifies and characterizes the principle physical and economic ancillary effects associated with acid deposition control and mitigation policies. In this study the ancillary benefits associated with four specific acid deposition policy options were investigated. The four policy options investigated are: (1) flue gas desulfurization, (2) coal blending or switching, (3) reductions in automobile emissions of NO/sub x/, and (4) lake liming. Potential ancillary benefits of each option were identified and characterized. Particular attention was paid to the literature on economic valuation of potential ancillary effects.
Date: August 1, 1986
Creator: Moe, R.J.; Lyke, A. J. & Nesse, R. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Stress, Anxiety-Proneness and Previous Exposure to Familial Abuse on Violence in Later Relationships (open access)

The Effect of Stress, Anxiety-Proneness and Previous Exposure to Familial Abuse on Violence in Later Relationships

Abuse in adult relationships as affected by stress, anxiety-proneness, and exposure to abuse as a child was examined using 579 North Texas State University undergraduates, Frequency and levels of abuse observed or received as a child and received or expressed as an adult were measured using a modification of Straus' Conflicts Tactics Scale (1979). Anxiety-proneness was determined by scores received on Spielberger's (1970) State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Current levels of stress for the past two years were measured using the Life Experiences Survey (Sarason, 1978). Overall frequencies for received and expressed abuse (including physical and verbal abuse) in adult relationships were quite high (62.9 percent and 73.8 percent respectively). Females reported expressing significantly more abuse than did males. No gender differences were found for the receipt of abuse. Gender differences in types of violence were also examined. In addition, multiple regression was used to determine predictor variables for the expression and receipt of abuse. For males, receiving abuse as a child, positive stress scores, higher levels of anxiety-proneness, and observing father's abuse of mother significantly predicted expressing abuse as an adult. Observing mother's abuse of father and positive stress scores significantly predicted receiving abuse as an adult. For females, having received …
Date: August 1986
Creator: Rose, Patricia Riddle
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Perceptual Motor Enrichment Upon a Six Year Old with Cerebellar Brain Damage (open access)

The Effects of Perceptual Motor Enrichment Upon a Six Year Old with Cerebellar Brain Damage

This study involved the effects of a perceptual motor enrichment program upon the motor skills of a six year old boy with cerebellar brain damage, who, with a control group of ten normal six year olds, was given a pre-test of motor skills. He and a child from the control group participated in a perceptual-motor enrichment program. The motor skills of both subjects were tested halfway through the program. Following the program, the experimental child, the control child, and the control group were post-tested on their motor skills. The testings showed that the greatest gains in motor skills were obtained by the experimental child, followed by the control child. The control group displayed little increase in motor skill performance.
Date: August 1986
Creator: Shepardson, Nina F. (Nina Fredrica)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Content Analysis Study of ABC News Presentations on Nigeria as an Example of Third World News Coverage (open access)

Content Analysis Study of ABC News Presentations on Nigeria as an Example of Third World News Coverage

The purpose of this study is to inquire if there are dispositions of any type. of newscast carried by ABC News about Nigeria and if these newscasts are positively or negatively inclined. The analysis quantified and verified that while the broadcast content of ABC News presentations on Nigeria have been objectively covered, the newscasts have taken stereotypical patterns. This, thereby establishes the need for ABC News, being an example of American network news, to diversify and cover stories of social and human interest in Nigeria and other Third World countries. The study concludes that a true maxim of news coverage is needed as a guide to unbiased, unslanted or cliched news presentations.
Date: August 1986
Creator: Ayeni, Anthony
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radial Compression High Performance Liquid Chromatography as a Tool for The Measurement of Endogenous Nucleotides in Bacteria (open access)

Radial Compression High Performance Liquid Chromatography as a Tool for The Measurement of Endogenous Nucleotides in Bacteria

High performance liquid chromatography was used to measure ribonucleoside triphosphates in microbial samples. Anion exchange columns in a radial compression module were used to separate and quantify purine and pyrimidine ribonucleotides. Endogenous ribonucleoside triphosphates were extracted from Escherichia coli and pseudomonas aeruginosa using three different solvents, namely trifluorocetic acid (TFA; 0.5M), trichloroacetic acid (TCA; 6 per cent w/v) and formic acid (1.0M) Extracts were assayed for uridine 5'-triphosphate (ATP), and guanosine 5'-triphosphate (GTP) by using anion exchange radial compression high performance (pressure) liquid chromatography. The three extraction produres were compared for yield of triphosphates. E. coli, the TFA extraction procedure was more sensitive and reliable than TCA and formic acid extraction procedures, but , in P. aeruginosa, the best yields of ATP and GTP were obrained following extraction with TFA. Yields of UTP and CTP increased when extraction was performed in TCA. These data illustrate that different extraction produres produce different measures for different triphosphates, a point often overlooked.
Date: August 1986
Creator: Dutta, Probir Kumar
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Arlington Artist] captions transcript

[News Clip: Arlington Artist]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 18, 1986, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Imagery Technology: Effects on a Chronic Pain Population (open access)

Imagery Technology: Effects on a Chronic Pain Population

The effects of a computer program (Health Imagery Technology Systems, HITS) designed to promote attitude and cognitive changes through elicitation of evoked response potentials were evaluated with chronic pain patients. A treatment and control group were used for comparison (52 patients, 22 females, 32 males, mean ages 47). Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised subtests, a Semantic Differential scale, the Health Attribution Test, an imagery protocol, the McCoy-Lawlis Pain Drawing, and the Zung Depression scale were used at admission and discharge to measure change. A pre- post-mood thermometer was used with the treatment group. The hypotheses that the treatment group would show significant changes on these measures were tested with a two group repeated measures analysis of variance design. No significant changes were noted for either group on the intellectual measures, on health attitudes, or reports of pain. The similarities subscale showed significant within group variance (F = 5.46, p < .023). One bipolar adjective pair indicated significant differences (F = 4.79, p < .035), possibly a result of chance. One of seven imagery measures suggested a significant improvement in strength of imagery for the treatment group (F = 18.2, p < .00008). Both groups showed significantly improved imagery of body defenses …
Date: August 1986
Creator: Wright, Sharon G.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 72, No. 281, Ed. 1 Friday, August 8, 1986 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 72, No. 281, Ed. 1 Friday, August 8, 1986

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 8, 1986
Creator: Lake, Charles S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 72, No. 287, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1986 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 72, No. 287, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1986

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1986
Creator: Lake, Charles S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 13, 1986 (open access)

Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 13, 1986

Weekly Czech and English language newspaper from Temple, Texas published as the official organ of the Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas that includes news of interest to members along with advertising.
Date: August 13, 1986
Creator: Sefcik, R. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marcel Duchamp's The Large Glass as "Negation of Women" (open access)

Marcel Duchamp's The Large Glass as "Negation of Women"

The purpose of this study was to determine whether The Large Glass was a negation of women for Marcel Duchamp. The thesis is composed of five chapters. Chapter I is the introduction to the thesis. CHapter II includes a synopsis of the major interpretations of The Large Glass. Duchamp's statements in regard to The Large Glass are also included in Chapter II. Chapter III explains how The Large Glass works through the use of Duchamp's notes. Chapter IV investigates Duchamp's negation of women statement in several ways. His personal relationships with relatives including his wives and other women, and his early paintings of women were examined. His idea of indifference was seen within the context of the Dandy and his alter ego, Rrose Selavy as a Femme Fatale. His machine paintings are also seen as a part of his idea of detachment and negation of women. Detachment as an intellectual pursuit was probed with his life-long interest in chess. The Large Glass was then seen as not only showing inconographically a negation of women but also as being an intrinsic component of his life and his work.
Date: August 1986
Creator: Olvera, Karen M. (Karen Marie)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 7, 1986 (open access)

Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 7, 1986

Weekly newspaper from Emory, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 7, 1986
Creator: Becknell, Kathleen Hill
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 21, 1986 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 21, 1986

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 21, 1986
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1986 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1986

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 14, 1986
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 6, 1986 (open access)

The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 6, 1986

Weekly newspaper from Wylie, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 6, 1986
Creator: Dorsey, Scott
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 72, No. 275, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1986 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 72, No. 275, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1986

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 1, 1986
Creator: Lake, Charles S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1986 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1986

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: August 15, 1986
Creator: Ritz, Don
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1986 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1986

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: August 1, 1986
Creator: Ritz, Don
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1986 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1986

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: August 22, 1986
Creator: Ritz, Don
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, August 8, 1986 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, August 8, 1986

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: August 8, 1986
Creator: Ritz, Don
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 64, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 9, 1986 (open access)

The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 64, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 9, 1986

Semi-weekly newspaper from Cuero, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 9, 1986
Creator: Berner, Homer H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History