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The 13th Congressional District in Transition: a Preliminary Analysis of Representation (open access)

The 13th Congressional District in Transition: a Preliminary Analysis of Representation

The relationship between the representative and the reapportioned district is the central feature of the present study as it attempts to assess selected facets of the 13th Congressional District in transition.
Date: January 1967
Creator: Bryant, Stephen N.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 1948 States' Rights Democratic Movement in Texas (open access)

The 1948 States' Rights Democratic Movement in Texas

The purpose of this paper is to examine, from a local perspective, the reaction of the southern conservative wing of the Democratic party to the liberal changes which occurred in that organization as a result of the transitional decades of the 1930s and 1940s. In particular, the study focuses on the growing sense of alienation and the eventual withdrawal of a handful of Texas Democrats from affiliation with the national body and their subsequent realignment with other dissident Dixie Democrats in the short-lived States' Rights party of 1948. This work is based essentially on the personal recollections of Texans who participated in the States' Rights movement and on those papers of the party's leaders which have survived until today.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Griffin, James P.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Academic Achievement: Examining the Impact of Community Type at a Small Liberal Arts College in Texas (open access)

Academic Achievement: Examining the Impact of Community Type at a Small Liberal Arts College in Texas

Hierarchical regression was used to determine if high school community type is an effective predictor of academic success when controlling for demographics, prior academic achievement, socioeconomic status, and current commitment or work habits for students entering Austin College in 1992,1993, and 1994 . Findings revealed that there is a relationship between attending high school in community types of rural and independent town controlling for the effects of SAT scores, high school rank, sex, and late application deposit on first semester grade point average.
Date: August 1995
Creator: Rutherford, Janis Pruitt
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Academic Steroid: Nonmedical Use of Prescription Stimulants at a North Texas University (open access)

The Academic Steroid: Nonmedical Use of Prescription Stimulants at a North Texas University

The goal of this study was to determine the extent, motivations, and justifications of nonmedical prescription stimulant use among the population at a large public university in the North Texas region. Participants consisted of 526 undergraduate students enrolled at the studied university during the spring and summer 2014 semesters. The findings of the study suggest that the nonmedical use by students was higher than the findings in much of the current literature, but was within the parameters established in the literature. The primary motivation for nonmedical use was academic in nature and was justified by moderation of nonmedical use to strategic academic times.
Date: December 2014
Creator: Pennington, Cody W.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accelerated EMG Biofeedback Relaxation Training and Tension Headache: The Effects of Home Practice and Headache Presence During Training (open access)

Accelerated EMG Biofeedback Relaxation Training and Tension Headache: The Effects of Home Practice and Headache Presence During Training

This study investigated the value of headache presence during elecromyographic (EMG) feedback relaxation training and the contribution made by home relaxation practice in the elimination of tension headache. Eighteen participants, mainly coeds in their twenties, recorded headache and medication data for two baseline weeks, and were assigned to one of three training groups. Group A received EMG feedback training with headache presence during the session and home relaxation practice. Group B received EMG feedback without headache Presence and home practice. Group C received only home relaxation practice. Statistically significant treatment differences were not found, but declining trends of headache activity and medication use tend to support the efficacy of EMG training with headache presence.
Date: August 1975
Creator: Christianson, James D. L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accounting Releases of the United States Securities and Exchange Commision (open access)

Accounting Releases of the United States Securities and Exchange Commision

The purpose of this study is to examine the technical accounting statements of the Securities and Exchange Commission to determine the extent of agreement between them and the opinions of the leading authorities in the field of accounting and the extent to which the advanced accounting students at North Texas State Teachers College have mastered the principles expressed in the statements.
Date: 1948
Creator: Duke, Charles Marcus
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Accuracy of Teacher Rating of Pupil Personality and Achievement as Compared with Standardized Test Scores (open access)

The Accuracy of Teacher Rating of Pupil Personality and Achievement as Compared with Standardized Test Scores

This study has the following purpose: (1) to find the relationship between teacher rating of pupil personality and standardized test results; (2) to find the relationship between teacher rating of pupil achievement and standardized test results; and (3) to determine where more emphasis should be placed in order to better evaluate the child and his work.
Date: 1941
Creator: Cottrell, Lucille
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Actinoplanes Philippinensis: Effect of Carbon Sources on Zoospore Production (open access)

Actinoplanes Philippinensis: Effect of Carbon Sources on Zoospore Production

Actinomycetes are able to utilize a great variety of carbohydrates, like sugar. The particular kind of sugar and its concentration has decisive effect on the growth of microorganisms. The proper nutritional media aids also in the production of spores. Based on this generalization, that the growth and sporulation of microorganisms are greatly influenced by the nature and the concentration of carbohydrates, an attempt has been made to study Actinoplanes philippinensis with respect to this influence.
Date: May 1968
Creator: White, Olivia
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acts of Survival: the Plight and Prospects of Dallas Theatre (open access)

Acts of Survival: the Plight and Prospects of Dallas Theatre

A comprehensive investigation examines the decline and changes that have affected Dallas regional theatre development from the dream of Margo Jones in the 1940s to the proliferation of emerging theatres in 1993. Changing economic conditions, lack of audience support, and shortages of performance space have contributed to an exodus of Dallas actors and artists. Reviewed are measures to reverse this trend, including funding changes, awareness campaigns, improved inter-theatre cooperation, and guidelines for audience development. The study's conclusion notes that theatres do, indeed, have a natural life cycle, but with renewed emphasis on audience development and self-sufficiency, theatres in Dallas can endure and contribute to an enlarged sense of civic pride.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Leeman, Patricia Diane
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Adaptability and Present Status of Andropogon Ischaemum L. in Denton County, Texas (open access)

The Adaptability and Present Status of Andropogon Ischaemum L. in Denton County, Texas

This investigation has been made with reference to the adaptability of Andropogon ischaemum, King Ranch bluestem, to various soils, various slopes, and various erosion conditions in Denton County.
Date: 1951
Creator: Belders, Floyd William
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adapting a Reading Program to Individual Differences (open access)

Adapting a Reading Program to Individual Differences

The problem of this study was to test the effectiveness of adapting the reading instruction to the level and ability of individuals or small groups of a particular group of second grade children.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Manning, Lucile
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Addressing Social Elements of Wildfire: Risk, Response, and Recovery in Highland Village, TX (open access)

Addressing Social Elements of Wildfire: Risk, Response, and Recovery in Highland Village, TX

Representatives of the City of Highland Village expressed concern over the risk of wildfires for their community. Anthropology provides many tools for and examples of disaster assessment of preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. These tools combined with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can provide a holistic, cultural ecological look at how such a disaster may take place in the city. The project's methods included a detailed survey of preparedness steps which was analyzed using SPSS and also imported into ArcGIS for spatial analysis, and semi-formal, in-depth interviews with residents of the community regarding preparedness, response, and recovery. Residents fell into a middle category of preparedness, with the majority of participants considering or implementing a few recommended preparedness steps. Interview participants expressed respect for and trust of the city and first-responders, as well as a willingness to volunteer their help during response and recovery stages. Finally the American Community Survey showed that resident socioeconomic vulnerability was considerably low, and no action needed to be taken to advocate for at-risk individuals. Overall, the City of Highland Village showed a high resiliency to disaster. A wildfire likely will not have a major impact on the community as a whole, though the city may reduce …
Date: May 2016
Creator: MacKinnon, Jessica
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Adequacy of Financial Support Received by the Small High-School Bands in Texas (open access)

The Adequacy of Financial Support Received by the Small High-School Bands in Texas

The problem undertaken in this study is to attempt to determine the adequacy of financial support received by the small high school bands in Texas.
Date: 1951
Creator: Settle, James Bristol
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Adequacy of the School Transportation Systems of Montague County, Texas (open access)

The Adequacy of the School Transportation Systems of Montague County, Texas

In this study an attempt is made to determine the adequacy of the school transportation systems of Montague County, Texas.
Date: 1950
Creator: Allen, Bill N.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adequacy of Training of Junior High School Teachers of Industrial Arts in Texas (open access)

Adequacy of Training of Junior High School Teachers of Industrial Arts in Texas

"The problem of this study is to determine to what extent the junior high school teachers of industrial arts in Texas are being trained to meet the apparent needs and trends in the field. Do the teachers colleges of Texas have the facilities --curricula--to adequately train industrial arts teacher for the courses that are actually being taught in the junior high schools of Texas? The study is limited to certain aspects of industrial arts in the junior high schools and the State Teachers colleges of Texas. The offerings and trends in offerings of the junior high schools, the organization and trends in the organization, the adequacy of training of industrial arts teachers in the junior schools, and offerings and trends in the industrial arts departments of the Texas State Teachers Colleges are of major importance in this study. " --p. 1
Date: June 1938
Creator: Karnes, Ray
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adjusting the Commercial Curriculum of Denton Senior High School, Denton, Texas, to the Needs of the Community (open access)

Adjusting the Commercial Curriculum of Denton Senior High School, Denton, Texas, to the Needs of the Community

This study was made: first, to determine the vocational opportunities for commercial graduates of Denton Senior High School as a basis for more effective guidance; second, to determine whether the commercial training program in the local high school is providing adequate vocational preparation for the principal commercial positions in Denton, Texas, third, to discover the chief commercial weaknesses of the present employees in Denton, Texas; fourth, to secure information necessary for appropriate commercial curriculum for the local high school. It is the further aim of this investigation to determine the social as well as the personal business needs of the average individuals." --leaf 1
Date: June 1939
Creator: Hodge, James
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Administration of the Guidance Program for Secondary Schools (open access)

The Administration of the Guidance Program for Secondary Schools

An attempt will be made to answer these questions: (1) Why is a guidance program necessary? (2) What steps are being taken to accomplish the objectives set forth? (3) What is considered the best method of instituting a guidance program? In answering these questions a study of the guidance programs in a few of the leading cities and states of the United States has been taken into consideration. The best possible method or combination of methods will be recommended. This method will be compared with the program of guidance now in operation in the Waco High School, Waco, Texas.
Date: January 1948
Creator: Hillyer, Martha B.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Administrative Problems Involved in Promoting the Building Programs of Dallas County (open access)

Administrative Problems Involved in Promoting the Building Programs of Dallas County

If the future citizens of tomorrow are to be educated, they must have, for one thing, at least, buildings in which to supply their needs adequately. This study is made with the realization that the physical plant does not make a good school, but with the idea that it does help a great deal.
Date: 1948
Creator: Douglas, Erwin D.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adolescents' Attitudes Toward Mate Selection (open access)

Adolescents' Attitudes Toward Mate Selection

This study investigated the attitudes of sixty-four adolescents who completed an instrument designed to measure attitudes toward factors which influence mate selection. The hypotheses examined attitudes toward mate selection and gender, socioeconomic status, educational goals, family structure, and preferred age at marriage. The data were analyzed by calculating percentages and mean scores. The analysis of data revealed that adolescents valued personality-oriented characteristics as the most important characteristics desired in a mate; males and females held different values for certain factors; adolescents from various socioeconomic levels held different values for certain factors; adolescents with different educational goals, and adolescents residing in various family structures held similar values for each factor; and adolescents with various preferences for age at marriage held different values for certain factors.
Date: December 1982
Creator: Curtner, Mary Elizabeth
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Advancement of the Negro within Business and Professional Enterprise in Texas Since 1900 (open access)

The Advancement of the Negro within Business and Professional Enterprise in Texas Since 1900

"This research study shall be the advancement of the Negro within business and professional enterprises in Texas since 1900. The objective is to discover if and where the colored people have made progress. If progress has been made, it must be due to some prevailing influence, and if no progress has been made, there has evidently been some hindering cause. This research shall try to discover these factors and record the results as they affected the progress of these people. It is the intention of this writer to race the educational, economic, and social advancement of these people and to show in what fields of endeavor they have advanced and in which fields they have failed. This advancement shall be traced from the year 1900 to the year 1950, showing the progress in ten year intervals."-- leaf 1.
Date: August 1951
Creator: Knowles, Pattie R. Covington
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advantages in the Social Studies to be Derived from the Texas Centennial by Children of Junior High School Level (open access)

Advantages in the Social Studies to be Derived from the Texas Centennial by Children of Junior High School Level

The predominant theme utilized by the Texas Centennial is the historical background Texas, which encompasses a hundred years of independence and four centuries of progress. This study aims to select and classify those buildings in the Texas Centennial Exposition containing exhibits possessing educational significance for junior high school social studies students.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Martin, Anna Y.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advertising and Promotional Procedure as Practiced by Five Dallas Department Stores (open access)

Advertising and Promotional Procedure as Practiced by Five Dallas Department Stores

The problem with which this paper is concerned is to observe and appraise the retail advertising and promotional procedure of five of the Dallas department stores. After observing their advertising methods, an attempt will be made to conclude whether their efficiency might be increased through use of different advertising and promotional policies.
Date: 1949
Creator: Drake, Jerry E.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Age and Rate of Growth of the Black Crappie, Pomoxis Nigro-Maculatus (Le Sueur), and the White Crappie, Pomoxis Annularis Rafinesque, in the Koon Kreek Klub Lakes, Texas (open access)

The Age and Rate of Growth of the Black Crappie, Pomoxis Nigro-Maculatus (Le Sueur), and the White Crappie, Pomoxis Annularis Rafinesque, in the Koon Kreek Klub Lakes, Texas

This study is another phase of the overall research program designed to furnish basic information for the management of East Texas lakes and has as its specific purpose the determination of the age and growth characteristics of two valuable species on these waters. The species to be considered are the black crappie, Pomoxis nigro-maculatus (Le Sueur) and the white crappie, Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque. Both species are highly regarded as food fish and have for many years offered recreational outlets for Texas fishermen.
Date: 1948
Creator: Elliott, James M.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Age, Growth, and Food Habits of the Lake Dallas White Bass, Lepibema Chrysops (Rafinesque) (open access)

The Age, Growth, and Food Habits of the Lake Dallas White Bass, Lepibema Chrysops (Rafinesque)

This study was made to secure certain new information concerning the food habits and growth of the white bass, Lepibema chrysops (Rafinesque), which is quite generally considered a good game and good fish.
Date: 1942
Creator: Micks, Don W.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library