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An Analysis of an Environmental Performance with the use of Light and Projected Photographic Imagery (open access)

An Analysis of an Environmental Performance with the use of Light and Projected Photographic Imagery

The primary objective of this creative project was to create an environmental performance through the use of light as the principal medium. Most of the photographic imagery had been completed. The remaining task involved creating an effective and workable system to integrate the projected imagery with the neon light placements. Each system, illustrated in the figures, attempted to create a different approach in using the light mediums.
Date: May 1983
Creator: Aaboe, Richard David
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Narrative Rewritten (open access)

A Narrative Rewritten

In A Narrative Rewritten, I explore two distinct periods of my past. One group of work deals with the emotional effects of trauma I experienced as a child during years of practicing ballet. The other celebrates a pivotal moment of spiritual awakening that gave me the strength to confront internal falsehoods I previously developed. I paint from observation, to engage with my subject and to ground myself in the present moment. In my oil paintings, I paint representationally, while delving in to the spectrum of abstraction. I use imagery symbolically from ballet and boxing to represent a shift from inadequacy to empowerment.
Date: May 2020
Creator: Aaron, Hannah
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pastel Pink

Work of art of oil on canvas by artist Hannah Aaron as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "A Narrative Rewritten"
Date: 2019
Creator: Aaron, Hannah
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Power Punch

Work of art of oil on canvas by artist Hannah Aaron as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "A Narrative Rewritten"
Date: 2019
Creator: Aaron, Hannah
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Victor, Not a Victim

Work of art of oil on canvas by artist Hannah Aaron as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "A Narrative Rewritten"
Date: 2020
Creator: Aaron, Hannah
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
An English and Arabic Character Printer (open access)

An English and Arabic Character Printer

This paper is presented in satisfaction of the requirement for two problems in lieu of thesis which are required for the degree, Master of Science. The two problems are: (1) to provide an electric interface between the M6800 microprocessor and the printer; and (2) to design an Arabic character set and to provide the logic required for its implementation. As it would be artificial and impractical to document these problems separately, a single document here is provided.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Abdel-Razzack, Malek G.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recurring Images Rising Out of a State of Obscurity (open access)

Recurring Images Rising Out of a State of Obscurity

Through this study I intended to analyze and determine the significance of the recurring imagery that emerged as an integral part of my compositions. Furthermore, I attempted to discern the importance and over all the effects of the small scale upon my work and determine how vital is the spontaneity that is used to obtain each composition.
Date: May 1993
Creator: Aberu, Nancy E. Vendrell
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deduction of physiochemical properties from solubilities: 2,4-dihydroxybenzophenone, biotin, and caprolactam as examples (open access)

Deduction of physiochemical properties from solubilities: 2,4-dihydroxybenzophenone, biotin, and caprolactam as examples

Article discussing the deduction of physiochemical properties from solubilities and 2,4-dihydroxybenzophenone, biotin, and caprolactam as examples.
Date: April 15, 2015
Creator: Abraham, M. H. (Michael H.); Acree, William E. (William Eugene); Brumfield, Michela; Hart, Erin; Pipersburgh, Lila; Mateja, Katherine et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Asepo (open access)

Asepo

My artistic practice centers around personal history, connection, and identity. I reflect on my experience as a Nigerian who has lived on three continents thus far, and how those experiences have led to the deconstruction, reassembly, and hybridization of my identity. My work pays homage to my tribe of origin, Yoruba, whilst redefining and exploring the hybridity that exists as a result of cross-cultural influences that are prominent in our world today. I incorporate varying objects and materials such as jewelry, sculpture, wood, metal, and fiber. This integration speaks to the multicultural existence of the world I live in the interrelationship between Nigeria and the West.
Date: May 2023
Creator: Adeleke, Atinuke
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adapting Reproduction Knowledge and Photomechanical Techniques to Serigraphy for Non-Commercial Purposes (open access)

Adapting Reproduction Knowledge and Photomechanical Techniques to Serigraphy for Non-Commercial Purposes

This problem is involved with attempting to answer two basic questions: (a) Can I, a commercial artist, expand and develop as an artist through screen printing and make valid aesthetic statements unrelated to client and/or product? and (b) Can knowledge of reproduction methods and photo-mechanical techniques be successfully utilized in screen printing for non-commercial purposes? Extensive notes in the form of a journal were maintained as work on the project progressed. These notes, combined with the completed prints, were the sources of data for this paper.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Adkins, Margie J.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Question of Honor (open access)

Question of Honor

My thesis, Question of Honor, addresses the premise of women's lack of choice in relation to men's honor, and vengeance; concepts that are closely connected to the oppressive world of women in Pakistan. These works deal with concepts of purity and minor transgressions that have an impact on the lives of women in relation to family names and the associative feelings of humiliation linked to men. The subtle nuances of women and their reactions to oppression give a strong emotive content to the work.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Agha, Anila Quayyum
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Large Graphite Drawings on Gessoed Surfaces (open access)

Large Graphite Drawings on Gessoed Surfaces

The problem for the project emerged threefold: (1) to further explore the uses of the graphite medium including the possible integration of wet media color on large surfaces, (2) to use the human figure as subject matter, and (3) to explore gessoed drawing surfaces of masonite and paper.
Date: August 1975
Creator: Aguilar, Eduardo E.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Refactoring FrameNet for Efficient Relational Queries (open access)

Refactoring FrameNet for Efficient Relational Queries

The FrameNet database is being used in a variety of NLP research and applications such as word sense disambiguation, machine translation, information extraction and question answering. The database is currently available in XML format. The XML database though a wholesome way of distributing data in its entireness, is not practical for use unless converted to a more application friendly database. In light of this we have successfully converted the XML database to a relational MySQL™ database. This conversion reduced the amount of data storage amount to less than half. Most importantly the new database enables us to perform fast complex querying and facilitates use by applications and research. We show the steps taken to ensure relational integrity of the data during the refactoring process and a simple demo application demonstrating ease of use.
Date: December 2003
Creator: Ahmad, Zeeshan Asim
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploratory User Research for Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (open access)

Exploratory User Research for Computational Resource for South Asian Languages

Report for the project, Exploratory User Research for CoRSAL, which was an exploratory ethnographic study to generate a foundational understanding of how different user groups might use a planned language archive for South Asian languages. Their research project was to be used by the CoRSAL team to help plan the design of CoRSAL’s infrastructure, and laid the groundwork for further studies that will take a deeper look at issues surrounding the design and use of the planned language archive.
Date: December 7, 2016
Creator: Al Smadi, Duha; Barnes, Sebastian; Blair, Molly; Chong, Miyoung; Cole-Jett, Robin; Davis, Aaron et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Les Hotteterre et les Chédeville: Three Biographical Sketches in Translation (open access)

Les Hotteterre et les Chédeville: Three Biographical Sketches in Translation

This paper traces the genealogy of the Hotteterre and the Chédeville families through a translation of three works by Jules Carlez, Ernest Thoinan, Nicolas Mauger. Carol Padgham Albrecht annotates these translations with biographical information and highlights the contributions of the instrument makers.
Date: December 1980
Creator: Albrecht, Carol Padgham
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Masking Meaning (open access)

Masking Meaning

Chapter I describes the purpose of the project, which was to develop a body of work that exhibits my current thought process. The questions presented to myself consisted of the following: 1. How effective was the expression of my ideas socially and politically after the change to the work? 2. Was the minimal approach a tool that contributes or detracts from this effectiveness? 3. Did an increase in scale successfully act as an element of confrontation? Chapter II describes the inspiration behind the making of my work it also discusses problems encountered with an understanding of the viewer concerning imagery. Chapter III summarizes the methodology behind the execution of the new body of work. It also discusses how simplification of imagery works as a solution to my problems.
Date: May 2003
Creator: Allee, Jake R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Incorporation of Silkscreen Techniques in the Decoration of Raku-Fired Ceramics (open access)

The Incorporation of Silkscreen Techniques in the Decoration of Raku-Fired Ceramics

The questions answered by this investigation are as follows: 1. Which silkscreens and stencils will work in screening flat and three-dimensional objects? 2. Which mediums and coloring agents will survive a glaze firing to produce an acceptable image? 3. How can the image be modified by screening during the different stages of a ceramic piece (wet, green, bisque, glazed)? 4. What glazes and glaze applications will be compatible? 5. Generally, what is the relationship between the image and the object?
Date: May 1978
Creator: Allen, James Franklin
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research Teams: Fostering Scholarship  and Practice (open access)

Research Teams: Fostering Scholarship and Practice

This workshop is presented by members of a University of North Texas research team. First, the team will overview their experience as members of the research team and share experience in areas such as trust formation, team roles, productivity, work-life balance, faculty-students interaction, peer and faculty mentorship, dissertation preparation, and job seeking. Second, the workshop will discuss and brainstorm how this format can be implemented for organizations both with faculty-student teams and with peer-directed teams. Finally, successes and challenges are openly discussed with audience.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Allen, Jeff M., 1968-; Khader, Malak; Njeri, Millicent & Rosellini, Amy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diverse Works (open access)

Diverse Works

The goal of the work was to infect traditional ideas of beauty and authority with late Twentieth-Century culture and to thereby create an artifact that would reflect the multiplicity of our culture. My work, to date, has dealt with single works of a consistent media combining two and three-dimensional elements. I proposed to add to the complexity of my stated goal through a more varied use of medium; audio, photography, lighting, paint on canvas, reprocessed found objects as well as materials with which I presently work. Some of the work would extend off the wall or ceiling or floor into what might be called the "viewer's space." The end result would be a group of works which created a narrative and would culminate into a single work to be installed in a space as yet undetermined. Site possibilities I considered were my studio, the university gallery, and the critique room in Oak Street Hall.
Date: August 1994
Creator: Allen, Joseph Hugh
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Human Figure: A Study in Related Areas of Color, Medium, Scale, and Expression (open access)

The Human Figure: A Study in Related Areas of Color, Medium, Scale, and Expression

There were no restrictions as to style or technique, and since my previous works had been realistic, this direction was to be continued during the entire investigation. The primary objective was to create a series of drawings and paintings which would concentrate on the basic facial topography and idiosyncrasies of a constant model with variations in color, scale, medium, and expression.
Date: August 1976
Creator: Ally, Harry Paul
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multiple Window Editor (open access)

Multiple Window Editor

This paper is written to present the design purpose and design process of the Multiple Window Editor. Multiple Window Editor is a software which allows the user to edit or view different files or the same file on the screen by the window facilities provided by this software. All the windows can be dynamically created, changed, moved, and destroyed. The main purpose of this program is to improve the programming environment for the users. The design motivations will be introduced through the comparison of the present existing window facilities and the editor components. The design process will be introduced by analyzing the design decision, design tradeoffs and implementation problems.
Date: June 1986
Creator: Alphy, Yu Cherng-Der
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
No Apparent Reason (open access)

No Apparent Reason

This paper discusses five works the author created and the thought process that went into the creation of these works. Helen Altman discusses the fascination with temporary or process pieces and the use of commonplace materials to depict a message.
Date: August 1989
Creator: Altman, Helen
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using a Partial Sum Method and GPS Tracking Data to Identify Area Restricted Search by Artisanal Fishers at Moored Fish Aggregating Devices in the Commonwealth of Dominica (open access)

Using a Partial Sum Method and GPS Tracking Data to Identify Area Restricted Search by Artisanal Fishers at Moored Fish Aggregating Devices in the Commonwealth of Dominica

This article reports on research to identify area-restricted search foraging behavior at fish aggregating device (FAD) patches.
Date: February 3, 2015
Creator: Alvard, Michael; Carlson, David & McGaffey, Ethan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modified Aesthetics on an Inner Space (open access)

Modified Aesthetics on an Inner Space

Brief Artist Statement by Russell Anderson as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Modified Aesthetics on an Inner Space” in the Cora Stafford Gallery on the campus of the University of North Texas on March 29-April 9, 2021.
Date: May 2021
Creator: Anderson, Russell
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library