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Karg-Elert’s Own Clues to the Thirty Caprices for Flute, Opus 107
This paper discusses and analyzes the music and methodology of Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Thirty Caprices for Flute, Opus 107. Jon Novi examines how Karg-Elert provides clues and instruction in The Logical Development, a paper appended to the Thirty Caprices.
Date:
July 1976
Creator:
Novi, Jon
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Eclectic Style, the Essence of Originality in the Music of Francis Poulenc Discussed Through the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 1949
This paper analyzes Francis Poulenc's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra written in 1949. Deborah Lee Erftenbeck explores his eclectic style and the manner of its development, determining the originality of its nature and his works.
Date:
December 1976
Creator:
Erftenbeck, Deborah Lee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of a Free-Time Contingency on Arithmetic and Problem Behavior in the Classroom
This investigation is concerned with demonstrating the effects of an easily managed classroom contingency-management treatment package on increasing arithmetic performance while decreasing disruptive behavior for whole classes of students. The study proposed, among other things, that programs differ in the degree to which each student must depend upon other students for reinforcement
Date:
August 1976
Creator:
Ross, James M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elements of Surrealism in La Courte Paille by Francis Poulenc
This paper explores the influence of French surrealism in the composition of La Courte Paille by Francis Poulenc. Martha Ann Pampell discusses the history of the surrealist movement, Poulenc's style, and provides an analysis of the piece.
Date:
December 1976
Creator:
Pampell, Martha Ann
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Indian Patriots: A Study Through Portraiture
In the fall of 1972 I was required to read Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" as an "atmosphere setter" for a seminar on artists of the westward expansion in the United States. When I first started making drawings of some of the Indian leaders, I had no idea of doing a series. I also had no idea that Indians and more especially those of the West, would be consuming so much of my time and thoughts for such a long period. In the beginning the drawings were prompted by a fascination with the bone structure of the Indian faces. The high cheekbones, the prominent noses and unusual eyes caused marvelous patterns of light and dark, making the faces very conducive to caricature. As I began to know these faces as individuals and personalities, however, I knew that caricature was not the direction which i wanted to pursue.
Date:
May 1976
Creator:
Cundall, Edwinia Tillinghast
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of Large Scale in Painting
As a painter, I have been working the past few years to develop a mature pictoral image and the concepts of space that were flexible enough for me to produce what I believed was a valid art statement. I have investigated several avenues for improving my work, i.e., acquiring certain technical painting skills, reading more to broaden my concepts and imagination, and visiting various art galleries and museums. During an earlier critique it was realized that the majority of my paintings were all very similar in scale. I decided to approach my work on a much larger scale than previously attempted in the hopes of discovering a better, or at least different painting concept.
Date:
August 1976
Creator:
Coffee, Baxter L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of Visual Oppositions in Drawing and Printmaking
I resolved to consciously examine the role of precise and spontaneous aspects of my drawings as my creative project. I felt that an investigation into the use of precise and spontaneous elements and their relationship to each other would strengthen my understanding of my own work.
Date:
May 1976
Creator:
Fagan, Danielle
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Exploring the Possibilities of Combining Hand Fabricated and Mold Formed Ceramic Processes
The abstract expressionist movement aided in the development of this new personality for the clay world. An entire new dimension was added with extreme manipulation of ceramic pieces. My work reflects feelings and ideas concerning today's society and the status-quo. Common, everyday images recur in my art objects, with a major interest in cars, food, slogans, and puns. These are all a part of the hysteria of the American scene today.
Date:
May 1976
Creator:
Moss, Mary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Combining Woodblock and Intaglio Into the Editionable Print
The problem for this creative research in lieu of thesis has been to investigate in depth the difficulties and possibilities encountered when combining the woodcut and intaglio media into one entirely editionable print. Arriving at this particular problem was natural-- I feel an innate affinity and facility for creating with the woodcut medium.
Date:
December 1976
Creator:
Medler, Susan Joanne Oren
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Compositional Application of the Photograph in the Production of My Prints and Drawings
My work is based upon the photographic image and deals with the juxtaposition of abstract elements within a figurative format. The camera and the photograph have become my sketch book and, as such, seem to influence the manner in which I approach and compose my prints and drawings.
Date:
May 1976
Creator:
Smith, Rhonda J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Six Works-- A Discussion of Subject Matter in My Work
Three intaglio prints and three drawings will be investigated to answer three specific questions. The questions are: 1. Is it possible to isolate the source of subject matter in my work? 2. What effect do media and subject matter have on each other during image development? and 3. Does my subject matter contained in an entire work contribute to the subject matter of my later works?
Date:
May 1976
Creator:
Clinkinbeard, Alan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Production of Large Scale Ceramic Pieces and its Affect on the Working Methods of the Artist
This problem concerns the production of large scale ceramic sculpture and its affect on the working method of the artist. Traditionally, western ceramics deals with functional pieces of a personal scale, that is smaller ceramic works which serve specific utilitarian purposes. The concepts of clay as an art medium and the studio-potter have developed over only the last 125 years of western ceramic history.
Date:
May 1976
Creator:
Dennard, William C., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Evolution of Three-Dimensional Mixed-Media Forms From Two-Dimensional Mixed-Media Surfaces
This document is an attempt to objectify the subjective. The purpose of the investigation was to determine how a previous mode of expression, namely, two dimensional mixed media, could evolve toward an expressive mode which incorporated the making of three dimensional works. The main concern was to determine how the two dimensional statement gave way to one which was three dimensional, or what constituted the three dimensionality of the work.
Date:
December 1976
Creator:
Feld, Cecelia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Studies of design parameters in the fabrication of Nb--Al--Ge superconductors by the powder metallurgy infiltration method
Experimental studies have been carried out in which the A15 phase of the Nb-Al-Ge system has been synthesized in the form of thin filaments contained in form rolled wires. A powder metallurgy approach has been used to achieve controlled porosity in compacts of sintered niobium powder. Infiltration with an aluminum-germanium eutectic alloy followed by mechanical deformation has produced small interconnected filaments embedded in the Nb matrix. Diffusion heat treatment for a short time transforms them into the A15 superconducting compound with a size range of 1-5 microns at 1300/sup 0/C and 1-9 microns at 1750/sup 0/C. The superconducting properties T/sub c/ and J/sub c/ were evaluated for samples subjected to different condition of time and temperature. The influence of certain parameters involved in the process has been investigated. The microstructure and microhardness of the Al-Ge eutectic alloy cooled at high and low cooling rates from temperatures between 900-400/sup 0/C have been evaluated. Optical and electron beam metallographic results are presented for the analysis of the different phases and relative compositions. The critical temperature measured inductively is between 16.4/sup 0/K and 18.1/sup 0/K depending on the heat treatment. The critical current density as a function of the applied magnetic field is …
Date:
December 1, 1976
Creator:
Granda, Jose J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Investigations in silicate glasses. I. Radiation damage. II. Optical nonlinearity. [Gamma rays and electrons]
The investigation of two poorly understood but technologically important physical properties of silicate glasses and related materials is described. The use of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance to investigate the nature of radiation-induced damage in glasses exposed to a variety of high-energy radiation sources is discussed first. Second, the measurement of the nonlinear index of refraction coefficient in a variety of optical materials related to the design of high-power laser systems is described. The radiation damage investigations rely heavily on the comparison of experimental results for different experimental situations. The comparison of EPR lineshapes, absolute spin densities and power saturation behavior is used to probe a variety of microscopic and macroscopic aspects of radiation damage in glasses. Comparison of radiation damage associated with exposure to gamma rays and fast neutrons (and combinations thereof) are interpreted in terms of the microscopic damage mechanisms which are expected to be associated with the specific radiations. Comparison of radiation damage behavior in different types of glasses is also interpreted in terms of the behavior expected for the specific materials. The body of data which is generated is found to be internally self-consistent and is also generally consistent with the radiation damage behavior expected for specific situations. …
Date:
November 15, 1976
Creator:
Moran, Michael James
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Separated-pair independent particle model and the generalized Brillouin theorem: ab initio calculations on the dissociation of polyatomic molecules
A method is developed to optimize the separated-pair independent particle (SPIP) wave function; it is a special case of the separated-pair theory obtained by using two-term natural expansions of the geminals. The orbitals are optimized by a theory based on the generalized Brillouin theorem and iterative configuration interaction (CI) calculations in the space of the SPIP function and its single excitations. The geminal expansion coefficients are optimized by serial 2 x 2 CI calculations. Formulas are derived for the matrix elements. An algorithm to implement the method is presented, and the work needed to evaluate the molecular integrals is discussed. (auth)
Date:
January 1, 1976
Creator:
Sundberg, K. R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Interrelationships between thermal history and mechanical properties of a secondary hardening steel. [Vasco MA steel]
Commercial secondary hardening steel, VASCO MA, has been subjected to modified heat treatments to introduce mixed microstructures of martensite and lower bainite. Dilatometry, tensile testing, hardness measurements and slow-bend testing have been carried out and the mechanical properties obtained have been correlated to microstructure using scanning electron microscopy and metallography. Duplex microstructures containing small amounts of lower bainite are found to show an increased toughness (at similar strength levels) on tempering in the secondary hardening range, as compared to initially fully martensitic microstructures. As the percentage of lower bainite in the duplex microstructures is increased, the secondary hardening peak is found to attenuate. The effect of different austenitization treatments on the secondary hardening behavior, has also been studied. Thermal cycling (for grain refinement) at lower austenitization temperatures is found to reprecipitate out carbon, which has been taken into solution in earlier high temperature austenitization, thereby leading to a significant depletion in the strength of this secondary hardening steel. Alloy carbides, in the secondary hardening stage, have also been analyzed using energy dispersive analysis of x-rays.
Date:
December 1, 1976
Creator:
Kar, N. J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Two-proton pickup studies with the (6Li,8B) reaction
The (/sup 6/Li,/sup 8/B) reaction has been investigated on targets of /sup 26/Mg, /sup 24/Mg, /sup 16/O, /sup 13/C, /sup 12/C, /sup 11/B, /sup 10/B, and /sup 9/Be at a bombarding energy of 80.0 MeV, and on targets of /sup 16/O, /sup 12/C, /sup 9/Be, /sup 7/Li, and /sup 6/Li at a bombarding energy of 93.3 MeV. Only levels consistent with direct, single-step two-proton pickup reaction mechanisms were observed to be strongly populated. On T/sub z/ = 0 targets, the spectroscopic selectivity of this reaction resembles that of the analogous (p,t) reaction. Additionally, these data demonstrate the dominance of spatially symmetric transfer of the two protons. On T/sub z/ greater than 0 targets the (/sup 6/Li,/sup 8/B) reaction was employed to locate two previously unreported levels (at 7.47 +- 0.05 MeV and 8.86 +- 0.07 MeV) in the T/sub z/ = 2 nuclide /sup 24/Ne and to establish the low-lying 1p-shell states in the T/sub z/ = /sup 3///sub 2/ nuclei /sup 11/Be, /sup 9/Li, and /sup 7/He. However, no evidence was seen for any narrow levels in the T/sub z/ = /sup 3///sub 2/ nuclide /sup 5/H nor for any narrow excited states in /sup 7/He. The angular distributions …
Date:
December 3, 1976
Creator:
Weisenmiller, Robert Benjamin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
High-Pressure Catalytic Microreactor for Hydroprocessing of Coal-Derived Liquids. [10 References]
A high-pressure liquid-phase microreactor was developed to determine the kinetics and reaction networks of catalytic hydrodesulfurization and hydrodenitrogenation of polynuclear aromatic compounds found in coal-derived liquids. This reactor permits the use of small quantities of reactants and catalyst. This reactor design is expected to be useful generally and is not limited to hydroprocessing. The microreactor was designed to operate entirely in the liquid phase. The hydrogen required for the hydrogenation reactions is dissolved into the liquid phase before entering the reactor. A high total pressure is kept on the system, and no gas phase is ever permitted. Further, the system was designed to allow either the pulse or steady-state mode of operation. The specific design criteria were: hydrogen saturation pressure 0-61 atm, total pressure 0-272 atm, reactor temperatures up to 450/sup 0/C and space velocities between 1 and 10 (1/hr). The equipment has been operated at 21 atm hydrogen pressure and 104 atm total pressure over a range of temperatures and flow rates. A four-day test was conducted at steady-state conditions. The results indicate a significant break-in period for fresh catalyst.
Date:
June 1976
Creator:
Eliezer, Kenneth Frank
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cēgə Trouhèst
Cēgə Trouhèst is a three-movement work of about thirteen minutes duration. The text by the composer provides a vehicle for aural stimulation only. Cēgə Trouhèst is a continuum of resonances embellished by melodic and rhythmic passages. These embellishments along with other devices and the choice of instrumentation all contribute to the development of the varied timbres. The first two movements introduce the material to be employed in the third, which continues the idea of change exhibited in the text by modification and extraction. Timbre is the most important aspect of this work. It is exploited homophonically, contrapuntally, and through instrumental/vocal interchange and timbre modification of a single tone.
Date:
May 1976
Creator:
Cox, Ronald Arnold
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chamber Concerto
This composition is a concerto in two movements and has a total duration of approximately twenty-two minutes. The First Movement is prefaced by an Introduction, while the Second Movement is concluded with an Epilogue. The bass trombone functions in speeding up the tempo when it is featured in solo capacity. The horn, however, functions in slowing down the tempo when featured as a solo instrument. The speeding up and slowing down processes follow the principles of metric modulation.
Date:
August 1976
Creator:
Schimmel, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Triabolous
Triabolous is a three movement composition for trombone, woodwind quintet, and one percussionist. The three movements Agitato, Andante, and Allegro, are of equal length resulting in a total performance time of 15 minutes. The piece is primarily a trombone solo; however, the trombone does not function as a solo throughout the total composition. There are portions of every movement where the trombone is silent or added to the quintet as an auxiliary wind instrument.
Date:
August 1976
Creator:
Bradshaw, Curtis L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library