Drug Related Corruption (open access)

Drug Related Corruption

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the relationship between the global drug trade and the corruption of government officials. Included is a history of international drug prohibition, cases of corruption by country, United States policies implemented to prevent corruption, and an analysis of the potential for success in curtailing drug related corruption in the U. S.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: Adams, Mark
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Refugee Representations: 1950s Non-Western/WWII Refugees in American Media with Smaller Circulation (open access)

Refugee Representations: 1950s Non-Western/WWII Refugees in American Media with Smaller Circulation

Paper explores refugee representations in the 1950s of non-western/World War II in American media, specifically “smaller circulation” media - local newspapers, academic studies, and governmental documents.
Date: 2017
Creator: Anderson, Tova
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characteristics of Musicians' Earplugs as a Function of Jaw Position (open access)

Characteristics of Musicians' Earplugs as a Function of Jaw Position

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the effects of different earplugs on the jaw movements of musicians.
Date: Summer 2002
Creator: Archer, Jennifer A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hail Mary: The Effect of the 1972 "Linebacker" Bombings on the Paris Peace Accords (open access)

Hail Mary: The Effect of the 1972 "Linebacker" Bombings on the Paris Peace Accords

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing Richard Nixon's "Linebacker" aerial bombings of the North Vietnamese army as a means by which to force peace.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Arduengo, Enrique Sebastian
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceptions of Sustainability Among Undergraduates at the University of North Texas: Environmental, Economic, Cultural Sustainability (open access)

Perceptions of Sustainability Among Undergraduates at the University of North Texas: Environmental, Economic, Cultural Sustainability

Paper examines the knowledge, beliefs, values, concerns, and actions of college students at the University of North Texas toward sustainability.
Date: 2007
Creator: Atkinson, Ange
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Growing local foods movements: Farmers' markets as nodes for products and community in Dallas/Fort Worth (open access)

Growing local foods movements: Farmers' markets as nodes for products and community in Dallas/Fort Worth

Undergraduate thesis building on Feagan's (2007) analysis of ideas of community and place, and Kloppenburg et al.'s (1996) concept of foodsheds, and a modified form of drive-time polygons, termed 'marketsheds' that demarcate the consumer-draw area for farmers' markets. Specifically, the research analyzes the spatial distribution of local food communities in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW) in Texas and links the foodshed concept to elements of community and sense of place. Two questions guide this study: 1) What are the characteristics of the DFW local foods movement? 2) How do local food producers create and conceptualize community and place?
Date: 2013~/2014~
Creator: Aucoin, Martin
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Designing a Health Promotion Message to Advocate the Use of Clarinet Neckstraps as an Injury Prevention Method in Public School Band Programs (open access)

Designing a Health Promotion Message to Advocate the Use of Clarinet Neckstraps as an Injury Prevention Method in Public School Band Programs

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing clarinet neck straps and their promotion within the clarinet community.
Date: Autumn 2000
Creator: Avila, Karla R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impressions Capital Jurors Form of Attorneys During Voir Dire (open access)

Impressions Capital Jurors Form of Attorneys During Voir Dire

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the nature of capital trials in the United States, specifically the death qualification process during jury selection which is thought to prejudice juries towards guilty verdicts.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: Azzami, Najua
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dynamics of Interfaith Relationships (open access)

The Dynamics of Interfaith Relationships

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing a correlation and causation effect between interfaith relationships and age, education, and economic status. It also analyzes dating dynamics and social forces working against interfaith relationships.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Banks, Kimberly
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Breast Cancer in Texas Counties 1980-1998 (open access)

Breast Cancer in Texas Counties 1980-1998

Paper examines effects of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, genes and environment on breast cancer morbidity in Texas counties from 1980-1998.
Date: 2011
Creator: Barry, Djenabou
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The End of Slavery and the Reconstruction of the United States (open access)

The End of Slavery and the Reconstruction of the United States

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the history of Reconstruction following the American Civil War. Slavery and the fate of former slaves following the war is the primary focus.
Date: Summer 1993
Creator: Beer, Kristi
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
HIV / AIDS Education in Public Schools (open access)

HIV / AIDS Education in Public Schools

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing educational materials for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in public schools. Includes information, statistics, and a lecture concerning the illnesses.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Beer, Kristi
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Joyco Products: Analysis and Strategic Recommendations (open access)

Joyco Products: Analysis and Strategic Recommendations

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing Mama Joyce's Barbecue Sauce of Joyco Products, the barbecue sauce market, and effective marketing plans for the product.
Date: Summer 1994
Creator: Bender, Sarah
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Forensic Evaluation of Fracture Marks: A Validation and Experimental Study. (open access)

The Forensic Evaluation of Fracture Marks: A Validation and Experimental Study.

Honors thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the examination of fracture marks in forensic investigations in order to determine if two parts of an object belonged to a whole.
Date: May 1, 2007
Creator: Bethune, Sherry
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pioneers for the Future: Reform Women in Dallas (open access)

Pioneers for the Future: Reform Women in Dallas

Paper discusses archival research into women in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex who changed society.
Date: 2007
Creator: Blackburn, Renée
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Raising Boys: The Process, the Struggle, the Documentary (open access)

Raising Boys: The Process, the Struggle, the Documentary

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing violence among black youth in the San Francisco Bay area, the author's relation to these events, and her quest to create a documentary concerning the difficulties of raising children in America today.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Blackwell, Nicole
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The “Real” New Orleans: Perceptions of Katrina Survivors (open access)

The “Real” New Orleans: Perceptions of Katrina Survivors

Paper describes a project seeking to provide photos that better reflect the lives of residents directly affected by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans after the hurricane.
Date: 2008
Creator: Bolds, Vadal A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Values of Texas Farmers and Ranchers Engaged in Agritourism (open access)

Environmental Values of Texas Farmers and Ranchers Engaged in Agritourism

Papers explores the ways in which Texas agritourism operators value their land and construct their relationships with the natural environment.
Date: 2011
Creator: Bonham, MÄ“gan S. Albaugh
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling and Optimization of Deflection Slits for Fast-Pulsing a Low Energy Ion Beam (open access)

Modeling and Optimization of Deflection Slits for Fast-Pulsing a Low Energy Ion Beam

Honors thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the deflection of ion beams to simulate ion flight.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Bosca, Ryan
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Layered Double Hydroxides And the Origins of Life on Earth (open access)

Layered Double Hydroxides And the Origins of Life on Earth

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the origins of life on Earth and how layered double hydroxides were involved.
Date: March 13, 2001
Creator: Brister, Brian
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Russian National Security Police and the Enlargement of NATO (open access)

Russian National Security Police and the Enlargement of NATO

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the projected growth of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, its desired expansion into eastern Europe, and Russia's response.
Date: December 5, 1995
Creator: Burson, Jefferson C.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mutation in Tg737 Gene Shortens Neuronal Cilia in Mice (open access)

Mutation in Tg737 Gene Shortens Neuronal Cilia in Mice

Honors thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing mutations in the Tg737 gene in mice and how this affects neuronal cilia in mice.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Cadle, Brian
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Child Care Policy and Its Effects on the State of Texas (open access)

The National Child Care Policy and Its Effects on the State of Texas

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the effects of child care legislation passed in 1990 and how it affected the state of Texas. A background on working families is included.
Date: Spring 1993
Creator: Caird, Jennifer Lynn
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Classical Inspiration and Modern Expression: Greek Art Turned Fauve, Constructivist, Dada, and Pop (open access)

Classical Inspiration and Modern Expression: Greek Art Turned Fauve, Constructivist, Dada, and Pop

Senior colloquium written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing Greek sculpture and architecture as filtered through the Fauve, Constructivist, Dada, and Pop artistic movements. The author takes examples of Grecian sculpture, recreates them in each of the other styles, and discusses the results.
Date: April 27, 1991
Creator: Capen, Sheri
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library