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Thermomagnetic Phenomena in Antimony at Liquid Helium Temperatures (open access)

Thermomagnetic Phenomena in Antimony at Liquid Helium Temperatures

The purpose of this investigation was to study head-transport phenomena in a single crystal of antimony at liquid helium temperatures. In particular, the longitudinal and transverse components of the thermal resistivity tensor were measured as a function of magnetic field up to eighteen kilogauss.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Haywood, Charles Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Verbal Praise and Reproof on the Level of Aspiration of Institutionalized Mental Defectives (open access)

The Effects of Verbal Praise and Reproof on the Level of Aspiration of Institutionalized Mental Defectives

The study to be reported was designed to investigate the effects of verbal praise and reproof, from persons in authority, on the LOA and subsequent performance of institutionalized defectives.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Kelley, George L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elements of Tremendismo in the works of Carmen Laforet (open access)

Elements of Tremendismo in the works of Carmen Laforet

The purpose of this thesis is to review and to analyze the part that tremendismo has played in the fiction of Carmen Laforet. To this end, each of her published volumes will be studied individually so that her relationship to tremendismo may be clearly seen in each of its various stages.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Palmer, Joe Lerner
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Solution of Equations in Integers (open access)

The Solution of Equations in Integers

This paper is devoted to finding integral solutions of algebraic equations. Only algebraic equations with integral coefficients are considered. The elementary properties of integers are assumed.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Read, Billy D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermal Properties of a Single Crystal of Bismuth at Liquid-helium Temperatures (open access)

Thermal Properties of a Single Crystal of Bismuth at Liquid-helium Temperatures

The purpose of this investigation was the determination of the thermal conduction properties of a single crystal of bismuth at liquid-helium temperatures in magnetic fields up to eighteen kilogauss.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Alsup, Dale Lynn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Some Mappings in Topology (open access)

Comparison of Some Mappings in Topology

The main purpose of this paper is the study of transformations in topological space and relationships between special types of transformations.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Aslan, Farhad
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Predictive Value of an English Achievement Test for Grades in Modern Foreign Languages (open access)

The Predictive Value of an English Achievement Test for Grades in Modern Foreign Languages

This study has as its objectives: (1) the determination of the degree of relationship between achievement in the study of English as measured by a standardized English achievement test and achievement in the study of foreign languages as measured by teacher's grades; (2) the determination of the amount of contribution to such a relationship of the achievement in various functional areas in the study of English as measured by the subtests of the English achievement test.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Barnard, William Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study on the Stability of Self-concept (open access)

A Study on the Stability of Self-concept

There are two major purposes of this study. First, it will attempt to ascertain whether self-concept, as measured by a self-concept scale, will fluctuate significantly due to a recent ego inflating or deflating experience, and if so, how lasting and in what areas are the effects. Secondly, it will note whether or not the low self-concept individual is more susceptible to changes in self-concept due to these environmental changes than the high self-concept individual.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Collman, Robert Bernard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of pH and Substrate on Growth of Escherichia Coli and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Mixed Continuous Culture (open access)

Effects of pH and Substrate on Growth of Escherichia Coli and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Mixed Continuous Culture

The express purpose for doing this project was to develop methods for the continuous culture of E. coli and P. aeruginosa as a mixed population, and to apply these methods in studying the effects of pH and substrate upon the growth of these two organisms in mixed continuous culture.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Cooper, Billy Howard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extinguishment of a Low-pressure Argon Discharge by a Magnetic Field (open access)

Extinguishment of a Low-pressure Argon Discharge by a Magnetic Field

The experiment in this study involves the extinguishment of a low-pressure argon discharge by a magnetic field.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Criswell, David Russell
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Artist in Durrell's Alexandria Quartet (open access)

The Artist in Durrell's Alexandria Quartet

Self-knowledge serves as the basis for further insight into other themes and ideas. The investigation proceeds, then, from the search for self to the somewhat higher plane of the role of the artist in society; it is completed with an analysis of the motivations which lead the artist into an attainment of complete artistic fulfillment.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Fry, Phillip Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Technique for Transition from Pattern Drill in Spanish to Large-exposure Reading (open access)

A Technique for Transition from Pattern Drill in Spanish to Large-exposure Reading

The purpose of the present study is to develop and explain a teaching aid for Spanish word recognition, to be presented as advance preparation for large-exposure reading.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Harvey, Norma Ruth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Creativity as Related to Social Perception, Anxiety and Self-concept (open access)

Creativity as Related to Social Perception, Anxiety and Self-concept

The purpose of this study was to investigate further the nature of the relationship between creativity and some factors previously found to be involved in creative expression and to explore the possible relationship of some other factors to creativity.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Billings, JoAnn Roberson
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Projection and its Association to Ratings of Personality Characteristics (open access)

An Analysis of Projection and its Association to Ratings of Personality Characteristics

The purpose of this study was to determine which, if either, of the two types of projection discussed above, disowning and assimilative, is operative when an individual is asked to rate an acquaintance on a number of personality traits.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Byrd, James W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Harry S. Truman and Revival of the Civil Rights Issue (open access)

Harry S. Truman and Revival of the Civil Rights Issue

It was an unprecedented, peacetime attempt of a president to implement by federal law the rights of individuals guaranteed in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. A study of the part President Truman played is important, for a role of some type must be accepted by every American President in the surging drama of civil rights for all Americans.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Coleman, Vesta S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Four Adolescents and the Problem of Evil : Redburn, Huck Finn, Nick Adams and Holden Caulfield (open access)

Four Adolescents and the Problem of Evil : Redburn, Huck Finn, Nick Adams and Holden Caulfield

The real purpose of this study has been to learn something of the nature of evil as perceived by these adolescents, and to discover something of the American reaction to it as perceived by their creators.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Colwell, Judy
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Teaching Supply Procurement Practices in Twenty Three Representative School Districts in Texas (open access)

A Study of Teaching Supply Procurement Practices in Twenty Three Representative School Districts in Texas

The problem of this study is to survey the purchasing practices of a group of representative school districts and to determine the extent to which these practices follow the recommendations presented by authorities on school supplies procurement.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Daniel, James H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plane Curves (open access)

Plane Curves

The purpose of this thesis is to present a definition and some properties of a curved arc in a plane and to present a definition and some properties of the Jordan curve.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Heflin, Billy M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Anxiety to Perceived Parental Attitudes (open access)

The Relationship of Anxiety to Perceived Parental Attitudes

The purpose of this study shall be to determine whether or not any relationship exists between child-rearing attitudes of parents and anxiety in their children. Not only will the attitudes of the mothers be concerned, but also those of the fathers.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Jolly, Jim Ted
System: The UNT Digital Library
Residential Mobility and Living Arrangements of a Group of Aged Persons Prior to Institutionalization (open access)

Residential Mobility and Living Arrangements of a Group of Aged Persons Prior to Institutionalization

The purpose of this investigation, conceived in its broadest sense, was to study the living arrangements of older persons over a specific period of time in an attempt to arrive at some generalizations about the nature and changes of these arrangements as they relate to certain sociological variables.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Martin, Cora Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Design, Construction, and Use of a Projection Box to be Used in Teaching a Course in Descriptive Geometry (open access)

The Design, Construction, and Use of a Projection Box to be Used in Teaching a Course in Descriptive Geometry

The problem in this study was to design, build, and use a projection box to determine if it will help the student to better visualize problems included in descriptive geometry.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Mitchell, Donovan Rhea
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Two Theological Student Groups in Relation to Theological Views, Rigidity and Political-economic Conservatism (open access)

A Comparison of Two Theological Student Groups in Relation to Theological Views, Rigidity and Political-economic Conservatism

The present investigation was designed to explore the relationship between authoritarianism, rigidity, political-economic conservatism and theological beliefs of two groups of students representing two nationally known theological seminaries. One seminary is noted for its conservative theological standing, the other for its liberal position.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Oswald, Robert M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ethnocentrism and Perceptual Ambiguity (open access)

Ethnocentrism and Perceptual Ambiguity

Social scientists have been concerned for quite some time with the relationship between tolerance of perceptual ambiguity and ethnocentrism. Some investigations have approached the problem by utilizing ambiguous visual designs. It is the purpose of this research to add a new dimension to these studies by employing different types of visual figures and investigating relationships between perception and ethnocentrism.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Polsgrove, Lewis J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Depth Perception Among Brain-injured, Familial and Idiopathic Mentally Retarded Subjects (open access)

A Study of Depth Perception Among Brain-injured, Familial and Idiopathic Mentally Retarded Subjects

In light of the conflicting data regarding depth perception and the retardate, it was the purpose of this study to reinvestigate whether or not significant differences exist in depth perceptual abilities among mental retardates. A standard depth perception apparatus was utilized to test the groups of brain-injured, familial and idiopathic subjects.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Wright, Ronald W.
System: The UNT Digital Library