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Diplomacy Rhetoric and the Human Rights Appeals of Jeane J. Kirkpatrick and Vernon A. Walters (open access)

Diplomacy Rhetoric and the Human Rights Appeals of Jeane J. Kirkpatrick and Vernon A. Walters

This thesis investigates the extent to which Ambassador Kirkpatrick's and Ambassador Walters' United Nations discourses on human rights reflects the rhetorical themes of "prophetic dualism" and "technocratic realism." A metaphoric analysis of six speeches reveals that both Kirkpatrick's and Walters' arguments were framed through an ideological division between Democracy and Communism. The presence of "prophetic dualism" in Kirkpatrick's and Walters' discourses is explained as an extension of President Reagan's bipolar rhetoric on world affairs. The presence of "technocratic realism" in Walters' discourse is described as resulting from a unique set of political and rhetorical factors. The exacting nature of "prophetic dualism" may make it ill suited as a method of argument in the realm of diplomacy.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Rogina, Sergio A. (Sergio Armando)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Discipline-Based Art Education upon Reading Test Scores of Suburban North Texas Second Grade Children (open access)

The Effects of Discipline-Based Art Education upon Reading Test Scores of Suburban North Texas Second Grade Children

This study examines the effects that discipline-based art education has upon reading test scores of public school second grade children. The progress in language arts of an experimental group and a control group were followed for two six week grading cycles. The experimental group was treated with DBAE instruction for one six weeks, while the control group received only studio production exercises. Both groups received no art instruction for another six weeks. Gains between mean pre-test and post-test scores indicated a significant difference for the experimental group but not the control group.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Stephens, Pamela Geiger
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Psychoimmunological Aspects of Anger: T-cell Correlates (open access)

Psychoimmunological Aspects of Anger: T-cell Correlates

Immunological correlates of anger conditions were investigated. Participants were 33 females and 36 males, ranging from 25 to 55 years old. Percentages of total T-lymphocytes, suppressor-T, helper-T, and ratio of helper-T to suppressor-T cells were measured. Differences were found between males and females for Anger Control and Anger Expression. For females, total T-cell percentages correlated with State Anger, Angry Temperament, Anger Out, and the combination of State Anger/Angry Reaction. Suppressor-T cell percentages correlated with State Anger, Trait Anger, Angry Temperament, Anger Out, Anger Expression, and the combination of Angry Temperament/Anger In. Helper-T cells correlated with State Anger, Angry Temperament, Angry Reaction, Anger Out, and Anger Control. Mindbody appears to function in a unified fashion.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Franks, Susan F. (Susan Faye)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Refuse Derived Fuel as an Environmentally Acceptable Fuel Alternative for the Cement Industry (open access)

An Analysis of Refuse Derived Fuel as an Environmentally Acceptable Fuel Alternative for the Cement Industry

Resource recovery is an attractive alternative to the waste disposal problem. The chief by-product of this process, refuse derived fuel (RDF) can be co-fired in traditional coal burning facilities. The cement industry is a potential user of RDF. This study, based on a test burn done at Texas Industries Inc. in Midlothian, Texas, demonstrated the technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of using RDF fuel in a cement kiln. Technically, the cement showed no deleterious effects when RDF was substituted for coal/natural gas at 20% by Btu content. Environmentally, acid rain gases were reduced. Economically, RDF was shown to be a cost effective fuel substitute if a resource recovery facility was erected on site.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Brooks, Cheryl L. (Cheryl Leigh)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Ionization (CI) GC/MS Analysis of Underivatized Amphetamines Followed by Chiral Derivatization to Identify d and l-Isomers with Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry (open access)

Chemical Ionization (CI) GC/MS Analysis of Underivatized Amphetamines Followed by Chiral Derivatization to Identify d and l-Isomers with Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry

An efficient two step procedure has been developed using CI GC/MS for analyzing amphetamines and related compounds. The first step allows the analysis of underivatized amphetamines with the necessary sensitivity and specificity to give spectral identification, including differentiation between methamphetamine and phentermine. The second step involves preparing a chiral derivative of the extract to identify d and 1-isomeric composition.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Tarver, John A. (John Arthur)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship Between Level of Security Clearance and Stress in Engineering and Design Personnel (open access)

The Relationship Between Level of Security Clearance and Stress in Engineering and Design Personnel

The present study investigated the relationship between level of security clearance in engineering occupations and stress. A total of 63 male employees in the field of engineering and design with varying levels of security clearance employed by a large Southwestern defense company participated in the study. Data was obtained utilizing the Engineering Stress Questionnaire which measures sources of stress, work locus of control, social support, job difficulty, job characteristics, perceived stress, and demographic variables. T-tests revealed no statistically significant differences between employees with low security clearances and high security clearances with regard to perceived stress level. However, correlational support was found for hypotheses involving social support, job difficulty, job characteristics, sources of stress, and perceived stress. Path analysis was performed to investigate the impact of variable relationships.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Luce, Lauri D. (Lauri Diane)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lay Spirituality in Fourteenth-Century England (open access)

Lay Spirituality in Fourteenth-Century England

In fourteenth-century England, a form of lay spirituality emerged, influenced by the writings and example of the famous mystics, both English and continental, of that period, but much affected by other developments as well. Against the background of socio-economic and political change, the emergence of lay spirituality is examined, with particular emphasis upon continuity and change within the church, the religious instruction of the age, and the spirituality of the English mystics. Finally, the sole surviving written record of lay spirituality of the period, The Book of Margery Kempe, is investigated, along with its author, Margery Kempe - pilgrim, visionary, and aspiring mystic.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Field, Carol Hammond
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Materials and Fiber Techniques in Environmental Sculpture (open access)

Industrial Materials and Fiber Techniques in Environmental Sculpture

There are three recurrent themes in my work: 1) environmental installations utilizing ecologically unsound materials 2) incorporating air space with plastics 3) conceptual inspiration derived from dreams. I proposed to address these three themes by employing materials traditionally used for industrial applications (as in plumbing supplies and dry-cleaning bags) as fine arts media using fiber related techniques in environmental sculptural pieces.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Maus-Simpson, Marcia
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Effects of Color and Line on Sculptural Forms (open access)

An Investigation of the Effects of Color and Line on Sculptural Forms

The purpose for this study was to investigate the effect of painting and drawing when used as an integral part of sculptural form. The following questions are addressed in this study: 1. Does color increase or decrease the three-dimensionality of a form? 2. When used, is color an integral part of the sculptural form or a superficial decoration? 3. Can drawn line (on the sculpture's surface) be used to flatten or deny the sculptural form? 4. Can drawn line be useful in describing or enhancing sculptural forms?
Date: May 1991
Creator: Hinz, Timothy W.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Duval County Picture (San Diego, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 29, 1991 (open access)

Duval County Picture (San Diego, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 29, 1991

Weekly newspaper from San Diego, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 29, 1991
Creator: Cardenas, Alfredo E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Duval County Picture (San Diego, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 22, 1991 (open access)

Duval County Picture (San Diego, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 22, 1991

Weekly newspaper from San Diego, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 22, 1991
Creator: Cardenas, Alfredo E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Duval County Picture (San Diego, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 1, 1991 (open access)

Duval County Picture (San Diego, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 1, 1991

Weekly newspaper from San Diego, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 1, 1991
Creator: Cardenas, Alfredo E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Duval County Picture (San Diego, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 15, 1991 (open access)

Duval County Picture (San Diego, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 15, 1991

Weekly newspaper from San Diego, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 15, 1991
Creator: Cardenas, Alfredo E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Duval County Picture (San Diego, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 8, 1991 (open access)

Duval County Picture (San Diego, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 8, 1991

Weekly newspaper from San Diego, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 8, 1991
Creator: Cardenas, Alfredo E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1991 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1991

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 2, 1991
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1991 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1991

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 30, 1991
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1991 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1991

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 23, 1991
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1991 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1991

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 16, 1991
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of the University of North Texas, 1991-1992, Graduate (open access)

Catalog of the University of North Texas, 1991-1992, Graduate

The UNT Graduate Bulletin includes information about class offerings as well as general information about the university (academic calendar, admissions and degree requirements, financial information, etc.) about research, and about the colleges and schools on campus. Index starts on page 293.
Date: May 1991
Creator: University of North Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pathologies in Earthworms: Sublethal Biomarkers of Xenobiotic Toxicity (open access)

Pathologies in Earthworms: Sublethal Biomarkers of Xenobiotic Toxicity

This research is part of an overall program to develop and use a suite of acute and sublethal toxicity biomarkers, and testing protocols for use in assaying potential effects of complex mixtures of xenobiotics such as found in soils containing agricultural biocides and petrochemical wastes dredged sediments, and hazardous waste sites (HWS). The purpose of this study was to evaluate four biomarkers of sublethal pathology that could be used in an integrative model of multiple toxicity endpoints with the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Cikutovic Salas, Marcos A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
In Vitro Studies of the Effects of Hypothermia on Lesioned and Uninjured Mammalian Spinal Cord Neurons (open access)

In Vitro Studies of the Effects of Hypothermia on Lesioned and Uninjured Mammalian Spinal Cord Neurons

The effects of hypothermia on cultured mammalian (mouse) spinal cord neurons which had been subjected to a defined physical trauma (amputation of a primary dendrite 100μM from the perikaryon) were investigated.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Wang, Guofang
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brain-Reactive Antibodies: Molecular Specificity and Relationship to Biological Aging (open access)

Brain-Reactive Antibodies: Molecular Specificity and Relationship to Biological Aging

Brain-reactive antibodies (BRA) increase in frequency with age in several mammalian species and may be involved in the pathogenesis of age-related dementia. In this experiment, the molecular specificity of BRA in mouse sera was determined using an immunoblot assay, and the relationship of BRA to longevity was studied by comparing the rate of formation of specific BRAs in diet restricted C57BL/6NNia, B6D2F1/NNia, and DBA/2NNia, genotypes which differ markedly in life-span.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Apte, Vaijayanti
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Stress Protein Response as a Biochemical Water Quality Biomonitoring Method (open access)

Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Stress Protein Response as a Biochemical Water Quality Biomonitoring Method

The stress protein response (SPR) is a conserved and ubiquitous mechanism that enables cells to tolerate a wide variety of environmental insults. This response involves the preferential synthesis of an array of proteins with different molecular weights. These proteins perform a variety of functions, such as protein folding, multimeric protein assembly, steroid receptor binding, and heme catabolism. To evaluate the potential use of the SPR as a biomonitoring tool, a stepwise plan was utilized that proceeded through various physical and chemical laboratory exposures and culminated with a field validation study. The goals of the laboratory exposures were threefold: (1) determine the time required for induction of the SPR; (2) determine the dose-responsiveness of the SPR; and (3) compare the increased syntheses and accumulations of stress proteins to classical toxicological endpoints (i.e. percent mortality, LC50, LC1, etc).
Date: May 1991
Creator: Dyer, Scott Douglas
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Price Elasticity, J-Curve, and the Balance of Trade: An Econometric Study of Bangladesh (open access)

Price Elasticity, J-Curve, and the Balance of Trade: An Econometric Study of Bangladesh

The question for this thesis is whether the static and the dynamic theory of international trade stability holds in reality in Bangladesh.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Ahmed, Mehboob U.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library