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Extension (open access)

Extension

Extension is a three-sectional, one-movement composition for orchestra exploring various permutations of a single motivic unit. The central priority has been to present this motive in a variety of textural situations with a harmonic accompaniment evolving from a macrotonal to a microtonal setting. Some of the devices utilized to realize this priority are mixed-instrument timbral combinations, tone clusters, multiphonics for brass and woodwinds, multiple stops for strings, and superimpositions of multiphonics. Extension is unique in two areas. First, the evolutionary progression from a macrotonal to microtonal harmonic texture is made possible by expanding the priorities of instrumental performing. Second, the use of multiphonics for full orchestra is unique to this work.
Date: December 1974
Creator: Ogilvy, James F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Crystalline Sense (open access)

The Crystalline Sense

"The Crystalline Sense" is a composition in one movement for chamber orchestra with the following instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet in Bb (doubling bass clarinet in Bb), bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in Bb, trombone, percussion and strings. The composition is approximately nine minutes in length. The goals of the work are (1) to employ intra-sectional practices, (2) to derive all rhythmic ideas from the main themes, (3) to combine certain elements of chromatic, whole tone, and certain triadic structures into a valid compositional technique effective in both vertical and horizontal situations, (4) and to produce a piece of music of moderate difficulty which fully exposes each instrument technically and lyrically.
Date: December 1974
Creator: Brooks, Robert John
System: The UNT Digital Library
School-directed and nonschool-directed aspirations of middle- and upper-middle-class Jewish high school students in a large, urban Texas community (open access)

School-directed and nonschool-directed aspirations of middle- and upper-middle-class Jewish high school students in a large, urban Texas community

This investigation is concerned with change in school-directed aspirations of middle and upper-middle-class Jewish public high school students over a fifteen-year period of time.
Date: December 1974
Creator: Weston, Joan Laveson
System: The UNT Digital Library
Testing the Significance in Predictability Between Multiple Sets of Variables Differing in Number on Job Facet Satisfactions and Performance Rating of Supervisors and Technicians in a Large Public Utility Company (open access)

Testing the Significance in Predictability Between Multiple Sets of Variables Differing in Number on Job Facet Satisfactions and Performance Rating of Supervisors and Technicians in a Large Public Utility Company

This study tests whether criteria variance in five job-facet satisfactions and performance rating explained by selected demographic and personality variables is significantly greater than by the selected demographic variables. This study offers a useful procedure for treating job-satisfaction data and predictor variables and measures the significance in predictability between criteria variance accounted for by variables not generally found in personnel files and those usually found there. It was found that job satisfactions and performance rating differ both in terms of predictability and functional relationships with Predictor Sets.
Date: May 1974
Creator: Milbourn, Eugene Frederick
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Statistical Study of the use of the "Mystic Chord" in the First Four Piano Sonatas of Alexander Scriabine (open access)

A Statistical Study of the use of the "Mystic Chord" in the First Four Piano Sonatas of Alexander Scriabine

The purpose of this paper is to discover the environmental characteristics of the "Mystic Chord" in the first four Sonatas for Piano by Alexander Scriabine. This paper explores the manner of approach, manner of resolution, harmonic function, position, melodic function, and rhythmic position of the "Mystic Chord".
Date: August 1974
Creator: Hallmark, Philip R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Prototypical Pattern in Dreiser's Fiction (open access)

A Prototypical Pattern in Dreiser's Fiction

Beginning in 1911 with Jennie Gerhardt and continuing through the publication of The "Genius" in 1915, all of Dreiser's major fiction is curiously marked by the same recurring narrative pattern. The pattern is always triangluar in construction and always contains the same three figures-- a vindictive and vengeful parent, outraged by an outisder's violation of personal and societal values; an enchanted offspring; and a disrupted outsider who threatens established order. In spite of each work's different characterization, setting, and episode, the narrative conflict invariably arises from the discovery of an illicit relationship between offspring and outsider, and the narrative climax involves a violent clash of wills, with victory sometimes going to the parent and sometimes to the outsider. The denouement is consistently sorrowful and pensive in tone, with a philosophical epilogue which speculates on man's melancholy and puzzling fate. As both a guide to personal therapy and a key to the work with which Dreiser established his artistic identity, the recurring narrative pattern is important. Its examination (1) illuminates an obscure period in Dreiser's life, (2) reveals his personality priorities as he turns the kaleidoscope of introspection to observe the Cudlipp crisis from various angles, and (3) offers to the …
Date: December 1974
Creator: Wood, Bobbye Nelson
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Food Product Recalls and the Development of Guidelines for the Construction of Recall Programs for Small Food Processors (open access)

A Study of Food Product Recalls and the Development of Guidelines for the Construction of Recall Programs for Small Food Processors

This study was concerned with the capability of food processors to conduct a product recall, when necessary, with the least time and cost expenditures. An evaluation was made of the effectiveness of the procedures, policies, and organization by which food processors have conducted or would conduct a product recall. Based upon this assessment, a model product recall program was designed to enhance the ability of food processors to conduct product recalls more efficiently. The study concludes that product recalls are very costly to conduct, and, therefore, every effort should be undertaken to prevent situations from occurring which require product recalls. The use of stringent quality control procedures and packaging improvements are thus recommended. Food processors are encouraged to adopt product recall programs in order to reduce the cost of conducting a product recall. If food processors do not take the initiative in these areas, consumerists will likely continue to pressure Congress for more stringent federal regulation of the food industry.
Date: August 1974
Creator: Harrison, Mary Carolyn
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Discrimination Learning, Using Auditory Versus Auditory and Visual Training Procedures (open access)

A Comparison of Discrimination Learning, Using Auditory Versus Auditory and Visual Training Procedures

The purpose of this study was to determine if an autistic child who had been nonverbal, and who had a history of failure to make auditory discriminations, would rely on visual cues rather than auditory cues in making speech discriminations. It was hypothesized that she would learn to articulate more correctly those words presented with concomitant visual cues than the ones with visual cues absent.
Date: 1974
Creator: Rucker, Linda Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Competency-Based Program for Preparing the Future Elementary Teacher in Health (open access)

A Competency-Based Program for Preparing the Future Elementary Teacher in Health

The problem under consideration in this study is a description of teacher preparation for elementary school health instruction. The dissertation is organized into six chapters, which are as follows: Introduction, Review of Related Literature, Procedures for Collection and Treatment of Data, Input from Texas Teachers, Competency-Based Health Education, and Summary and Recommendations. The following recommendations are made: (1) the program should be implement into the undergraduate tacher preparation program; (2) revision should be made based upon data collected during implementation; (3) research to produce objective questions for pretesting and posttesting purposes in each of the competency areas would be beneficial; and, (4) the Dearborn College Health Knowledge Test should be administered to those students who complete the program, and a comparison of scores made.
Date: December 1974
Creator: Wilson, Betty Ann Gunstream
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Nutrient Media on Growth and Morphology of Azotobacter Vinelandii (open access)

Effects of Nutrient Media on Growth and Morphology of Azotobacter Vinelandii

The work described in this thesis was undertaken to study the reasons why Azotobacter vinelandii ATCC 12837 after incubation in Burk's nitrogen-free liquid will not form as many colonies when plated on Difco Tryptic Soy Agar as when planted on Burk's nitrogen-free agar. The difference in growth of A. vinelandii on the two agars was established by performing viable cell-plate counts. The difference in growth was most apparent at 24-hours incubation of the Burk's liquid-media cultures. Phase contrast microscopic observations of Tryptic Soy media cultures of A. vinelandii disclosed the regular formation of fungoid cells at early stages of growth of the bacteria, 18 to 24 hours.
Date: August 1974
Creator: Butsch, Robert W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Internship Function of Equity Stock Theaters (open access)

The Internship Function of Equity Stock Theaters

this investigation dealt with the problem student actors confront in making a transition from educational to professional theater due to inadequate or insufficient training. A mail survey was conducted with 110 Equity stock theaters to determine whether or not those theaters serve an internship function to offer additional training and assist the beginning actor in his transition period. The introduction considers professional attitudes toward educational theater and the subsequent need for internship. The second and third chapters discuss the construction of the mailed questionnaires and the more significant responses. The last chapter concludes from the 57.3 per cent response that Equity stock theaters constitute an important but limited source for the student actor to learn and practice the arts of the theater.
Date: August 1974
Creator: Jones, Jerry A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Community Participation Patterns of the Residents of Krum, Texas and Denton, Texas (open access)

Community Participation Patterns of the Residents of Krum, Texas and Denton, Texas

Patterns of participation in formal organizations by residents of a rural non-farm community are compared with those of residents in an urban community. Multi-stage random sampling is utilized in Denton to select those interviewed. In Krum, each residence was numbered and a table of random numbers was used to select households. Chapter One includes the study's purpose, review of the literature, and statement of the hypothesis. Methodology is discussed in the second chapter. Chapter Three focuses on findings and discussions. Data indicate that in the urban community social class, age, homeownership, and length of residency are related to amount of participation. In the rural non-0farm community social class is related to participation. Residents in the urban community participate more than those in the rural non-farm community.
Date: December 1974
Creator: Blue, Dorothy A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kenneth Burke's Concept of Identification as Applied to Selected Speeches of Edmund Sixtus Muskie (open access)

Kenneth Burke's Concept of Identification as Applied to Selected Speeches of Edmund Sixtus Muskie

The purpose of this study has been to determine the ways Edmund S. Muskie used identification in five speeches which he delivered during his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1971. Kenneth Burke's rhetorical concepts of identification and combustiality are used to analyze the speeches. Chapter I includes an introduction to Muskie's political life and an examination of the basic principles of Burke's rhetorical philosophy of indentification. Chapter II delves into the nature of Muskie, the man. Chapter III examines the texts of the speeches and reveals the strategies of identification which he used. Chapter IV summarizes Musikie's use of Burkeian identification in relation to himself and the times.
Date: August 1974
Creator: Giggleman, Linda J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Exploration of Self-Actualization, Self Concept, Locus of Control, and other Characteristics as Exhibited in Selected Mature Community-College Women (open access)

An Exploration of Self-Actualization, Self Concept, Locus of Control, and other Characteristics as Exhibited in Selected Mature Community-College Women

This study describes certain characteristics of mature women students in a community college in a large metropolitan district. Three standardized instruments gathered data on self-actualization, self concept, and locus of control. A questionnaire collected demographic and education data as well as information on attitudes, motivations, problems encountered, and suggestions. The women perceived attitudes of their families as positive toward their education. They were motivated by desires to gain knowledge, get degrees, obtain promotions, and improve themselves. They cited themselves, long-time ambition, friends, and husbands as influential in motivating them to attend college. They selected this community college because of its convenience. The majority were married, had children, and were of the middle to upper-middle class. Over half were employed. Their average age was thirty-seven. They were active outside the home, although continuing to perform most traditionally feminine home responsibilities. The majority were part-time students, classified as freshmen. Education, business, nursing, accounting, and psychology were popular majors. Over half planned to obtain bachelor's degrees. Most felt they encountered no problems in pursuing their education; lack of sufficient time was their major complaint. Most were pleased with their community-college experience. their suggestions included special counseling, flexible class schedules, a club for mature …
Date: December 1974
Creator: Aguren, Carolyn Tull
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Egyptian Paste to Earthenware Forms (open access)

Application of Egyptian Paste to Earthenware Forms

The problem being investigated here is the development of earthenware clay bodies and Egyptian paste formulae which can be combined in the production of decorative ceramic forms, and the development of some forms using these materials. Information presented in this report was obtained through laboratory experiments in which the formulae were developed, tested, and evaluated. Application techniques used are presented in detail, and a range of earthenware and Egyptian paste color formulae are included for the production of this ware. Physical and aesthetic compatibility of the materials is discussed. This highly textural, decorative ceramic ware matures and glazes in a single low-temperature firing, application techniques are simple, and the materials required for its production are found in all well stocked ceramic studios.
Date: May 1974
Creator: Clark, Joe Louis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Purification and Characterization of Glyoxalase I from DBA/1J Mouse Liver (open access)

The Purification and Characterization of Glyoxalase I from DBA/1J Mouse Liver

It was the purpose of this study to purify glyoxalase I and then characterize its physical and kinetic properties. A comparison of the enzyme from the liver of normal and tumor-bearing mice and from the tumor itself was also to be made.
Date: August 1974
Creator: Kester, Marian V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Isozymes of Human Triosephosphate Isomerase: Isolation and Characterization (open access)

Isozymes of Human Triosephosphate Isomerase: Isolation and Characterization

The isolation and purification of triosephosphate isomerase from humanerythrocytes, cardiac and skeletal muscle, liver, and brain has been described. Subsequent isolation and characterization of three isozymes from three tissues was effected.
Date: August 1974
Creator: Sawyer, Thomas H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Organelle- and Organ-Specific Isozymes of Euglena Gracilis and Catfish (open access)

Organelle- and Organ-Specific Isozymes of Euglena Gracilis and Catfish

Two distinct compartmentalized isozymes of aldolase and triosephosphate isomerase were examined in the photoautotrophically and heterotrophically grown green alga Euglena gracilis. A comparison of the chemical and physical properties of the isozymes was carried out. Isozymes of phosphoglucose isomerase were isolated in homogeneous form from liver and muscle tissue of the fresh water catfish. The two organ-specific isozymes were essentially identical with respect to their molecular weights but exhibited different electrophoretic and kinetic properties, and amino acid compositions.
Date: December 1974
Creator: Mo, Yeh-Chun
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimentations in Construction, Light, Shadow, and Architectonics (open access)

Experimentations in Construction, Light, Shadow, and Architectonics

The problem concerning this investigation is determining some of the possibilities of combining painting, architectonic constructions, and shadows produced by the controlled lighting of the structure. Chapter I is a brief history of experimentations in these areas during the twentieth century. This history assists in defining what has been done in the past, and reveals some directions for the future. Chapter II concerns three areas of study 1) the selection of the constructed forms mounted on canvas panels, 2) the lighting experimentations and their results, 3) the use of painted shadows to create an ambiguous pattern. This research concludes that a synthesis of these various art elements is not only possible, but aesthetically pleasing.
Date: May 1974
Creator: Horner, David L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Trumpet in Baroque Opera: its Use as a Solo, Obbligato, and Ensemble Instrument (open access)

The Trumpet in Baroque Opera: its Use as a Solo, Obbligato, and Ensemble Instrument

The process of the organization of the orchestra began with the rise of opera; considered on a broad scale this process divides itself into two periods, the first terminated by the deaths of Bach and Handel (1600-1759) and the second beginning with the complete change of orchestral sound evident in the symphonies of Haydn and Mozart during the second half of the eighteenth century. It is the first of these two periods that witnessed the composers of art music exploiting the natural trumpet, an instrument long associated with court, camp, and field, to the extent that they developed a vast repertoire of trumpet music characterized by its virtuosic technical requirements.
Date: December 1974
Creator: Ciurczak, Peter L. (Peter Louis)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Phosphoglucose Isomerase: Isolation and Characterization of Wild Type and the Singh Allozyme (open access)

Human Phosphoglucose Isomerase: Isolation and Characterization of Wild Type and the Singh Allozyme

A procedure was developed for the rapid isolation of human phosphoglucose isomerase by substrate-induced elution from cellulose phosphate. The high degree of selectivity of the elution provided homogenous enzyme from erythrocytes after a purification of approximately 30,000-fold with a recovery of approximately 70%. The enzyme was also isolated from other human tissues by a similar procedure.
Date: August 1974
Creator: Tilley, Bill E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Shoot X-Irradiation on Water Uptake by Single Isolated Roots of Intact Onion Plants (open access)

Effects of Shoot X-Irradiation on Water Uptake by Single Isolated Roots of Intact Onion Plants

Using a micro-potometric method, it was ,found that X-irradiation (400 R - 18 Kr) of the shoots of the onion plant Allium cepa will produce an immediate, pronounced (200%) and reversible enhancement of the water uptake by the shielded roots. Unfiltered X-irradiation.(1200 R/min., 120 KVP, 5 ma) was delivered at right angles to the shoot. Readings were taken at 10-minute intervals before, and immediately following X-irradiation. The greatest enhancement occurred at dosages between 4.8 Kr (150%) and 6.0 Kr (190%). The data indicate that the irradiation effect on water uptake was a physical rather than a metabolic one.
Date: December 1974
Creator: Chang, Fu-Hsian
System: The UNT Digital Library
Studies on the Evolutionary Relationships of Aldolase, Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, and Actin from the Muscle of A̲s̲c̲a̲ṟi̲s̲ Su̲u̲m̲ and Actin-Aldolase Interactions in Rabbit Muscle (open access)

Studies on the Evolutionary Relationships of Aldolase, Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, and Actin from the Muscle of A̲s̲c̲a̲ṟi̲s̲ Su̲u̲m̲ and Actin-Aldolase Interactions in Rabbit Muscle

Procedures for the isolation and characterization of Ascaris glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and actin are described. The properties of these proteins, including molecular weights, isoelectric points, kinetics, peptide maps, and amino acid compositions, are strikingly similar to the respective proteins from rabbit muscle.
Date: December 1974
Creator: Dedman, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Rhetoric of Agitation and Control in the Sierra Club Campaign to Protect the Grand Canyon (open access)

An Analysis of the Rhetoric of Agitation and Control in the Sierra Club Campaign to Protect the Grand Canyon

This study of the rhetoric in the Sierra Club's Grand Canyon Campaign, 1963 to 1967 seeks to determine the decisive strategies in the success of the campaign. Criteria for examining the rhetoric are adapted from the fields of rhetoric and sociology. This analysis examines preconditions of this conservation campaign, its leaders, membership, strategies, and audience-speaker relationships, The campaign's turning point came when the club used public audiences to pressure Control into capitulating to Agitation's demands, Other factors in the campaign's success were the Sierra Club's purity of belief, suppression action by Control, and incomplete purity of belief in the leader of Control.
Date: December 1974
Creator: Wilson, Joy
System: The UNT Digital Library