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Nonet for Percussion and Tape
Nonet for Percussion and Tape is a twenty-two minute through-composed work for eight percussionists and tape. The instrumentation includes: marimba, xylophone, glass wind chimes, slit drum, woodblock, vibraphone, crotales, metal wind chimes, snare drum, bass drum, tom-toms, temple blocks, bass marimba, log drum, cowbells, medium suspended cymbal, gongs, timbales, bongos, tambourine, roto-toms, timpani, and pre-recorded computer-generated/computer-sampled sound.
Date:
August 1993
Creator:
Crowley, Timothy R. (Timothy Robert)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tonality and Harmonic Motion in Copland's Appalachian Spring
In Appalachian Spring, Aaron Copland creates a unique tonal environment. Although often considered a tonal work, it contains many non-functional progressions and techniques that belie common-practice norms. The entire first movement, and sections of other movements contain no harmonic motion, in part because tonic and dominant chords sound together as a single sonority. In other movements, harmonic motion, in part because tonic and dominant chords sound together as a single sonority. In other movements, harmonic motion is increased by shifts to third-related keys, and non-functional progressions. Also, the variations on the melody "Simple Gifts" never employ common-practice techniques. Through the free use of materials, Copland creates an individualistic example of tonality in twentieth-century music.
Date:
December 1993
Creator:
Rober, Russell Todd
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Association of Self-Directed Learning Readiness, Learning Styles, Self-Paced Instruction, and Confidence to Perform on the Job
Learning styles and readiness for self-directed learning were identified for 125 adult employees enrolled in self-paced training courses. The success of the self-paced instruction was measured by confidence to perform learned skills on the job. Confidence scores were compared across learning style types and self-directed learning readiness. It was concluded that self-paced training programs can be effective for a variety of learning style preferences. Additionally, adult employees who are highly self-directed will experience greater success in self-paced instruction than those less self-directed. The implication for businesses and academic institutions seeking to employ technology based, self-instructional programs is that a return on investment can be maximized by an examination of the target audience. Training programs which are self-paced may not generate the desired success which will translate into effective job performance for those adults who are not ready for self-directed learning.
Date:
August 1993
Creator:
Baxter, Lynn Z. (Lynn Zander)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arthur Garfield Dove's landscape assemblages: a unique intersection of European modernism, American ideas, and nature-based abstraction
In the middle of his career, Arthur Garfield Dove created a smell yet novel body of landscape assemblages. They illustrate Dove's central interest in evoking nature--its motifs and rhythms--through imaginative associations of organic and man-made materials. These works represent Dove's synthesis of contemporary European stylistic and intellectual ideas as well as American philosophies and concerns. They also reflect the influence of Alfred Stieglitz and his circle and the artist Helen Torr, Dove's second wife. This study examines how Dove used a complex interplay of European theory and technique, American ideas and his own nature-based abstract style to create the landscape assemblages, works that are uniquely independent in the history of American art.
Date:
August 1993
Creator:
Reece-Hughes, Shirley (Shirley Ellen)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An In Vitro Study of the Effects of Methylprednisolone on Lesioned and Uninjured Mammalian Spinal Cord Neurons
The studies reported in this dissertation constitute the first evidence that methylprednisolone (MP) has been shown to ameliorate specific components of secondary trauma including ischemia, lactic acidosis, and lipid peroxidation.
Date:
December 1993
Creator:
Rosenberg-Schaffer, Lisa (Lisa Jo)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Evidence for a Role of the Multifunctional Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II in Insulin Secretion
Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM kinase II) is demonstrated to exist in the ß-cell and immunopecipitation. Glucose and potassium significantly stimulate the rapid autophosphorylation of CaM kinase II and proportionally induce autonomous activity of the kinase in a dose-dependent manner that parallels insulin secretion. The activation of CaM kinase II, alloxan, KN-62 and KN-93, suggest that the enzyme is an integral component of insulin secretion and/or related processes in the β-cell.
Date:
December 1993
Creator:
Wenham, Robert M. (Robert Michael)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Synthesis, Purification and Pharacterization of Small Mono(ADP-Ribosyl)ated Molecules in the ADP-Ribose Elongation Reaction Catalyzed by Poly(ADP-ribose)Polymerase
The ADP-ribose elongation catalyzed by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) [EC 2.2.2.30] has been partially characterized utilizing mono (ADP-ribosyl)ated polyamines. Arginine methyl ester (AME)-(ADP-ribose) and agmatine (AGMT)-(ADP-ribose) were synthesized enzymatically with a eukarytic mono(ADP-ribosyl) transferase and cholera toxin, respectively.
Date:
December 1993
Creator:
Pacheco-Rodriguez, Gustavo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Adding Land Cover as a Variable to the DRASTIC Ground Water Model
This study involved a geographic information systems (GIS) approach to modeling ground water pollution potential in the Southern Edwards Aquifer Region in Texas. The DRASTIC ground water model was analyzed using two methods. First, the effects of adding land cover data to the drastic model were evaluated. In the second approach, the effects of the removal of DRASTIC variables were evaluated. Six, five, and four variable models were generated and analyzed.
Date:
December 1993
Creator:
Klingler, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Microstructural Development of Simox and Simox Related Materials
A novel structure related to Seperation by Implanted Oxygen (SIMOX) of NiSi2/SiO2/Si is studied for two primary reasons: the importance of metal silicide and insulating oxide in IC devices and the difficulty of direct growth of crystalline silicide on amorphous substrates.
Date:
May 1993
Creator:
Yang, Hong
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Compliance-Gaining Among Anglo and Mexican-American Children
This study investigates compliance-gaining rhetoric among Anglo and Mexican-American fourth graders in three schools in north Texas. The children were asked to respond to a scenario and to give a rationale for their persuasive strategies. An analysis of interviews with 52 children indicates that although the children used some similar strategies when attempting to gain compliance from an adult, there are also some significant differences between the two cultural groups.
Date:
August 1993
Creator:
Stroupe, Hal T. (Hal Tanner)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
ADP-Ribosylation in a Murine Myelomonocytic Cell Line and its Association with G-CSF Induced Differentiation
In this study, ADP-ribosylation reactions in the murine myelomonocytic cell line WEHI-3BD+ were investigated.
Date:
May 1993
Creator:
Hanson, Ken
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Peculiar Honor: a History of the 28th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted), Walker's Texas Division, 1861-1865
This study traces the history of the 28th Texas Cavalry by using a traditional narrative style augmented by a quantitative approach. Compiled service records, United States census records, state tax rolls, muster rolls, and casualty lists were used to construct a database containing a record for each soldier of the 28th. Statistical analysis revealed the overwhelming southern origins of the regiment, the greater proportion of older and married men compared to other regiments, and a close resemblance to the people of their home region in terms of occupations, slaveholding and wealthholding.
Date:
August 1993
Creator:
Johansson, M. Jane Harris
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bioremediation Potential of the Microflora in a Chlorinated Alkene Contaminated Industrial Leachate
Three major microbial subpopulations from an industrial leachate system were characterized with respect to their bioremediation potential, and particular aspects of a cometabolically active subpopulation were determined.
Date:
May 1993
Creator:
Kirschner, Larry E. (Larry Evan)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Genetic Organization and mRNA Expression of Enolase Genes of Candida Albicans
The glycolytic enzyme enolase is an abundant, immunodominant antigen of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans. A C. albicans enolase cDNA was used to study the genetic organization and expression of enolase genes. Experimental results were consistent with a model predicting four enolase genes per diploid genome. Enolase steady state mRNA levels increased during logarithmic growth, but were unaffected by pH, growth form or carbon source.
Date:
August 1993
Creator:
Postlethwait, Pamela Dobbs
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Slime-Producing Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Isolated from Human Eye Infections
Some strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci produce an extracellular material, slime, which mediates adherence to foreign surfaces, such as indwelling biomedical devices. It is not known if slime is involved in adherence to human tissue. Coagulase-negative staphylococci are the most common members of normal ocular flora and cause many ocular infections, although the role of slime in these infections has not been studied.
Date:
August 1993
Creator:
Hoger, Sally A. (Sally Anne)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cellular Mechanisms of Ocular Hypotensive Effects of aâ‚‚-Adrenergic Agonists
Th ocular bilateral hypotensive effect after unilateral topical administration of medetomidine and 4 analogs was demonstrated in a dose-response study (0.5%-2%) in NZW rabbits (bilateral IOP-lowering efficacy: medetomidine>detomidine and MPV-1440>MPV-1441 and MPV-305BIII).
Date:
May 1993
Creator:
Verstappen, Annita A. (Annita Apollonia)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ultrastructure of Azotobacter Vinelandii
The purpose of this research was to reveal the morphological and cytological characteristics of Azotobacter vinelandii cells cultured in dialyzed soil medium. Culture samples taken at two, four, eight, sixteen and thirty-two days were prepared and examined with the electron microscope. Comparisons of the morphology of Azotobacter vinelandii grown in dialyzed soil medium with those grown in Burk's nitrogen-free, chemically-defined medium were done.
Date:
December 1993
Creator:
Chao, Ying L. (Ying Liang)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Pragmatism in the Essays of Randolph Bourne
This study traces the influence of the American philosophy of pragmatism in the writing of the Progressive Era intellectual Randolph Bourne (1886-1918),. In courses with John Dewey at Columbia University and through the books of William James, pragmatism became a major intellectual factor in Bourne's social and cultural criticism. The philosophy remained so to the end of his brief career. From pragmatism, Bourne learned a method of challenging a restrictive status quo. In his essays, Bourne sought harmony between analytical reasoning and the imagination in order to promote self-growth along with the creation of a more humane society. Bourne promoted individualism and the need for transcendent values in modern industrial society.
Date:
May 1993
Creator:
Brown, Byron D. (Byron Delano)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion, a composition for three vocal soloists, four-part mixed chorus, and instrumental ensemble, is a setting of passages taken from the four Gospels of the Holy Bible. It describes the mocking of Christ and includes the Seven Last Words of Christ on the cross. It uses serial technique in the structuring of pitches and rhythm. Special attention is paid in designing and combining pitch and rhythm to create monophonic, homophonic and polyphonic textures. Besides traditional performance techniques, the work employs some modern vocal and instrumental techniques.
Date:
December 1993
Creator:
Yang, Chuan-Tsing
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bolshevik Britain: An Examination of British Labor Unrest in the Wake of the Russian Revolution, 1919
The conclusion of the First World War brought the resumption of a struggle of a different sort: a battle between government and labor. Throughout 1919, government and labor squared off in a struggle over hours, wages, and nationalization. The Russian Revolution introduced the danger of the bolshevik contagion into the struggle. The first to enter into this conflict with the government were the shop stewards of Belfast and Glasgow. The struggle continued with the continued threats of the Triple Alliance and the police to destroy the power of the government through industrial action. This thesis examines the British labor movement during this revolutionary year in Europe, as well as the government's response to this new danger.
Date:
August 1993
Creator:
Mitchell, John A., 1966-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Parental Substance Abuse on the Behavior of School Children
The purpose of the present archival study was to investigate the relationship between parental substance abuse and the risk for maladjustment and psychopathology in children in a clinic sample. Children of alcoholic parents and children of drug-dependent parents were compared to children of non-substance abusing parents. The subjects were 83 boys age 6 to 12. Children of substance abuse parents had lower levels of adaptive functioning and higher levels of school behavioral problems. Although previous studies have reported a strong association between an adverse family environment and the risk of child maladjustment, the present study did not find that the addition of an adverse family environment increased the risk for maladjustment or school behavioral problems in children of substance abusers.
Date:
May 1993
Creator:
Prelow, Hazel (Hazel M.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Positive Verbal Reinforcement on the Four Underlying Factors in Intrinsic Motivation
The study examined the effects of positive verbal reinforcement on intrinsic motivation by determining differential effects over four multidimensions of Ryan's Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI). Subjects (N=60) were 30 male and 30 female college students. The subjects were blocked by gender and randomly assigned to a positive verbal reinforcement group or a control group. The subjects received 10 trials on the stabilometer. The results of the study indicated that there were significant group differences for composite intrinsic motivation and for perceived competence; however, there were no significant gender differences found. Furthermore, no group differences were reported for the underlying factors of interest/enjoyment, effort, or pressure/tension.
Date:
August 1993
Creator:
Prentice, Ray (Grant Ray)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Transfer of Technical Training: A Prototype
The degree of transfer of technical training to workplace behavior was evaluated using a Solomon Four-Group experimental design. Additionally, all groups received retrospective pretests. Subjects were 103 technicians in an electronics company. Supervisors rated technicians on behaviorally anchored rating scales which were developed and labeled as behavior description scales for simplicity. Analysis of variance revealed no effect for training nor pretest. A training-pretest interaction effect was revealed for one dimension (Communication with Support Groups). Analysis of covariance revealed main effects for pretesting for two dimensions (Problem Solving and Communication with Supervisor) and a pretest-training interaction-for one dimension (Problem Solving). Except for one dimension, t tests revealed no significant differences between traditional pretests and retrospective pretests, thus negating a hypothesized response shift bias.
Date:
August 1993
Creator:
Stubbs, Carol A. (Carol Ann)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Historical/Critical Analysis of the TV Series The Fugitive
In many respects, the popular 1960's television series, The Fugitive perfectly captured the swelling disillusionment with authority, alienation, and discontent that soon encompassed American society. This historical/critical study provides a broad overview of the economic, social, and political climate that surrounded the creation of The Fugitive. The primary focus of this study is the analysis of five discursive topics (individualism, marriage, justice & authority, professionalism, science and technology) within selected episodes and to show how they relate to broader cultural debates which occurred at that time. Finally, this study argues that The Fugitive is a part of a television adventure subgenre which we may classify as the contemporary "wanderer-hero" narrative and traces its evolution through selected television series from the last three decades.
Date:
May 1993
Creator:
Pierson, David P. (David Paul)
System:
The UNT Digital Library