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A Study of Relationships Between University Interscholastic League Participation and Selected School Characteristics (open access)

A Study of Relationships Between University Interscholastic League Participation and Selected School Characteristics

The problem of this study was to determine whether differences exist between elementary and middle school campuses that participate in University Interscholastic League (UIL) academic activities and similar campuses that do not participate. The Texas Education Agency Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) furnished data from 1993 through 1997 for this ex post facto comparative research. Using all Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) scores for grades 3 through 8, economically disadvantaged population data, attendance rates and campus accountability ratings, 12 hypotheses and 4 research questions were addressed.
Date: August 1998
Creator: Wisdom-Walters, Patricia Bowen
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mandatory Continuing Education in Nursing: a Texas Perspective (open access)

Mandatory Continuing Education in Nursing: a Texas Perspective

This study investigated Texas nurses' attitudes toward mandatory continuing education, and their perceptions of skill improvement, knowledge enrichment and improvement of health care to the public as a result of participation in twenty contact hours of continuing education programs as required by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. This sample of Texas nurses felt that the goals set forth by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas had been met by participation in mandatory continuing education. However, given the small return rate, the attitudes of these nurses may not represent the attitudes of the majority of Texas nurses.
Date: May 1998
Creator: Prater, Llewellyn Swan
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mechanism of strain release in carbon nanotubes (open access)

Mechanism of strain release in carbon nanotubes

Article on the mechanism of strain release in carbon nanotubes.
Date: February 15, 1998
Creator: Buongiorno Nardelli, Marco; Yakobson, Boris I. & Bernholc, Jerry
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 50, Number 15, February 1998 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 50, Number 15, February 1998

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community.
Date: February 1998
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
SLâ‚‚-polynomial invariance (open access)

SLâ‚‚-polynomial invariance

Article on SLâ‚‚-polynomial invariance. The purpose of this article is to describe completely, in a constructive way, the structure of these invariant polynomials in the particular case n = 2, for an arbitrary field k.
Date: 1998
Creator: Anghel, Nicolae
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Faculty Recital: 1998-02-02 - Woodwind Faculty Recital

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A faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: February 2, 1998
Creator: Sundberg, Terri; Veazey, Charles; Gillespie, James; Scott, John C. (John Charles), 1947-; Reynolds, Kathleen & Scharnberg, William
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Faculty Recital: 1998-07-01 - Bradetich/Borodin Trio

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A faculty chamber music recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: July 1, 1998
Creator: Borodin, Igor; Bradetich, Jeff & Bradetich, Judi Rockey
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 1998-10-14 - UNT Symphony Orchestra

Concert performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.
Date: October 14, 1998
Creator: University of North Texas. Symphony Orchestra.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Guest Artist Recital: 1998-10-17 - David Friesen, double bass with UNT Jazz Faculty

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Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.
Date: October 17, 1998
Creator: Friesen, David; Hamilton, Fred & Soph, Ed
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Faculty Recital: 1998-12-02 - Terri Sundberg, flute

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A faculty and guest artist recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: December 2, 1998
Creator: Sundberg, Terri
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Faculty Recital: 1998-11-01 - Lynn Seaton, bass; Dan Haerle, piano; and Ed Soph, drums

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Faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.
Date: November 1, 1998
Creator: Seaton, Lynn; Haerle, Dan & Soph, Ed
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Underwater Optical Properties of Lake Texoma (Oklahoma-Texas) Using Secchi Disk, Submarine Photometer, and High-Resolution Spectroscopy (open access)

Underwater Optical Properties of Lake Texoma (Oklahoma-Texas) Using Secchi Disk, Submarine Photometer, and High-Resolution Spectroscopy

The underwater optical climate of Lake Texoma was measured at eleven fixed stations from August 1996 to August 1997. Secchi transparency and submarine photometry characterized seasonal and spatial values of secchi depth (SD), vertical attenuation coefficient (η''), and depth of euphotic zone (Zeu). Indices of Zeu:SD and η'' × SD were compared with universally applied values derived from inland and coastal waters. Turbidity explained 76% of the variation (p = 0.0001) of η'' among water quality parameters, including chlorophyll-α. Using a spectroradiometer, spectral signatures of chlorophyll-α and turbidity were located. Stations with low turbidity exhibited a distinct green reflectance peak around 590-610 nanometers, indicating presence of chlorophyll-α. Stations with high turbidity exhibited a reflectance peak shift towards the red spectrum, making it difficult to detect the chlorophyll signature. Derivative analysis of the reflectance signal at 590-610, and 720-780 nanometers allowed discrimination of this chlorophyll signature from those of turbidity (0.66 ≤ r^2 ≤ 0.99).
Date: August 1998
Creator: Rolbiecki, David A. (David Alan)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Empirical Investigation of Personal and Situational Factors That Relate to the Formation of Entrepreneurial Intentions (open access)

An Empirical Investigation of Personal and Situational Factors That Relate to the Formation of Entrepreneurial Intentions

New entrepreneurial organizations emerge as a result of careful thought and action. Therefore, entrepreneurship may be considered an example of planned behavior. Previous research suggests that intentions are the single best predictor of planned behavior. Given the significance of intentions, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between the personal characteristics of the entrepreneur and perceived environmental factors, and entrepreneurial intentions.
Date: August 1998
Creator: Summers, David F. (David Frederic), 1948-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Rhetorical Analysis of Major Oil Companies' Advertisements in 1990 : A Semiotic Approach (open access)

A Rhetorical Analysis of Major Oil Companies' Advertisements in 1990 : A Semiotic Approach

This study demonstrates how discourse is used to construct popular myths. This study analyzes magazine advertisements used by businesses in overcoming the rhetorical problem posed by a public opinion that blamed them for environmental problems. This study shows how businesses used advertisements to construct a popular myth that businesses were doing their part in overcoming the environmental crisis.
Date: May 1998
Creator: Barton, Mica Waggoner
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Matador (open access)

Matador

Matador is an opera scored for orchestra, mixed chorus and soloists (mezzosoprano, 3 tenors, 2 baritones). The work is in one act divided into two main sections. Each of these sections is divided into subsections. The libretto is aphoristic in nature and dictates the form of each of these subsections. The division into two parts also serves as a means to evoke a sense of hopelessness of emotions in the first and a transforming disposition that culminates in a jubilant song in the second.
Date: May 1998
Creator: Patino, Julio
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cloning of Carbonic Anhydrase from Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) (open access)

Cloning of Carbonic Anhydrase from Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Carbonic anhydrase is a ubiquitous zinc-metalloenzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of carbon dioxide and carbonate and has been found to play a wide range of roles in animals, plants and bacteria. Cotton genomic and cDNA libraries were screened for the plastidial isoform of carbonic anhydrase. The nucleotide sequences of two 1.2 Kb partial cDNA clones were determined. These clones exhibit high homology to carbonic anhydrases from other dicot plants and possess all the expected peptide motifs. For example, serine and threonine rich chloroplastic targeting peptide and conserved zinc binding residues are both present. These clones were utilized to isolate two carbonic anhydrase genes that were shown to encode different isoforms by PCR and RFLP analysis.
Date: December 1998
Creator: Local, Andrea
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conceptual Structure of HIV+ Women With PTSD: Trauma Construct Elaboration (open access)

Conceptual Structure of HIV+ Women With PTSD: Trauma Construct Elaboration

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can result in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as events related to illness act as traumatic stressors. This study tested some basic hypotheses of Sewell and Cromwell's personal construct model of PTSD in HIV+ women both with and without diagnoses of PTSD. Trauma-related constructs of HIV+ women with PTSD with HIV+ non-PTSD controls at varying stages of illness were compared. The elaboration, rankings, and valence of trauma-related constructs were examined using the Life Events Repertory Grid (LERG) procedure. Findings provided evidence that a clinical diagnosis of PTSD in women was not associated with the degree of construct elaboration. These findings may imply a qualitative difference in cognitive processing of social stressors and violent stressors.
Date: August 1998
Creator: Jones, Deborah (Deborah Lynne), 1958-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Life History and Case-building Behavior of Molanna Tryphena Betten (Trichoptera: Molannidae) in Two East Texas Spring-fed Streams (open access)

Life History and Case-building Behavior of Molanna Tryphena Betten (Trichoptera: Molannidae) in Two East Texas Spring-fed Streams

The life history and case-building behavior of Molanna tryphena from two spring-fed tributaries in East Texas were studied from January 1997 to May 1998.
Date: December 1998
Creator: Gupta, Tammi Spackman
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of College Students' Attitudes and Empathy toward Rape (open access)

An Assessment of College Students' Attitudes and Empathy toward Rape

The purpose of this study was to assess rape attitudes and empathy levels of students at a university in North Texas. The Attitudes Toward Rape questionnaire and the Rape Empathy Scale were administered to 387 undergraduate students. Dependent variables were attitudes and empathy and independent variables were prior knowledge or experience as a rape victim, having female siblings, gender, marital status, and age. Significance was found between rape-intolerant attitudes and both prior experience as a victim (p < .001), and gender (p < .001). Significance was also found between empathy and experience as a rape victim (p < .035) and gender (p < .032).
Date: December 1998
Creator: Burke, Sloane C. (Sloane Christine)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Exploratory Investigation of the Origins and Regulatory Actions of the United Kingdom's Financial Reporting Review Panel (open access)

An Exploratory Investigation of the Origins and Regulatory Actions of the United Kingdom's Financial Reporting Review Panel

In 1990, the accounting profession and the British government worked together to establish a new regulatory framework for financial reporting in the United Kingdom (UK), the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and its two subsidiaries, the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) and the Financial Reporting Review Panel (FRRP). The FRRP enforces companies' compliance with the ASB's accounting standards and the accounting provisions of the UK Companies Act. Only one study, Brandt et al. (1997), has examined the activities and effectiveness of the FRRP. This dissertation attempts to extend Brandt et. al (1997) and add to understanding of the origins and regulatory actions of the FRRP.
Date: December 1998
Creator: Styles, Alan K. (Alan Keith)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using Assessment as a Method for Surfacing Tacit Knowledge to Influence Business Strategy: a Case Study (open access)

Using Assessment as a Method for Surfacing Tacit Knowledge to Influence Business Strategy: a Case Study

In a small, owner-managed, knowledge work firm, assessments were completed on the owners as a method to complete job analysis—surfacing tacit knowledge such as personal characteristics, cognitive style, values and philosophy that contributed to success. Business strategy is often strongly influenced by the tacit knowledge and competencies of the owners, and their unique perspective on the company and marketplace.
Date: December 1998
Creator: Reisenbichler, Lori J. (Lori Jenkins)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Filial Therapy with Non-Offending Parents of Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused (open access)

Filial Therapy with Non-Offending Parents of Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused

This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of filial therapy as a method of intervention for non-offending parents and their children who have experienced sexual abuse. Filial therapy is a didactic/dynamic approach used by play therapists to train parents to be therapeutic agents with their children. Parents are taught basic child-centered play therapy skills and the utilization of these skills in weekly play sessions with their children. Parents learn to create a special environment which enhances and strengthens the parent-child relationship, thus assisting in personal growth and change for both the parent and child. The purpose of this study was to determine if filial therapy is effective in: (a) increasing the acceptance of non-offending parents of their sexually abused children; (b) reducing the stress level of non-offending parents; (c) improving empathic behaviors of non-offending parents toward their sexually abused child; (d) decreasing the anxiety of sexually abused children; (e) enhancing the self-concept of sexually abused children; (f) decreasing behavior problems of sexually abused children as reported by their non-offending parents; and (g) enhancing the emotional adjustment of sexually abused children.
Date: August 1998
Creator: Costas, Mary Bassett
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Reading of Shakespeare's Problem Plays into History: A New Historicist Interpretation of Social Crisis and Sexual Politics in Troilus and Cressida and Measure for Measure (open access)

A Reading of Shakespeare's Problem Plays into History: A New Historicist Interpretation of Social Crisis and Sexual Politics in Troilus and Cressida and Measure for Measure

This study is aimed to read Shakespeare's problem comedies, Troilus and Cressida and Measure for Measure into the historical and cultural context of dynamically-changing English Renaissance society at the turn of the sixteenth century. In the historical context of emerging capitalism, growing economic crisis, reformed theology, changing social hierarchy, and increasing sexual control, this study investigates the nature of complicated moral problems that the plays consistently present. The primary argument is that the serious and dark picture of human dilemma is attributed not to Shakespeare's private imagination, but to social, political, economic, and religious crises in early modern England.
Date: December 1998
Creator: Jin, Kwang Hyun
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Let the End be Legitimate": An Analysis of Federal District Court Decision Making in Voting Rights Cases, 1965-1993. (open access)

"Let the End be Legitimate": An Analysis of Federal District Court Decision Making in Voting Rights Cases, 1965-1993.

Integrated process models that combine both legal and extralegal variables provide a more accurate specification of the judicial decision making process and capture the complexity of the factors that shape judicial behavior. Judicial decision making theories borrow heavily from U.S. Supreme Court research, however, such theories may not automatically be applicable to the lower federal bench. The author uses vote dilution cases originating in the federal district courts from the years 1965 to 1993 to examine what motivates the behavior of district and circuit court judges. The author uses an integrated process model to assess what factors are important to the adjudication process and if there are significant differences between federal district and appellate court judges in decision making.
Date: May 1998
Creator: Morbitt, Jennifer Marie
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library