Characteristics of Community Service Programs and Probationers in Texas (open access)

Characteristics of Community Service Programs and Probationers in Texas

As a criminal sanction, community service involves unpaid labor on the part of convicted criminal offenders. Community service was created as an alternative to incarceration for low-level offenders. It now appears, however, that community service is rarely used as a true alternative to prison, but rather as an added condition of probation. The body of research on community service in the United States is modest, so relatively little is known about its characteristics and administration. Data were attained from 88 Texas probation professionals via self-administered written surveys in an effort to gather information about the use of community service as a criminal sanction in Texas. Frequency distribution analyses identified characteristics of both community service programs and offender participants in Texas.
Date: August 2002
Creator: Roberts, Darrin David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recovery of the Fish Population of a Municipal Wastewater Dominated, North Texas Creek After a Major Chlorine Disturbance (open access)

Recovery of the Fish Population of a Municipal Wastewater Dominated, North Texas Creek After a Major Chlorine Disturbance

This study evaluated the effects of a major chlorine disturbance on fish communities in Pecan creek by the City of Denton's Pecan Creek Water Reclamation Plant. Fish communities in Pecan Creek were sampled using a depletion methodology during February, April, July, and November, 1999. February and April sampling events showed that the fish communities were severely impacted by the chlorine. Sampling during July and November showed fish communities recovered in Pecan Creek. The first-twenty minutes of shocking and seining data were analyzed to mirror an equal effort methodology. This methodology was compared to the depletion methodology to see if the equal effort methodology could adequately monitor the recovery of Pecan Creek after the chlorine disturbance. It was determined that the equal effort methodology was capable of monitoring the recovery of Pecan Creek, but could not accurately represent the fisheries community as well as the depletion method. These data using the twenty-minute study were compared to a previous study. Results of this study were similar to those found in a previous study, although fish communities were more severely impacted and took longer to recover.
Date: August 2002
Creator: Maschmann, Gerald F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Implications of Modeling (open access)

Social Implications of Modeling

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the interaction of humans with the environment, including issues with water, consumption, reproduction, and groundwater in Texas.
Date: Spring 2002
Creator: Reams, Randall S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kevin (open access)

Kevin

Short story written by a student in the UNT Honors College about a group of people observing a friend as he delves into films and the occult.
Date: March 18, 2002
Creator: Saxon, Jared
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arrival Survival and Adaptation: The Quest for Gender Identity Among Female Mexican Immigrants (open access)

Arrival Survival and Adaptation: The Quest for Gender Identity Among Female Mexican Immigrants

Honors thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing anthropological issues for female anthropologists of color while researching the lives of several Latinas in Denton, Texas.
Date: Spring 2002
Creator: Vega, Sujey
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characteristics of Musicians' Earplugs as a Function of Jaw Position (open access)

Characteristics of Musicians' Earplugs as a Function of Jaw Position

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the effects of different earplugs on the jaw movements of musicians.
Date: Summer 2002
Creator: Archer, Jennifer A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Atomic Ordering in III-V Semiconductors (open access)

A Study of Atomic Ordering in III-V Semiconductors

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing semiconductors and band structure, the temperature-induced variation of the band structure, the atomic structure of III-V materials, atomic ordering of the band structure, and experimental techniques regarding atomic ordering of CuPt-B.
Date: Summer 2002
Creator: Cottier, Ryan J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flames II (open access)

Flames II

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the authors composition of a musical piece called Flames II. He includes his influences, techniques, and sheet music.
Date: Summer 2002
Creator: Reagan, Brenton S.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Evolutions: A Study of George Crumb and Vox Balaenae

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Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the life of George Crumb, his compositions, and the natural world as his inspiration for Vox Balaenae.
Date: Summer 2002
Creator: Wilhelms, Jennifer Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Austen Women: A Look at Character (open access)

The Austen Women: A Look at Character

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing female characters of Jane Austin's novels and how they achieve happiness.
Date: Autumn 2002
Creator: Henderson, Angela
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regional Breakability in Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) Eggshells (open access)

Regional Breakability in Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) Eggshells

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the soundness of emu eggshells.
Date: 2002
Creator: Khorrami, Sheva
System: The UNT Digital Library
Women under Monasticism in Renaissance Italy (open access)

Women under Monasticism in Renaissance Italy

Honors thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the marginalization experienced by women in the Catholic Church in Renaissance Italy.
Date: Autumn 2002
Creator: Lloyd, Leslie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Autonomic Control of Heat Rate Variability in Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) Hatchlings (open access)

Autonomic Control of Heat Rate Variability in Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) Hatchlings

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the role of the autonomic nervous system in the heart rate variability of day-old emu hatchlings. Atropine and propranolol were administered to block the action of cholinegric and adrenegric pathways and thereby reduce heart rate.
Date: Autumn 2002
Creator: Motiwala, Rajesh
System: The UNT Digital Library