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Master's Recital: 2013-11-07 - Hanhan Li, piano

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: November 7, 2013
Creator: Li, Hanhan
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2013-11-03 - Bradley A. Hodges, clarinet

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: November 3, 2013
Creator: Hodges, Bradley A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2013-10-31 - Miwha Choi, piano

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.
Date: October 31, 2013
Creator: Choi, Miwha
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2013-10-26 - Tyler Austin, bassoon

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music degree.
Date: October 26, 2013
Creator: Austin, Tyler
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2013-11-08 - Kenny Davis, bass trombone

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: November 8, 2013
Creator: Davis, Kenny (Trombonist)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2013-11-04 - Carolyn Curry, jazz voice

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.
Date: November 4, 2013
Creator: Curry, Carolyn, 1989-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2013-11-21 – Nathan Choi, jazz arranging/composition

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.
Date: November 21, 2013
Creator: Choi, Nathan
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2013-11-23 - Megan Sherrod LaFour, mezzo-soprano and Nola Strand, collaborative piano

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: November 23, 2013
Creator: LaFour, Megan Sherrod & Strand, Nola
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2013-06-12 - Allison Wellons, flute

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: June 12, 2013
Creator: Wellons, Allison
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2013-05-24 - William Foss, horn

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: May 24, 2013
Creator: Foss, William
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2013-10-04 - Bradley J. King, baritone

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: October 4, 2013
Creator: King, Bradley J.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2013-06-21 - Christine Han, flute/piccolo

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: June 21, 2013
Creator: Han, Christine
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2013-10-15 - Marco Gualdrón, baritone

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: October 15, 2013
Creator: Guadrón, Marco & Noh, Kyung Ah
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2013-05-17 - Patrick Donohoe, bass trombone

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: May 17, 2013
Creator: Donohoe, Patrick
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master Recital: 2013-10-05 - Laurel Semerdjian, mezzo-soprano

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: October 5, 2013
Creator: Semerdjian, Laurel
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
The First Days of Spring: An Analysis of the International Treatment of Homosexuality (open access)

The First Days of Spring: An Analysis of the International Treatment of Homosexuality

In recent history, the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) persons have been in constant fluctuation. Many states criminalize homosexual behavior while other states legally recognize same-sex marriages and same-sex adoptions. There are also irregular patterns where LGBT interest groups form across the globe. With this research project, I begin to explain why these discrepancies in the treatment of homosexuality and the formation of LGBT interest groups occur. I develop a theory that the most obvious contrast across the globe occurs when analyzing the treatment of homosexuals in OECD member states versus non-OECD countries. OECD nations tend to see the gay community struggle for more advanced civil rights and government protections, while non-OECD states have to worry about fundamental human rights to life and liberty. I find that this specific dichotomization is what causes the irregular LGBT interest group formation pattern across the globe; non-OECD nations tend to have fewer LGBT interest groups than their OECD counterparts. When looking at why non-OECD nations and OECD nations suppress the rights of their gay citizens, I find that religion plays a critical role in the suppression of the gay community. In this analysis, I measure religion several different ways, including …
Date: December 2013
Creator: Galvan, Michael R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Surface Modifications to Enhance the Wear Resistance and the Osseo-integration Properties of Biomedical Ti-alloy (open access)

Surface Modifications to Enhance the Wear Resistance and the Osseo-integration Properties of Biomedical Ti-alloy

The current study focuses on improving the wear resistance of femoral head component and enhancing the osseo-integration properties of femoral stem component of a hip implant made of a new generation low modulus alloy, Ti-35Nb-7Zr-5Ta or TNZT. Different techniques that were adopted to improve the wear resistance of low-modulus TNZT alloy included; (a) fabrication of graded TNZT-xB (x= 0, 1, 2 wt%) samples using LENS, (b) oxidation, and (c) LASER nitriding of TNZT. TNZT-1B and TNZT-O samples have shown improved wear resistance when tested against UHMWPE ball in SBF medium. A new class of bio-ceramic coatings based on calcium phosphate (CaP), was applied on the TNZT sample surface and was further laser processed with the objective of enhancing their osseo-integration properties. With optimized LASER parameters, TNZT-CaP samples have shown improved corrosion resistance, surface wettability and cellular response when compared to the base TNZT sample.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Kami, Pavani
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contribution of Hurricane Ike Storm Surge Sedimentation to Long-term Aggradation of Coastal Marshes in Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana (open access)

Contribution of Hurricane Ike Storm Surge Sedimentation to Long-term Aggradation of Coastal Marshes in Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana

Coastal marshes and wetlands are vital natural resources that offer habitats for plants and animals, serve as ecological filtration for soil and water pollutants, and act as protection for coastlines. Fishing, both commercial and sport, has a large economic impact in the study area – the Gulf Coast between Galveston Bay, TX and Oak Grove, LA. The objective of this research was to determine the contribution of Hurricane Ike storm surge sedimentation to long-term marsh aggradation in Texas and Louisiana coastal marshes. The research hypothesized that Hurricane Ike’s storm surge deposit would be equal to decades and possibly even a century’s worth of the average annual non-storm sedimentation. A quantitative field study was performed. The storm surge deposit was examined in a series of 15 transects covering approximately 180 km east of Hurricane Ike’s landfall. Nine of the 15 transects were re-surveyed a year after the initial measurement to assess preservation of the deposit. The results demonstrate that Hurricane Ike contributed between 10 to 135 years’ worth of sediment to coastal marshes along the coasts of Texas and Louisiana, and the sediment deposits have been preserved for over two years.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Denlinger, Emily E.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Site Formation Processes and Bone Preservation Along the Trinity River Basin, North Central Texas (open access)

Site Formation Processes and Bone Preservation Along the Trinity River Basin, North Central Texas

This thesis presents the results of geoarchaeological investigations of several archaeological sites along the Elm Fork of the Trinity River in north central Texas. Archaeological data recorded from mitigation excavations in Denton and Cooke counties were analyzed to understand the geologic impacts on faunal preservation resulting from site formation processes. The faunal assemblages are highly fragmented, even in settings known for good preservation. A combined approach using geoarchaeological and taphonomic techniques was implemented to examine how fragmentation, evidence of soil weathering, and differential preservation were impacted by differing geologic conditions throughout the river basin. Intrasite and intersite results of the sites show that a great deal of variability of faunal preservation is present at difference scales of analysis.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Colvin, Jessica
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing a Collection Digitization Workflow for the Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum (open access)

Developing a Collection Digitization Workflow for the Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Natural history collections house immense amounts of data, but the majority of data is only accessible by locating the collection label, which is usually attached to the physical specimen. This method of data retrieval is time consuming and can be very damaging to fragile specimens. Digitizing the collections is the one way to reduce the time and potential damage related to finding the collection objects. The Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum is a natural history museum located at the University of North Texas and contains collections of both vertebrate and invertebrate taxa, as well as plants. This project designed a collection digitization workflow for Elm Fork by working through digitizing the Benjamin B. Harris Herbarium. The collection was cataloged in Specify 6, a database program designed for natural history collection management. By working through one of the museum’s collections, the project was able to identify and address challenges related to digitizing the museum’s holdings in order to create robust workflows. The project also produced a series of documents explaining common processes in Specify and a data management plan.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Evans, Colleen R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dislocation Dynamics Simulations of Plasticity in Cu Thin Films (open access)

Dislocation Dynamics Simulations of Plasticity in Cu Thin Films

Strong size effects in plastic deformation of thin films have been experimentally observed, indicating non-traditional deformation mechanisms. These observations require improved understanding of the behavior of dislocation in small size materials, as they are the primary plastic deformation carrier. Dislocation dynamics (DD) is a computational method that is capable of directly simulating the motion and interaction of dislocations in crystalline materials. This provides a convenient approach to study micro plasticity in thin films. While two-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulation in thin film proved that the size effect fits Hall-Petch equation very well, there are issues related to three-dimensional size effects. In this work, three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations are used to study model cooper thin film deformation. Grain boundary is modeled as impenetrable obstacle to dislocation motion in this work. Both tension and cyclic loadings are applied and a wide range of size and geometry of thin films are studied. The results not only compare well with experimentally observed size effects on thin film strength, but also provide many details on dislocation processes in thin films, which could greatly help formulate new mechanisms of dislocation-based plasticity.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Wu, Han
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Power of One Reinforcer (open access)

The Power of One Reinforcer

Animal trainers use shaping to teach many behaviors. However, during shaping, the organism may engage in behaviors other than the target behavior or approximations to the target behavior. If the animal is engaged in other behaviors, the rate of reinforcement may decrease and the trainer may resort to what is sometimes referred to as a “desperation click.” That is, the trainer delivers one reinforcer for a behavior that is not a successive approximation to the target response. Anecdotal reports from trainers suggest that sometimes the animal continues to repeat this other behavior that received only one reinforcer, even in the absence of further reinforcement for that behavior. This study compared whether, during a one minute extinction period, participants spent more time engaged in a behavior that had been reinforced only once after a brief period of no reinforcement or in a behavior that had been reinforced multiple times. Participants, who were university students, played a tabletop game that involved touching and manipulating small objects. Five conditions were repeated twice for each participant: reinforcement for interacting with a training object alone, reinforcement for interacting with a training object with other objects present, reinforcement for interacting with a target object, one reinforcer …
Date: August 2013
Creator: Hunter, Mary E.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Season Performance on Male and Female Track and Field Athletes’ Self-identity (open access)

The Effect of Season Performance on Male and Female Track and Field Athletes’ Self-identity

Although the “self” has generally been conceptualized as relatively stable in sport-specific research, events such as deselection, injury, and career termination have been found to negatively affect athletes’ levels of identification with the athlete role. Additionally, there has been limited research regarding competitive failure and its ability to negatively affect athletes’ levels of identification with the athlete role. The purpose of the present investigation was to provide additional evidence regarding the influence poor competitive seasons have on the malleability of athletes’ self-identity. Athletes were followed throughout the course of their season to determine whether athletes who encountered a poor competitive season reported lowered levels of athletic identity. Specifically, male and female NCAA Division I track and field athletes completed pre-indoor, post-indoor, and post-outdoor assessments of athletic identity. Contrary to previous research, the current study’s results indicated no identifiable relationship between male and female athletes’ season performance satisfaction and their level of post-indoor and post-outdoor athletic identity. Thus, the greatest predictor of athletes’ post-season level of athletic identity was their pre-season level of athletic identity, regardless of season performance. Given these results, future research should assess self-esteem as well as other potential coping strategies athletes might use in order to gain …
Date: August 2013
Creator: Bradstreet, Tyler C.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Qos Aware Service Oriented Architecture (open access)

Qos Aware Service Oriented Architecture

Service-oriented architecture enables web services to operate in a loosely-coupled setting and provides an environment for dynamic discovery and use of services over a network using standards such as WSDL, SOAP, and UDDI. Web service has both functional and non-functional characteristics. This thesis work proposes to add QoS descriptions (non-functional properties) to WSDL and compose various services to form a business process. This composition of web services also considers QoS properties along with functional properties and the composed services can again be published as a new Web Service and can be part of any other composition using Composed WSDL.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Adepu, Sagarika
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library