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The Consumption of Simulacra: Deconstructing Otherness in Katherine Anne Porter’s Mexican Conceptual Space (open access)

The Consumption of Simulacra: Deconstructing Otherness in Katherine Anne Porter’s Mexican Conceptual Space

This article explores the ways in which Katherine Anne Porter's fiction uniquely supplements cultural narratives of Mexicanness, Americanness, and the implications of their co-existence.
Date: 2009
Creator: Hubbs, Travis R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Body shape differences in a pair of closely related Malawi cichlids and their hybrids: Effects of genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and transgressive segregation (open access)

Body shape differences in a pair of closely related Malawi cichlids and their hybrids: Effects of genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and transgressive segregation

This article investigates the contributions of genetic and plastic components for differences in body shape in two species of Lake Malawi cichlids using wild-caught specimens and a common garden experiment.
Date: January 28, 2017
Creator: Husemann, Martin; Tobler, Michael; McCauley, Cagney; Ding, Baoqing & Danley, Patrick D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Photo-Magnetic Irradiation-Mediated Multimodal Therapy of Neuroblastoma Cells Using a Cluster of Multifunctional Nanostructures (open access)

Photo-Magnetic Irradiation-Mediated Multimodal Therapy of Neuroblastoma Cells Using a Cluster of Multifunctional Nanostructures

This article implements a safer and alternative multimodal therapeutic strategy involving simultaneous optical and oscillating (AC) magnetic field stimulation of a multifunctional nanocarrier system to guide neuroblastoma cell destruction.
Date: September 29, 2018
Creator: Atluri, Rohini; Atmaramani, Rahul; Tharaka, Gamage; McCallister, Thomas; Peng, Jian; Diercks, David et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Telecommunications Network Configuration Optimization Problem (open access)

The Telecommunications Network Configuration Optimization Problem

The purpose of telecommunication network configuration optimization is to find the best homing relationship between tandems and switches so as to minimize interswitch traffic, or equivalently to maximize intraswitch traffic. Note that, since minimal interswitch traffic implies minimal IMT utilization, communication costs will also be minimal.
Date: August 1995
Creator: Azizoglu, Mustafa C.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An English and Arabic Character Printer (open access)

An English and Arabic Character Printer

This paper is presented in satisfaction of the requirement for two problems in lieu of thesis which are required for the degree, Master of Science. The two problems are: (1) to provide an electric interface between the M6800 microprocessor and the printer; and (2) to design an Arabic character set and to provide the logic required for its implementation. As it would be artificial and impractical to document these problems separately, a single document here is provided.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Abdel-Razzack, Malek G.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Machine Recognition of Hand-Send Morse Code Using the M6800 Microcomputer (open access)

Machine Recognition of Hand-Send Morse Code Using the M6800 Microcomputer

This research is the result of an effort to provide real-time machine recognition of hand-send Morse code through the use of the M6800 microcomputer. While the capability to recognize hand-send Morse code messages by machine has been demonstrated before on large scale special purpose computers, on minicomputers, and even on the M6800 microcomputer, the main contribution of this paper is to demonstrate it with relatively understandable hardware and software.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Firouzi, Hossein
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Merlin Classifier System (open access)

Merlin Classifier System

There is a natural tendency for biological systems to change as their environments change. The fittest in the biological systems survive, adapt to their environment, and multiply while the weakest in the environment diminish. There have been attempts in computer science to model the processes of natural selection and survival which occur in biological systems in order to obtain more efficient and effective machine-learning algorithms. Genetic algorithms are the result of these attempts.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Pantermuehl, Brenda N.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Report on Control of Access to Stored Information in a Computer Utility (open access)

A Report on Control of Access to Stored Information in a Computer Utility

Time-sharing computer systems permit large numbers of users to operate on common sets of data and programs. Since certain parts of these computer resources may be sensitive or proprietary, there exists the risks that information belonging to one user, may, contrary to his intent, become available to other users, and there is the additional risk that outside agencies may infiltrate the system and obtain information. The question naturally arises of protecting one user's stored program and data against unauthorized access by others.
Date: 1978
Creator: Shakiba-Jahromi, Mostafa
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Principles of Relational Databases (open access)

The Principles of Relational Databases

Every business has to keep records. Sometimes these records have to be presented in a standardized form, or more often they can be arranged in any way that suits the user. Business records are of little use unless they can be referred to quickly, to provide information when it is required. In computer systems it is essential to be able to recognize any particular record in a data file which is a collection of similar records kept on secondary computer storage devices.
Date: August 1986
Creator: Hsu, Chaur-Chun
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design and Implementation of a PDP-8 Computer Assembler Executing on the IBM 360/50 Computer (open access)

Design and Implementation of a PDP-8 Computer Assembler Executing on the IBM 360/50 Computer

This problem is intended to be an introduction to the design of a software system which translates PDP-8 assembly language source into it's machine-readable object code. This assembler runs on the IBM 360/50. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the basic PDP-8 assembly language. For the description and use of this assembler the reader is referred to the PAL-III SYMBOLIC ASSEMBLER PROGRAMMING MANUAL from DEC (order number DIGITAL 8-3-5, Digital Equipment Corporation: Maynard, Massachusetts, 1965.). The Second problem of the study concerns the design of a simulator for the PDP-8 computer.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Madani, Ali
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
ADA Tasking Facilities for Concurrent and Real-Time Programming (open access)

ADA Tasking Facilities for Concurrent and Real-Time Programming

This paper describes multitasking facilities of Ada in concurrent and real-time programming. Synchronization and process communication mechanisms are discussed in detail, also, a new mechanism to solve the scheduling problem is developed. In the concurrent programming aspect, a comparison is made between Ada's rendezvous and Pascal's Monitor concept. In the real-time programming aspect, the differences between the Ada multitasking and the traditional "cyclic executive approaches are contrasted and their associated costs/benefits analyzed.
Date: April 1984
Creator: Chang, Ming-Chu
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Computer Solved Scheduling Problem (open access)

A Computer Solved Scheduling Problem

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the use of the computer in solving complex real time scheduling problems. This problem involves the airline industry and is concerned with the local scheduling of security personnel to the gate areas for outgoing flights from one terminal at Dallas-Fort Worth airport. The purpose of this type of program is to enhance personnel efficiency and management control over a large group of people while cutting the cost of lower management.
Date: April 1978
Creator: Messinger, Stanley Eugene
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Text Processing for Thai Characters (open access)

Text Processing for Thai Characters

The purpose of this project is 1) to create a Thai character set for text processing, 2) to write a text processing program for the character set, and 3) to allow users to create and save the text.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Tarapoom, Nirut
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Meansort and Quicksort (open access)

A Comparison of Meansort and Quicksort

The main purpose of this project is to compare a new sorting method- Meansort with its preceding sorting method- Quicksort. Meansort uses the mean value for each key to determine the partition of the file, but Quicksort selects at random. Experiments proved that in some ways Meansort is superior to Quicksort but is still not perfect since it always needs a mean value for each key. This project implements these two methods and determines the situations under which each of these methods outperforms the other.
Date: November 1985
Creator: Tsang, Pey Betty
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Data Structure of a KSAM Key Directory (open access)

The Data Structure of a KSAM Key Directory

The purpose of this project is to explore the alternate data structures for a disk file which is currently a preorder binary tree. specifically, the file is the key directory for an implementation of Keyed Sequential Access Method (KSAM) in a mini-computer operating system. A new data structure will be chosen, with the reasons for that choice given, and it will be incorporated into the existing system.
Date: November 1980
Creator: Kirchoff, Deanna T.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mini-ADA Compiler Project (open access)

Mini-ADA Compiler Project

The Ada language is one of the most controversial topics in computer science today. Ada was originally designed as a solution to the software maintenance problems encountered by the United States Department of Defense[2], and as a multi-purpose language to be used particularly in an embedded computer system[7]. Never before has a project been undertaken. The Ada language does not simply entail the construction of a new compiler or a new language definition, it is this and a great deal more.
Date: October 1983
Creator: Chang, Kai
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design and Implementation of a Text Editor Under Music Interactive Operating System (open access)

Design and Implementation of a Text Editor Under Music Interactive Operating System

An interactive text editor is a computer program that allows a user to create and revise a target document such as program statements, manuscript text, and numeric data through an online terminal and the computer. It allows text to be modified and corrected many orders of magnitude faster and more easily than would manual correction. The most important characteristic of the text editor is its convenience for the user. Such convenience requires a simple, mnemonic command language which is easy to use and understand.
Date: March 1984
Creator: Hwa, Shu-Jen
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multiple Window Editor (open access)

Multiple Window Editor

This paper is written to present the design purpose and design process of the Multiple Window Editor. Multiple Window Editor is a software which allows the user to edit or view different files or the same file on the screen by the window facilities provided by this software. All the windows can be dynamically created, changed, moved, and destroyed. The main purpose of this program is to improve the programming environment for the users. The design motivations will be introduced through the comparison of the present existing window facilities and the editor components. The design process will be introduced by analyzing the design decision, design tradeoffs and implementation problems.
Date: June 1986
Creator: Alphy, Yu Cherng-Der
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Computer Systems: IBM System/360, 3031, The Decsystem-20, The Univac 1100, and The Cray-1, and The AS/5000 (open access)

A Survey of Computer Systems: IBM System/360, 3031, The Decsystem-20, The Univac 1100, and The Cray-1, and The AS/5000

This is a brief survey of some of the popular computer systems. As many features as possible have been covered in order to get an overview of the systems under consideration.
Date: April 1980
Creator: Atlasi, Nasrin
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on the SWTPC MP-N Calculator Interface and the Calc-1 Program (open access)

Notes on the SWTPC MP-N Calculator Interface and the Calc-1 Program

This interface was bought to perform floating-point arithmetic and for its function capabilities such as SIN, COS, and e^x. My application required an integer truncation function that is not performed by this calculator, so i wrote a small assembly language subroutine to do it. A potentially irritating problem is that the calculator chip does not automatically convert to scientific notation if the numbers become too big to display in floating point. The control program must keep track of the display mode.
Date: May 1979
Creator: Long, Daniel Paul
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
VISOR (Variable Interval Schedule Of Reinforcement) System Documentation (open access)

VISOR (Variable Interval Schedule Of Reinforcement) System Documentation

This program will be used in operant behavior research to monitor and record responses and trigger and record reinforcements on a variable reinforcement (VI) schedule. The original application of this program will be the servicing of several rat cages simultaneously. The response will be the pressing of a metal bar in the cage, the reinforcement will be the triggering of a feeding mechanism which disperses a food pellet into the cage. The subsequent applications of this program are not limited, in that the actual response and reinforcement devices and the subject type are all treated indifferently by the program.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Long, Daniel Paul
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Graphical Simulation of Sorting Methods (open access)

Graphical Simulation of Sorting Methods

In this paper, five different sorting methods will be discussed. Each method will be analyzed and discussed in detail pointing out its efficiency, weaknesses, powerfullness, and the appropriate type of applications. The different methods are represented graphically using Turbo Pascal where one pass is performed in each method at a time. The methods discussed in this project are, Bubble Sort, Quick Sort, Heap Sort, Shell Sort, and Double Selection Sort. The latter is a new method that I modified from the Selection Sort. Finally, comparisons between the sorting methods mentioned above will be discussed.
Date: August 1986
Creator: Saed, Mazen A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The NTSU School of Music Practice Room Scheduling System (open access)

The NTSU School of Music Practice Room Scheduling System

This is a report concerning the project I completed for my 590 (special problem) credit. The subject of this project was a system for interactive practice room scheduling by music students at NTSU. This system was created in the fall semester of 1982 as a class project for software Development (CSCI 553) with Dr. Irby. The system was not completely finished, and I received permission from Dr. Irby to finish it and help implement its use at the Music department. I was able to observe three usages of the system: Spring, Summer I, and Summer II semesters of 1983. This report details the problems encountered during each of these usages, and changes made to the system due to them. Results of a first-use survey, under documentation, and complete final code listings were also included.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Reed, Susan C.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
FORTRAN Graphics Library (open access)

FORTRAN Graphics Library

The objective of this work is to help the faculty, staffs and students of NTSU to use the CalComp plotting facility very easily. Therefore, this work is written in such a step by step and self-explanatory way to help the reader to understand and grasp the essential technique of the computer plotting. Each subroutine illustrated in this work has been run and checked by our NTSU computer-CalComp plotting facility; the results of sample programs and illustrated graphs are believed to be very useful to understand each individual subroutine. Basically, software packages are stored in the magnetic disk of the IBM 360 computer as the standard graphic subroutines. These subroutines were written in FORTRAN IV. The user can write the driving program to call these subroutines and also inputs the desire data to the computer for computation. The results of computation will be outputed and stored in the magnetic tape.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Ling-Yann, Huang
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library