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[Wood Carving by Lynn Ford] (open access)

[Wood Carving by Lynn Ford]

Lynn Ford's Wood Carving is a wall display of chip-carvings located in the Emily Fowler Branch of the Denton Public Library. This student project analyzes and documents the artwork with: photographs, a description, an account, a biography of the artist, and a bibliography. Students in the group: Alexis Atha, Brian Ryden, Jordan Benoit, Augustine Cordero, Bethany Carton, Chris Hall, L. Renee Nelson, Micah Wimberley, Elizabeth McDonald, Yoko Matsuyama.
Date: 2007
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Work and Family Conflict: Expectations and Planning Among Female College Students (open access)

Work and Family Conflict: Expectations and Planning Among Female College Students

Young women today are anticipating involvement in both career and family. The competing demands of family and work often result in work-family conflict. A survey was administered to 124 female college students exploring the importance they place on work and family roles, the expectations they have for combining these roles, and their attitudes toward planning for multiple roles. Identity theory provides a foundation for understanding the choices women make regarding their anticipated participation in work and family roles. The results suggest that although college women are expecting to have demanding careers and involved family lives, they are not planning realistically in order to facilitate the combining of career and family roles with a minimum of conflict.
Date: August 2004
Creator: Markle, Gail
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Work-family responsiveness in organizations: The influence of resource dependence and institutionalization on program adaptation

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Changes in workforce demographics, employee sentiments, and working conditions have increased attention on employees' needs to balance the demands of work life and family life. Despite apparent growing interest among companies to be responsive to these needs, the number of companies demonstrating high levels of work-family responsiveness is relatively small. The frameworks of resource dependence theory and institutional theory were used to develop a model to explain differences in work-family responsiveness among for-profit companies. The theoretical models were tested on survey data collected through a stratified random sample of 692 for-profit companies. The data were further enhanced with secondary data sources. While the institutional model explained more variance in work-family responsiveness than the resource dependence model, a model combining both theories best explains work-family responsiveness among for-profit companies. High industry-region diffusion of family-friendly benefits was one of several strong predictors of work-family responsiveness. Also, the greater the proportion of professionals in a company's industry, the greater was the level of work-family responsiveness. Companies that measured effectiveness outcomes were more likely to offer family-friendly benefits. The same was true for companies with more positive assessments regarding the impact of their family-friendly benefits. Organizations that were large, publicly traded, or had human …
Date: May 2000
Creator: Ruggiere, Paul
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Work in the calling in Max Weber's Protestant ethic thesis

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Objectives. Scholars have debated Max Weber's theory of the relationship between religion and capitalism for almost 100 years. Still, the debate is clouded by confusion over Weber's claims about religious doctrine and over the supporting evidence. The purpose of this study is to clarify Max Weber's claims regarding the concept of the calling and the related "anti-mammon" injunction and concept of "good works" and substantiate with historical evidence the religious doctrine Weber describes. Methods. Comparative analysis of early Protestant Lutheran and Calvinist documents from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was used to flesh out a history of ideas to determine whether evidence exists to support Weber's claims related to religious doctrine. Results. Historical analyses revealed that the concept of the calling pre-dated Luther in the Bible. Luther's innovation was not in his use of the word beruf but in his application of the concept of the calling to the common people and his teaching of that idea. The idea of sanctified work was key in both Lutheran and Calvinist documents. There was an increased emphasis on work and encouragement to accumulate wealth in Calvinist documents. Conclusion. Weber's etymological evidence surrounding Martin Luther's use of the word beruf in his German …
Date: December 2000
Creator: Schindley, Wanda Beatrice Higbee
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Work Plan – Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Climate Change, Ozone Depletion and Ecosystem Changes (open access)

Work Plan – Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Climate Change, Ozone Depletion and Ecosystem Changes

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Date: August 2007
Creator: Thematic Working Group members on Climate Change, Ozone Depletion and Ecosystem Changes
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Worker-initiated violence: Prevention strategies in park and recreation departments (open access)

Worker-initiated violence: Prevention strategies in park and recreation departments

Workplace violence infects many organizations. This descriptive study assesses the extent to which Texas park and recreation departments institute policies and procedures for preventing worker-initiated violence. Thirty directors from local park and recreation departments were interviewed by telephone and asked to identify whether their departments used specific prevention strategies to thwart instances of worker-initiated violence. The findings reveal few prevention strategies being used and suggest a need for park and recreation managers to increase their awareness and take a more proactive approach to violence prevention.
Date: December 2002
Creator: Hutchinson, Tamara Germaine
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Working Lifestyles and Sleepless Nights: The Role of Work in Patient Explanatory Models of Insomnia (open access)

Working Lifestyles and Sleepless Nights: The Role of Work in Patient Explanatory Models of Insomnia

Interviews conducted with patients receiving treatment for insomnia at one of two sleep medicine clinics, located in Texas and Oregon, suggest that work is a pivotal influence in shaping the respondents' interpretations, explanations and behaviors relating to insomnia. "Work" includes such facets as the nature of one's occupation, the associated volume or amount of work required, mental demands related to work, work schedules and work-related stress. Specifically, results reveal: 1) nearly 60% of the sample identify work as a primary or perpetuating cause of their insomnia, 2) respondents often report work as influencing the nature and importance of their sleep, 3) sleep is considered a problem, and medical intervention is solicited, after work is affected, and 4) work performance is a major consideration in determining treatment efficacy and compliance.
Date: December 2006
Creator: McClellen, Dana L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Working Memory Processes in the Encoding of Intentions (open access)

Working Memory Processes in the Encoding of Intentions

The primary interest of this investigation concerned working memory functioning and cue/act discrimination during encoding of intentions. The study included manipulations of working memory and intention load to investigate the encoding processes related to prospective memory (PM). Three experiments are presented that involve working memory distraction tasks at the time of encoding the PM intentions, as well as varying numbers of cues and actions. In the first experiment three cues were paired with one action, in the second, one cue with three actions, and in the third, three cues with three actions. Results suggest that the central executive is involved in binding a cue to an action, and that this operation is key to PM success. Furthermore, the phonological loop seems primarily involved with processing of cues and the visuospatial sketchpad with actions. It is further proposed that the processes of the phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad must be successful before the central executive can bind the cues and acts together, which is possibly the most important part in the encoding of intentions. By directly examining PM at the time of encoding, information was gained that allows for a more complete understanding of the nature of how we form and …
Date: August 2004
Creator: Clark, Michael
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Working Whiteness: Performing And Transgressing Cultural Identity Through Work (open access)

Working Whiteness: Performing And Transgressing Cultural Identity Through Work

Early in Richard Wright's Native Son, we see Bigger and his friend Gus “playing white.” Taking on the role of “J. P. Morgan,” the two young black men give orders and act powerful, thus performing their perceived role of whiteness. This scene is more than an ironic comment on the characters' distance from the lifestyle of the J. P. Morgans of the world; their acts of whiteness are a representation of how whiteness is constructed. Such an analysis is similar to my own focus in this dissertation. I argue that whiteness is a culturally constructed identity and that work serves as a performative space for defining and transgressing whiteness. To this end, I examine work and its influence on the performance of middle class and working class whiteness, as well as how those outside the definitions of whiteness attempt to “play white,” as Bigger does. Work enables me to explore the codes of whiteness and how they are performed, understood, and transgressed by providing a locus of cultural performance. Furthermore, by looking at novels written in the early twentieth century, I am able to analyze characters at a historical moment in which work was of great import. With the labor …
Date: May 2002
Creator: Polizzi, Allessandria
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workplace Violence Prevention Training: An Analysis of Employees' Attitudes (open access)

Workplace Violence Prevention Training: An Analysis of Employees' Attitudes

The purpose of this study was to determine employees' attitudes and perceptions toward the effectiveness of workplace violence prevention training within a U.S. Government service agency with 50 offices located in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the phenomenon of workplace violence, the movement toward prevention programs and policies and the implementation of prescreening processes during hiring and violence prevention training. Chapter 2 contains a thorough review of pertinent literature related to violence prevention training and the impact of occupational violence on organizations. This topic was worthy of research in an effort to make a significant contribution to training literature involving organizational effectiveness due to the limited amount of research literature covering the area of corporate violence prevention training and its effect on modifying attitudes and behaviors of its customers. The primary methodology involved the assessment of 1000 employees concerning their attitudes and perceptions toward the effectiveness of workplace violence prevention training. The research population were administered a 62 item online assessment with responses being measured, assessed, and compared. Significant differences were found calling for the rejection of the three study hypotheses. Chapter 4 described the findings of the population surveyed and recommendations were identified in Chapter …
Date: May 2005
Creator: Adriansen, David J.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on New Emissions Scenarios Meeting Report (open access)

Workshop on New Emissions Scenarios Meeting Report

This report summarizes a workshop which investigated the possible roles that the IPCC could play in developing and assessing new emission scenarios.
Date: August 2005
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

World War I Memorial, Lampasas County

In Honor of those members of the United States Armed Forces from Lampasas County who died while serving our country in time of war. World War I, April 16, 1917 to November 11, 1918. Will H. Abney; Coner Alexander; Owen B. Butts; Raymond B. Chambliss; Elbert S. Cook; Ed Cummins; Justin Dorbandt; Fred Francis Clint R. Hall; Cech R. Jones; Aubrey Lancaster; Milus Little; John W. McCann; Grover McConathy; Garnett E. McMillan; Charles J. Moore; Benton M Northington; Paul A. O'Keefe; Manning Pettit; W. T. Rush; Walter Skaggs; Louis G. Spangler; Sanford B. Stinson; Morris B. Tittle.
Date: March 1, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

World War II Memorial, Lampasas County

World War II, December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946. Aron Archer; Vernon A. Baker; Johnnie E. Bullion; Floyd W. Burns; Marshall R. Carpenter; Lloyd L. Cockrell; Clayton L. Cowan; Teddie O. Craft; Miguel Delgado; Jesus C. Garcia; Lee L. Hall; James E. Hartley; Clarence N. Jones; Charlie Leon Lagrone; John M. Long; Frank Longoria Jr.; Floyd C. Mariott; Ordray M. McAllister; Roy Lewis McMillan; Theodore W. Mayben; Raymond E. Miller; Green B. Chambers; Edwin N. Mitchell; Marion H. Murphy; D. W. Neal; V. H. O'Hair; Rafe A. Parker; Chester A. Patterson; Troy B. Renfro; Arthur M. Reynolds Jr.; Julian R. Rogers; Otis C. Smith; Maynard G. Snell; William D. Spurlin; Henry L. Stock; Prentice L. Tubbs; Richard Weldon Turnbo; Dewey L. Ban Liew; Leonard Williams; Winifred E. Williams; Joe E. Wolf; Paul A. Wright; Daniel A. Yancy; Johnie Lynn Phinney; William Thurman Willy.
Date: March 1, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Woven Music (open access)

Woven Music

When I am weaving I listen to music and notice that my hands and feet fall into a rhythm. This connection reminds me of playing the piano. I took a closer look at weaving drafts; the movement of the threading setup reminded me of the notes on musical scores. This relationship inspired me to see what textures I could achieve by actually weaving the musical notes. The focus of my study is the exploration of the relationships between weaving and music utilizing elements and principles found in both, such as: color, texture, form, repetition, rhythm, and time. Both music and color produce emotional responses and will be taken into consideration within the weavings.
Date: May 2003
Creator: Jackson, Melanie S.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Writing Proficiency Among Graduate Students in Higher Education Programs (open access)

Writing Proficiency Among Graduate Students in Higher Education Programs

This study explored the extent to which graduate students enrolled in Higher Education courses were proficient at writing. While writing proficiency has been extensively studied in elementary students, high school students, and undergraduates, little attention has been paid to formally evaluating graduate student proficiency. Despite the relatively new idea of assessing graduate student writing, it is a concern for graduate faculty and a valid area for study. This study was based on a sample of graduate students enrolled in at least one course in Higher Education at public institutions of higher education in the United States. A total sample size of 97 students was obtained. Two instruments were administered to the participants: A General Information and Writing Experience Questionnaire (G-WEQ) and the SAT II: Writing Test, Part B. The G-WEQ was designed to capture demographic information about the participants, as well as allow participants to provide a self-assessment of writing and describe the writing experiences they are currently encountering in graduate school. To assess writing proficiency for the participants, the SAT II: Writing Test, Part B was used. The purpose of the test is to "measure [test takers'] ability to...recognize faults in usage and structure, and to use language with …
Date: May 2003
Creator: Singleton-Jackson, Jill A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Writing Transformations: Mediating the Effects of High-Stakes Testing Through the National Writing Project (open access)

Writing Transformations: Mediating the Effects of High-Stakes Testing Through the National Writing Project

Paper discusses the efforts of the National Writing Project (NWP) to mitigate the effects of high-stakes testing on teachers and students.
Date: 2008
Creator: Llanes, Sharaya
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

WW II Memorial plaque, Taylor County

American ex-Prisoners of War Non Solum Armis honoring E battery lost battalion WWII 131st field artillery 2nd BN mobilized at Abilene, Texas, 25 November 1940. Captured by the Japanese forces, 10 March, 1942. Liberated, 18 September 1945. Battery Officers T. A. Dodson, Capt. H. G. Allen, 1st. LT. W. R. Slone, 1st. LT. M. A. Straughan, 2nd. LT. Sergeants F. F. Gilliam, 1st. Sgt. A. B. Cumberledge J. G. Fender F. Fujita D. N. Heleman * G. B. Killian B. W. Robertson N. W. Rogers H. R. Spalding R. H. White D. A. Williams O. B. Williams Corporals R. R. Choate C. J. Eaton P. G. Gosler N. O. F. Kalich * B. C. Keith C. T. Minshew H. B. Plant C. F. Powers C. J. Preslar A. N. Winn R. A. Wuest Privates 1st. class U. M. Carter R. G. Cook J. B. Croft J. S. Davis P. Evans T. C. Gilbreth H. E. Hanks J. N. Holder T. E. Lawson * G. W. Lynn J. G. Martinez W. F. Matthews E. W. Miller V. E. Morrison O. C. Mygland C. J. Shelton M. M. Snelling P. D. Stein R. L. Stubbs C. L. Tucker W. A. Visage M. …
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

WWII Memorial, Coleman County

Memorial on the Coleman County grounds. "In Memoriam, World War II, Company B, 142nd Infantry, 36th Division."
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

WWII Memorial, Nolan County

TEXAS 36 DEDICATED TO THE VALIANT MEN OF CO. E 142ND. INF. TEXAS 36TH. DIV. MOST DECORATED DIV. OF WWII MOBILIZED NOV. 25, 1940 IN SWEETWATER, TEXAS MAY 17, 1986
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wyatt Cephas Hedrick: Builder of Cities (open access)

Wyatt Cephas Hedrick: Builder of Cities

Wyatt Cephas Hedrick, builder and architect, was born in Virginia in 1888 and came to Texas in 1913. At his death in 1964, Hedrick's companies had managed construction projects worth more than $1.3 billion. Hedrick's architectural business designed and built edifices of all kinds, including educational facilities, hotels, military bases, railroad terminals, courthouses, and road systems. His companies built all over the United States, and in some foreign countries, but primarily in Texas. The purpose of Hedrick's structures and their architectural styles changed to accommodate historical events. This can be seen by examining many of the commissions he received during the 1920s and 1930s. Hedrick had a unique opportunity to participate in years of great change and development in Texas, and he played a vital role in the history of those times. This thesis examines the career of Wyatt C. Hedrick from his beginnings in Virginia through his years in Texas, closing in 1940. As a builder, he played a major role in changing the skylines of Texas cities, especially Fort Worth.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Liles, Deborah M.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

X-38 Crew Return Vehicle

Photograph of the crew return vehicle located in Hanger X at Johnson Space Center, NASA in Houston, Texas. The spacecraft is propped up on blocks and there is a sign at one side that says "X-38 Crew Return Vehicle." The walls of the hangar are visible in the background, covered in foil insulation.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

X-38 Crew Return Vehicle at Hanger X

Photograph of the front portion of the X-38 crew return vehicle housed in Hanger X at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. There is a picture of the U.S. flag and "United States" written on the side of the vehicle near the nose. It is surrounded by a short glass fence and part of the hangar is visible in the background.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
XML-Based Agent Scripts and Inference Mechanisms (open access)

XML-Based Agent Scripts and Inference Mechanisms

Natural language understanding has been a persistent challenge to researchers in various computer science fields, in a number of applications ranging from user support systems to entertainment and online teaching. A long term goal of the Artificial Intelligence field is to implement mechanisms that enable computers to emulate human dialogue. The recently developed ALICEbots, virtual agents with underlying AIML scripts, by A.L.I.C.E. foundation, use AIML scripts - a subset of XML - as the underlying pattern database for question answering. Their goal is to enable pattern-based, stimulus-response knowledge content to be served, received and processed over the Web, or offline, in the manner similar to HTML and XML. In this thesis, we describe a system that converts the AIML scripts to Prolog clauses and reuses them as part of a knowledge processor. The inference mechanism developed in this thesis is able to successfully match the input pattern with our clauses database even if words are missing. We also emulate the pattern deduction algorithm of the original logic deduction mechanism. Our rules, compatible with Semantic Web standards, bring structure to the meaningful content of Web pages and support interactive content retrieval using natural language.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Sun, Guili
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

XML for Text Markup: An Introduction to XML Markup

This presentation introduces the extensible markup language (XML) for text markup. It explains where XML came from, the advantages, gives a comparison of XML to HTML, and discusses how XML works and can be used.
Date: 2003
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library