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A Behavioral Economic Analysis of Different Reinforcers: Sound-Clips Versus Points Exchangeable for Money
Human operant studies frequently use points exchangeable for money as reinforcers. Some studies employ more immediately consumable reinforcers to emulate properties of food reinforcers. This study examined demand for points/money and for sound-clips to compare their economic characteristics. Across four participants, demand was often higher and less elastic for points/money than for sounds. During subsequent exposures at each response requirement, demand for sounds often decreased to a greater degree than demand for points/money. Thus, sound-clips seem less durable than points/money across prices and across repeated exposure to the same price. Response rates for points/money were often higher than for sounds, suggesting that reinforcers that generate higher response rates may be less elastic than reinforcers that generate lower response rates.
Date:
December 2000
Creator:
Alvey, Debi A.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Parts of Women
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Parts of Women contains a scholarly preface that discusses the woman's body both in fiction and in the experience of being a woman writer. The preface is followed by five original short stories. "Parts of Women" is a three-part story composed of three first-person monologues. "Controlled Burn" involves a woman anthropologist who discovers asbestos in her office. "Tango Lessons" is about a middle-aged woman who's always in search of her true self. "Expatriates" concerns a man who enters the lives of his Hare Krishna neighbors, and "Rio" involves a word-struck man in his attempt to form a personal relationship.
Date:
May 2001
Creator:
Murphy, Maria Christine
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Teen ages: Youth market romance in Hollywood teen films of the 1980s and 1990s
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This thesis examines the differences between teen romantic comedy films marketed to Generation X teenagers in the 1980s and Generation Y teenagers in the 1990s, focusing on the presentation of gender roles, consumptive behavior, and family. The 1980s films are discussed within the social context of the Reagan era and the conservatism of the New Right. The 1990s films are examined as continuing a conservative sensibility, but they additionally posit consumption as instrumental to achieving an idealized romance. Romantic comedy is traditionally a conservative genre, but these films illustrate female liberation through consumption. The source of difference between the cycles of teen romantic comedy is attributed to the media's attempt to position Generation Y teenagers as ideal consumers.
Date:
May 2001
Creator:
Murphy, Caryn E.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Thematic Apperception Test: The relationship between scored fanasy aggression and aggressive behavior
This study attempted to determine the relationship between fantasy aggression and behavioral aggression, and whether fantasy aggression measured by the Thematic Apperception Test is related to behavioral aggression. Participant TAT protocols from psychology clinic files were scored for fantasy aggression, and these scores were correlated with self-reported presence or absence of behavioral aggression. The scoring system used was a blend of popular aggression scales used in the 1960s and newer theory. Other variables that were examined were story length and gender in relation to the measured amount of fantasy and behavioral aggression.
Date:
December 2000
Creator:
Fabrick, Joanne Madeline
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Jules Massenet's Musical Prosody Focusing on His Eight Song Cycles And A Collection, Expressions Lyriques: A Lecture Recital, Together with Recitals of Selected Works of W. A. Mozart, F. Schubert, C. Debussy, R. Strauss, D. Argento, V. Bellini, J. Marx, W. Walton, C. Gounod, A. Scarlatti, G. Fauré, J. Rodrigo, H. Wolf, and Others
Jules Massenet's mélodies feature a distinct vocal treatment regarding musical prosody through his eight song cycles, including Poëme d'Avril, Poëme Pastoral, Poëme du Souvenir, Poëme d'Amour, Poëme d'Hiver, Poëme d'un Soir, and Quelques Chansons Mauves, and a collection, Expressions Lyriques. These mélodies show the influence of the trend of salon music and the high-level poetry from the poetic movements of romanticism, Parnassianism, and symbolism. This study deals with Massenet's mélodies relating to the prosody idea, which is conspicuous in his vocal treatment. His melodic styles feature four distinct aspects of vocal treatment including lyrical, recitative or parlando, melodramatic, and déclamation rhythmée, and represent the idea of musical prosody of phonetic, syntactic, and semantic aspects. Massenet's other musical idioms such as harmony, form, and piano treatment, are also closely related to the prosody matter as a semantic aspect, reinforcing the poetic mood and content. In this study, each melodic style related to French versification is examined in detail. The musical analysis regarding the other musical idioms on selected examples presents the semantic feature of prosody idea. The brief review of French versification and opinions regarding the performance are included. Massenet's contribution to the genre of mélodie, with the prose melody and …
Date:
December 2000
Creator:
Chae, Eunhee
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance Improvement in an Accounting Firm: Comparing Operational and Financial Data Before and After Process Redesign
The case study described in this thesis involves a process improvement project in the Tax Department of a Certified Public Accounting firm. A process map was created by interviewing employees involved in the process. A process analysis identified problems and possible solutions. The Partners in the firm decided to streamline the process for simple tax returns in order to make them more profitable. This study examined what impact, if any, the process improvement intervention had on key financial and operational measures. Results indicated that the tax returns prepared in the new process were faster, cheaper, and more profitable. This study indicates that organizations conducting process improvement interventions can beneficially affect key financial and operational measures.
Date:
December 2000
Creator:
Chhabra, Meeta Kaur
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Inequality in Access to, and Utilization of, Health Care - The Case of African American and Non-Hispanic White Males
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Using data from the Household Component of the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, the study compares (1) the accessibility, and (2) the predictors of health care services utilization among African American and non-Hispanic White males, 18 to 65 years old in the United States. Using ANOVA procedure in comparing the means for use of physicians, hospitals, doctors, and difficulty obtaining care, seven hypotheses were tested in the study. First, it was hypothesized that African American men of working age will have less access to health care services (physicians, hospitals, and dentists), and be more likely to report having experienced delay or difficulty obtaining care, compared to non-Hispanic white males of working age. Second, it was hypothesized that, controlling for health status, African American men of working age will have less access to health care services (physicians, hospitals, and dentists), and will also be more likely to experience delay or difficulty obtaining care, than non-Hispanic white males. This was followed by the third hypothesis which compared utilization of physicians, hospitals, dentists, and difficulty obtaining care among African American and non-Hispanic white males, controlling for health status and insurance coverage (any insurance, private insurance, any public insurance, and Medicaid). Hypotheses four through …
Date:
May 2001
Creator:
Sakyi-Addo, Isaac
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Impact of CACREP Accreditation of Counselor Education Programs on Student Knowledge Outcomes
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The principal investigator (PI) for this study analyzed mean scores on the National Counselor Examination (NCE) of students from CACREP accredited and non- CACREP accredited programs. Data was provided by the National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc., for a total of ten examination administrations across six years. The fourteen variables examined in the study consisted of the eight common-core knowledge domains identified in CACREP standards, the five counselor work behavior areas identified by NBCC via periodic job analysis of counseling practice, and one overall or total score on the NCE. NCE mean scores of students from CACREP accredited programs were higher than NCE mean scores of students from non-CACREP accredited programs on all variables across all ten NCE administrations. Data seem to indicate that students from CACREP accredited programs perform significantly better on the NCE than students from non-CACREP accredited programs, in all fourteen variables. Sample size was large, totaling 9707, so the PI calculated effect sizes using Cohen's d for each variable to aid interpretation of statistical significance. Five variables had large effect sizes of .70 or higher. The higher effect size statistics were associated with the counselor work behavior areas, with the highest effect size (.85) associated with …
Date:
May 2001
Creator:
Scott, Susan W.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Temporally Correct Algorithms for Transaction Concurrency Control in Distributed Databases
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Many activities are comprised of temporally dependent events that must be executed in a specific chronological order. Supportive software applications must preserve these temporal dependencies. Whenever the processing of this type of an application includes transactions submitted to a database that is shared with other such applications, the transaction concurrency control mechanisms within the database must also preserve the temporal dependencies. A basis for preserving temporal dependencies is established by using (within the applications and databases) real-time timestamps to identify and order events and transactions. The use of optimistic approaches to transaction concurrency control can be undesirable in such situations, as they allow incorrect results for database read operations. Although the incorrectness is detected prior to transaction committal and the corresponding transaction(s) restarted, the impact on the application or entity that submitted the transaction can be too costly. Three transaction concurrency control algorithms are proposed in this dissertation. These algorithms are based on timestamp ordering, and are designed to preserve temporal dependencies existing among data-dependent transactions. The algorithms produce execution schedules that are equivalent to temporally ordered serial schedules, where the temporal order is established by the transactions' start times. The algorithms provide this equivalence while supporting currency to the …
Date:
May 2001
Creator:
Tuck, Terry W.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
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The UNT Digital Library
Reflections on the Development of Children of Alcoholics
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The specific purpose of this study was to try and understand why unique experiences of living with an alcoholic parent could create developmental deficits which emotionally challenge COAs' when faced with the life lessons a college environment offers. This study offered four possible explanations for experiencing challenges in its theoretical background: (1) psychosocial development, (2) the epistemology of alcoholism and its effects on the family, (3) personality development and the concurrence of building resilience, and (4) the college environment itself, with the phenomenon of binge drinking--forcing COAs to confront family alcoholism. A total of 7 participated in this study--4 men and 3 women. Despite the dynamic differences in the answers overall, all 7 participants acknowledged one important concept. When the participants were asked about their own drinking habits, each participant said, though in different ways, they had to be careful with their drinking habits. Participants seemed to be aware that whether alcoholism is genetic or a learned addiction, they were at risk of becoming alcoholics themselves. This study found overall, as previous literature suggests, no matter how COAs are studied, they are found to be a heterogeneous population. Specifically, this study's results points out that they are indeed heterogeneous, yet …
Date:
May 2001
Creator:
Weise, Molly Amanda
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Free Play As an Instructional Tool on the Quality of Improvisation of First, Second, and Third Grade Children
To look at the effect of free play on the musical improvisations of first, second and third grade children, 108 children were randomly assigned to either a control or treatment group. Subjects were tested using a researcher-designed instrument to elicit an improvisatory response. The control group then received regular music instruction (120 minutes every 2 weeks) and the treatment group received regular music instruction in conjunction with musical free play (100 minutes of instruction and 20 minutes of free play every 2 weeks). The treatment lasted 14 weeks. At the end of the treatment, all students were tested with the same testing instrument used for the pre test. Videotapes of the improvisations were submitted to three independent judges to rate for quality on a 5-point Likert scale. The change in ratings between pre and post tests were analyzed with an analysis of variance to determine if there were significant differences between the control and treatment groups. The analysis of the data revealed no significant difference in the change of ratings between control and treatment groups for the group as a whole, or for any particular grade level within the total group.
Date:
December 2000
Creator:
Burger, Tammie L.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dark Houses: Navigating Space and Negotiating Silence in the Novels of Faulkner, Warren and Morrison
Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," as early as 1839, reveals an uneasiness about the space of the house. Most literary scholars accept that this anxiety exists and causes some tension, since it seems antithetical to another dominant motif, that of the power of place and the home as sanctuary. My critical persona, like Poe's narrator in "The House of Usher," looks into a dark, silent tarn and shudders to see in it not only the reflection of the House of Usher, but perhaps the whole of what is "Southern" in Southern Literature. Many characters who inhabit the worlds of Southern stories also inhabit houses that, like the House of Usher, are built on the faulty foundation of an ideological system that divides the world into inside(r)/outside(r) and along numerous other binary lines. The task of constructing the self in spaces that house such ideologies poses a challenge to the characters in the works under consideration in this study, and their success in doing so is dependant on their ability to speak authentically in the language of silence and to dwell instead of to just inhabit interior spaces. In my reading of Faulkner and Warren, this ideology of …
Date:
December 2000
Creator:
Berger, Aimee E.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Biofeedback on Task Performance
This experiment attempted to study the effectiveness of biofeedback training on an individual's peak performance while performing a stress-provoking task. In a between subjects design 30 individual college students were divided into 2 groups. One group received auditory biofeedback and relaxation training, and the other group received no training. Both groups met the researcher for 1 hour a week for seven weeks. During each session the participant completed a ten-minute Competition and Coaction (C & C) computer software program (Shea, 1992). The biofeedback equipment recorded the physiological state of each of the participants while he/she performed the C & C task. Both groups' physiological values and C & C scores were compared using the SPSS software. The biofeedback group had statistically lower stress values than the non-biofeedback group (Schwartz, 1995). There was no statistical difference between the 2 groups' C & C scores. The STAI Y-1 and Y-2 anxiety inventories were given to each of the participants at the 1st and 7th session to examine the anxiety differences between the 2 groups. There were no statistical differences between the 2 groups' STAI scores. This study's findings show that individuals can be taught to lower their stress response while performing a …
Date:
December 2000
Creator:
Bruce, Kurt
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Preparation and Characterization of a Treated Montmorillonite Clay and Epoxy Nanocomposite
Montmorillonite reinforced polymers are a new development in the area of nanocomposite materials. Since reinforcement of epoxy is important to the development of high strength adhesives and composite matrices, the introduction of montmorillonite to epoxy is of interest. Compositional effects on epoxy reactivity, on molecular relaxation, and on mechanical properties were investigated. Change in reactivity was determined by Differential Scanning Calorimetry. Tensile properties at room temperature indicated improved modulus and retention of strength of the epoxy matrix but a decreased elongation to failure. Depression of dry nanocomposite glass transition was observed for nanocomposites beyond 5% by weight montmorillonite. Samples that were saturated with water showed lower moduli due to the epoxy matrix. The greatest moisture absorption rate was found at 7%, the least at 3%.
Date:
December 2000
Creator:
Butzloff, Peter Robert
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Unexpected Unexpected Utilities: A Comparative Case-Study Analysis of Women and Revolutions
Women have been part of modern revolutions since the American Revolution against Great Britain. Most descriptions and analyses of revolution relegate women to a supporting role, or make no mention of women's involvement at all. This work differs from prior efforts in that it will explore one possible explanation for the successes of three revolutions based upon the levels of women's support for those revolutions. An analysis of the three cases (Ireland, Russia, and Nicaragua) suggests a series of hypotheses about women's participation in revolution and its importance to revolutions' success.
Date:
December 2000
Creator:
Casey, Walter Thomas
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Memorandum for Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics), Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics - Naval Audit Service Scenario Data Call Review
BRAC (1) Listing of Activities for Scenario Data Call Reviews The Naval Audit Service (NAS) will be conducting its field review of Scenario Data Calls in accordance with references (a) and (b). Enclosure (I) summarizes the activities selected for review to include the activities' major claimant, Data Call Number, Primary Quarterback, total questions issued per activity, and whether the activity is gaining, losing or both.
Date:
September 1, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse Response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding to DOD Leased Facilities.
Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse Response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding to DOD Leased Facilities.
Date:
September 1, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter from William J. Ehrie of Abilene Industrial Foundation to the BRAC Commission.
Coalition Correspondence - Letter from William J. Ehrie of Abilene Industrial Foundation to the BRAC Commission regarding Dyess Air Force Base.
Date:
September 1, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse Response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding to NGA and DISA.
Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse Response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding to NGA and DISA.
Date:
September 1, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type:
Letter
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The UNT Digital Library
Letters from Donald K. Reid to the BRAC Commission.
Community Correspondence - Letters from Donald K. Reid of Clovis New Mexico to the BRAC Commission to thank them for the Commission recommendation for Cannon AFB.
Date:
September 1, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter from Steve G Gamble, President of Eastern New Mexico University to the BRAC Commission
Executive Correspondence - Letter from Steve G Gamble, President of Eastern New Mexico University to the BRAC Commission regarding Cannon AFB.
Date:
September 1, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
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The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse Response to a letter from the BRAC Commission pertaining to Naval Support Activity New Orleans.
Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse Response to a letter from the BRAC Commission pertaining to Naval Support Activity New Orleans.
Date:
September 1, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Memorandum dtd 02/26/04 for ALMAJCOM/CE, ANG/CE, 11 CES/CC, HQ USAF A/CE from Kathleen Ferguson, PE, Deputy Civil Engineer DCS/Installations & Logistics HQ USAF/ILE and Michael Aimone, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Basing & Infrastructure Analysis)
Memorandum dtd 02/26/04 for ALMAJCOM/CE, ANG/CE, 11 CES/CC, HQ USAF A/CE from Kathleen Ferguson, PE, Deputy Civil Engineer DCS/Installations & Logistics HQ USAF/ILE and Michael Aimone, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Basing & Infrastructure Analysis) (SAF/IEB). References (a) 24 Dec 03, Joint SAF/IEB and AF/ILE Memo, Air Force Implementation Plan for DoD Installation Visualization Tool (IVT) (b) 4 Nov 03, Joint SAF/IEB and AF/ILE Memo, Installation Visualization Tool (c) 1 Dec 03, Air Force BRAC Operating Instruction 04-1, Base Realignment Closure (BRAC) Guidelines for BRAC Data Calls (d) 28 Jul 03, Air Force Internal Control Plan for 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Process DISREGARD RESTRICTIONS HEADERS AND FOOTERS:
Date:
September 1, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Force Implementation Plan For DoD Installation Visualization Tool Version 1.1
Air Force Implementation Plan For DoD Installation Visualization Tool Version 1.1 DISREGARD RESTRICTIONS HEADERS AND FOOTERS:
Date:
September 1, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library