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An analysis of faculty perceptions of the performance of governing boards in academic affairs and alternative patterns of governance in institutions of higher education (open access)

An analysis of faculty perceptions of the performance of governing boards in academic affairs and alternative patterns of governance in institutions of higher education

The problem of this study was to analyze faculty perceptions of the performance of current institutional governing boards in academic affairs, and the alternate patterns of faculty participation in governance in Texas senior colleges and universities. The purposes of the study were (1) to determine the current faculty perceptions of the importance and effectiveness of governing boards in academic boards in academic affairs, (2) to discover the level of satisfaction and knowledge of faculty of governing boards in their handling of academic affairs, and (3) to determine the faculty perceptions of the potential alternative patterns of governance in academic affairs.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Khalaf, Omar M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of knowledge acquired in an employability skills training program (open access)

Assessment of knowledge acquired in an employability skills training program

This investigation was concerned with assessing the knowledge acquired in an employability skills training program. The method for determination of the knowledge was presented as subjects' responses to the Employability Inventory (EI). As an antecedent to this, the EI was subjected to validation procedures. The methods used to validate the EI were the point-biserial correlation coefficient and rating devices.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Foster, David Edwin
System: The UNT Digital Library
An assessment of the planning processes of savings and loan associations in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex (open access)

An assessment of the planning processes of savings and loan associations in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex

The study is designed to assess the presence or absence of recognizable planning processes within the savings and loan industry in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex. Planning processes found are analyzed as to their content and scope in order to describe them in as accurate a manner as possible.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Kelley, C. Aaron
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cue-controlled relaxation using covertly versus overtly produced cues under stress and no-stress conditions (open access)

Cue-controlled relaxation using covertly versus overtly produced cues under stress and no-stress conditions

The present study directly contrasted the efficacy of biofeedback-assisted cue-controlled relaxation, biofeedback-assisted metronome -conditioned relaxation, and both procedures combined via one physiological and one subjective measure of relaxation under no-stress and stress conditions.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Dial, Miles H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The cycloaddition of ketenes and silyl enol ethers (open access)

The cycloaddition of ketenes and silyl enol ethers

The (2+2) cycloaddition of ketenes and trimethylsilyl enol ethers was found to proceed in good yield to give trimethylsiloxycyclobutanones of unique and interesting regiochemistry and stereochemistry. As electron-rich activated olefins, the trimethylsilyl enol ethers readily reacted with the electron-deficient ketenes.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Lloyd, Robert Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
The effects of organizational climate and leadership behavior on teacher job satisfaction in selected schools (open access)

The effects of organizational climate and leadership behavior on teacher job satisfaction in selected schools

The study proposed to determine the relationship of the teachers' perception of the organizational climate of the school as measured by the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (Halpin) and leader behavior as measures by the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire (Halpin) with teacher job satisfaction as measured by the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Craig, Larry V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evolution of the leadership behavior of a newly assigned principal and the organizational climate of the school (open access)

Evolution of the leadership behavior of a newly assigned principal and the organizational climate of the school

The purposes of this study were to investigate the evolution of the school climate during the first year of a new principal's assignment to the school as perceived by the principal and the teachers; and to investigate the relationship between the school climate and the leadership behavior of the principal as perceived by the principal and the teachers. In addition, an investigation was made of the relationship between the teachers' perception of the principal's leadership behavior and the self-evaluated leadership behavior of the principal.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Echols, Robin W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fleogan (open access)

Fleogan

Fleogan is a work for a flute choir consisting of four piccolos, six C flutes, six alto flutes, and four bass flutes. The formal structure of Fleogan consists of three levels of arch form. First is the arch structure of the work in its entirety; next is the arch form within a movement, and on the smallest scale is the form within a tempo-section.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Baczewski, Philip
System: The UNT Digital Library
The impact of the Tax reform act of 1976 and other proposed legislation on investment in real estate tax shelters (open access)

The impact of the Tax reform act of 1976 and other proposed legislation on investment in real estate tax shelters

The primary purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the Tax Reform Act of 1976, the Revenues Act of 1978, and other potential reform measures on investments in typical real estate syndication activities.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Dorr, Patrick B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Life satisfaction among American women (open access)

Life satisfaction among American women

A national probability sample of over 4,000 American women was surveyed to determine the variables associated with magnitude of satisfaction with life. A life satisfaction index was constructed from the women's responses to satisfaction with five domains of life. Satisfaction with community, leisure, friends, and family were measured on a seven-point scale. Work satisfaction, which was measured on a four-point scale, was weighted to give it comparable status with other components of the index.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Freudiger, Patricia T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Madrigals of Claudio Merulo: an Edition of his 1566 and 1604 Books of Five-Voiced Madrigals with Commentary (open access)

The Madrigals of Claudio Merulo: an Edition of his 1566 and 1604 Books of Five-Voiced Madrigals with Commentary

Rather than generalizing about the works as a whole, each piece was studied on its own merits as well as its relation to Merulo's collective style. Included are translations of the poems and comparative studies of other settings where possible. The entire transcription of the two books of music is gathered into a separate volume to make the music easily accessible for performance.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Kiel, Dyke
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceptions of the coordination process of cooperative vocational education programs as viewed by instructor-coordinators and administrators in Texas community colleges and sponsoring employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex (open access)

Perceptions of the coordination process of cooperative vocational education programs as viewed by instructor-coordinators and administrators in Texas community colleges and sponsoring employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex

The primary motivation for conducting this study was the apparent conflict between Texas Education Agency guidelines for a vocational cooperative education program and the realities of actual program operation. In the program the mid-management student receives instruction, through a cooperative arrangement between the college and employers, in both academic courses and related vocational instruction.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Cox, J. O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceptions of the official and ideal duties and responsibilities of the director in international student affairs in the United States of America (open access)

Perceptions of the official and ideal duties and responsibilities of the director in international student affairs in the United States of America

This study compares the official and the ideal duties and responsibilities of the director of international student affairs in selected institutions of higher education in the United States.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Mehraban, Reza G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physiology of L-asparaginase Synthesis by Escherichia Coli (open access)

Physiology of L-asparaginase Synthesis by Escherichia Coli

A mating between Escherichia coli 4318 (thi-leu-Las-Hfr) and E. coli A-1 (Met-Las+ F-) resulted in the formation of phototrophic recombinantshaving L-asparaginase activities at three distinct levels. The physiology of L-asparaginase synthesis in these recombinants is described.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Barnes, Wayne Riley
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prisoner classification by behavioral, biographical, and psychometric analysis in cross-validation of the Mini-mult prisoner questionnaire (open access)

Prisoner classification by behavioral, biographical, and psychometric analysis in cross-validation of the Mini-mult prisoner questionnaire

The classification of adult criminal populations for training, treatment, and security purposes has been time-consuming and expensive. The main purpose of this study was to develop a classification system which considered a wide variety of behavioral, biographical, and psychometric variables and yet was efficient in terms of time and money.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Holmes, Robert Eugene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Symbolism in the Davidsbündler dances of Robert Schumann (lecture-recital), together with three recitals of selected works by Mozart, Chopin, Schubert, J.S. Bach, Rachmaninoff, Bloch, Scarlatti, Ben Weber, Beethoven, Prokofieff and Liszt (open access)

Symbolism in the Davidsbündler dances of Robert Schumann (lecture-recital), together with three recitals of selected works by Mozart, Chopin, Schubert, J.S. Bach, Rachmaninoff, Bloch, Scarlatti, Ben Weber, Beethoven, Prokofieff and Liszt

The first three recitals contained solely performances of piano music. The first of these consisted of a Fantasy and a set of variations by Mozart, the Fantaisie in F minor by Chopin, and the Sonata in C minor by Schubert. The second recital contained an English Suite by J. S. Bach, two Etudes-Tableaux and two Preludes by Rachmaninoff, and the Piano Sonata of Ernest Bloch. The third recital consisted of four Sonatas by Scarlatti, a Fantasia (Variations) by the American composer, Ben Weber, a Sonata by Beethoven, Chose en soi and Pensée by Prokofieff, and a Polonaise by Liszt. The fourth recital was a lecture on symbolism in the Davidsbündler Dances of Schumann, examining various types of symbolism appearing in the Dances: use of quotations from his own and others' works, use of a motive based on the letters of a name, use of "stage directions," use of tonality as a symbol, use of word painting, and use of sound effects. The lecture was followed by a performance of this work.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Padgett, Olive D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An assessment of the stock market effects of proposed accounting changes in the oil and gas industry (open access)

An assessment of the stock market effects of proposed accounting changes in the oil and gas industry

This dissertation research addresses the question of whether the issuance of the FASB and SEC proposals had any effect on the common stock values of oil and gas producers. Of primary interest is a determination of the differential impact of these proposals on stock values of full-cost versus successful efforts firms.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Etebari-Khorasgani, Ahmad
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concerto for Band (open access)

Concerto for Band

"Concerto for Band" is a one movement composition approximately seven minutes in length. It consists of several smaller sections which are distinguished mainly by tempo. The instrumentation of the piece is piccolo; flute; oboe; 1st, 2nd and 3rd trumpets; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th horns; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trombones; euphonium; tuba and a percussion section of even players which includes a triangle, tenor drum, snare drum, bass drum, timpani, chimes, orchestra bells, xylophone, marimba, suspended cymbal, crash cymbals, temple blocks, tambourine, claves, and sandpaper blocks.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Evans, Donald Earl
System: The UNT Digital Library
A description of higher music education in Iran with special emphasis on music teacher training from the reign of Nasr-id-din Shah through the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (open access)

A description of higher music education in Iran with special emphasis on music teacher training from the reign of Nasr-id-din Shah through the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

The purpose of this study was to investigate the development of higher music education in Iran and music teacher training from 1868 to 1978, prior to the establishment of the Islamic Republic.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Gharavi, Gloria Ann Junkin
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Descriptive Analysis of Computer Education in Texas Secondary Schools and a Proposed Computer Science Program (open access)

A Descriptive Analysis of Computer Education in Texas Secondary Schools and a Proposed Computer Science Program

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Date: August 1979
Creator: Mayer, Patricia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Music in the Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907 (open access)

Music in the Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907

This study is a history of the musical activities in the Territory of Oklahoma from 1889 to 1907. Material for this dissertation was gathered from newspapers, books, periodicals, letters, sheet music, concert programs, college catalogues, church records, and photographs. Oklahoma City and Guthrie, the most important cities of the territory, provide the locals for the greater part of the study. These two communities reflect the cultural tastes and activities of the entire territory.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Adams, K. Gary
System: The UNT Digital Library
PhiAC--987 : A Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (open access)

PhiAC--987 : A Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble

PhiAC--987 : A Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble is a two movement work approximately nineteen minutes in length, scored for a soloist of virtuosic ability and a large wind ensemble of thirty-five instrumentalists.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Brooks, Robert John
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Shakespearean alterations of John Philip Kemble (open access)

The Shakespearean alterations of John Philip Kemble

The practice of altering Shakespeare's plays, begun during the Restoration and continued throughout the eighteenth century and well into the nineteenth, originated in continuously evolving literary and dramatic principles that went much deeper than the capricious whims of individual dramatists. Thus, each Shakespearean alterations in, perhaps, a century's time, a comparative study can provide some insight into the changing rules of dramatic valuation in the eighteenth century. Such a study is the purpose of this work, in which are examined the Shakespearean alterations of John Phillip Kemble. The sheer breadth of Kembles Shakespearean repertoire, his reputation among contemporary Shakespeare scholars and his renown for a quarter of a century as England's foremost Shakespearean dramatist and actor at both Drury Lane and Covent Garden all serve to emphasize the validity of such an undertaking.
Date: August 1979
Creator: White, Michael Weldon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trichotomy : An Orchestral Triptych (open access)

Trichotomy : An Orchestral Triptych

Trichotomy is a composition in three movements for full orchestra. The title was chosen to imitate the differences that exist between the individual movements of the work. The composers chosen for quotation (Schoenberg, Berg and Webern) are related by their compositional pitch vocabulary; that is, in these quoted works they are all using twelve-tone technique.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Stiles, James Everett
System: The UNT Digital Library