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UNT Theses and Dissertations
237
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179
Texas Jewish Post
53
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52
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52
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50
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50
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UNT Graduate Student Works
13
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School Board Presidents' Perceptions Regarding Competency-Based Testing in Texas
The purposes of this study were to determine whether school board presidents' perceptions regarding competency-based testing in Texas were related to the (1) size of the school district represented by those surveyed, and (2) length of service of the board presidents. The dissertation includes an introductory chapter, a review of related literature, the procedures for collection and treatment of data, the presentation of data, and the summary, conclusions, and recommendations.
Date:
December 1981
Creator:
Douglas, Sue A.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Tunnel Experience: Reality or Hallucination?
Paper analyzing near-death experiences that involve a "tunnel experience" (TE) as a specific aspect of the phenomena.
Date:
December 1981
Creator:
Drab, Kevin J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Unresolved Problems in the Study of Near-Death Experiences: Some Suggestions for Research and Theory
This paper means to progress the research of near-death experiences (NDEs) by analyzing potential methodology and addressing assumptions. It also analyzes different kinds of NDEs and the limitations that restrict the deriving of strong conclusions from data. The author makes it clear that their own assumption leans towards the existence of NDEs as a cognitive phenomenon until further research can be conducted.
Date:
July 1981
Creator:
Drab, Kevin J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Structural Analysis of the Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra in E-flat Major, Opus 109, by Alexander Glazunov, With Suggested Performance Application
This paper provides a historical overview of the creation of the Concerto in E-flat Major for alto saxophone and string orchestra, Op. 109, by Alexander Glazunov, performs a structural and melodic analysis of the piece, and makes suggestions for the application of the findings.
Date:
December 1981
Creator:
Duke, Stephen R.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Christian Religious Conservatism and Help-Seeking Behavior
This study was designed to investigated the role of religious ideology in one's willingness or reluctance to seek professional psychotherapeutic assistance. The subjects consister of 220 members randomly selected from six different denominations: Baptist, Church of Christ, Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, and Unitarian. The major findings of the study were as follows: 1. HC Ss displayed significantly less personal recognition of need for psychotherapeutic help, less interpersonal openness and greater overall reluctance to seek professional psychological help than LC Ss. 2. There was no significant difference between HC and LC Ss in terms of sensitivity to stigmatization and confidence in the mental health profession and mental health professionals. 3. MC Ss scored lower in each of the five areas investigated than did either HC or LC Ss. It was concluded that individuals who are highly conservative in their religious beliefs may be more reluctant to admit that they have a psychological problem with someone else than individuals who subscribe to more moderate or liberal religious beliefs.
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Duncan, Harold D. (Harold Downey)
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Laws and Powers of Intellect: Emerson and Modern Science
Emerson frequently illustrates his philosophy with complementary scientific examples that clarify his ideas. This study examines Emerson's enumeration of the laws and powers of Intellect in conjunction with twentieth-century science, illustrating his ideas in the method he often employs. The physiological model of the two hemispheres of the brain parallels the two intelligences Emerson ascribes to man--understanding and reason. Hemispheric theories describe an analogue to the Emersonian epiphany-- hemispheric integration--and help to distinguish the epiphany from other experiences associated with altered states of consciousness. Quantum physics and relativity theory illustrate the vision of the unity of nature perceived during the epiphany. Using modern science to illustrate Emerson's ideas in this way makes us apprentice to a rhetorical technique used and advocated by him.
Date:
December 1981
Creator:
Dunn, Elizabeth Ig
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Computer Assisted Micro-Dye Uptake Interferon Assay System
A new rapid computer assisted micro-titer plate interferon assay system was developed and characterized for use in high capacity clinical and research applications. The biological aspect of the assay was a modification of the assay methods of Finter, Armstrong and McManus. It was an application of spectrophotometric quantification of the reduction of viral cytopathic effect (CPE) as reflected by neutral red dye uptake by viable cells. A computer program was developed for the extrapolation of raw data to reference interferon units.
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Duvall, John C.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Predictive Validation of a Computer Programmer Selection Test
Subjects were 32 computer programmers employed in a large computerized tax-processing company in the Southwest. Ratings of each programmer's job performance by his/her immediate supervisor and scores on the Aptitude Test for Programmer Personnel (ATPP) were obtained. Relationships between test scores and criteria were examined to identify significant (p < .05) correlations. Statistical treatment of data included zero-order Pearson product-moment correlation, multiple linear regression, and first-order semi-partial correlation analyses. Results indicated that the ATPP did not successfully predict (2 >.05) the rated performance of the programmers.
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Duvall, Sherman K.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Impact of Labor Union Representation Elections on Wages and Selected Employer-Employee Relations in Nonprofit Hospitals in Texas
This study concerns the general question, "What has been the impact of collective bargaining representation elections on nonprofit hospitals in Texas?" The means of answering this question involved a study of wages and attitudes of nonprofessional employees in both hospitals where such elections occurred and hospitals where no such elections had occurred in the State of Texas. An overview of the development of hospitals and the union movement in hospitals are presented as background information for this study. Further, a brief discourse on attitude development and attitude measurement is provided as theoretical foundational material. A researcher-constructed questionnaire was devised, tested, and administered to employees of the subject hospitals. There were 176 useable returns from employees where no union representation election occurred and 176 useable returns from employees where union representation elections occurred.
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Duvall, Wallace L. (Wallace Lee), 1926-
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Perceived Social Attitudes of Graduate Students and Graduate Faculty Toward Each Other in a Large College of Education
The problem is concerned with social attitudes of graduate students toward graduate faculty and graduate faculty toward graduate students in the programs of a large college of education. The purposes are (a) to establish that the attitudes of acceptance of others, trust in people, philosophy of human nature, human values, and moral ethics exist among graduate students and among graduate faculty in a large college of education; (2) to determine the relative degree to which these social attitudes exist (a) among graduate students, (b) among graduate faculty, and (c) between graduate students and graduate faculty.
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Eboh, Sebastian
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Concurrent Validation of the Computer Programmer Aptitude Battery
Subjects were 34 computer programmers employed in a major computerized tax processing company. Scores in the Computer Programmer Aptitude Battery (CPAB) and ratings of each programmer's job performance by his immediate supervisor were obtained. The purpose of the study was to validate a selection test. The relationship between the aptitude battery and performance evaluations was examined to evaluate the test's ability in predicting programming performance. Statistical treatment of data included Pearson product-moment correlations and a multiple linear regression analysis. The total test scores and several of the subtests were found to be significantly correlated with performance.
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Edwards, Dorsey W. (Dorsey Williams)
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Compositions in Clay and Rhythm
I constructed ceramic/mixed media instruments, recorded rhythmic music composed for and played on my instruments, and prepared a slide presentation portraying my daily rituals a studio artist. I describe in this paper the process involved in creating this environment and give an interpretation of the work by answering the following questions. 1. What were the rituals that were essential to the creation of my work? 2. In what ways did the use of the different visual and audio media work together to create a unified environment? 3. In what ways was the total experience of the different media a more direct and fulfilling expression of my goals as an artist, or are these goals better fulfilled when working in one media?
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Ehrich, Lisa
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Instrumental Theories of John Dewey and Clarence Ayres
The purpose of this analysis is to explain the instrumental theories of Dewey and Ayres; their analysis of societal problems and the proposed solutions; and finally their perception of the future direction of society. Dewey and Ayres both utilized the instrumental theory of value to analyze problems and propose solutions. According to this theory, something has value if it enhances or furthers the life process of mankind. Therefore, this should become the criterion to be utilized in determining the future courses of action. They both agree that policy decisions should be made with at least one goal in mind: progress.
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Ellis, Barbara Bridges
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Monitoring Positive and Negative Events on Measures of Depression
This study examined psychoanalytic, physiological, and social learning models of depression in terms of etiology and symptomatology. Emphasis was placed on social learning theories of depression. First, Beck's cognitive approach stated that the root of depression was a negative cognitive set. Depressive episodes might be externally precipitated, but it was the individual's perception and appraisal of the event that rendered it depression inducing. Secondly, Seligman's learned helplessness model explained reactive depression in terms of a belief in one's own helplessness. Specifically, Seligman stated belief in the uncontrollability of outcomes resulted in depression, irrespective of the correspondence of such beliefs to objective circumstances. Additionally, depression resulted from noncontingent aversive stimulation and noncontingent positive reinforcement. Thirdly, Lewinsohn's model was based on these assumptions: a low rate of response-contingent positive reinforcement which acted as an eliciting stimulus for depressive behaviors. This low rate of response-contingent positive reinforcement constituted an explanation for the low rate of behaviors observed in the depressive. Total amount of response—contingent positive reinforcement is a function of a number of events reinforcing for the individual, availability of reinforcement in the environment, and social skills of the individual that are necessary to elicit reinforcement.
Date:
May 1981
Creator:
Ellis, Janet Koch
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Promulgation An Original Musical Composition for Chamber Orchestra and Computer
Promulgation is an interactive composition in which the orchestra and computer communicate through musical motives contained in the Command Motive Score. The musical content as well as the highly organized aleatoric environment is controlled by a system of probabilities. The orchestra is divided into four ensembles of dissimilar instrumentation. The music consists of several scores that are performed different ways. The first score is the Command Motive Score performed by the computer. The second is the Prelude Score performed by the orchestra. The third is the Continuum Score performed by the orchestra. The fourth is a group of scores called Auxiliary Scores performed by each respective ensemble. The fifth is another group of four scores performed by trumpet, cello, piano, and tuba.
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Ensey, Robert W. (Robert Walton)
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ikat: The Combination and Rearrangement of Simple Individual Dyed Patterns into Complex Designs
Ikat is a technique used throughout the world for the surface enrichment of textiles. In Ikat, patterns are dyed into the warp, weft, or both by the use of various resists such as twine or plastic wrapped tightly around a group of yarns. The dyed yarns are then unwrapped and woven into fabric. Instead of stretching an entire warp or weft on a frame to apply resist, yarn can also be measured into small groups for tying and dyeing. These small groups of yarn can be dyed with simple patterns and later rearranged and combined to create more complex designs. In order to investigate the possibilities of the above mentioned methods, a series of Ikat fabrics was developed.
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Erickson, Jeanne M.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Words, Music, and Ethnic Elements in Srul-Irving Glick's I Never Saw Another Butterfly, a Lecture Recital, Together with Three [i.e. four] Recitals of Selected Works of J.S. Bach, S. Barber, J. Brahms, A. Vivaldi, G. Fauré, G. Finzi, H. Duparc, M. Mussorgsky and Others
The lecture recital was given on August 12, 1981. The discussion of Glick's i never saw another butterfly consisted of an analysis of the four songs followed by their performance. In addition to the lecture recital, four other public recitals were given; three of solo literature for voice and piano and one of vocal chamber literature.
Date:
December 1981
Creator:
Evelyn, George E. (George Elbert)
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Heart of an Eagle
This thesis consists of a poem in the form of three related dramatic monologues in free verse. The subject of the poem is King Philip's War, an Indian war which took place in New England in 1675 and 1676. The central figures in the poem are the Indian leader, Metacom (King Philip); Benjamin Church, the Englishman responsible for Metacom's death; and Metacom's wife, Melia.
Date:
December 1981
Creator:
Faulds, Joseph M. (Joseph Markle)
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Hypolipidemic Effect of Pectin and Oats
Pectin and oats as two sources of dietary fiber have been suggested as having a hypolipidemic effect. Ten subjects included either twenty grams of pectin or eighty grams of rolled oats daily in their self-selected diet. A baseline for each subject was calculated from blood samples taken prior to supplementation. Fasting blood samples were also taken ten, twenty-one, and thirty-one days after beginning supplementation. All blood samples were analyzed for these values; serum cholesterol, serum trigyceride, hematocrit, hemoglobin, serum albumin, and total serum protein. No significant changes were seen in the cholesterol, hematocrit, hemoglobin, and total protein values. A significant decrease was seen in nine triglyceride values. Albumin levels showed a significant increase in all subjects. No significant differences due to the two treatments were seen.
Date:
December 1981
Creator:
Feilmann, Ann E. (Ann Elizabeth)
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Vocal-Piano Relationship in Robert Schumann’s Music
This paper highlights the relationship between the vocal and piano music created by composer Robert Schumann. Christina Finch provides an analysis of songful and literary allusion in his piano music and pianistic and instrumental allusion in his songs to draw a prominent connection.
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Finch, Christina
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Evolution of Violetta Valéry, La Traviata’s Heroine
Thesis studies the music and content of the opera La Traviata, focuses on the evolution of its heroine, Violetta Valéry. Carolyn Sue Finley traces the history behind the story and its reflection in the music.
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Finley, Carolyn Sue
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oklahoma's Governors, 1907-1929: Turbulent Politics
Book discussing the history of individual governors of Oklahoma from 1907 to 1929; each chapter is a biographical sketch of a different governor and their actions in office. Index begins on page 195.
Date:
1981
Creator:
Fischer, LeRoy Henry, 1917-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Influence of Caffeine on EMG, Self-Rating, and Behavioral Observation Indices of Progressive Relaxation Training
This study was designed to investigate the inhibiting effect that caffeine may have in inducing deeper states of relaxation. The degree of relaxation was assessed by physiological measures, self-ratings, and behavioral observations of relaxation behavior.
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Floyd, William T.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Psychological Orientation Towards Growth in Lawrence Durrell's "The Alexandria Quartet"
In this dissertation I argue that in the characters in Lawrence Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet there is consistently evidenced a psychological orientation towards growth. An introductory Chapter One surveys and a concluding Chapter Six summarizes the dissertation, but the body of the text is four chapters demonstrating the growth-orientation in four characters.
Date:
May 1981
Creator:
Fordham, Glenn Wayne, Jr.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library