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On The Record, Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 2012
Summer magazine produced and edited by students at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Articles cover local and campus news, information, and events, along with human interest stories about campus and community life.
Date:
June 15, 2012
Creator:
Bottoni, Paul
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
On The Record, Vol. 4, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 2012
Summer magazine produced and edited by students at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Articles cover local and campus news, information, and events, along with human interest stories about campus and community life.
Date:
July 13, 2012
Creator:
Bottoni, Paul
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
On The Record, Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 10, 2012
Summer magazine produced and edited by students at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Articles cover local and campus news, information, and events, along with human interest stories about campus and community life.
Date:
August 10, 2012
Creator:
Bottoni, Paul
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Invisible Dragon
This collection of memoir essays chronicles the author's 19 year struggle with chronic depression. "The Invisible Dragon" explores the onset of the disease and its cure. "The Silent Typewriter" looks at how it affected the author as a writer. "Roses for Trish" discusses how it affected his wife. "My Mother's Son" explores the possibility that he inherited depression from his mother. The final essay, "The Dragon Returns" probes the author's life in 2012 with the probability that he has a personality disorder. The preface examines several depression memoirs and explores the strategies used by William Styron, Elizabeth Wurtzel and Kay Redfield Jamison to prevent sliding into the pitfalls inherent in a linear structure. Among these are the use of alternative structures, language, characterization, focus and imagery.
Date:
December 2012
Creator:
Boutwell, Nathan
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Antigravity
This dissertation contains two parts: Part I, which discusses the elegy of possessive intent, a subgenre of the contemporary American elegy; and Part II, Antigravity, a collection of poems. English elegies have been closely rooted to a specific grief, making the poems closer to occasional poems. The poet—or at least the poet’s speaker—seeks some kind of public consolation for (often) a private loss. The Americanized form does stray from the traditional elegy yet retains some of its characteristics. Some American elegies memorialize failed romantic relationships rather than the dead. In their memorials, these speakers seek a completion for the lack the broken relationship has created in the speakers’ lives. What they can’t replace, they substitute with something personal. As the contemporary poem becomes further removed from tradition, it’s no surprise that the elegy has evolved as well. Discussions of elegies have never ventured into the type of elegy that concerns itself with the sort of unacknowledged loss found in some contemporary American poems of unrequited love. These poems all have speakers who willfully refuse to acknowledge the loss of their love-objects and strive to maintain control/ownership of their beloveds even in the face of rejection.
Date:
August 2012
Creator:
Bowen, Ashley Hamilton
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tactile Media: Factors Affecting the Adoption of Touchscreen Smartphones Among Consumers with Vision Loss
Touchscreen technology is on the rise as the new standard in smartphone design. But, the usability of touchscreen is hindered for consumers that lack the physical ability to navigate such devices. Two focus groups were conducted in order to identify specific uses and gratifications that people with visual impairments had when using mobile phones. Additional questions were presented to the participants to determine if touchscreen technology limited access to communication and entertainment. The responses revealed an upward trend in touchscreen smartphone adoption among the participants. These users chose to adopt touchscreen smartphones that had built-in and downloadable assistive features which contributed to user-friendly designs.
Date:
May 2012
Creator:
Bradley, Sapora L.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fieldwork Requirements from the Site Supervisors' Perspective
Poster presented at the 2012 ALISE Annual Conference. This poster discusses public library fieldwork from the site supervisor's point of view and practices and interactions of the site supervisor.
Date:
January 2012
Creator:
Brannon, Sian
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
“Sounds for Adventurous Listeners”: Willis Conover, the Voice of America, and the International Reception of Avant-garde Jazz in the 1960S
In “Sounds for Adventurous Listeners,” I argue that Conover’s role in the dissemination of jazz through the Music USA Jazz Hour was more influential on an educational level than what literature on Conover currently provides. Chapter 2 begins with an examination of current studies regarding the role of jazz in Cold War diplomacy, the sociopolitical implications of avant-garde jazz and race, the convergence of fandom and propaganda, the promoter as facilitator of musical trends, and the influence of international radio during the Cold War. In chapter 3 I introduce the Friends of Music USA Newsletter and explain its function as a record of overseas jazz reception and a document that cohered a global network of fans. I then focus on avant-garde debates of the 1960s and discuss Conover’s role overseas and in the United States. Chapter 4 engages social purpose and jazz criticism in the 1960s. I discuss Conover’s philosophy on social responsibility, and how his contributions intersected with other relevant discourses on race on the eve of the civil rights movement. I argue that Conover embodied two personas: one as jazz critic and promoter in the United States, and the other as an international intermediary. In chapter 5 I …
Date:
August 2012
Creator:
Breckenridge, Mark A.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Early College High School: Hispanic Students’ Perceptions and Experiences From a Texas Campus
Early college high school (ECHS) is a dual enrollment program that allows high school students to earn college credits while in high school. ECHS was developed with the intention of attracting students to pursue a 4-year college degree, especially students who might not attend college without intervention. The program targets students from low-income families, students who have low academic achievement, and students from minority groups including Hispanics, African Americans, and Native Americans. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions and opinions of Hispanic students about their experiences in an ECHS, and to better understand how their ECHS experiences affected motivation to engage in academics. The expectancy theory and college-going culture provided the theoretical framework for this case study. Semi-structured interviews captured the experiences of the participants. The study focused on 10 Hispanic students, 5 seniors and 5 juniors, enrolled at an ECHS located on a community college campus in Texas. The study found that students with higher motivation to work at high school and college courses had several reasons for choosing to attend ECHS. The reasons included a chance to earn a high school diploma and associate’s degree simultaneously, free college tuition, and an accelerated program to …
Date:
May 2012
Creator:
Brenner, Rose K.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Principals’ Perceptions of Professional Development Provided By the Local School District
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of Texas principals as to the degree to which their local school districts are meeting their ongoing professional development need. The study was conducted to analyze and describe the survey and interview responses of Texas principals as to their perceptions of the degree to which their local school districts provide learning experiences aligned with their needs. Texas principals’ perceptions regarding the characteristics of important and meaningful professional learning experiences were explored. The study included an analysis of the extent to which Texas principals perceive that the learning opportunities they are provided adequately meet those needs. Additionally, various factors influencing principals and their perceptions were examined. These factors included type of school, school setting, school system size, characteristics of students, and characteristics of the principals. The perceptions of school district staff development administrators were analyzed regarding topic importance, topic provision by the local district, and the usefulness of those topics. Finally, the perceptions of the principals and the staff development administrators were compared. Thirteen school districts participated in this study. Of the 273 principals surveyed, 155 completed the survey, yielding a return rate of 56.8%. One campus principal from each of …
Date:
August 2012
Creator:
Brockman, Mary Elizabeth
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
eBulletin, Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Monthly electronic newsletter published for members of the Texas Daily Newspaper Association. Includes news items of interest to association members.
Date:
February 15, 2012
Creator:
Brown, Cyndi
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
eBulletin, Vol. 5, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 2012
Monthly electronic newsletter published for members of the Texas Daily Newspaper Association. Includes news items of interest to association members.
Date:
March 15, 2012
Creator:
Brown, Cyndi
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
eBulletin, Vol. 5, No. 4, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 15, 2012
Monthly electronic newsletter published for members of the Texas Daily Newspaper Association. Includes news items of interest to association members.
Date:
April 15, 2012
Creator:
Brown, Cyndi
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Predictors of Quality of Life (Qol): Comparing Baby Boomers, Older Adults, and Younger Adults Using Data From the 2010 National Health Interview Survey
The purpose of this study was to identify factors that predict quality of life (QOL) for aging adults and to examine and compare Baby Boomers', Older Adults' and Younger Adults' responses to the 2010 National Health Interview Survey/QOL Functioning and Disability. Significant findings included several significant values based on the multivariate regression to estimate a model to predict QOL. In particular, being male, four ethnicities other than white, being older than Boomer, age in 10 years, the Functional Difficulty Index, the Functional Limitation Index scores, chronic heart disease, asthma, and arthritis all had significant p values. Adults with chronic heart disease, asthma, or arthritis scored lower on the QOL index, but cancer, stroke, or diabetes were not associated with the QOL index. Two hypotheses had strong support. Lower scores on both the Functional Difficulty Index and the Functional Limitation Index yielded lower QOL scores. Further research recommendations include establishing reliability and validity of the QOL index; running additional regressions for demographics (ethnicity, marital status, etc.) to predict possible combinations of variables predicting QOL or barriers to QOL; and investigating the viability of incorporating the QOL index into an electronic medical record (EMR) dashboard parameter to serve as a screening mechanism …
Date:
December 2012
Creator:
Bryce, Helen Roult
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ecology and Recolonization of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in a Groundwater-dependent Stream in North Central Texas During a Supra-seasonal Drought
Extreme climatic events such as droughts are known to eliminate aquatic biota and alter community structure and function. Perennial headwater springs provide important drought refugia to benthic macroinvertebrates and an important source of colonists via drift or aerial adults to intermittent streams post-drought. During a supra-seasonal drought in North-central Texas summer and fall 2006, benthic macroinvertebrates from persistent groundwater-dependent macrohabitats of varying hydrological connectivity and riparian shading were studied: perennial riffles, connected pools, shaded disconnected pools, and full sun disconnected pools. Riffles were a distinct habitat with significantly higher taxa richness, proportion of lotic taxa, diversity and evenness than other macrohabitats. Macrohabitats were found to be important refugia for 106 benthic macroinvertebrates and 4 microcrustacean taxa. Throughout the extreme drought, perennially flowing habitats were refugia to 19 taxa (17.9% total taxa) not collected in disconnected pools. Shaded disconnected pools contained lotic taxa not previously known to be able to complete their lifecycles in lentic habitats, emphasizing the importance of groundwater effluent and shading. With the resumption of flow at a downstream intermittent site of Ash Creek in mid-October 2006, an annual recolonization study was conducted comparing the perennial headwaters’ benthic macroinvertebrate taxa richness, densities and community ecology with the downstream …
Date:
May 2012
Creator:
Burk, Rosemary A.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Affective Forecasting: the Effects of Immune Neglect and Surrogation
Studies of affective forecasting examine people’s ability to predict (forecast) their emotional (affective) responses to future events. Affective forecasts underlie nearly all decisions people make and the actions they take. However, people engage in systematic cognitive errors when making affective forecasts and most often overestimate the intensity and duration of their emotional responses. Understanding the mechanisms that lead to affective forecasting errors (e.g., immune neglect) and examining the utility of methods for improving affective forecasting errors (e.g., surrogation) can provide highly valuable information for clinicians as they assist clients in determining their goals both for therapy and for life. The first purpose of the current study was to determine if affective forecasting errors due to immune neglect lead to misjudgments about the relative emotional impact of minor versus moderate negative experiences (i.e., trauma severity). The second purpose was to examine the utility of surrogation for improving affective forecasts. Potential interaction effects between these two variables were also examined. The current study utilized a 2 (Trauma Severity: minor, moderate) X 3 (Prediction Information: surrogation information only, simulation information only, both types of information) experimental design. Undergraduates were recruited via the SONA system and randomly assigned to one of the six experimental …
Date:
August 2012
Creator:
Burkman, Summer Dae
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 2012
Weekly newspaper from Mount Vernon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 3, 2012
Creator:
Bush-Reves, Lillie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 2012
Weekly newspaper from Mount Vernon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 17, 2012
Creator:
Bush-Reves, Lillie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 2012
Weekly newspaper from Mount Vernon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 24, 2012
Creator:
Bush-Reves, Lillie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 2012
Weekly newspaper from Mount Vernon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 31, 2012
Creator:
Bush-Reves, Lillie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 7, 2012
Weekly newspaper from Mount Vernon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 7, 2012
Creator:
Bush-Reves, Lillie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 2012
Weekly newspaper from Mount Vernon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 14, 2012
Creator:
Bush-Reves, Lillie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 2012
Weekly newspaper from Mount Vernon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 21, 2012
Creator:
Bush-Reves, Lillie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 2012
Weekly newspaper from Mount Vernon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 28, 2012
Creator:
Bush-Reves, Lillie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History