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Effect of DCPA on Growth, Morphology and Physiology of Foxtail-Millet Seedlings

Description: This investigation is concerned is concerned with how a commercial herbicide, dimethyl 2, 3, 5, 6-tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA) affects the growth, morphology, and physiology of foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.) Beav.). The objectives were to examine the nature of morphological changes, to determine what physiological and chemical changes accompanied the morphological alterations and to obtain information about the mechanism by which DCPA is herbicidal.
Date: December 1972
Creator: Chang, Chen-hong Ting
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Some Population Parameters of Quercus Stellata in the Texas Cross Timbers

Description: This population study of Quercus stellata in the Texas Cross Timbers evaluates that population by observation and sampling of 220 upland forest stands. The Texas Cross Timbers is divided into the East Cross Timbers (ECT) and the West Cross Timbers (WCT) by the Fort Worth Prairie.
Date: December 1972
Creator: McCluskey, Richard L.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Impressionism: Trends and Parallels in Music and Painting as Related to the M̲i̲ṟo̲i̲ṟs̲ of Maurice Ravel, a Lecture Recital; Together with four Recitals of Selected Works of J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, L. Van Beethoven, J. Brahms, F. Chopin, F. Liszt, S. Prokofieff, and D. Mathew

Description: The lecture recital was given April 23, 1973. A discussion of trends and parallels in Impressionist music and painting included information about specific technical devices and innovations related to and common to the arts of music and painting, as seen in the Miroirs of Ravel. Slides of Impressionist paintings were used as illustrations. The five pieces of the Miroirs were then performed by memory.
Date: December 1972
Creator: Muñoz, Phyllis Ray
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Predictors, Correlates, and Consequences of Job Satisfaction in a University Library

Description: The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of determining the predictors, correlates, and consequences of job satisfaction in a university library. A managerial model was constructed for the purpose of providing an overall framework of analysis. It was hypothesized, in the managerial model, that organizational effectiveness in any organization is linked closely to the concepts of job satisfaction and employee satisfactoriness. These two concepts, in turn, are closely related… more
Date: August 1972
Creator: Vaughn, William John
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Transcription and Translation of Musica Dalla Parodie d'Alceste by Carlos d'Ordoñez

Description: Parody may be defined as a humorous or sarcastic imitation of a serious piece of literature. It appears, following this interpretation, that Carlos Ordoñez composed his marionette opera, Musica Dalla Parodie d'Alceste as a parody on Gluck's Alceste. A microfilm of the original manuscript of Ordoñez was procured from the National Szecheny Library in Budapest, the possessor of the only copy of the work.
Date: June 1972
Creator: Bankston, Tina L.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Movements for Trumpet, Percussion and String Orchestra

Description: This composition, a three-movement work requiring a performance time of approximately thirteen minutes, is scored for Bb trumpet, percussion and string orchestra. A two-piano arrangement of the string orchestra section of the score is included in the work.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Lamb, Marvin, 1946-
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Sonata 1972

Description: A composition in three movements for piano, the duration of which is approximately seven minutes and thirty seconds. The tonal organization employs quickly changing tonal centers. Linear aspects are of more structural importance than vertical sonorities. Frequent changes of meter, syncopation, and ostinato figurations are utilized in each movement. Primarily, a two-voiced texture is employed to effect a transparent quality of sound. A detailed thematic and formal analysis of each movement is in… more
Date: August 1972
Creator: O'Preska, John
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Theme and Variations for Wind Ensemble

Description: A set of variations can be any length and contain any number of variations. The same set of variations also can be fashioned to resemble any musical form. On this basic premise, Theme and Variations for Wind Ensemble was written. It is a continuous one movement composition. There is a statement of a theme with five subsequent variations.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Hawkins, William A. (William Augustus)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Music for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble

Description: The first movement material is presented by the ensemble and subsequently developed by the saxophone. A majority of the saxophone passages are supported by the ensemble with unaccompanied solo passages kept to a minimum. The various sections are based more on differences in pitch and rhythm than orchestration and harmony.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Nordal, Marius
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Synergism

Description: Synergism is an art presentation designed to use multimedia concepts to heighten audience involvement in the work. Although primarily sound oriented, its skeletal structure is literary. The music expands upon the text to communicate the inexplicable or irrational element of its meaning to those faculties which determine emotional response. This process is aided by a modicum of environmental control achieved through stage lighting effects.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Gustavus, Duane L. (Duane Livingston)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Understanding Sexuality: a Guide to Better Family Living

Description: The problem of this study was to prepare a comprehensive family living textbook for use by high school students. The primary purposes of the study were the following: (1) to provide teenagers with factual information concerning sexuality which will better equip them to make responsible decisions; (2) to prepare young people to become better marriage partners, better parents and ultimately to produce stronger families for the future.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Grider, Sandra Davis
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Studies of Encystment and Germination in Azotobacter Vinelandii

Description: Light and electron microscopy were employed to study the encystment and germination processes in Azotobacter. Data obtained from frozen-etched replicas and chemically fixed cells revealed that as encystment occurs, the cells become rounded, and lose their motility.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Cagle, Gerald Dean
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Comparative Study of Two Vitreoscilla Species

Description: A crytological and nutritional study was conducted on Vitreoscilla stercoraria, ATCC 15218, and Vitreoscilla species, ATCC 13982. Cell and trichome morphology in broth cultures and on solid media were studied.
Date: December 1972
Creator: Mayfield, David Carol
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The effects of audiotape suggestions on study habits, self-concept, and level of anxiety among college freshman

Description: This study investigates an application of hypnotic audiotapes to a specific group of college freshmen. Hypnotherapy is recognized as a viable adjunct to counseling, and it is known that hypnosis is possible via audiotapes. The study examines the use of hypnotic audiotapes designed to affect study habits and attitudes.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Kelly, Brian J. (Brian Joseph)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Life of the enlisted soldier on the western frontier

Description: In contrast to the relatively rapid changes occurring in the modern American army, the period between the end of the War of 1812 and the beginning of the Mexican War offers a definite period for a study of military life when reform came slowly.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Graham, Stanley Silton
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The separation of rehabilitation from production costs in the vocational rehabilitation workshop

Description: The problem with which this study is concerned is the separation of rehabilitation from production costs in vocational rehabilitation workshops. The problem exists within production operations of workshops where production and rehabilitation efforts are intertwined and the two kinds of costs are incurred simultaneously.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Houston, William Stanley
Partner: UNT Libraries
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