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Scattering Cross-sections of 4/1 Prolate Spheroids

Description: This is a report of the second in a projected series of experiments at North Texas State College designed for obtaining information about the microwave scattering properties of various shaped objects.
Date: 1956
Creator: Tompkins, Keith W.
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Pyridinium and Pyrazinium Derivatives of 2,3-Dichloro-1,4-Naphthoquinone

Description: This investigation deals with the synthesis of 2-alkylpyridine and 2-alkylpyrazine derivatives of 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone. These compounds will be tested for physiological activity by Parke-Davis and Company.
Date: 1956
Creator: El-Eris, Talib Mihsin
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A Descriptive Analysis of the Preludes (Book 1) of Claude Debussy

Description: The purpose of this thesis is to discuss and give a descriptive analysis of twelve of the twenty-four preludes written by Claude Debussy. This paper also includes a brief history of preludes as well as possible influences upon Debussy and his compositions.
Date: January 1956
Creator: Hudgins, Mary Nan
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Pyridinium Derivatives of 9,10-Endo-o-Phenylene-9,10-Dihydro-1,4-Anthraquinone

Description: The compounds reported here were prepared for the purpose of determining the effects of active groups on the pyridine ring, and to determine the effects of substituted methyl groups on the nucleus. These compounds are to be tested for tuberculostatic activity.
Date: 1956
Creator: Maglaughlin, Edward Phillip
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Concerto Grosso for Oboe, Clarinet, Piano, and String Quartet

Description: The first movement of the present work is a French overture patterned in form after the overtures of Jean Baptiste Lully. The second movement (Lento) is a simple ABA song-form and presents a rather rhapsodic development of its theme. The third movement consists of a set of six continuous variations on the polyphonic chanson Revecy venu du printans by Claude le Jeune (1528-1600). The last movement is a rondo (ABACADA).
Date: August 1956
Creator: Taliaferro, Lloyd Carr
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Electronic Analog Computer Study of Effects of Motor Velocity and Driving Voltage Limits upon Servomechanism Performance

Description: The object of this thesis is (1) to demonstrate the value of an electronic analog computer for the solution of non-linear ordinary differential equations particularly when a large family of solutions is required; and (2) to obtain as a by-product results of practical applicability to servomechanism selection and analysis.
Date: 1956
Creator: Haynes, Joe Preston
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An Analysis of the Progress of Unions in Organizing Professional Engineers

Description: The problems of this research report were threefold: 1. To trace the history of the unionization of engineers from its inception to the present time. 2. To present the arguments of those individuals and groups who practice and favor engineering unionization, and to set fort the counter-arguments of those individuals and groups who reject unionization for engineers. 3. To summarize the facts and opinions discovered and, in view of these findings, to draw conclusions on the merits and the trend o… more
Date: 1956
Creator: Montgomery, Austin H.
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Predicting Success in Home Economics with the Differential Aptitude Test

Description: "It is the purpose of this present study to investigate further the aptitude areas into which Home Economics courses may be classified, and to determine whether a relationship exists between these areas and the areas of the Differential Aptitude Test."--1.
Date: June 1956
Creator: Nowlin, Billie Hopper
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Comparison of Selected Factors in Undergraduate Programs in Business Teacher Education in Texas with Criteria Recommended for Business Teacher Education, 1956

Description: The purpose of this study was to compare selected factors in undergraduate programs in business teacher education in Texas with criteria recommended for business teacher education. The factors selected were: (1) the business teacher education curriculum, (2) professional laboratory experiences of prospective business teachers, and (3) educational preparation, experience, and professional activities of the business education college faculty.
Date: 1956
Creator: Otey, Evelyn I.
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Interpreting Industrial Arts in the School-Community

Description: The purpose of this study is threefold: (1) to review the literature concerning school interpretation programs and the industrial arts phase of the public relations program based upon research studies, opinions and recommendations of leaders in education and industrial arts education; (2) to gather data concerning current practices used in the industrial arts departments during the year 1953-1954; and (3) to analyze the data in order to determine whether the current practice of industrial arts … more
Date: 1956
Creator: Ford, Hilary Blanton
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Growth Based on Corporate Profits for Selected Periods, 1925-1954

Description: This study is one of five such studies dealing with the general subject of growth which have been undertaken recently in the School of Business of North Texas State College. This study is the third in the series and is concerned, as were the previous studies, with the general subject of growth. However, this third study is concerned with the compound annual rates of growth, during definite economic epochs, of net profit after taxes for more than 150 prominent corporations. The problem involved … more
Date: 1956
Creator: Eldridge, Thomas Edwin
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Electric Conduction in an Oil-Pumped Vacuum System

Description: The leakage of electricity aoross a vacuum space in an electrostatic generator which employs a mixture of Sr/sup 90/ and Y/sup 90/ as the source of charging current was investigated. The vacuum is obtained by means of an oil pump. The leakage was shown to consist of a flow of positive and negative particles between the anode and the cathode. The positive particles were found to be primarily organic ions produced in a layer of oil on the surface of the anode. The negative particles were shown to… more
Date: May 1, 1956
Creator: Bryant, Ernest A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Single-Particle States in a Spheroidal Nuclear Potential

Description: Thesis describing the the computation of eigenstates for a particle moving in a spheroidal potential well under the influence of a strong spin-orbit interaction.
Date: November 16, 1956
Creator: Rich, Marvin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Growth Based on Corporate Sales for Selected Periods, 1925-1954

Description: The first problem involved in this study is to determine what growth is. The second problem of this thesis is to determine the characteristics of growth during the previous economic epochs. The third problem is to determine what companies are growing. This will be accomplished by the use of a representative list of American corporations.
Date: 1956
Creator: Reasoner, Billy Hayden
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Book Selection Practices in a Selected Number of Secondary and Junior High School Libraries

Description: The purposes of this study are to make an investigation of practices used in a number of selected schools in selecting library materials for the school libraries and to evaluate these practices against criteria developed from a study of recommended standards and practices in the fields of library science and education.
Date: 1956
Creator: Blair, Leta Earline
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Analysis of Bevatron Tau Mesons

Description: The following document analyzes one hundred and seventy-seven bevatron tau mesons for Q value of the tau decay, tau spin and parity, and possible polarization effects.
Date: November 5, 1956
Creator: Haddock, Roy Phillip, 1928-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Comparative Study of the Arithmetical Achievement Made by Boys and Girls of the Seventh Grade of Ozona Junior High School, Ozona Texas

Description: The primary purpose of the study was to determine, scientifically, if there is any significant difference between the ability of boys in the seventh grade and the ability of girls in the same grade to retain arithmetical ideas, facts, and processes. A second purpose was to investigate the causes of differences that were found to exist.
Date: 1956
Creator: Cushing, J. B.
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Stage Band Intonation Studies

Description: This study focusses on stage band intonation. The purpose of the unison study, for example, is to develop in the student a sensitivity for pitch placement and also make him conscious of the sounds around him.
Date: August 1956
Creator: Maxwell, James E.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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