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Psychobiological and Pacing Characteristics of Field Tested Endurance Performance

Description: This study investigated the psychobiological and pacing characteristics of the 1.5 mile run. Sixty-six males (18-27 years) performed the run, and were monitored for ratings of perceived exertion, heart rate and split times. The perceived exertion values increased in a near-linear fashion inconsistent with other measures, and thus are not considered a supportable indicator of physiological performance during the run. Pace was characterized by an initial sprint that slowed to a near-steady pace a… more
Date: May 1981
Creator: LaCroix, James Scott
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Dmitri Shostakovich and the Fugues of Op. 87: A Bach Bicentennial Tribute

Description: In 1950-51, for the bicentennial of the death of J. S. Bach, Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his collection of Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87. This thesis is a study of the fugal technique of Shostakovich as observed in Op. 87, in light of the fugal style of Bach as observed in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Volume One. Individual analyses of each of the twenty-four Shostakovich pieces yield the conclusion that Op. 87 is an emulation of Bachian fugal methods as observed in The Well-Tempered Clav… more
Date: August 1981
Creator: Adams, Robert M. (Robert Michael)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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High pressure HC1 conversion of cellulose to glucose

Description: The production of ethanol from glucose by means of fermentation represents a potential long-range alternative to oil for use as a transportation fuel. Today's rising oil prices and the dwindling world supply of oil have made other fuels, such as ethanol, attractive alternatives. It has been shown that automobiles can operate, with minor alterations, on a 10% ethanol-gasoline mixture popularly known as gasohol. Wood has long been known as a potential source of glucose. Glucose may be obtained fr… more
Date: August 1, 1981
Creator: Antonoplis, Robert Alexander; Blanch, Harvey W. & Wilke, Charles R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Determination of Uptake and Depuration Rate Kinetics and Bioconcentration Factor of Naphthalene and Lindane in Bluegill Sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus

Description: Bluegill were exposed to 3 and 30 pg/L lindane and 20 and 200 pg/L naphthalene to determine uptake rate constants, K1 depuration rate constants, K2, and bioconcentration factors, BCF. Correlations were determined between lipid normalized and non-lipid normalized BCFs, and between observed Kl, K2 and BCFs and predicted values. The K1 values for both chemicals and concentrations were similar. The K2 values were different (1.04 day~1, 0.46 day 1). Naphthalene was more rapid. BCFs for lindane (315)… more
Date: August 1981
Creator: DeFoer, Marguerite J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Preparation, Properties, and Reactions of Silenes, Silenoids, and 2-Silanobornenes

Description: The reaction of chlorodimethylvinylsilane with tertbutyllithium was investigated in the presence of several conjugated dienes. In all cases except with 2,5-dimethylfuran, [2+4] cycloadducts of a silene intermediate are obtained in hydrocarbon solvents. The presence of THF in the reaction mixture suppresses the formation of cycloadducts in favor of 1,3-disilacyclobutanes. In the reaction of dimethylethoxyvinylsilane or dimethylmethoxyvinylsilane with tert-butyllithium the main product is the 1,1… more
Date: December 1981
Creator: Pierce, Richard A. (Richard Austin), 1918-2004
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Effects of Counting as a Form of Concurrent Feedback on a Seventy-Five-Yard Dash

Description: The use of concurrent Information Feedback (IF) through counting seconds verbally as the subject ran a 75 yard dash was tested. Forty-six ten and eleven year old boys and girls (boys = 20, girls = 26) were given two trials under four IF conditions: No IF; Terminal/Concurrent IF; Terminal IF; IF Removal. The counting occurred under Condition 2 and was combined with a final time given at the end of the dash. Significant main effects were found for sex and for conditions, with interaction effects … more
Date: December 1981
Creator: Parks, Jennifer
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Factor Analysis of Twelve Selected Isotonic Muscular Endurance Exercises on the Universal Gym

Description: This study investigated the assessment of muscular endurance using the Universal Gym. Subjects included 19 women and 151 men (18-30 years). Measures of muscular endurance were evaluated at various percentages of 1 RM on twelve exercise stations and it appears that a percentage of 1 RM ranging from .7 for the arms, .5 to .9 for the legs, and ,5 to .8 for the trunk is required to produce fatigue state in the necessary repetition range.
Date: August 1981
Creator: Strader, Joe Robyn
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Arbitral Reaction to Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.: An Analysis of Arbitrators' Awards, April, 1974-1980

Description: The purposes of this study were: (1) to present data resulting from an analysis of the ninety-seven published grievance-arbitration awards involving issues of racial discrimination occurring between April 1, 1974, and December 31, 1980? and (2) to determine from the data how labor arbitrators have reacted to Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co., 415 U.S. 36 (1974) . The Supreme Court held that labor arbitration was a "comparatively inappropriate" forum for the resolution of employment discrimination… more
Date: August 1981
Creator: Owens, Stephen D. (Stephen Dennis)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Responses of Fishes to a Low pH Environment

Description: Data were collected from natural and introduced fishes present in Ferndale Lake, a small (120 ha) sport fishing reservoir in Camp County, east Texas. Levels of pH measured in the lake during the study period ranged from 3.5 to 5.3. Monthly field surveys and experimental manipulations were designed to evaluate quantitatively the signs of stress at various biological levels. Lethal limits to low pH were quantified for largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) to b… more
Date: August 1981
Creator: Prete, Philip J. (Philip John)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Voices of Advent

Description: Voices of Advent is a Christmas cantata for tenor and baritone soil, octet (S.A.T.B.), male quartet, chorus, organ, and an instrumental ensemble of ten players. Five poems by William R. Mitchell provide the text for the works five movements. Four brief instrumental interludes connect the movements, and the work is to be played without pause. The duration of the work is approximately forty-five minutes.
Date: December 1981
Creator: Wood, Robert S. (Robert Stuart)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Artist's Book as an Alternative to the Gallery Installation

Description: I examined and evaluated three sets of gallery installations and related handmade books. The following questions were considered foremost: 1) Visually, how different from and how similar to the gallery installations are the books? 2) What verbal elements are adapted from the installations to the books? 3) How does the difference in format (that is, the books) alter or affect the content and meaning of the installations?
Date: May 1981
Creator: Bush, M. Rowena
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[DGPC to DGA name change document]

Description: A note from January 26, 1981 on the name change from the DGPC to the Dallas Gay Alliance.
Date: January 26, 1981
Creator: Dallas Gay Political Caucus
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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In Celebration

Description: In Celebration is a through-composed work of approximately eight minutes in length for high baritone voice and orchestra. The text is taken from the Magnificat and Psalm 150 and was chosen for its celebrative nature. In Celebration is in four continuous sections. The first section, which is an orchestral introduction, is followed by three other distinct, vocal and orchestral sections. The introduction and following two sections are rhythmic and driving in nature, each section increasing in per… more
Date: December 1981
Creator: Walden, C. G. (Columbus Goodman)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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An Investigation of Teacher Initiated Listening Activities in the Elementary General Music Classroom

Description: This study investigated how and to what extent music listening was initiated by elementary general music teachers. The specific problems of the study were (1) identification of activities and materials related to music listening and (2) the determination of how and to what extent assigned and assumed music listening was initiated in the selected classrooms. Systematic observation was chosen to investigate these problems. An observation instrument, the Elementary Music Listening Schedule (EMLS),… more
Date: August 1981
Creator: Baldridge, William Russell
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Acculturation, Self-Concept, Anxiety, Imagery, and Stress as Related to Disease in Mexican-Americans

Description: The problem with which this investigation was concerned was that of determining the relationship between the variables of acculturation, imagery, self-concept, anxiety, stress, and seriousness of disease in Mexican-Americans. The purposes of this study were 1) to determine the statistical predictive efficiency of stress and its relation to disease, 2) to determine if a combination of anxiety, acculturation, self-concept, imagery, along with stress, would increase the statistical predictive effi… more
Date: December 1981
Creator: Martinez, Armando
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Analysis of a Selected Strategy for the Mitigation of Stereotypic Sex Role Attitudes Among Teacher Education Students

Description: The problem of this study was an analysis of the effects of a selected strategy for bringing about changes in stereotypic sex role attitudes of teacher trainees during their teacher education program. The major purposes of this investigation were to (1) develop a preservice treatment program, characterized by the persuasive communication approach, to modify students' stereotypic sex role attitudes, (2) determine the effectiveness of the strategy in modifying students' attitudes, and (3) examine… more
Date: May 1981
Creator: Christensen, Eric W.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Compositions in Clay and Rhythm

Description: 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… more
Date: August 1981
Creator: Ehrich, Lisa
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School Board Presidents' Perceptions Regarding Competency-Based Testing in Texas

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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An Analysis of Marketing in Saudi Arabia and American Marketing Executives' Knowledge About the Saudi Arabian Market

Description: The problem of the present study was to describe and analyze marketing in Saudi Arabia and American marketing executives' knowledge about the Saudi market. The purposes of the study were twofold: (1) to describe and analyze marketing in Saudi Arabia and (2) to determine what American marketing executives know about the Saudi Arabian market. This study employed both primary and secondary data. For the analysis of marketing in Saudi arabia, primarily secondary sources were used from the available… more
Date: December 1981
Creator: Abunabaa, Abdelaziz M.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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An Exploratory Study of Children's Multi-Sensory Responses to Symbolizing Musical Sound Through Speech Rhythm Patterns

Description: The purpose of the study was to investigate the multi-sensory responses of children to symbolizing musical sound through speech rhythm patterns. Speech rhythm patterns consist of the number of syllables and the stress/nonstress relationships of these syllables in a word or a phrase. The research problems were (1) to determine children's responses to speech rhythm patterns according to the differential sensory modes used; (2) to determine the children's responses to speech rhythm patterns by age… more
Date: December 1981
Creator: Bennett, Peggy Dee
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Anticipated Job Satisfaction Attitudinal Bias Among University Female Business Majors

Description: This work derived attitudinal input from 397 female college business majors concerning their preference for various job factors drawn from previously validated studies and their expected levels of satisfaction with those job factors in new job situations following graduation. Data were collected through the distribution of a questionnaire consisting of three sections: (1) demographic categories, (2) a list of twenty job factors with a Likert-like scale for respondents to record the strength of … more
Date: December 1981
Creator: Godkin, Roy Lynn
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Imagery, Self-Concept, Anxiety, and Stress as Predictors of Seriousness of Disease

Description: This research study was designed to investigate the relationships of imagery, self-concept, anxiety, stress, subjective stress and seriousness of illness and to determine the potential of certain cognitive mediating variables, especially imagery and an interaction between self-concept and imagery, to significantly increase the efficiency of stress as a predictor of seriousness of illness. The purposes of this study were: (1) to determine the efficiency of stress as a predictor of disease, (2) t… more
Date: May 1981
Creator: Harris, Jerry Lon
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Comparative Pedagogical Study of American Art-Songs Recommended for Beginning Voice Students

Description: This study's purpose was to examine and compare pedagogical opinions and suggestions regarding teaching American art-songs recommended as suitable for beginning voice students. Specific problems were to determine 1. The ten American art-songs most recommended by voice teachers for beginning students, 2. Pedagogical opinions and suggestions about these art-songs, 3. Voice teachers' general opinions and suggestions regarding teaching American artsong, 4. Ways in which their opinions and suggestio… more
Date: August 1981
Creator: Teat, Sue Ellen
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Lecithin Therapy for Tardive Dyskinesia

Description: Drug-induced tardive dyskinesia, an irreversible involuntary movement disorder caused by neuroleptic drugs, may reflect cholinergic hypofunction in the corpus striatum. Therapeutic results have been reported in trials of choline and lecithin, nutritional substrates which may enhance cholinergic neurotransmission. Lecithin's effects on dyskinetic symptoms were examined in 50 male patients in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Patients were randomly assigned to treatment or control groups;… more
Date: December 1981
Creator: Beckham, Barbara
Partner: UNT Libraries
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