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A Survey of the Use of Computers at State-Supported Senior Colleges and Universities in the United States

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the use of the computer in higher education at state-supported senior colleges and universities in the United States. The following findings and conclusions are based on the information gained from the study. 1. The average number of years computers have been used by institutions of higher education is ten. The length of time increases with both the level of offering and the enrollment of the institution. 2. A greater emphasis is placed on administrati… more
Date: May 1977
Creator: Anderson, John W., 1944-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Financial Leverage and the Cost of Capital

Description: The objective of the research reported in this dissertation is to conduct an empirical test of the hypothesis that, excluding income tax effects, the cost of capital to a firm is independent of the degree of financial leverage employed by the firm. This hypothesis, set forth by Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller in 1958, represents a challenge to the traditional view on the subject, a challenge which carries implications of considerable importance in the field of finance. The challenge has led… more
Date: December 1977
Creator: Brust, Melvin F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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Corporate Planning and Forecasting: An Analysis of the State of the Art in the Service Industry and Development of a Generalized Approach for the Needs of the 1970's and the 1980's

Description: This study has a twofold purpose. The first is to demonstrate the state of the art of corporate planning and forecasting activity, and the second is to determine the existence of any differences between the planning practices of the consumer service industry and the producer service industry. The study is organized into seven chapters. The introduction chapter contains background information, a description of the problem and opportunity followed by a definition of terms, the purpose of the rese… more
Date: May 1977
Creator: Subramanian, Bala R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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Decision Criteria for Gifts Under the 1976 Tax Reform Act

Description: The 1976 Tax Reform Act made many changes in the taxation of estate and gift transfers. Previously gifts and estates were taxed separately and the gift tax rate was 75 percent of the estate tax rate; and there was a $30,000 exemption for gifts and a $60,000 exemption for estate transfers. Under the new law the exemptions were repealed and replaced with a unified credit against the tax; and the tax on estate and gift transfers was combined into one increasing rate schedule. Under the prior law, … more
Date: December 1977
Creator: Byars, Richard B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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An Investigation of the Relationship Among Occupational Opportunities for Women, Marriage, and Fertility

Description: The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship among the following variables: occupational opportunities for women, career participation, percentage married by specific age groups, and fertility. The areal units of analysis are the one-hundred largest standard metropolitan statistical areas in the United States in 1970. The independent variables are occupational opportunities for women and career participation of women, and the dependent variables are percentage married by spec… more
Date: May 1977
Creator: Ross, Patricia A.
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Environmental Pollution, Material Scarcity and the Development of Aluminum Recycling Reverse Channels of Distribution

Description: The purpose of this study was to analyze the developing organizational and management paradigms in the aluminum packaging and container industry, where reverse channels of distribution offer an excellent vehicle for studying organizations which are "closing the distribution circle." Based on the analysis, several conclusions are offered. 1. The extent to which primary manufacturers have entered aluminum packaging and container recycling and subsequently developed effective reverse channels of d… more
Date: August 1977
Creator: Ginter, Peter M.
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Annual Report to the Congress by the Office of Technology Assessment: March 15, 1977

Description: This report includes statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the board, TAAC Chairman, and the director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The report discusses the year in review regarding the work in progress, organization and operations of OTA.
Date: March 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: John H. Dalton]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 1, 1977, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Blast]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 1, 1977
Duration: 18 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fire (Grass)]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 8, 1977, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 50 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Effect of Busing on School Success of Minority Students in Urban Elementary Schools

Description: The purposes of this study were (1) to determine whether the mean gains on achievement scores in reading and mathematics for bused students in grades four and five after one year in integrated schools is greater than the mean gain in reading and mathematics achievement scores for similar non-bused students in segregated schools; (2) to determine whether school attendance for bused students is greater than attendance for similar non-bused students; and (3) to determine if attitude toward school,… more
Date: December 1977
Creator: Thomas, Kenneth D., 1939-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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Impeachment as a Political Weapon

Description: This study is concerned with the problem of determining the nature of impeachable offenses through an analysis of the English theory of impeachment, colonial impeachment practice, debates in the constitutional convention and the state ratifying conventions, The Federalist Papers and debates in the first Congress, In addition, the precedents established in American cases of impeachment particularly in the trials of Judge John Pickering, Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Johnson are exami… more
Date: December 1977
Creator: Collins, Sally Jean Bumpas
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An Appeal to Reason: Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and Whig Presidential Politics, 1836-1848

Description: American politics from 1832 to 1848 underwent a profound transformation. Whereas in the early years of the republic politics had been based on deference and elitism, by the early 1830's a definite change in the political arena had occurred. With the coming of the "Age of Jackson, " the political rules and styles of the older era began to change. The politics of deference began to give way to the politics of "availability." Because this study is a discussion, examination, and analysis of Webster… more
Date: December 1977
Creator: Teague, William Joseph, 1941-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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Federal/State Regulatory Permitting Actions in Selected Nuclear Power Station Licensing Cases

Description: Abstract: This report documents the Federal/State regulatory permitting actions in 12 case histories of nuclear power station licensing in nine different states. General observations regarding Federal/State siting roles in the siting process include: new regulations, with the exceptions of those imposed by NEPA, were not found to be the source of significant delay; interventions were the sources of significant delay in only two cases; in only two cases was a local agency a source of delay; no o… more
Date: June 1977
Creator: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of State Programs.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Common Marsh Plant Species of the Gulf Coast Area, Vol. 1, Productivity, Appendix A

Description: Appendix to a report on productivity containing an analysis of the above ground production of seven species of marsh plants as part of a study on the the feasibility of using dredged material as a substrate for marsh development.
Date: December 1977
Creator: Gosselink, James G.; Hopkinson, Charles Savage, Jr. & Parrondo, Roland T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Common Marsh Plant Species of the Gulf Coast Area, Vol. 1: Productivity, Appendix B

Description: Appendix to a report on productivity containing an analysis of the production of six common coastal Louisiana marsh plant species as determined by phenometric analysis as part of a study on the the feasibility of using dredged material as a substrate for marsh development.
Date: December 1977
Creator: Gosselink, James G.; Hopkinson, Charles Savage, Jr. & Parrondo, Roland T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Low-Ground-Pressure Construction Equipment for Use in Dredged Material Containment Area Operation and Maintenance, Performance Predictions, Appendix A

Description: Appendix containing data summary and site descriptions for sampled containment areas to accompany a report on low-ground-pressure construction equipment for use in dredged material containment area operation and maintenance as part of a study on various methods of improving the efficiency and acceptability of facilities for confining dredged material on land.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Willoughby, William E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Common Marsh Plant Species of the Gulf Coast Area, Vol 1., Productivity, Appendix C

Description: Appendix to a report on the productivity detailing the productivity of a spartina marsh community as determiend by a gasometric analysis as part of a study on the the feasibility of using dredged material as a substrate for marsh development.
Date: December 1977
Creator: Gosselink, James G.; Hopkinson, Charles Savage, Jr. & Parrondo, Roland T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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