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An analysis of a university organizational climate as perceived by undergraduate- and graduate-level students in terms of an environmental management appraisal

Description: The purpose of the present study is (1) to describe the North Texas State University organizational climate as perceived by undergraduate-and graduate-level students, (2) to compare their perceptions of institutional characteristics with students in other (norm group) universities throughout the nation, (3) to compare selected nominal subgroup data of the undergraduate-graduate student population in regard to their perception of the organizational climate, and (4) to provide sound information t… more
Date: December 1975
Creator: Munchus, George M.
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Analysis of activities in production typewriting and development of a teaching model and standards

Description: The problem of this study is an analysis of activities in production typewriting, development of a teaching model, and establishment of production standards. The study has four main purposes which are: (1) to identify the time spent in keystroking, decision making, typing from longhand copy, erasing an original, typing and correcting one carbon copy, and proofreading; (2) to test the correlation between anxiety level and decision-making time, and IQ and decision-making time; (3) to analyze the … more
Date: December 1975
Creator: Foust, Patsy
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An Analysis of Adding Land Cover as a Variable to the DRASTIC Ground Water Model

Description: This study involved a geographic information systems (GIS) approach to modeling ground water pollution potential in the Southern Edwards Aquifer Region in Texas. The DRASTIC ground water model was analyzed using two methods. First, the effects of adding land cover data to the drastic model were evaluated. In the second approach, the effects of the removal of DRASTIC variables were evaluated. Six, five, and four variable models were generated and analyzed.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Klingler, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry)
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An analysis of faculty attitudes toward administrators in an urban junior college district

Description: The problem of this study is to describe and analyze faculty attitudes toward administrators in an urban junior college district. The purposes of this study are to ascertain the attitudes of junior college faculty toward campus-level administrative positions and to determine what relationship existed between general and specific measures of faculty attitude.
Date: December 1975
Creator: Birkner, Samuel Davis
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An analysis of faculty perceptions of the performance of governing boards in academic affairs and alternative patterns of governance in institutions of higher education

Description: The problem of this study was to analyze faculty perceptions of the performance of current institutional governing boards in academic affairs, and the alternate patterns of faculty participation in governance in Texas senior colleges and universities. The purposes of the study were (1) to determine the current faculty perceptions of the importance and effectiveness of governing boards in academic boards in academic affairs, (2) to discover the level of satisfaction and knowledge of faculty of … more
Date: December 1979
Creator: Khalaf, Omar M.
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An analysis of selected personality characteristics of guidance associates at North Texas State University

Description: The problem under investigation was a description and analysis of change in selected personality characteristics of guidance associate students during the first and second year of training in the undergraduate curriculum designed for the Guidance Associate Degree at North Texas State University.
Date: December 1975
Creator: Carrier, Jerry E.
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An Analysis of the Changes that Occurred During a Decade in the Sculpture of James Surls

Description: The purpose of this thesis was to relate experiences and philosophies of James Surls to his art in order to determine changes in his artistic style. The problem was to study Surls' sculpture in approximately one decade in order to determine changes in his style, to determine which sculptures are important in making these changes, and to analyze how and why these changes occurred.
Date: December 1985
Creator: Suess, Susan E. (Susan Elaine)
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An analysis of the role of women in Texas Baptist higher education administration

Description: This study addressed the role of women in higher education administration in the eight Baptist universities in Texas. The purposes of this study were to examine the standards and practices of general administration as viewed by administrators within Baptist higher education and to analyze the influences upon the role of women in administration in the eight Texas Baptist universities.
Date: December 1990
Creator: Ward, Linda Gail
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Approximating soil loss calculations with satellite data and multivariate regression analyses

Description: Digital satellite remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been used effectively to determine the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) output for a number of North Texas watersheds. This method involves determining the values of each of the USLE factors and using these factors as information layers within the GIS.
Date: December 1989
Creator: Marr, Paul Gerard
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Arda

Description: Arda is an instrumental chamber work scored for cello, percussion, and multiple keyboards with a total duration of approximately thirteen minutes. The work is structured in an arch form whose divisions are based on instrumental and textual groupings. The pitch organization utilizes prominent intervals, improvised passages on certain passages on certain pitches, and the double harmonic mode, which is derived from an Indian raga. Various instrumental techniques are also used throughout the work t… more
Date: December 1982
Creator: Howard, Bill (William Alan)
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Assessment of knowledge acquired in an employability skills training program

Description: This investigation was concerned with assessing the knowledge acquired in an employability skills training program. The method for determination of the knowledge was presented as subjects' responses to the Employability Inventory (EI). As an antecedent to this, the EI was subjected to validation procedures. The methods used to validate the EI were the point-biserial correlation coefficient and rating devices.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Foster, David Edwin
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An assessment of the planning processes of savings and loan associations in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex

Description: The study is designed to assess the presence or absence of recognizable planning processes within the savings and loan industry in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex. Planning processes found are analyzed as to their content and scope in order to describe them in as accurate a manner as possible.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Kelley, C. Aaron
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The association between reading ability and test performance among adults of limited reading ability

Description: This study examined adult students of limited reading ability, determining the extent to which their performance on a standardized examination was a function of their reading ability, rather than function of their knowledge of the material tested by the examination.
Date: December 1990
Creator: Fuller, Frank D. (Frank Davidson)
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Behavioral outcomes of short-term nondirective play therapy with preschool deaf children

Description: This study was conducted to investigate change (as measured by positive growth changes in total personality adjustment, social maturity, and behavior patterns) in pre-school deaf children with behavioral problems who experienced short-term, nondirective play therapy. Change in behavior of these children was also investigated ten weeks after therapy.
Date: December 1975
Creator: Oualline, Viola Jackson
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The Biology and Life Cycle of Two Congeneric Corisella Species (Hemiptera: Corixidae) in a North Central Texas Waste Stabilization Lagoon

Description: Krum waste stabilization lagoon is a hypereutrophic system with relatively high thermal regimes and primary production. Corixids, particularly Corisella edulis and Corisella inscripta utilize the vast quantities of algae produced.
Date: December 1981
Creator: Luyendijk, Rudd
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The Canticles of Solomon

Description: The Canticles of Solomon , a musical drama written for tenor, mezzo soprano, chamber orchestra, and full chorus, is a three movement piece, 25 minutes in length. It is intended for performance without scenery, costume, or action. The fundamental element is text. The source text is The Song of Solomon from the Ryrie Study Bible. The text is cross referenced and used in the formal structure of the work. Each time a cross-referenced entry of text is reached, the melodic theme or rhythmic motive is… more
Date: December 1992
Creator: Shell, Joseph Scott
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Celestial concomitants of human behavior

Description: The objective of this dissertation is to provide a sensitive and replicable test of selected astrological hypotheses. One such testable astrological notion is the idea that the angular relationships between the heavenly bodies at a person's birth time are predictive of his or her personality traits. In this study a sample of 155 volunteers was administered the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF) and a correlation between the frequencies for the subjects' four astrological aspects (… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Noblitt, James Randall
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Characterization and Immune Inactivation of Cytotoxicity of Mycoplasma Species

Description: Polyacrymalide gel isoelectric focusing (PAGIF) in thin-layer was used to resolve proteins of Mycoplasma spp., Acholeplasma spp. and of eight strains of Ureaplasma urealyticum (T-Strain). A mixture of urea, Triton X-100, and dithioerythritol was used to solubilize sonically disrupted cells.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Sayed, Iftikhar Ali
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Characterization of Pyrimidine Biosynthesis in Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus Using Wild Type and Mutant Strains

Description: Pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis was studies in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ADP-1. Pyrimidine auxotrophic mutants were isolated and characterized for this purpose. One such Pyr mutant, strain ADP-1-218 was chosen for further study.
Date: December 1992
Creator: Entezampour, Mohammad
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