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The accumulated earnings tax: an empirical analysis of the Tax Court's implementation of Congressional intent

Description: Taxpayers have traditionally assessed personal vulnerability to particular taxes through a study of past litigated cases. One of the premises of the study was that useful information concerning the enforcement of the accumulated earnings tax could be obtained through a statistical analysis of such cases.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Madeo, Silvia Arnold
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An Analysis of Conflict in Two Hospitals

Description: The primary problems of the study are to collect data on conflicts with respect to two hospitals. and to analyze such data in order to determine the seriousness of present intra- and intersubgroup conflicts and the subject matters and underlying causes of the more serious present subgroup conflicts. A comparative analysis of the respective subgroups in each hospital and a comparative analysis of the two hospitals in conflicts are also part of the study.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Washing, Harry Alfred
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Antithesis: Composition for Chamber Orchestra

Description: Antithesis is a composition, approximately nine minutes long, for chamber orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 1 percussionist, prepared electronic tape and strings). Although not formally divided into movements, there are four major sections, analagous to the classical symphony. The primary thrust of the work is to juxtapose opposing timbres, rhythms, and modes of sound generation (instrumental versus electronic) in ways that lead one to another without f… more
Date: August 1977
Creator: Crocker, R. Dean
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Arbitration of racial discrimination in employment: an analysis of arbitrators' awards 1964-1975

Description: The purpose of this study is threefold: (1) to analyze grievance arbitration cases involving racial discrimination which occurred from 1964 to 1975; (2) to recommend guidelines suitable to the use of grievance arbitration in the settlement of racial-discrimination disputes; and (3) to predict trends regarding future utilization of grievance arbitration as a forum through which racial-discrimination victims can seek redress.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Nyanibo, Archibong I.
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The attitude of the sixty-fourth Texas legislators towards serving the severely and profoundly handicapped and handicapped infants below the age of three

Description: The problem of this study was to determine the degree of Texas Legislative support for public school services to handicapped children not presently being served (birth through two and zero reject). This study has four purposes: To identify trends in respect to educating the handicapped birth through two and zero-reject; To determine State Legislative's attitude with respect to serving; To inform the legislature and educational leaders and familiarize them with the data collected; and to present… more
Date: August 1977
Creator: Phillips, Arthur A.
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A comparison of the academic achievements of seventh grade students in the semester unit plan with those in the quarter unit plan

Description: The problem with which this dissertation is concerned is to determine whether the semester unit plan offers seventh grade students greater academic gain in the basic subject areas than does the quarter unit plan. Texas offers school districts a choice of the two plans. This study is unique in that the district of this study has both plans in operation at the secondary level.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Harrison, Guy T.
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A comparison of the career interests, locus of control, attitude, and achievement scores of community college introduction to business "on-campus" students and "open-circuit instructional television" students

Description: The problem of this study was a comparison of the career interests, locus of control, attitude, and achievement scores of community college introduction to business "on-campus" students and "open-circuit instructional television" students. The "on-campus" sample included 102 students enrolled in traditionally taught "introduction to business" classes and the "open-circuit instructional television" sample included 279 students enrolled in the "introduction to business" telecourse offered for cre… more
Date: May 1977
Creator: Hegar, Kathryn Weige
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Crux Fidelis

Description: Crux Fidelis is a musical and theatrical setting of the Roman Catholic Good Friday service. The work consists of three movements during which seven themes are developed in cyclic fashion thus making the overall form of the piece one of thematic variations. Variable tempos and moods are used throughout the work and are determined by the text. Linear construction, used primarily throughout the work, results in occasional vertical sonorities. A further synopsis of the elements of the work is inclu… more
Date: December 1977
Creator: Klinger, Michael
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The Cycle of Life Symphony

Description: This symphony is a representation of the composer's philosophy of life, which includes a belief in a pre-existent life (Beginnings), a mortal life (Searchings and Wanderings), and a life after death (Return Home). Three out of four of the cyclic elements in the Symphony are symbolic. Theme one represents the influence for good which emanates from a living God; motive one represents the influence for evil, or the Devil; motive two represents the influence of Christ. All three of these influences… more
Date: May 1977
Creator: Dean, Lynn C.
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Devadasi : The Slave of God

Description: Devadasi is an abstraction of primitive dance rites for nine dancers and five percussionists. Though based on fertility rites and religious temple ceremonies, no actual representation of events is intended. It it approximately sixteen minutes and twenty seconds long, and is composed in six sections. Detailed choreography for the dancers is not included, but entrance and exit cues are shown, and the character of each dance is suggested by the music. Suggestion for lighting and costuming are also… more
Date: May 1977
Creator: Bales, W. Kenton
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The development of a rating scale for humanities division chairpersons

Description: The purpose of this study was to devise and test a rating scale for humanities division chairpersons in four community colleges. The study sought resolution of the following problems: determine humanities division faculty's perceptions of effective and ineffective characteristics of humanities division chairpersons; determine the validity and estimates of reliability for the Humanities Division Chairperson Scale (HDCRS); and to determine the relationship that existed between the responses of th… more
Date: August 1977
Creator: Stone, Jack E.
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Display

Description: Display is a four-movement work for twenty-two instrumentalists, five singers, and a prepared tape. As the title implies, the composition is, in fact, a studied display, of numerous compositional and performance procedures, techniques, and effects. The performers must be of virtuoso caliber, and in some cases will need to know special techniques to produce some of the required effects.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Halloran, Donald C.
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A dynamic computer model of the growth process in university nursing programs

Description: The aim of this research is to identify the critical variables influencing the growth process in baccalaureate nursing programs, to establish the system structure of relationships between those variables, to incorporate the variables and their relationships into a dynamic decision-oriented simulation model of the growth process, and to investigate the validity and usefulness of the simulation model.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Jones, Jack William
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Eclectic qualities of Zoltán Kodály's Sonata, opus 8, for solo violoncello :|ba lecture recital, together with three recitals of music by Shostakovich, Biggs, Brahms, Franck, Bach, Ginastera, Martinu, and Barber

Description: The lecture recital was given April 11, 1977. The subject was Eclectic Qualities of Zoltán Kodály's Sonata, Opus 8, for Solo Violoncello, and it included a discussion of rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and formal qualities of the sonata along with conclusions and performance suggestions. The Kodály Sonata, Opus 8, was performed at the conclusion of the lecture.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Rietz, Marilyn June
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The Effectiveness of Selected Case-Finding Approaches in Locating Handicapped Individuals Residing in Areas with Specified Demographic Characteristics

Description: The problem of this study was the examination of selected case-finding approaches for locating handicapped individuals. It was designed to (1) determine the rank order of effectiveness of selected case-finding approaches, within specific census tracts, in locating handicapped individuals aged three to to twenty-one years inclusive, (2) to project the most effective case-finding approach within census tract areas with specified factors of mean income, median education level, and primary home la… more
Date: May 1977
Creator: Atkinson, Catherine N.
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The effects of rational behavior training of emotionally disturbed adolescents in an alternative school setting

Description: The rational emotive psychology movement has contributed significantly to the development of training approaches to explore the behavioral characteristics and emotional dynamics of full and healthy living. In response, this study was initiated to assess the effects of rational behavior training (RBT) upon emotionally disturbed adolescents in an alternative special education program.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Patton, Patricia L.
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The efficacy of self-administered systematic desensitization

Description: The purpose of this study was to test the therapeutic usefulness of a completely self-administered, behavior-therapy technique: systematic desensitization. The method involved the comparison of behavior change following the treatment of two groups of subjects. One group received the actual systematic-desensitization procedure, while the other underwent a similar but theoretically ineffective treatment termed attention-placebo.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Horowitz, Neil D.
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