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Morphological Variation and Ecological status of Hydrilla Verticillata (L.f.) Royle in Gatun Lake, Panama

Description: Research provides biological and ecological information on Hydrilla Verticillata (L. f.) Royle in Gatun Lake, Panama for an ongoing management program of aquatic weeds in the Panama Canal. Morphological and genetic variation, standing crop and life cycle were determined.
Date: May 1990
Creator: Briceño M., Jorge
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A Multiphasic Study of the Interaction Between the Branchiobdellid Cambarincola Vitrea and its Crayfish Host Procambarus Simulans

Description: The host-parasite interface between the branchiobdellid Cambarincola vitrea Ellis and its crayfish host is investigated along ecological, ultrastructural, serological, and endocrinological lines of evidence. Monthly analysis of a natural branchiobdellid from a vernal habitat demonstrates the annelid to be particularly sensitive to changes involving both the physical habitat as well as the host crayfish.
Date: August 1973
Creator: Koepp, Stephen John
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Evaluation of Immune Responses and Cytological Changes in Lumbricus Terrestris and Eisenia Foetida as Assays for Xenobiotics

Description: The earthworms, Lubricus terrestris and Eisenia foetida, were used as non mammalian surrogate models to assess the immunotoxicpotential of xenobiotic to mammals. Assays were developed and optimized for detecting spreading activity and phagocytosis of rabbit red blood cell (RRBC), bacteria, and yeasts by macrophage-like coelomocytes of L. terrestris.
Date: December 1992
Creator: Hariri, Abdolrahman Sadeghi
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A Psychological Approach to the Character of Wotan in Richard Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen

Description: The ancient Germanic god that Richard Wagner resurrected in his operatic style Der Ring des Nibelungen was worshiped and feared from Greenland to Asia Minor for 1,000 years after the birth of Christ. This thesis examines the psychological aspects of Wotan as he appears in the opera.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Elam, Donald W. (Donald Willis)
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Induction of Interferon Messenger RNA and Expression of Cellular Oncogenes in Human Lymphoblastoid Cells

Description: The purposes of this study was to demonstrate the induction of alpha interferon mRNA in Sendai virus-induced Namalava cells, to follow the level of alpha interferon mRNA synthesis at the transcriptional level, and to determine whether the Namalava cell line expresses the c-myc oncogene and to what degree. The amount of c-myc message deteted in Namalva cell RNA was about one-tenth that of Daudi cell RNA, whereas no difference in the amount of the c-Ha-ras message was observed between the two cel… more
Date: December 1986
Creator: Mahmoudi, Massoud
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Variations of the Mouthpiece Chamber and Their Effects on the Harmonic Spectrum of the Alto Saxophone

Description: It is the intent of this study to describe the harmonic activity that is present in the tone of the alto saxophone and to compare the spectra of selected tones when the chamber of the mouthpiece is changed in size and shape. It is hoped that the following questions might be answered: 1. What does the harmonic spectrum of the alto saxophone contain in terms of harmonic activity and the relative intensities of these harmonics? 2. What basic changes in chamber shape and size have evolved from earl… more
Date: August 1970
Creator: Guillaume, Dennis A. (Dennis Andrew)
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Characterization of the Specificity of DNA Uptake and Transformation by Naturally Competent Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus

Description: Although cultures of A. calcoaceticus BD413 are naturally competent at all growth phases, genetic markers can only be successfully transformed by DNA from the genus Acinetobacter. Transformation frequencies of nearly 1.2% were obtained with pcaA mutants were incubated in liquid culture with wild-type DNA.
Date: August 1990
Creator: Ahmadian-Tehrani, Mohsen
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German singing Societies in Texas

Description: The Germans who immigrated to Texas in the 1830s, 40s, and 50s brought with them many and varied cultural institutions which they had known and enjoyed in Europe. As soon as the initial hardships of the frontier could be overcome, they eagerly established singing societies in the Lidertafel tradition. These organizations were to have a profound impact on music in Texas from about 1850 to the time of World War I.
Date: May 1975
Creator: Albrecht, Theodore
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The Mercury Photosensitized Reactions of Some Hydocarbons

Description: The problem was to study several hydrocarbons when they were subjected to ultraviolet light of 2536 Ã… in the presence of mercury vapor. It would be expected from the work of Stallings that the rupture of any tertiary hydrogen bond in the molecule would be the predominant effect. However, secondary and primary bond splitting would occur as well as some C-C bond rupturing, but these could be expected to a lesser degree than the first, since the t-hydrogen has the greatest reactivity.
Date: June 1946
Creator: Dickinson, Ermintrude
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Compliance-Gaining Among Anglo and Mexican-American Children

Description: This study investigates compliance-gaining rhetoric among Anglo and Mexican-American fourth graders in three schools in north Texas. The children were asked to respond to a scenario and to give a rationale for their persuasive strategies. An analysis of interviews with 52 children indicates that although the children used some similar strategies when attempting to gain compliance from an adult, there are also some significant differences between the two cultural groups.
Date: August 1993
Creator: Stroupe, Hal T. (Hal Tanner)
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The Effects of Selected Work Intervals of Eccentric Exercise During a Strength Training Program

Description: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of six- and twelve-second time intervals of eccentric strength training among college males. Thirty-eight students were used in two experimental groups and one control group. Subjects in the two experimental groups trained three days a week for seven consecutive weeks and were required to perform two sets -of eccentric exercise with three repetitions in each set for either six- or twelve-second intervals, depending upon the experimental group… more
Date: December 1976
Creator: Starnes, Jerry W.
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Expanded Plastics Used as Sculptural Patterns for Burn out in Ceramic Shell Molds

Description: The purpose of this investigation was to develop a method of burning out expanded plastic patterns invested in ceramic shell molds. Technological information suggested that the procedure was not feasible because plastic expansion or gas combustion invariably spoiled the mold. However, burning out expanded plastic patterns would provide a practical method of using such materials in the sculptor's studio; combined with ceramic shells, the patterns would promote accurately detailed castings with e… more
Date: August 1976
Creator: Penland, Lilburn C.
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The Reader as Rhetor: a Group Interpretation Script for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth

Description: This thesis examines the rhetorical dimensions of oral interpretation. A group interpretation script entitled "A New Prayer for Peace" was compiled and rehearsed. Two public performances were given to audiences in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth (Texas). The audience members were surveyed to solicit subjective reaction.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Skiles, Richard Kent
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An Annotated Translation of the British Museum, Additional 4918: Traité De La Musique Moderne, Avec Quelques Remarques Sur La Musique Ancienne Par A.D.V. (1702)

Description: The British Museum, Additional Manuscript 4918, provides an interesting insight into the sociology as well as the music of the Baroque period. This treatise was written by an unknown "music-lover," who was not a musician by profession. All that is definitely known about his identity are the initials A.D.V. that appear on the title page. The manuscript is dated 1702. In method and design this work represents the transitional character of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Because the auth… more
Date: June 1970
Creator: Donworth, Koma Sue
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Organelle- and Organ-Specific Isozymes of Euglena Gracilis and Catfish

Description: Two distinct compartmentalized isozymes of aldolase and triosephosphate isomerase were examined in the photoautotrophically and heterotrophically grown green alga Euglena gracilis. A comparison of the chemical and physical properties of the isozymes was carried out. Isozymes of phosphoglucose isomerase were isolated in homogeneous form from liver and muscle tissue of the fresh water catfish. The two organ-specific isozymes were essentially identical with respect to their molecular weights but e… more
Date: December 1974
Creator: Mo, Yeh-Chun
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A Comparison of Drawings Between a Group of Dyslexic Adolescents and a Group of Non-Dyslexic Adolescents

Description: The purpose of this paper is to compare a group of adolescents with the learning disorder of dyslexia and a group of adolescents without dyslexia in regard to their ability to make realistic drawings. Subjects selected for the study were from a suburban junior high school in which a random sample was taken of both dyslexic and non-dyslexic students. Each was given three standardized drawing tasks, including a still-life drawing, a contour drawing, and a perspective drawing. The drawings were ju… more
Date: August 1976
Creator: Tillman, Karen A.
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Franz Liszt: A Study of His Life and Piano Music

Description: This study of Franz Liszt presents the Hungarian master as a figure of conflicting forces, a sort of conflicting forces, a sort of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde of music. In other words, Liszt was a dual personality. In this study of Liszt's major piano works, it will become evident that several factors were vital in the ultimate realization of these works.
Date: August 1957
Creator: Walz, Larry Gene
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The Student use of English Examination at North Texas State University, 1944-1976

Description: This study is concerned with the history of the Student Use of English examination at North Texas State University in Denton, Texas. Conceived in 1944 and implemented in 1946, the examination serves as a measure to insure that marginal English students demonstrate a minimal proficiency in composition evidenced by a three and a half page essay written in topics related to their major fields.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Duncan, William Neil
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Primary Productivity and Nutrient Relationships in Garza-Little Elm Reservoir

Description: A large, multi-basin reservoir (Garza-Little Elm Reservoir) in north central Texas was studied to determine the relative effects of various parameters on primary productivity. The basins were impounded several years apart, thus allowing the influence of age on water chemistry and biota to be considered. Another principal influence on water quality was secondary sewage effluent that entered one basin from a nearby source.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Smith, Jerry Allen
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A Philosophical Perspective of Art

Description: The underlying problem of the thesis is elucidating the relationship between the art object and philosophy. The thesis is organized into an introduction and four chapters. The introduction poses the need for a philosophical approach to the art object, and the phenomological method is briefly described. The first chapter defines and describes two basic structures found in the art object. The second chapter probes into the ontological structure of the art object in terms of form and media. The th… more
Date: May 1977
Creator: Hopp, Larry F.
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