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Membrane Antigens on AKR Mice Lymphocytes

Description: This investigation is concerned with cell surface antigens present on murine AKR/J mice spleen and thymus cells which have been extracted with papain. Isolation of individual proteins was accomplished by granulated gel electrofocusing. Similar patterns recorded by both electrofocusing procedures identified several proteins limited to the AKR/J and C3Heb/FeJ spleen and thymus samples, which represent Murine Leukemia Virus-associated surface proteins.
Date: December 1978
Creator: Eisinger, Robert W.
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Pelagic Phytoplankton and Physicochemical Correlates for Lake Texoma

Description: An analysis and correlation of phytoplankton communities with physicochemical data from 3 sites in Lake Texoma was conducted to supplement time-series data. Water and phytoplankton were sampled monthly, March, 1976-February, 1977. Simple correlations were run between all physicochemical parameters and phytoplankton standing crop from the 3 sites. Multiple linear regression analyses were used to develop equations predictive of phytoplankton standing crop and chloride concentration. Minerals leac… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: McCullough, William P.
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The Programming of Religious Education in Southern Baptist Institutions of Higher Education, 1977-1978

Description: The purpose of this study is to examine the programming of religious education in Southern Baptist institutions of higher education, including a comparison of current religious education programs, the articulation between college and seminary religious education programs, and the identification of future trends that these programs may follow. From these findings, the following conclusions were drawn: Religious education is apparently considered important enough to be included in the curriculum … more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Basden, Edward Jeter
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The Psychological and Social Adjustment of International Students at a Selected Institution of Higher Education

Description: The purposes of this study were to examine the problems of international students, assess the intensity of these problems, and describe relationships between the intensity of the problems and the following demographic variables: age, gender, number of years in the study of English, number of years living in the United States, grade point average at North Texas State University, major area of study at North Texas State University, and country of origin. International students pragmatically view … more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Senner, Gary Allan
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Racial Segregation in Dallas Public Housing: 1970-1976

Description: Racial residential segregation in Dallas public housing projects is analyzed before and after the implementation of the "central tenant assignment plan," adopted in May of 1975, Among the socioeconomically segregated population served by public housing, the effects of race and the nondiscrimination policy are investigated using project occupancy data. Indexes of dissimilarity are used to measure racial segregation, and the racial compositions of the communities in which the projects are located… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Weatherby, Norman L.
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The Recent and Fossil Freshwater Gastropod Fauna of Texas

Description: Twelve freshwater gastropod families, 39 genera and 70 fossil and Recent species are recognized and systematically treated. Keys to the families, genera and species were constructed and all species are illustrated. The purpose of this study was to synthesize and update the taxonomy, zoogeography, origins and correlations with drainage systems of the entire Recent and fossil freshwater gastropod fauna of Texas.
Date: December 1978
Creator: Fullington, Richard W.
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Retail Site Selection Using Multiple Regression Analysis

Description: Samples of stores were drawn from two chains, Pizza Hut and Zale Corporation. Two different samples were taken from Pizza Hut. Site specific material and sales data were furnished by the companies and demographic material relative to each site was gathered. Analysis of variance tests for linearity were run on the three regression equations developed from the data and each of the three regressions equations were found to have a statistically significant linear relationship. Statistically signifi… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Taylor, Ronald D. (Ronald Dean)
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The Role of the Organization of African Unity in the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970

Description: The primary purpose of this thesis is to examine the role of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in the Nigerian civil war, 1967-1970. The working hypothesis of this thesis is that as a result of (1) conservatism of the OAU; (2) Article 3, paragraphs II and III of.the OAU Charter; and (3) the influence of foreign powers on the OAU, the Organization has not been very successful in handling African conflicts. The purposes of this study necessitated researching a wide array of literature on th… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Oluo, Samuel L. O.
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A Series of Self-Portraits Made In Jewelry Form

Description: The problem consisted of creating a series of jewelry pieces in metal which embody the concept of a self-portrait. Each piece in the series has a physical outside and an inside area in its structure which together form a conceptual self-portrait. Each piece was partly preplanned in detail and partly spontaneously executed. The spontaneously executed parts of the individual pieces serve to include the presence of the subconscious self-image. The series when viewed as a whole or as individual par… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Jones, Deborah Jan
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The serpent: its characteristics, performance problems, and literature : a lecture recital, together with three recitals of selected works of Stevens, Frescobaldi, Spillman, Wilder, Ritter-George, Russell, and others

Description: The serpent, an extinct musical instrument, was important to the development of contemporary low brass. Its characteristics, performance problems, and literature give insight into its development as well as reasons for its ultimate demise and replacement with technically more advanced instruments.
Date: December 1978
Creator: Schultz, Russ A.
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Sound Imagery in "Walden" and Related Works

Description: Through careful analysis of sound in Walden with some attention to related works, this study demonstrates the three major facets of Thoreau's use of sound: first, an unusual aural sensitivity illustrated by his many varied sound images, which add concreteness and experiential immediacy; next, the depth of meaning that sound has as his metaphysical symbol in perception and expression of spiritual truth; finally, his effectiveness with such auditory devices as rhythm, alliteration, assonance, and… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Maddux, Linda Darlene
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A study of positive and negative inquiry

Description: The subject of the study is a theory of positive and negative inquiry with emphasis in mathematics. The purposes of this study are to examine the historical development of systematic inquiry in mathematics, to identify the nature of positive and negative inquiry, to propose and develop an interrelated set of propositions regarding positive and negative inquiry, and to relate the proposition of the theory to certain basic concepts of trigonometry.
Date: December 1978
Creator: Peebles, David M.
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A study of the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor development of children attending half-day and full-day state-supported kindergartens

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not a significant difference existed in the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor development of kindergarten children as a function of half-day or full-day kindergarten programs. Four public school district in Education Service Center Region XIII in Texas participated in the study.
Date: December 1978
Creator: Hatcher, Barbara Ann
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A Study of the Functions Performed by Store Managers in Chain Supermarkets

Description: The problem with which this dissertation is concerned is that of determining the true role performed by the chain supermarket store managers. A comparative study is made of chain supermarket store managers, supermarket chain-level managers, and non-food chain retail store managers and their ranking and rating of the importance of fifteen work functions ordinarily performed by retail store managers. The hypotheses of the study state that there will be a statistically significant difference in th… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: DeHay, Jerry M.
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A Study of the Inter-Rater Reliability of the Behavioral Characteristics Progression

Description: The purposes of this study were to compare the consistency of assessment between (1) a team of evaluators composed of personnel from a visiting state school; (2) the home team of evaluators and similar data, currently available for the subjects; (3) the visiting team of evaluators and similar data, currently available for the subjects; and (k) specific professional members of the team of evaluators from the home school personnel and the similar professional members from the visiting school pers… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Smith, Richard L., fl. 1978-
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A Study to Determine the Effectiveness of a Positive Approach to Discipline System for Classroom Management

Description: This study reports on an investigation of the effectiveness of the "Positive Approach to Discipline" (PAD) system for classroom management. The data from the study were analyzed by the analysis of variance with repeated measures. The data indicate several implications for the utilization of the PAD system for classroom management. The findings of the study indicate that, 1) teachers utilizing the PAD system significantly reduced the number of students referred to administration, and 2) teachers… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Allen, Sherwin A.
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A study to examine the degree of self-fulfillment a woman experiences within her career goals and her awareness of her own potential

Description: The purposes of this study were to examine the occupational goals of women in banking, manufacturing, and education; to examine women's awareness of their own potential; to compare the attitudes of working women toward themselves; to compare the attitudes, self-concepts, and career achievement between females aged twenty-five to thirty-five and females aged forty to fifty; and to compare the attitudes, self-concepts, and career achievement of females in banking, manufacturing, and education.
Date: December 1978
Creator: Schaffer, Kathleen T.
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Subdirectly Irreducible Semigroups

Description: Definition 1.1. The ordered pair (S,*) is a semi-group iff S is a set and * is an associative binary operation (multiplication) on S. Notation. A semigroup (S,*) will ordinarily be referred to by the set S, with the multiplication understood. In other words, if (a,b)e SX , then *[(a,b)] = a*b = ab. The proof of the following proposition is found on p. 4 of Introduction to Semigroups, by Mario Petrich. Proposition 1.2. Every semigroup S satisfies the general associative law.
Date: December 1978
Creator: Winton, Richard Alan
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A Survey of Intramural Sports Programs for High School Students in the Four Largest Metropolitan School Districts in Texas

Description: The purposes of this study were to determine whether intramural sports programs are available to senior high school students in the four largest metropolitan school districts in Texas and to determine reasons why schools may not offer intramural programs. Questionnaires were mailed to eighty-four high schools in the Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio Independent School Districts. Data obtained from this survey revealed that a majority of the responding schools do not sponsor intramura… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Miller, Diane Marie
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Teenagers' Attitudes Toward Early Parenting

Description: The problem of this study was to determine the attitudes of teenagers toward early parenting. A fifty-two item questionnaire was given to 253 students enrolled in Homemaking I, Homemaking II, or Home and Family Living classes. Data are reported in five sections: teenagers' (1) attitudes about early parenting, (2) perceptions of child abuse and neglect, (3) beliefs about disciplining and punishment, (4) preparation for parenting skills, and (5) attitudes toward parenting education classes. Diffe… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Reynolds-Hromadka, Johnny Sue.
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The Themes of God and Death in the Poetry of Stevie Smith

Description: Stevie Smith's treatment of her two major themes of God and death reveals her seriousness as a poet; although she earned a reputation as a writer of comic verse, she is rather a serious writer employing a comic mask. This thesis explores her two, dominant themes, which reveal her inability to synthesize her views about both subjects. In religion, she proved to be a doubter, an atheist, and a believer. Her attitude toward death, though more consistent, is nonetheless ambiguous, particularly reg… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Thurman, Susan E.
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A Word Processing Curriculum Model for Post-Secondary Educational Institutions

Description: The subject of this study is a curricular model in word processing for post-secondary programs of business education. The study had the following purposes: to survey the present emphasis upon word processing in programs of business education; to survey the current use of word processing in business; to identify the characteristic form of word processing systems; to survey the need for qualified personnel for employment in word processing; to evaluate current educational practices in educating i… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Gillard, Sharlett Kay Wolfe
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