Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT Librarieshttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNT/browse/?fq=str_year:1987&fq=untl_decade:1980-19892024-02-08T14:48:10-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT LibrariesInternational Association of Panoramic Photographers [Newsletter], June 19872024-02-08T14:48:10-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2273828/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2273828/"><img alt="International Association of Panoramic Photographers [Newsletter], June 1987" title="International Association of Panoramic Photographers [Newsletter], June 1987" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2273828/small/"/></a></p><p>Newsletter of the International Association of Panoramic Photographers discussing news and events, organizational updates, and articles on topics of interest to members, along with photographs and advertising.</p>International Association of Panoramic Photographers [Newsletter], March 19872024-02-08T14:48:06-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2273825/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2273825/"><img alt="International Association of Panoramic Photographers [Newsletter], March 1987" title="International Association of Panoramic Photographers [Newsletter], March 1987" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2273825/small/"/></a></p><p>Newsletter of the International Association of Panoramic Photographers discussing news and events, organizational updates, and articles on topics of interest to members, along with photographs.</p>Effects of Counselor Religious Values on the Client's Perception of the Counselor2022-11-18T15:06:11-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2017105/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2017105/"><img alt="Effects of Counselor Religious Values on the Client's Perception of the Counselor" title="Effects of Counselor Religious Values on the Client's Perception of the Counselor" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2017105/small/"/></a></p><p>This study made five hypotheses predictions to investigate the effects of counselor religious values on the client's perceptions of the counselor. The appendices included various information including the 5 counselors who were asked to evaluate another counselor on several different measures (playing as a possible client of the particular counselor).</p>An Examination of My Perceptions of the Myth of Femininity2022-11-18T06:28:35-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2017092/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2017092/"><img alt="An Examination of My Perceptions of the Myth of Femininity" title="An Examination of My Perceptions of the Myth of Femininity" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2017092/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper examines the myth of femininity and the author's own perception towards it through an analysis of seven pieces of art work and related literature. R. Renee Sherrer explores the representation of concepts and the use of image to impart a message.</p>Analysis of the Salt-Bisque Technique, Its Effects Under Regulated Conditions and Its Evolution Through the Introduction of Seven Sodium-Based Chemicals2022-11-18T06:28:17-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2017091/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2017091/"><img alt="Analysis of the Salt-Bisque Technique, Its Effects Under Regulated Conditions and Its Evolution Through the Introduction of Seven Sodium-Based Chemicals" title="Analysis of the Salt-Bisque Technique, Its Effects Under Regulated Conditions and Its Evolution Through the Introduction of Seven Sodium-Based Chemicals" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2017091/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper examines the surface effects of the salt-bisque technique on clay forms and its evolution through the introduction of seven-sodium based chemicals. Genevieve Espinosa walks the reader through a series of tests and procedures in three stages: the formative, decorative, and conclusive (firing) stages.</p>Low-Temperature Sodium Vapor Firing: A Study of Alternative Sources for Sodium2019-05-28T13:07:35-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1483085/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1483085/"><img alt="Low-Temperature Sodium Vapor Firing: A Study of Alternative Sources for Sodium" title="Low-Temperature Sodium Vapor Firing: A Study of Alternative Sources for Sodium" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1483085/small/"/></a></p><p>As much as I like the effects of low-fire salting, I hesitate to use salt. The hydrochloric acid released into the environment during the salting process creates a dense fog that is not only toxic, but visually offensive as well. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to find a source of sodium that would achieve aesthetic results as equally exciting as the effects of salt.</p>Painting Out of Context2019-05-28T13:07:35-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1483053/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1483053/"><img alt="Painting Out of Context" title="Painting Out of Context" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1483053/small/"/></a></p><p>I wanted to produce a body of work related to the problem of decontextualizing objects. By challenging the object's habitual associations, I hoped to provoke a new set of relationships for the viewer. I kept a journal of personal information, dreams and events, that might later provide imagery for and insights into the work. My goal in the endeavor was to acquire concision and complexity in imagistic language, a language in which the definite and the indeterminate would coincide very simply to provoke a variety of unexpected associations.</p>The Evolution of Symbols Generated In a Body of Work2019-05-28T13:07:35-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1482987/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1482987/"><img alt="The Evolution of Symbols Generated In a Body of Work" title="The Evolution of Symbols Generated In a Body of Work" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1482987/small/"/></a></p><p>In order to discover more about the nature of my work, I conducted an investigation of the evolution of symbols generated in a body of work. For the purpose of this study the term symbol was defined as something that represents the term symbol was defined as something that represents another entity by association, resemblance, or convention, specifically, a material object or image used to represent an idea.</p>The Microcomputer as a Tool for Pattern Generation in Fabric Design2019-05-28T13:07:35-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1483030/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1483030/"><img alt="The Microcomputer as a Tool for Pattern Generation in Fabric Design" title="The Microcomputer as a Tool for Pattern Generation in Fabric Design" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1483030/small/"/></a></p><p>After practicing Interior Design professionally for ten years and concurrently watching the rapid expansion of the use of computers in the business world, the problem of incorporating the use of computers into the field of interior design became increasingly important to me. Many designers seem to be rather leery of "the computer" and they are reluctant to accept it as a valuable tool in their design process. One aspect of applying the use of the computer to the interior design field is in the area of pattern generation for fabrics and wallcoverings. It is this area that will be explored in the following project.</p>An Investigation Into the Relationship Between Media and Content2019-05-28T13:07:35-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1483062/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1483062/"><img alt="An Investigation Into the Relationship Between Media and Content" title="An Investigation Into the Relationship Between Media and Content" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1483062/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between media and content in my work. I began a series of paintings in the fall of 1985 which was based on 35mm transparencies. At this point, the slides were nothing more than a visual aid, a way to augment my technical skills; my chief interest in these paintings was narrative. I was also taking a drawing class at the time, and several times I recycled a transparency I had used with a painting to create a drawing. Sometimes Both versions were relatively successful (though often for very different reasons), other times one version would be more successful than the other. Technical proficiency (or lack of it) did not seem to be the determining factor in these cases.</p>Dimensional Alteration of Structure in Communicating Artist's Intent2019-05-28T13:07:35-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1482986/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1482986/"><img alt="Dimensional Alteration of Structure in Communicating Artist's Intent" title="Dimensional Alteration of Structure in Communicating Artist's Intent" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1482986/small/"/></a></p><p>This study involves an investigation of artist's intent (purpose) and the effects of altering the dimensional structure of a print utilizing the materials as imagery. Concerning the nature of the creative project, The following questions arose: 1. How will changing my current two-dimensional format to a three-dimensional presentation produce the desired intensity of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual depth? 2. What kinds of materials can be combined to effectively produce the desired imagery? 3. What technical problems arise in regard to a supporting armature in the three dimensional structures? 4. How is the artist's intent communicated through the imagery created in the three-dimensional structures?</p>Clinical Approaches to the Near-Death Experiencer2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051966/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051966/"><img alt="Clinical Approaches to the Near-Death Experiencer" title="Clinical Approaches to the Near-Death Experiencer" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051966/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses near-death experiencers and "general guidelines and specific interventions, developed at an interdisciplinary conference, to assist NDErs in coping with psychological difficulties following their experiences" (abstract).</p>Cross-Cultural Counseling and the Near-Death Experience: Some Elaborations2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051957/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051957/"><img alt="Cross-Cultural Counseling and the Near-Death Experience: Some Elaborations" title="Cross-Cultural Counseling and the Near-Death Experience: Some Elaborations" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051957/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper proposes "cross-cultural counseling and world views" as an effort to improve therapeutic models for aiding near-death experiencers (NDErs). The parameters of the cross-cultural counseling method are established, and potential counterarguments are addressed.</p>Guest Editorial: Consciousness and Substance: The Primal Forms of God2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051970/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051970/"><img alt="Guest Editorial: Consciousness and Substance: The Primal Forms of God" title="Guest Editorial: Consciousness and Substance: The Primal Forms of God" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051970/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper establishes the author's view on consciousness and God, and attempts to correct New Age-oriented beliefs.</p>Comments On "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife" [#2]2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051965/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051965/"><img alt="Comments On "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife" [#2]" title="Comments On "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife" [#2]" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051965/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper comments on potential connections between electromagnetic radiation's influence on human biology, and the ramifications of the afterlife.</p>Comments on Dr. J. Slawinski's Paper2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051990/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051990/"><img alt="Comments on Dr. J. Slawinski's Paper" title="Comments on Dr. J. Slawinski's Paper" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051990/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses Rupert Sheldrake's comments about Dr. J. Slawinski's paper "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife." Sheldrake proposes ideas that disagree with Slawinski's paper.</p>Comments On "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife" [#3]2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052013/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052013/"><img alt="Comments On "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife" [#3]" title="Comments On "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife" [#3]" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052013/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper by Steven M. Rosen comments on Janusz Slawinski's paper named "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife." This paper contains three critiques of an empirical, philosophical, and mathematical nature, respectively.</p>Comments On "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife" [#1]2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051984/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051984/"><img alt="Comments On "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife" [#1]" title="Comments On "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife" [#1]" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051984/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper by Evan Harris Walker comments on Janusz Slawinski's paper named "Electromagnetic Radiation and the Afterlife." It states the shortcomings of Slawinski's electromagnetic radiation argument by specifying a variety of points that run counter to the argument's physical possibility.</p>Comments on Slawinski's Paper2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051971/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051971/"><img alt="Comments on Slawinski's Paper" title="Comments on Slawinski's Paper" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051971/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper by Keith Harary addresses Janusz Slawinki's paper "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife." Harary expresses why he remains unconvinced by Slawinski's electromagnetic radiation argument.</p>Comments on Bette Furn's "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience"2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051994/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051994/"><img alt="Comments on Bette Furn's "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience"" title="Comments on Bette Furn's "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience"" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051994/small/"/></a></p><p>The author of the article critiques Bette Furn's paper in an effort to provide better strategies for helping people that have had near-death experiences (NDEs), and presents an alternative perspective from someone who has experienced an NDE.</p>Out-of-Body Experiences in the Blind2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051983/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051983/"><img alt="Out-of-Body Experiences in the Blind" title="Out-of-Body Experiences in the Blind" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051983/small/"/></a></p><p>"The theoretical significance of out-of-body experiences in blind people is explored. In this context I report results of a survey of a small sample of blind adults. It is concluded that we have yet to locate a case of an out-of-body experience in the blind that has critical implications for the interpretation of the experience among the general population" (abstract).</p>Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051967/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051967/"><img alt="Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife" title="Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051967/small/"/></a></p><p>This article discusses the possibility that electromagnetic radiation could contain and transmit the essence of consciousness after the body's death, allowing consciousness to continue beyond the body's death.</p>A Counseling Approach to Assist Near-Death Experiencers: A Response to Bette Furn's Paper2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052015/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052015/"><img alt="A Counseling Approach to Assist Near-Death Experiencers: A Response to Bette Furn's Paper" title="A Counseling Approach to Assist Near-Death Experiencers: A Response to Bette Furn's Paper" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052015/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper by Judith S. Miller critiques Bette Furn's paper titled "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience." Miller doesn't believe Furn's method is effective for people that have had near-death experiences (NDEs). Miller provides alternative strategies.</p>Response to "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience"2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052008/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052008/"><img alt="Response to "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience"" title="Response to "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience"" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052008/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper addresses Bette Furn's article "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience" from two perspectives that the author possesses. The author is a social worker and a near-death experiencer. The author points out some limitations of Furn's argument.</p>Response To Commentaries On "Electromagnetic Radiation and The Afterlife"2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052012/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052012/"><img alt="Response To Commentaries On "Electromagnetic Radiation and The Afterlife"" title="Response To Commentaries On "Electromagnetic Radiation and The Afterlife"" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052012/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper is a response from Janusz Slawinski to commentaries on their original paper titled "Electromagnetic Radiation and The Afterlife." Slawinski elaborates on more information to respond to other peoples' critiques.</p>Remarks On Janusz Slawinski's Paper2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051978/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051978/"><img alt="Remarks On Janusz Slawinski's Paper" title="Remarks On Janusz Slawinski's Paper" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051978/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper by Michael Grosso analyzes points made by Janusz Slawinski in their paper "Electromagnetic Radiation and the Afterlife." It specifies that the author's hypothesis cannot be tested currently, and thus, it cannot be falsified. More research and data is needed, according to Grosso.</p>Fields Within Fields, Questions Within Questions: A Comment On "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife"2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052003/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052003/"><img alt="Fields Within Fields, Questions Within Questions: A Comment On "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife"" title="Fields Within Fields, Questions Within Questions: A Comment On "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife"" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052003/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper commends Janusz Slawinski for their paper "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife" for proposing provocative questions, and proceeds to provide a list of questions to refocus Slawinski's inquiry into this topic.</p>When Science is Nonscientific2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052006/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052006/"><img alt="When Science is Nonscientific" title="When Science is Nonscientific" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052006/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper addresses the connection that science has to philosophy and the use of presuppositions. The author critiques Slawinski's paper titled "Electromagnetic Radiation And The Afterlife" by pointing out a variety of flaws in Slawinski's reasoning.</p>The Use Of Physics In Answering Metaphysical Questions2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052000/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052000/"><img alt="The Use Of Physics In Answering Metaphysical Questions" title="The Use Of Physics In Answering Metaphysical Questions" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052000/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper by Hoyt Edge comments on Janusz Slawinski's paper "Electromagnetic Radiation and the Afterlife" by looking at Slawinski's arguments from a logical and structural point of view. Edge points out the logical shortcomings of Slawinski's arguments, and criticizes Slawinski for making bold claims upon lacking evidence. Edge gives credit to Slawinski for continuing the conversation about the afterlife, however.</p>Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience: A Conceptual and Therapeutic Model2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051991/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051991/"><img alt="Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience: A Conceptual and Therapeutic Model" title="Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience: A Conceptual and Therapeutic Model" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051991/small/"/></a></p><p>Abstract: Most mental health practitioners, and counseling psychologists in particular, possess skills for helping near-death experiencers. What is needed is a conceptual framework that is both familiar to practitioners and highly relevant to that client group. Cross-cultural counseling in general, and the consideration of world views more specifically, are suggested. Using that framework, the world view assimilated during the near-death experience (NDE) is viewed as being in contrast to that of the "old self," significant others, and the majority culture. The difficulties reported by NDErs are considered analogous to those associated with culture shock. The world views of the practitioner, NDEr, and relevant others should be taken into account in the formulation of psychoeducational and therapeutic interventions.</p>Book Review: Flight of Mind: A Psychological Study of the Out-of-Body Experience2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051982/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051982/"><img alt="Book Review: Flight of Mind: A Psychological Study of the Out-of-Body Experience" title="Book Review: Flight of Mind: A Psychological Study of the Out-of-Body Experience" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051982/small/"/></a></p><p>Review of a book titled "Flight of Mind: A Psychological Study of the Out-of-Body Experience" written by H.J. Irwin. The review summarizes details from Irwin's book, while providing some of the reviewer's observations about Irwin's points.</p>Review of Bette Furn's "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience"2018-01-18T14:37:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051976/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051976/"><img alt="Review of Bette Furn's "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience"" title="Review of Bette Furn's "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience"" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051976/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper reviews Bette Furn's "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience." McDonagh commends Furn's paper for eliciting conversation within the subject of near-death experiences (NDEs), and then McDonagh points out some of the limitations of Furn's ideas. He then proceeds to give his own perspective on how NDE counseling could be potentially improved.</p>Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 6, Number 2, Winter 19872017-12-13T09:27:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1043856/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1043856/"><img alt="Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 6, Number 2, Winter 1987" title="Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 6, Number 2, Winter 1987" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1043856/small/"/></a></p><p>Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.</p>Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 6, Number 1, Fall 19872017-12-13T09:27:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1043892/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1043892/"><img alt="Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 6, Number 1, Fall 1987" title="Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 6, Number 1, Fall 1987" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1043892/small/"/></a></p><p>Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.</p>She Had No Peer: A Chamber Opera2017-11-05T16:25:22-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038873/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038873/"><img alt="She Had No Peer: A Chamber Opera" title="She Had No Peer: A Chamber Opera" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038873/small/"/></a></p><p>The work is a chamber opera in five movements. The vocal forces include soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone solos and a small mixed chorus. The instrumental forces include flute, oboe, alto and tenor saxophone, bassoon, cello and percussion. The opera is a character study of Eve and the Virgin Mary that compares and contrasts their evolving emotions. Recurring motives and texts are used to help the characters portray their emotions . The English texts were chosen from poetry ranging primarily from the 16th to the 20th century.</p>Voice Crying in the Wilderness2017-11-05T14:55:47-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038784/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038784/"><img alt="Voice Crying in the Wilderness" title="Voice Crying in the Wilderness" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038784/small/"/></a></p><p>This score was prepared using a new computer software program called the "Professional Composer". Voice Crying in the Wilderness is an original score by Nat Irvin and Bob Ray Sanders.</p>Mass2017-11-05T14:55:47-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038770/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038770/"><img alt="Mass" title="Mass" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038770/small/"/></a></p><p>This thesis is a musical setting of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei. It is scored for a soprano soloist, a four-part chorus (SATB), percussion requiring one player (orchestral bells, vibraphone, and chimes), piano, and pipe organ. The text is taken from the traditional Latin and its English translation, the Greek (in the case of "Kyrie eleison") and verse taken from scripture--John 1:1, John 1:5, and Revelation 1:17-18--as translated in the Revised Standard Version Bible. These verses are woven into the musical fabric of the Kyrie and the Gloria and are frequently overlayed with the text of the Mass itself. The text is treated freely with some cyclic treatment of textual and thematic material.</p>Concerto for Trumpet and Chamber Ensemble2017-11-05T14:55:47-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038898/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038898/"><img alt="Concerto for Trumpet and Chamber Ensemble" title="Concerto for Trumpet and Chamber Ensemble" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038898/small/"/></a></p><p>Concerto for Trumpet and Chamber Ensemble is a three-movement work for solo trumpet and ten instruments, one player to a part, of approximately fourteen minutes in length. It is scored for flute, oboe, clarinet in B-flat, bassoon, piano, percussion, trumpet (solo) in C, violin, viola, cello, and double bass. The principal percussion instrument is xylophone with lesser parts for suspended cymbal and triangle.</p>International Debt Crisis: Interaction of Economics and Politics2016-11-15T10:54:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935791/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935791/"><img alt="International Debt Crisis: Interaction of Economics and Politics" title="International Debt Crisis: Interaction of Economics and Politics" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935791/small/"/></a></p><p>This study attempts to examine the international debt crisis in the 1980s from a primarily political perspective, to permit a greater understanding of the interaction between economics and politics in the course of crisis management The process of dealing with the current international debt crisis provides an pat case for investigation of how economic concerns affect political outcomes, and how political factors influence economic outcomes, and how political factors influence economic policies. This study concentrates on the two regions of Latin America and Eastern Europe where the debt crisis started. The study emphasizes that the international debt crisis started. The study emphasizes that the international debt problem has been increasingly politicized in the contemporary international relations, and that its solution, in addition to the economic aspects, calls for political willingness by all parties concerned.</p>De Novo Glycogen Biosynthesis by a Glycogen Primer Complex in the Obliquely Striated Skeletal Muscle of Ascaris suum2016-11-15T10:54:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935639/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935639/"><img alt="De Novo Glycogen Biosynthesis by a Glycogen Primer Complex in the Obliquely Striated Skeletal Muscle of Ascaris suum" title="De Novo Glycogen Biosynthesis by a Glycogen Primer Complex in the Obliquely Striated Skeletal Muscle of Ascaris suum" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935639/small/"/></a></p><p>During the purification of the enzyme glycogen synthase from the muscle of the nematode Ascaris suum, approximately 70% of the glycogen synthase activity can be separated from the bulk of cellular glycogen by centrifugation for 60 min at 105,000 x . The glycogen synthase in the supernatant fraction has an Mr of 1.2 x 106 as determined by Sepharose 4B gel filtration chromatography. The glycogen synthase in this high molecular weight complex (glycogen primer complex) can be further purified by ConA-Sepharose affinity chromatography; the enzyme activity was eluted with 100 .mM a-methylmannoside. The glycogen synthase in glycogen'primer complex is predominately in the glucose 6-phosphatedependent form. The glycogen primer complex can catalyze the transfer of glucosyl units from UDP-glucose to an endogenous acceptor in the absence of exogenous glycogen. Analysis by SDS-PAGE showed three proteins (Mr 140,000, 78,000 and 34,000) and a carbohydrate polymer. The carbohydrate polymer can be partially digested with a-amylase. The glycogen primer complex was further digested by acid hydrolysis, and upon descending paper chromatography analysis, eight different carbohydrates were isolated, two of which were tentatively identified as glucose and sialic acid. The [14 C]-autoradiograph showed that in vitro synthesis of a glycogen-like polysaccharide occurred on this carbohydrate polymer. Polyclonal antibodies have been made to the glycogen primer complex, and Western Blot analysis indicated that all three proteins of the glycogen primer complex were antigenic. Collectively, the data indicate that a glycogen-like polysaccharide is synthesized from a carbohydrate-associated protein primer in the muscle of this worm.</p>Colony-Stimulating Factor from Umbilical Cord Endothelial Cells2016-11-15T10:54:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935638/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935638/"><img alt="Colony-Stimulating Factor from Umbilical Cord Endothelial Cells" title="Colony-Stimulating Factor from Umbilical Cord Endothelial Cells" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935638/small/"/></a></p><p>Conditioned media prepared from umbilical cord (UC) segments or endothelial cells (EC) contain colony stimulating activity, Both UCCM and ECCM were partially purified by DEAE-Sepharose and ACA44 gel filtration chromatography. The molecular weights were estimated as 25,000 and 31,000 for UC-CSF and EC-CSF, respectively. UC-CSF was further fractionated by Con A Sepharose, IEF and HPLC on a hydrophobic phenyl column. The highly purified CSF stimulates human macrophage and granulocyte colony formation, indicating it is GM-CSF in nature. Characterization studies have revealed that both CSFs are heat stable at 60°C for 30 min. They are sensitive to digestion by protease and to periodate oxidation but are stable to treatment with sulfhydryl reagents. The synthesis of CSF in endothelial cells is inhibited by actinomycin D, cycloheximide and puromycin, indicating that protein and RNA synthesis are required for CSF production. Among the mitogens tested, only LPS exhibited stimulatory activity on the production of CSF. Metabolic modulators such as dibutyryl cAMP, isobutylmethylxanthine, PGE2 and lactoferrin inhibit CSF production, while PGF2 enhances CSF production.</p>Molecular Aging of Triosephosphate Isomerase2016-11-15T10:54:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935641/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935641/"><img alt="Molecular Aging of Triosephosphate Isomerase" title="Molecular Aging of Triosephosphate Isomerase" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935641/small/"/></a></p><p>This work was initiated to acquire a better understanding of the mechanisms, regulations, and significances of deamidation, as well as its role in the aging process.</p>A Descriptive History of Wesley College2016-11-15T10:54:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935645/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935645/"><img alt="A Descriptive History of Wesley College" title="A Descriptive History of Wesley College" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935645/small/"/></a></p><p>The American junior colleges of today are historical accidents, some having begun originally with elementary and secondary divisions or as adjuncts of local high schools. Wesley College in Greenville, Texas, began on a two acre campus as North Texas University Training School in Terrell, Texas, in 1905. Chartered by the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the school initially provided elementary and high school and two years of college. At this time the name was changed to Wesley College, but the school closed in the spring of 1911. It reopened on a twenty acre campus in the fall of 1912 in Greenville, Texas, and maintained a close relationship with that city until mounting financial problems forced closure in 1938. Many records of the school were transferred to Southern Methodist University at Dallas, and in 1939, Wesley College alumni were invited to become associate members of the S.M.U. Ex-Students Association. Many associated with Wesley College continue to meet annually in Greenville to keep alive their memories of the once prestigious college. This study employs primary and secondary documentary data, as well as interviews with fifty-six individuals, to provide a chronological descriptive history of the origin, growth, development, and demise of the school, together with its philosophical bases.</p>A study of muscular development and muscular strength in the highly trained female bodybuilder and the non-strength trained female2016-11-15T10:54:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935647/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935647/"><img alt="A study of muscular development and muscular strength in the highly trained female bodybuilder and the non-strength trained female" title="A study of muscular development and muscular strength in the highly trained female bodybuilder and the non-strength trained female" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935647/small/"/></a></p><p>The extent of muscular strength and muscular size in 20 female bodybuilders and 20 non-strength trained females was studied. Body composition and segment volumes and related anthropometric measurements data were obtained along with chest press and knee extension One Repetition Maximum (IRM) and 25 Repitition Maximum (25RM) values. No group differences were present in age, height, weight and segment volumes. The bodybuilders had a lower percent body fat, greater lean body weight (LBW) and larger muscles compared to the non-strength trained females.</p>Watership Down2016-11-15T10:54:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935663/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935663/"><img alt="Watership Down" title="Watership Down" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935663/small/"/></a></p><p>Watership Down is a work for chamber orchestra in four movements, approximately sixteen minutes in duration. The piece is a programmatic work based on the novel Watership Down by Richard Adams; however, the musical action is not intended to be an aural narrative of the story but, rather, is meant to capture the general mood of the four sections of the novel. The work exhibits the influence of several styles of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century music with the symphonic poem being the genre it most closely resembles.</p>Toxicological Evaluation for the Ocular Administration of Tolrestat: An Aldose Reductase Inhibitor for the Treatment of Diabetes2016-11-15T10:54:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935757/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935757/"><img alt="Toxicological Evaluation for the Ocular Administration of Tolrestat: An Aldose Reductase Inhibitor for the Treatment of Diabetes" title="Toxicological Evaluation for the Ocular Administration of Tolrestat: An Aldose Reductase Inhibitor for the Treatment of Diabetes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935757/small/"/></a></p><p>Aldose reductase inhibitors (ARI's) have been shown to attenuate or prevent several complications of diabetes in animals. Tolrestat is a potent and unique ARI from Ayerst Laboratories, New York, NY. The efficacy and toxicology of tolrestat via topical ocular administration was examined. Tolrestat effectively enhanced corneal reepithelialization and was efficacious in the prevention of cataracts in the streptozotocin-diabetic rat. Ocular tissues were examined by slit lamp biomicroscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and light microscopy. Liver and kidney tissue was also examined. The presence of tolrestat was confirmed in urine, feces, and eye specimens, and quantitated in serum. There was no evidence of local or systemic tolrestat induced toxicity. Tolrestat prevented cataract formation at less than one-third the reported oral dose and at approximately one-fiftieth the associated serum concentration in rats. ED-50 and TD-50 calculations indicate that tolrestat is a relatively safe drug by topical ocular administration.</p>The Seven Last Words of Christ: A Sacred Cantata2016-11-15T10:54:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935618/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935618/"><img alt="The Seven Last Words of Christ: A Sacred Cantata" title="The Seven Last Words of Christ: A Sacred Cantata" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935618/small/"/></a></p><p>The Seven Last Words of Christ is a sacred cantata for SATB chorus with soloists accompanied by a woodwind quintet, brass quintet and three percussionists. The text employed in this work is based on the Gospel accounts of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the King James Version of the of the Holy Bible. The cantata consists of seven movements with an instrumental introduction and postlude, and has a duration of approximately twenty-seven minutes. The majority of the movements are slow in tempo, reflecting the somber mood of the text. The major goal of this work is to musically represent the drama and prevailing mood present at an event of extreme magnitude and importance in the lives of Christians around the world, and to provide additional literature for special church services through the use of individual movements.</p>Eutrophication Potential of Reclaimed Wastewater: An Ecological Study of Water Reuse in an Urban Texas Reservoir2016-11-15T10:54:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935568/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935568/"><img alt="Eutrophication Potential of Reclaimed Wastewater: An Ecological Study of Water Reuse in an Urban Texas Reservoir" title="Eutrophication Potential of Reclaimed Wastewater: An Ecological Study of Water Reuse in an Urban Texas Reservoir" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935568/small/"/></a></p><p>This study determined effects of addition of secondarily treated municipal wastewater effluent on an urban reservoir receiving system. Monthly water quality monitoring of the receiving reservoir and the wastewater, chemical analysis, and monthly laboratory algal assays, were conducted from September 1984 to September 1985. The nutrient status and algal growth potential of the receiving water and the wastewater confirmed the biostimulatory properties of the wastewater. Field validation studies were conducted using limnocorrals. Tertiary treatment of the wastewater using chemical coagulation precipitation with alum and ferric chloride reduced phosphorus concentrations in the wastewater to levels which supported significantly less algal biomass than untreated wastewater. These studies indicate ferric chloride to be a more effective coagulant for phosphorous removal alum.</p>Catalog of North Texas State University, 1987-1988, Undergraduate2016-02-02T20:27:37-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799598/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799598/"><img alt="Catalog of North Texas State University, 1987-1988, Undergraduate" title="Catalog of North Texas State University, 1987-1988, Undergraduate" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799598/small/"/></a></p><p>The North Texas State University Undergraduate Bulletin includes information about class offerings as well as general information about the university (academic calendar, admissions and degree requirements, financial information, etc.) about research, and about the colleges and schools on campus. Index starts on page 234.</p>Catalog of North Texas State University, 1987-1988, Graduate2016-02-02T20:27:37-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799593/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799593/"><img alt="Catalog of North Texas State University, 1987-1988, Graduate" title="Catalog of North Texas State University, 1987-1988, Graduate" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799593/small/"/></a></p><p>The North Texas State University Graduate Bulletin includes information about class offerings as well as general information about the university (academic calendar, admissions and degree requirements, financial information, etc.) about research, and about the colleges and schools on campus. Index starts on page 249.</p>