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- According to the Goal: How Eliyahu Goldratt Helps Organizations Examine Their Processes to Achieve Maximum Results
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing Eliyahu Goldratt's "Theory of Constraints," summarizes the book "The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement," and examines a company applying this theory.
- Actigraphy, Sleep Diaries and Polysomnography in College Students with Insomnia
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the use of actigraphy on college students to measure the number of awakenings, wake after sleep onset, total sleep time, and sleep efficiency.
- Adult Attachment Styles and Psychological Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Religious Coping
- Undergraduate thesis examining the moderating role of religious coping on the associations between romantic attachment and psychological symptoms among 86 heterosexual, married couples with children aged 8-11. Spouses completed a demographic questionnaire, the Brief RCOPE (Pargament et al., 1998), the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (Brennan et al., 1998), and the Symptom Assessment-45 (Maruish, 1996, 1998). Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (Kenny et al., 2006), multilevel modeling examined both within-person (actor) and dyadic (partner) influences between spouses.
- The Affect of Coping on the Physical and Mental Health of Abused Women
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the role of coping on the physical and mental health symptoms of women in abusive relationships. It is hypothesized that sustained partner abuse will be associated with mental and physical health symptoms and that coping will mediate these effects. Psychological abuse was found to have the strongest impact on women's physical and mental health.
- American Modernist Writers: How They Touched the Private Realm of Life
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing modern literature (particularly Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway) and the changes in traditional moral values and gender roles.
- Arrival Survival and Adaptation: The Quest for Gender Identity Among Female Mexican Immigrants
- Honors thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing anthropological issues for female anthropologists of color while researching the lives of several Latinas in Denton, Texas.
- The Art of Music Composition: An Introduction to Basic Elements, Methods, and the Importance of Modeling as a Compositional Process
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing composing music for bands, orchestras, or choirs. Discussions of music theory, instrumentation, and orchestration are also included.
- Assistive Technology Use by Students with Disabilities at UNT
- Honors thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing assertive technologies used by students with physical disabilities. Topics include frequently used devices, services of the Office of Disability Accommodation, and the quality of students' training with these devices.
- At Quem Non Ceno, Barbarus Ille Mihi Est: Roman and Jewish Dietary Traditions in Antiquity
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing how ancient Roman and Jewish dietary traditions confirmed group identity, expressed piety through ritual, and were otherwise a matter of social significance.
- Attitudes and Internalized Stigma in Gay and Lesbian College Students
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the influence and predictive qualities of homonegative attitudes on internalized homophobia among gay, lesbian, and bisexual college students, and the moderating effects of self esteem on these variables.
- The Austen Women: A Look at Character
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing female characters of Jane Austin's novels and how they achieve happiness.
- Automatic MEA Coupling Tester: two proposed designs
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the development of an automatic coupling tester to test for electrode-electrode coupling on an Malt Extract Agar plate.
- Autonomic Control of Heat Rate Variability in Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) Hatchlings
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the role of the autonomic nervous system in the heart rate variability of day-old emu hatchlings. Atropine and propranolol were administered to block the action of cholinegric and adrenegric pathways and thereby reduce heart rate.
- Bal. Pulse = 1'
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the Gamelan orchestra of Indonesia, its instruments, a musical piece composed in the style, and scanned photographs of the instruments.
- Between Identity and Commodity: Female Urban Experience in Vicki Baum's Menschen im Hotel
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the urban experiences of German women in the late Weimar Republic as portrayed in the character Flammchen in Vicki Baum's 1929 Novel Menschen im Hotel.
- Camelot's Mystique
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing John F. Kennedy's rise through American politics, his death, and the conspiracy theories that surround his assassination.
- Caring for Indigent Children in Denton County in Relation to Dallas and Tarrant Counties in Texas
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing health care of people without health insurance in Denton County, Texas.
- Characteristics of Musicians' Earplugs as a Function of Jaw Position
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the effects of different earplugs on the jaw movements of musicians.
- Charting Cultural Changes Through the Movie Adaptations of The Three Musketeers
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the differences between film adaptations of The Three Musketeers and the novel while placing each adaptation within the historical context of the decade in which it was created.
- Classical Inspiration and Modern Expression: Greek Art Turned Fauve, Constructivist, Dada, and Pop
- Senior colloquium written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing Greek sculpture and architecture as filtered through the Fauve, Constructivist, Dada, and Pop artistic movements. The author takes examples of Grecian sculpture, recreates them in each of the other styles, and discusses the results.
- Cognitive Styles and Aggression in Preschool Children
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College examining aggressive preschool children (27 children between the ages of 4 and 6) and assessing them for similarities in conceptual tempo and field independence/dependence. Findings indicate that aggressive children may have less accurate decision making skills and be more impulsive.
- Combustible Birds
- Book manuscript written by a student in the UNT Honors College that follows the protagonist, Syd, through life at a university. Plato's Republic and the allegory of the cave are primary inspirations.
- Community Economic Development in the Banking Industry: Banks and Their Involvement in the Communities They Serve
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the support and involvement of banks in Community Economic Development.
- A Comparative Analysis of Phonetic Awareness and Development in Learners of French in At Home and Study Abroad Contexts
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the differences between eleven students of the French language who studied at home versus eleven who studied in France.
- The Complexities of Career Development
- Honors thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing career development. The author researched both existing literature and interviews of professional career counselors.
- Conciousness and the Computational Theory of Mind
- Undergraduate thesis arguing that the computational theory of mind is incorrect because it seems there are certain components of consciousness that cannot be reduced to physical processes.
- Concurrences in the U. S. Supreme Court
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing different types of opinions within the United States Supreme Court, with an emphasis on the history and practice of concurrences.
- The Confederated States of Africa: A Framework for Continental Unity
- Undergraduate thesis presenting a framework for a united African continent. The current international system has left Africa largely behind and a massive portion of Africa's issues such as territorial disputes are the result of Western influence and intervention. A philosophical normative idea is presented whereby those affected by its implementation can develop the methodologies and intricacies such a program requires and no claim should be made by an outside influence.
- Criticisms of Patriarchy in Women's Captivity Narratives: A Close Look at Mary Rowlandson's The Sovereignty and Goodness of God (1862) and Sarah Wakefield's Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees: A Narrative of Indian Captivity (1862)
- Undergraduate thesis exploring criticisms of patriarchy in women's captivity narratives by examining Mary Rowlandson's The Sovereignty and Goodness of God (1862) and Sarah Wakefield's Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees: A Narrative of Indian Captivity (1862). Both used their socially acceptable roles in order to assert their own ideas regarding the patriarchy. The author concludes that both narratives therefore assert that patriarchal societies did not necessarily produce justice for English or American women who were a part of these societies, or for the Dakota Indians who lived in close contact with a patriarchal society.
- Cultural Hybridity: Arab/Latino -- A Reflexive Approach
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the experiences of being multi-ethnic and multicultural, focusing on people with a Latino and Arabic background.
- A Day in the Life of Thomas McKean
- Honors thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College. The thesis is crafted in two parts, with the first part being a discussion of the craft of writing the short story contained in the second part.
- Designing a Health Promotion Message to Advocate the Use of Clarinet Neckstraps as an Injury Prevention Method in Public School Band Programs
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing clarinet neck straps and their promotion within the clarinet community.
- Deterrence: American Naval Policy In The Western Pacific, Realistic Or Subject To Change
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the future of United States naval deterrence and its viability.
- Dieting and Intuitive Eating among Early Adolescents
- Undergraduate thesis exploring intuitive eating. Dietary restraint can cause problems for all age groups, but may be particularly difficult for children and early adolescents because of pressure and critical messages they receive from parents regarding the restriction of food intake (Kroons, Van Diest, & Tylka, 2010). The authors expected that early adolescents who were dieting would report more disruptions in their intuitive eating than those who were not. Further, to determine if such disruptions were associated with dieting and not another accepted form of weight management, specifically increases in cardiorespiratory activities, relation to intuitive eating was examined as well.
- The Discrepancies of Kant and Camus: Relating to the world
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College comparing the philosophies and ethics of Albert Camus and Immanuel Kant.
- Discussing the Validity of a Guest Worker Program in the United States
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the history and potential benefits and disadvantages of a guest worker program within the United States of America, and attempts to formulate a such a program.
- Drama in the Science Classroom: Teaching Science in the New Millenium
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the use of drama as an educational tool in grade school science classes.
- Drug Related Corruption
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the relationship between the global drug trade and the corruption of government officials. Included is a history of international drug prohibition, cases of corruption by country, United States policies implemented to prevent corruption, and an analysis of the potential for success in curtailing drug related corruption in the U. S.
- The Dynamics of Interfaith Relationships
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing a correlation and causation effect between interfaith relationships and age, education, and economic status. It also analyzes dating dynamics and social forces working against interfaith relationships.
- Dysphoric Pauses: A Collection of Short Fiction
- Short stories written by a student in the UNT Honors College that concern ordinary people in states of despair.
- Ecofeminism: The Ethics of Hierarchal Dichotomies
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing how the social organization of gender relates to the ways societies create nature. Other hierarchical dichotomies are discussed.
- Educational Corporate Social Responsibility in Mexico
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing Mexico's educational system and corporate social responsibility programs and whether these actually respond to the needs of Mexican schools.
- The Effect of Antimitotics on Neuronal Cell Cultures: A thorough investigation
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the different kinds of antimitotics and their direct and indirect effects on neuronal cell cultures.
- The Effect of Increased Vocal Intensity on Articulatory Dynamics
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing loudness in speech therapy.
- The effects of chronic hypoxic incubation on levels of Nav1.5 in the hearts of the embryonic Alligator mississippiensis (A. mississippiensis)
- Undergraduate thesis studying the cause of hypoxic induced bradycardia. The author used western blots analysis to determine the concentration of the cardiac sodium channel, Nav1.5 within embryonic American alligators at 70% and 90% development when incubation occurred in hypoxic conditions (10% Oâ‚‚) and normoxic conditions (21% Oâ‚‚).
- Effects of Sulfur on Fuel Nitrogen Conversion in Combustion
- Undergraduate thesis on the emission of atmospheric pollutants. The pollutants focused on are NO and NOâ‚‚. The author discusses the influence of sulfur on NO emission using computational chemistry.
- Effects of Technology on Mathematics Education in the Middle School
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the use of technology in middle schools. While technology is shown to improve standardized test scores, there are problems with the costs, training, and failure of technology.
- The End of Slavery and the Reconstruction of the United States
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the history of Reconstruction following the American Civil War. Slavery and the fate of former slaves following the war is the primary focus.
- An Entangled Pathology
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the history of healthcare in the Gaza Strip from 1940 to 2008, the role of healthcare in the development of Hamas, the current state of health systems in the Gaza Strip, and how the relationship between Hamas with the citizens of Gaza, Israel, and other countries have an effect on the healthcare of Gaza.
- Environmental Inequality in Tarrant County: An Analysis of Public and Private Sector Waste
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the distribution of environmental contamination generated by public and private sector activities as it relates to the social, demographic, and economic characteristics of the inhabitants of Tarrant County, Texas.