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[RE: Strategic Planning Vision Statements Meeting, May 26, 1993]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer of the Getty Center, to the Regional and Californian Institute Directors, in regards to a Matching Fund meeting. Rosenberg notes that in her previous memo the dates on the agenda were incorrect and she is sending a revised agenda enclosed with the letter. The matching fund meeting starts October 4th and ends October 8th.
Date: May 26, 1993
Creator: Rosenberg, Vicki
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[Letter from Nancy Reynolds to Nancy Ruff, May 7, 1993]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Reynolds, project coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Nancy Ruff, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD. In regards to a letter that Bill McCarter and Jack Davis wrote to Russ Chapman, Principal of Lakewood Elementary School, to congratulate Chapman on being selected by the Getty Institute to attend a National Administrators Focus Group Conference. Reynolds informs Ruff that Chapman will give presentations on two different days about the… more
Date: May 7, 1993
Creator: Reynolds, Nancy
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[Letter from Nancy Reynolds to John Biggers, March 31, 1993]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Reynolds, Project Coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to John Biggers. In regards to Biggers being unable to speak at the opening session during NTIEVA's summer institute. Reynolds writes the institute has been showing Biggers' "Hampton video" to their teachers and including his work from the Dallas Museum of Art into their study print collection. Reynolds writes that Jack Davis, Bill McCarter and herself have worked with Ollie… more
Date: May 31, 1993
Creator: Reynolds, Nancy
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[Letter from Bill McCarter, Jack Davis and Nancy Reynolds to Russell Chapman, May 7, 1993]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter, Jack Davis and Nancy Reynolds, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Russel Chapman, Principal of Lakewood Elementary School. In regards to Chapman's selection by the Getty Institute to represent North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts at the upcoming National Administrators Focus Group Conference and that Chapman's enthusiasm and dedication to the discipline-based art education, DBAE, program deserves recognition. Th… more
Date: May 7, 1993
Creator: Davis, Donald Jack; McCarter, William & Reynolds, Nancy
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[Letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter to Alfred F. Hurley, March 23, 1993]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Chancellor Alfred F. Hurley, University of North Texas. In regards to the a publication by the Getty Center for Education in the Arts that was mailed to every legislator in the United States, as part of their ongoing nation advocacy effort for quality instruction in the arts. Davis and McCarter thought that Hurley would like a copy of the publication.
Date: May 23, 1993
Creator: Davis, Donald Jack & McCarter, William
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Structure and Performance of El Polifemo de Oro for Solo Guitar by Reginald Smith Brindle

Description: El Polifemo de Oro was written in 1956 and revised by the composer in 1981. This two-fold investigation clarifies the structure of El Polifemo through careful analysis of the work and its revision, and by Smith Brindle's approach to composition based on his interviews and books. The second aspect is aimed toward the pragmatic performance issues of tempo, articulation, timbre, voice leading, and the other details of execution. Although the work was written according to serial techniques, the pre… more
Date: May 1993
Creator: LeBlanc, Paul G.
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Nesting Ecology and Reproductive Correlates in the Desert-nesting Gray Gull Larus Modestus

Description: General objectives of my study were to describe the reproductive ecology of gray gulls in the large Lealtad colony, with emphasis on demographic parameters and physiological adaptations of eggs and chicks, which would complete some original objectives established in the early 1980's by Guerra and Fitzpatrick. Specifically, my study focused on describing, then comparing with other desert and non-desert nesting larids, interactive effects of ambient physical conditions and nest-site predation on … more
Date: May 1993
Creator: Aguilar Pulido, Roberto E. (Roberto Eric)
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A Comparison of the Personality Traits of Effective Teachers of Bilingual and English as a Second Language Students with the Personality Traits of Effective Teachers of Traditional Elementary School Students

Description: The purpose of this study was to identify the personality traits of effective elementary bilingual/ESL teachers, to identify the personality traits of effective traditional elementary teachers, and to compare the two groups.
Date: May 1993
Creator: Allgaier, Sylvia Mahon
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Universal Branched Coverings

Description: In this paper, the study of k-fold branched coverings for which the branch set is a stratified set is considered. First of all, the existence of universal k-fold branched coverings over CW-complexes with stratified branch set is proved using Brown's Representability Theorem. Next, an explicit construction of universal k-fold branched coverings over manifolds is given. Finally, some homotopy and homology groups are computed for some specific examples of Universal k-fold branched coverings.
Date: May 1993
Creator: Tejada, Débora
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The Development of Predictive Models for the Acid Degradation of Chrysotile Asbestos

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting the acid degradation of chrysotile asbestos (Mg_3Si_2O_5(OH_4)) . Millions of tons of asbestos have found use in this country as insulative or ablative material. More than 95 percent of the asbestos in use is of the chrysotile variety. The remaining 5 percent is composed of various types of fibrous amphiboles. The inhalation of asbestos can lead to several diseases in humans. Asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma are the most c… more
Date: May 1993
Creator: Ingram, Kevin D. (Kevin Dean)
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Adlerian Life Style and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Description: The possibility of a relationship between Adlerian life style, as measured by the Life Style Personality Inventory (LSPI), and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was examined by this research. The goal of this study was to clarify the relationship between these instruments to broaden the applicability of both instruments for both research and clinical endeavors. Life style is a concept which is vital to therapeutic intervention from an Adlerian frame of reference. Assessment of life style t… more
Date: May 1993
Creator: Doss, Carol Rose
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Joan Tower's Hexachords for Solo Flute: an Analysis and Comparison of its Flute Writing to Tower's Flute Concerto with Three Recitals of Selected Works of Vivaldi, Rivier, Mozart, Davidowsky, and Others

Description: This dissertation discusses two flute works by Joan Tower (born 1938). The performance medium consists of flute alone, Hexachords for Solo Flute (1972), and flute and orchestra, the Flute Concerto (1989). The discussion on Hexachords consists of a theoretical analysis; discussion on the Flute Concerto pertains to Tower's flute writing through an investigation into her musical language and specific performance techniques. Numerous examples are included to illustrate various aspects of Tower's st… more
Date: May 1993
Creator: Jones, Margo S.
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The American Eve: Gender, Tragedy, and the American Dream

Description: America has adopted as its own the Eden myth, which has provided the mythology of the American dream. This New Garden of America, consequently, has been a masculine garden because of its dependence on the myth of the Fall. Implied in the American dream is the idea of a garden without Eve, or at least without Eve's sin, traditionally associated with sexuality. Our canonical literature has reflected these attitudes of devaluing feminine power or making it a negative force: The Scarlet Letter, Mob… more
Date: May 1993
Creator: Long, Kim Martin
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ANL Technical Support Program for DOE Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Annual Report for October 1991 - September 1992

Description: Management (EM) to evaluate factors that are anticipated to affect waste glass reaction during repository disposal, especially in an unsaturated environment typical of what may be expected for the proposed Yucca Mountain repository site.
Date: May 1993
Creator: Bates, John K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Argonne National Laboratory-East Site Environmental Report for Calendar Year 1992

Description: This report discusses the results of the environmental protection program at Argonne National Laboratory-East (ANL) for 1992. To evaluate the effects of ANL operations .on the environment, samples of environmental media collected on the site, at the site boundary, and off the ANL site were analyzed and compared to applicable guidelines and standards. A variety of radionuclides was measured in air, surface water, groundwater, soil, grass, and bottom sediment samples.
Date: May 1993
Creator: Golchert, N. W. & Kolzow, R. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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7-GeV Advanced Photon Source Beamline Initiative. Conceptual Design Report

Description: The DOE is building a new generation 6-7 GeV Synchrotron Radiation Source known as the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory. This facility, to be completed in FY 1996, can provide 70 x-ray sources of unprecedented brightness to meet the research needs of virtually all scientific disciplines and numerous technologies. The technological research capability of the APS in the areas of energy, communications and health will enable a new partnership between the DOE and US indus… more
Date: May 1993
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
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The Use of Group Achievement Test Data to Determine Special Education Referral Accuracy in Texas

Description: This study was designed to ascertain whether group achievement test data can determine special education referral accuracy. One hundred eighty-nine special education referrals from four school districts in Texas were examined. The demographics were limited to group achievement test data: grade equivalents and percentiles in the subject areas of reading, spelling, language arts, and mathematics. Also examined were referral and eligibility outcomes to special education.
Date: May 1993
Creator: Thompson, Jacob C. (Jacob Cecil)
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[Letter from Alfred F. Hurley to Melba Davis Whatley, May 27, 1993]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from Alfred F. Hurley, Chancellor of the Texas College of Ostehopathic Medicine, University of North Texas, to Melba Davis Whatley, executive director at the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation. The letter is in regards to everyone at the University expressing their deep gratitude for the recent gift from the Edward and Betty Marcus foundation for the continued support of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. cc'd on the letter are Jack Davis and William M… more
Date: May 27, 1993
Creator: Hurley, Alfred F.
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[Contract signatures between Mark Elder and Herbert Holl]

Description: Signatures on a document from University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts, Assistant Vice President for Research Mark Elder, and Greater Denton Arts Council, Executive Director, Herbert Holl. They are signing a contract agreement between the Arts council and North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts for supporting grant award.
Date: May 6, 1993
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