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Sanitary Engineering Aspects of Long-Range Fallout from Nuclear Detonations

Description: From abstract: Results of a study of the sanitary engineering aspects of fallout from nuclear weapons are reported. Data were obtained from: a. Weekly surface water samples from 22 stations on streams and reservoirs in Eastern Massachusetts, collected from March, 1952 to July, 1953, and assayed for radioactivity. b. Weekly rain samples from March to July, 1953. c. Stream mud and soil samples collected before and after a large fallout. d. Results of fallout activity measurements by others based … more
Date: 1955
Creator: Bell, Carlos G., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Relative Yields of Nitrogen-17 Produced by 190-Mev Deuteron Bombardment

Description: "Yields of N¹⁷ relative to that produced in LiF have been measured in the 190-Mev deflected deuteron and the 380-Mev alpha beams of the 184-inch synchrocyclotron. The measurements have been performed in all the light elements from 0 through V, with the exception of Sc and the noble gases. In addition, yields were measured in the separated isotopes of Mg...Comparisons are made with other types of yield studies performed with neutrons and protons, and the areas of agreement are noted."
Date: April 13, 1955
Creator: Chupp, Warren William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Electron Capture and the Auger Effect in the Heaviest Elements

Description: Thesis describing the Auger effect in the heaviest elements. The elements detailed in the report are ytterbium, polonium, and uranium. Measurements of K fluorescence yields and K Auger electron intensity ratios are given.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Gray, Peter Rygaard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Study of Some Congenital Anomalies of the Teeth

Description: Anomalies of the teeth include a variety of expression such as: anodontia, hyperdontia, peg teeth. opalescent dentine, mottled enamel, and other imperfections of the teeth. This paper is concerned primarily with anodontia in human subjects, although other abnormalities of interest are mentioned. Insufficient datum is the principal difficulty encountered in determining the mechanism and means of transmission in human genetics. Small families, slow breeding, and inability to subject humans to exp… more
Date: August 1955
Creator: Jones, Alvin Watt
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The History of the Cooke County Electric Co-Operative Association

Description: This study was made to show the economic growth of the rural area served by the Cooke County Electric Co-Operative association, as well as its history. Locally, the Cooke County Electric Co-operative Association owes a large part of its success to the ability of the rural people to help themselves. In this thinly populated section of the country they have built a successful business where established power companies claimed that it would be impossible. Although the number of farmers continues t… more
Date: August 1955
Creator: Robertson, Harold Dean
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The History of the Denton County Electric Co-operative, Incorporated

Description: This study seeks to examine the history of the Denton County Electric Co-operative and the Rural Electrification Administration, as well as the effect they had on electrifying rural agriculture sites.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Grundy, James Welton
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Stravinsky's Use of the Piano in his Orchestral Works

Description: This study seeks to examine and describe the use of the piano in Stravinsky's Neo-Classical and Russian periods, as well as provide a history on the use of the piano of an orchestral instrument.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Griffith, Wayne (Garland Wayne)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Demographic Trends in Texas, 1900 to 1950

Description: The primary purpose of this thesis is a description of some of the major changes which the population of Texas has undergone, particularly in the first half of the twentieth century. Other approaches are possible. For example, it is both possible and important to develop the relationship of population change to social problems. However, it is not the purpose of this thesis to investigate these relationships. It is the purpose here to view the population problem in almost entirely a factual sens… more
Date: August 1955
Creator: Pace, James Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Some Properties of the Perron Integral

Description: The purpose of this thesis is to restate the definition of the integral as given by O. Perron, to establish some of the fundamental properties of the Perron integral, and to prove the equivalence between the Perron and Lebesgue integrals in the bounded case.
Date: June 1955
Creator: McWhorter, Bobby J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Rorschach Patterns as Related to Sociometric Status

Description: The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between an individual's performance on the Rorschach Ink Blot Test and his degree of social acceptance as revealed by a test of sociometry.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Aber, Walter E.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Evolution of Educational Philosophy Underlying the Modern Program of Industrial Arts with Particular Emphasis upon the Contributions of John Locke

Description: This thesis is a study of the evolution of educational philosophy underlying the modern program of industrial arts with particular emphasis upon the contributions of John Locke. The problem is limited to the study of the philosophy and theories of Locke with a brief coverage of Greek, [mediaeval], and modern periods of philosophy. It is impossible to cover in detail all the works of the three historical periods. Only the important general aspects which have a direct bearing on Locke and his i… more
Date: August 1955
Creator: Backs, Norman E.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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An Art Program for a Latin-American Senior High School

Description: This study is concerned with the development of a basic art program to meet the special needs of the Latin-American senior-high-school student.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Wright-Crawford, Berry Bell
Partner: UNT Libraries
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