Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (1940-2009)
This collection gathers digitized University of Houston theses and dissertations dating from 1940.
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Global community : Case study of the Houston Baha'is
(1977)The Houston Baha'i community is attempting to build a community that eliminates prejudices based on national, racial, and sexual differences. A normative group, the community depends on noncoercive commitment mechanisms. ... -
Biofeedback training of 40 Hz EEG in humans : Effects on other EEG rhythms automatic activity
(1975)Biofeedback procedures have been employed to establish control over several EEG rhythms in humans and animals. This study demonstrated successful training of human subjects to increase and suppress a high-frequency EEG ... -
Random walk in the forward foreign exchange market
(1975)The present study investigates the applicability of the random walk hypothesis to the forward exchange market of British pounds in terms of U.S. dollars. The variables examined are first order daily price differences as ... -
Secretary-General U Thant and peace-keeping : An analysis of U Thant's role in five peace-keeping operations
(1975)A major function of the United Nations is to preserve international peace and security. In order to perform this function the United Nations since 1956 has established a number of peace-keeping operations designed to reduce ... -
Political style among party activists in Texas : A study of delegates to the 1972 Democratic and Republican state conventions
(1974)Delegates to the 1972 state conventions of the Republican and Democratic parties of Texas and Texas delegates to the 1972 national conventions provided the focus Cor a study of political style among state party activists. ... -
Tension reduction in striate muscle with steady-state magnetic fields
(1975)Clinical reports have indicated that a magnetic field will result in the relaxation of muscle cramps. Two experiments were designed to study the phenomenon. Experiment I was- designed to determine if the observed phenomenon ... -
Fatigue in selected lower limb muscle groups while walking in a full pressure suit
(1974)The purpose of this research was twofold; first the purpose was to use the technique of frequency analysis to interpret EMG signals generated in an operational situation which involved isotonic exercise to develop baseline ... -
Comparisons between an ancient instrument and modern instruments for assessing personality : A pilot study
(1974)Forty-nine college level subjects were selected from a subject pool of over 200 respondents to an advertisement requesting volunteers, age 23 years or older, for an experiment on astrology and personality. The subjects ... -
Children's norms for the Visual Retention Test : Multiple Choice Form I
(1975)Norms were developed for children on the Visual Retention Test: Multiple Choice Form I (VRT-MC). The VRT-MC is a 16-item multiple-choice test consisting of complex geometric figures. Two administrations were used: memory ... -
Accuracy of a two-lever operant discrimination task : Three experiments
(1975)Little research is currently available concerning the most accurate method for assessing discriminative control during a two-lever choice operant task when extinction sessions are utilized. Past and present research has ... -
Reliability assessment in narrative observations of human behavior
(1975)The direct observation of behavior in natural settings offers the researcher a unique and promising data collection procedure. The reliability of the observing and data reduction process needs to be evaluated before the ... -
Energy use and the environment : The effects of environmental quality standards on the supply, demand, and price of fossil energy
(1975)A normative economic model is developed in this study for analyzing the effects of changes in (1) resource availabilities, (2) resource prices, (3) operating environment (e.g., energy and environmental policy), and (4) ... -
Genetic strain differences in the opiate abstinence syndrome
(1975)Five strains of rats, two outbred (Sprague-Dawley and Holtzman) and three inbred strains (Buffalo, Lewis, and Fisher), received subcutaneous implants of either morphine or placebo pellets. The naloxone-precipitated opiate ... -
John C. Calhoun and the social contract
(1975)A review of the scholarly literature on John C. Calhoun reveals that many of the critical questions about his political philosophy are as yet unresolved. One of the most important of these concerns Calhoun's relationship ...
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