This report examines the marketing activities of the nonprofit organization, Protect Lake Travis Association based in Austin, Texas, with a mission to protect Lake Travis and its watershed from any events and conditions that could negatively affect the natural beauty and quality of the area. In the summer of 2011, Protect Lake Travis Association was in need of foundational marketing materials and recommendations of marketing activities that they can implement. This report incorporates qualitative survey research, execution of creative work that includes branding and an organizational brochure, and a focus on marketing recommendations for Protect Lake Travis Association. / text

Thesis (M. P. A.)--Texas State University-San Marcos, 2009. / "Spring 2009." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-70).

This study examined the influence of selected student variables (learning style , age, sex, nationality (birthplace), academic achievement, and social class) on the ranking of twelve teacher characteristics. 246 ACT TAFE Associate Diploma in Business students formed the sample. Results were compared with a similar study by Travis (1987) of secondary students in Canada and USA. The extent to which different groups of students prefer different teacher characteristics has important implications for the growing practice of student rating of teachers' effectiveness. This practice (operating under a psychometric paradigm) currently assumes that any differences of opinion between student raters are the result of student carelessness (random error) or bias (systematic error). The possibility that these differences of opinion are the result of systematic variation, based on differences between students, is not countenanced. This study demonstrated significant (p=<0.05) systematic variations on four of the six variables studied (age, academic achievement, nationality and social class) in the way that respondents ranked one or more of the teacher characteristics. Comparisons with Travis's results showed marked differences both in the overall ranking of the twelve teacher characteristics and in the influence of student variables on the ranking of individual teacher characteristics. While Travis also showed that some student variables influenced the ranking of teacher characteristics, different relationships are evident. Travis's respondents emphasised the importance of good, supportive relationships with their teachers, while in this study, instrumental characteristics were preferred. This suggests a range of preferred characteristics across student populations. Within both studies there is a wide range of opinion as to the importance of all twelve teacher characteristics. More than half of the present sample also suggested a range of additional characteristics which they believed influenced their learning. These findings support the view that different students prefer different teachers. They suggest that some student variables may have a greater influence than others (e.g. academic achievement level) and that there may similarly be more agreement on some teacher characteristics (e.g. Knowledgeablity) than others. Users of student ratings of teacher effectiveness should be aware of the paradigmatic limitations of aggregated student scores. Validity might be improved by using teacher characteristics which raters agree are important and by grouping raters for influential student variables.

Gas production has increased exponentially over the last 30 years, which is in response to the increasing demand for natural gas. This trend is speculated to continue to increase as legislation continues to be passed requiring power plants to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. This recently happened in Colorado according to the Washington Post, giving more consideration to using natural gas. As natural gas becomes more popular there is a need to understand the production patterns and observable trends, integrating data from various sources. This research will attempt to do just that for wells producing from the Travis Peak formation. Using data from HPDI L.L.C., (www.hpdi.com) a visual representation was created for the areal distribution of peak gas rates and cumulative gas production. This allowed us to categorize wells by their production performance and we found that areas with relatively high peak gas rates also had high cumulative gas production. An analysis of these wells was done by completion year, and we found that wellhead prices of natural gas strongly influenced the annual number of new wells. We also found that the distribution of the annual number of new wells affected the average annual initial production rate and the peak gas rate of new wells. Wells located in areas of poor production performance were analyzed and it was apparent that newer wells performed relatively better than older ones and well stimulation is a major requirement for better gas production. Wells located in areas of good production performance were also analyzed and we found that the distribution of newer wells to older ones influenced the relative performance of individual wells. Overall, there was no observable trend between production variables in Travis Peak. No trend in production variable was found to be exclusively associated with good performing wells or poor performing wells.

Thesis (M. P. A.)--Texas State University-San Marcos, 2009. / "Spring 2009." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-62).

Seven maps depicting general geology, physical properties, environmental geology, soils, soil thickness, slope, and fracture intensity describe the land in the Lake Travis vicinity. The maps, descriptive text, and interpretive tables provide the basis for evaluations of land-use capability. The general geologic map shows variations in bedrock, in surface deposits, and in the structural-geometrical relations of the units. It is a basic data source for constructing and interpreting the other maps. The physical properties map presents qualitative engineering characteristics of substrate and surface materials. Most of the Lake Travis vicinity is underlain by carbonate rocks that are generally stable foundations for construction. The environmental geologic map is based on variations in processes, landforms, and surface and bedrock materials. Process units represent areas subject to flooding and mass wasting as well as loci of aquifer recharge. These areas will sustain only limited use without detrimental environmental effects. Material-landform units represent areas that have constraints to land use; however, with preventive or corrective engineering the land could probably sustain a variety of uses. Soils, soil thickness, slope, and fracture intensity maps present data at a smaller scale than that of the general geologic, physical properties, and environmental geologic maps. Soil cover is generally thin or absent. Most of the land is moderately steeply to very steeply sloping. High-density fracture zones that allow rapid water infiltration occur in some of the area. The land-use capability map constructed to depict suitability for septic tank operation shows that most of the Lake Travis vicinity is generally unsuited for this use. The current land use map delimits areas of population pressure and attendant competitive uses of the land. These pressures intensify the need for enlightened planning so that land use will be compatible with limitations shown or implied on the basic maps. / text

The Signal Hill Quadrangle is located astride the Balcones Escarpment southwest of Austin. Cretaceous rocks (Albian and Cenomanian) cropping out in the area include the upper two members of the Glen Rose Formation, the Bull Creek and Bee Cave Members of the Walnut Formation, the Kainer and Person Formations of the Edwards Group, and the Georgetown, Del Rio, and Buda Formations. Deposition represented by these formations ranges from supertidal to tidal-flat to open-shelf marine environments. At one location there is a basalt plug, probably of Senonian age. The youngest deposits in the quadrangle are those associated with Quaternary terraces and alluvial sands and gravels. The faults mapped are part of the Balcones Fault Zone, a system of en echelon, northeast-trending, predominantly normal, dip-slip faults. This system was probably active in the middle Tertiary. The Mt. Bonnell Fault is the most important fault in the quadrangle. It is one of the major faults of the Balcones Fault System, having been downthrown 170-350 feet to the southeast. The total displacement of all faulting in the map area is about 800 feet. / text

Denna uppsats syftar till att ur ett designperspektiv undersöka och analysera hurartisten Travis Scott kommunicerar sitt varumärke genom sin visuella identitet.. Iuppsatsen använder vi oss av en kvantitativ innehållsanalys där vi analyserar 100stycken inlägg från artistens profil på den sociala plattformen instagram. I analysentittade vi på hur många av inlägg som innehåller samarbeten, logotyp, båda ikombination eller inget av ovanstående. Slutsatsen visar att återkommandedesignelement i artisten Travis Scotts visuella identitet handlar främst om logotypen ikombination med samarbeten. Scotts unika sätt att använda en förenklad version avsin logotyp integrerat med samarbetsparten möjliggör för en stor variation avsamarbeten då Scotts logotyp är utformat på ett sätt som fungerar på de flestaprodukter, det kan vi se på hans variation av samarbeten med till exempelMcDonalds, Fortnite och Dior.

Gas production from low-permeability (tight) gas sandstones is increasingly important in the USA as conventional gas reservoirs are being depleted, and its importance will increase worldwide in future decades. Travis Peak tight sandstones have produced gas since the 1940s. In this study, well log, 2D seismic, core, and production data were used to evaluate the geologic setting and reservoir characteristics of the Travis Peak formation. The primary objective was to assess the potential for basinward extension of Travis Peak gas production along the west margin of the East Texas Basin. Along the west margin of the East Texas Basin, southeast-trending Travis Peak sandstones belts were deposited by the Ancestral Red River fluvial-deltaic system. The sandstones are fine-grained, moderately well sorted, subangular to subrounded, quartz arenites and subarkoses; reservoir quality decreases with depth, primarily due to diagenetic quartz overgrowths. Evaluation of drilling mud densities suggests that strata deeper than 12,500 ft may be overpressured. Assessment of the geothermal gradient (1.6 °F/100 ft) indicates that overpressure may be relict, resulting from hydrocarbon generation by Smackover and Bossier formation potential source rocks. In the study area, Travis Peak cumulative gas production was 1.43 trillion cubic feet from January 1, 1961, through December 31, 2005. Mean daily gas production from 923 wells was 925,000 cubic ft/well/day, during the best year of production. The number of Travis Peak gas wells in “high-cost” (tight sandstone) fields increased from 18 in the decade 1966-75 to 333 in the decade 1996-2005, when high-cost fields accounted for 33.2% of the Travis Peak gas production. However, 2005 gas production from high cost fields accounted for 63.2% of the Travis Peak total production, indicating that production from high-cost gas wells has increased markedly. Along the west margin of the East Texas Basin, hydrocarbon occurs in structural, stratigraphic, and combination traps associated with salt deformation. Downdip extension of Travis Peak production will depend on the (1) burial history and diagenesis, (2) reservoir sedimentary facies, and (3) structural setting. Potential Travis Peak hydrocarbon plays include: updip pinch-outs of sandstones; sandstone pinch-outs at margins of salt-withdrawal basins; domal traps above salt structures; and deepwater sands.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 362-374). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.