"A Citizen's Democracy" (open access)

"A Citizen's Democracy"

Text of remarks given by Barbara Jordan before the Dallas Women's Foundation regarding democracy, public distrust of politicians, and issues such as income disparity.
Date: December 10, 1991
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Citizens Democracy (open access)

A Citizens Democracy

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for a luncheon of the Dallas Women's Foundation in Dallas, Texas. Also included is a letter from Pat Nicklaus Sabin to Barbara C. Jordan, thanking her for attending the luncheon.
Date: December 10, 1991
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan at a Banquet for the Dallas Women's Foundation]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan at a banquet for the Dallas Women's Foundation. A man across the table from her is showing Jordan a hat.
Date: December 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan at a Banquet for the Dallas Women's Foundation #2]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan at a banquet for the Dallas Women's Foundation. There are women seated beside her and a woman speaking to her from across the table.
Date: December 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The study of multi-institutional collaborations in high-energy physics. Progress report, January 1989--March 1991 (open access)

The study of multi-institutional collaborations in high-energy physics. Progress report, January 1989--March 1991

Since World War II, the organizational framework for scientific research is increasingly the multi-institutional collaboration, especially in high-energy physics. A broad preliminary survey, into the functioning of research collaborations involving three or more institutions is described. The study is designed to identify patterns of collaborations, define the scope of the documentation problems, field-test possible solutions, recommend future actions, and build an archives of oral history interviews and other resources for scholarly use. Once the study is completed, its findings will be used to promote systems to document significant collaborative research.
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Partial-wave analyses of hadron scattering below 2 GeV. Progress report May 1991--April 30, 1992 (open access)

Partial-wave analyses of hadron scattering below 2 GeV. Progress report May 1991--April 30, 1992

The Center for Analysis of Particle Scattering (CAPS) in the Department of Physics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has analyzed basic two-body hadron reactions below 2 GeV for the last two decades. Reactions studied were nucleon-nucleon, pion-nucleon, K{sup +}-nucleon and pion photoproduction systems. In addition to analyses of these systems, a computer graphics system (SAID) has been developed and disseminated to over 250 research institutions using VAX computers. The computer-interactive system for disseminating information on basic scattering reactions is also accessible to the physics community through TELNET on the VPI&SU physics department VAX. 6 refs.
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Arndt, Richard A. & Roper, L. David
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of the chemical and electrochemical coal cleaning process. Technical progress report, July 1, 1991--September 30, 1991 (open access)

Development of the chemical and electrochemical coal cleaning process. Technical progress report, July 1, 1991--September 30, 1991

Liberation studies on the Elkhorn No. 3 coal were completed in this quarter. The results obtained from the 65 {times} 150 mesh samples showed that the amount of mineral matter and pyrite liberated by the Chemical and Electrochemical Coal Cleaning (CECC) process increases with time. The free mineral matter undergoes some reduction in size during the CECC treatment and the majority of the liberated mineral particles in this sample are finer than 150 mesh. This is opposite that found for the Pittsburgh No. 8 coal, which may explain the better response of the Elkhorn No. 3 coal to CECC treatment. The continuous bench-scale unit was modified during the quarter to satisfy the health and safety requirements of the university. The unit was modified to ensure that any spill or leakage can be contained. Due to these modifications, continuous testing work was delayed.
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Basilio, C. I. & Yoon, Roe-Hoan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of the chemical and electrochemical coal cleaning process. Technical progress report, October 1, 1991--December 31, 1991 (open access)

Development of the chemical and electrochemical coal cleaning process. Technical progress report, October 1, 1991--December 31, 1991

The continuous testing of the Chemical and Electrochemical Coal Cleaning (CECC) bench-scale unit (Task 6) was completed successfully in this quarter using Middle Wyodak and Elkhorn No. 3 coal samples. The CECC unit was run under the optimum conditions established for these coal samples in Task 4. For the Middle Wyodak coal, the ash content was reduced from 6.96% to as low 1.61%, corresponding to an ash rejection (by weight) of about 83%. The ash and sulfur contents of the Elkhorn No. 3 coal were reduced to as low as 1.8% and 0.9%. The average ash and sulfur rejections were calculated to be around 84% and 47%. The CECC continuous unit was used to treat -325 mesh Elkhorn No. 3 coal samples and gave ash and sulfur rejection values of as high as 77% and 66%. In these test, the clean -325 mesh coal particles were separated from the liberated mineral matter through microbubble column flotation, instead of wet-screening.
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Basilio, C. I. & Yoon, Roe-Hoan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Development of Advanced Physical Fine Coal Cleaning Technologies: Froth Flotation. Quarterly Technical Progress Report No. 12, July 1, 1991--September 30, 1991 (open access)

Engineering Development of Advanced Physical Fine Coal Cleaning Technologies: Froth Flotation. Quarterly Technical Progress Report No. 12, July 1, 1991--September 30, 1991

The design criteria for each unit operation have been developed based upon a number of variables. These variables, at this time, are based upon the best engineering design information available to industry. A number of assumptions utilized in the design criteria are uncertain. The uncertainties of inert atmospheres for grinding and flotation as well as pyrite depressants were answered by the Surface Control Project. It was determined that inerting was not required and no ``new`` reagents were presented that improved the flotation results. In addition, Tasks 5 and 6 results indicated the required reagent dosage for conventional flotation and advanced flotation. Task 5 results also indicated the need for a clean coal,thickener, the flocculent dosages for both the clean coal and refuse thickeners, and final dewatering requirements. The results from Tasks 5 and 6 and summarized in Task 7 indicate several uncertainties that require continuous long duration testing. The first is the possibility of producing a grab product for both the Pittsburgh and Illinois No. 6 coals in conventional flotation. Second what does long-term recirculation of clarified water do to the product quality? The verification process and real data obtained from Tasks 5 and 6 greatly reduced the capital and …
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Development of Advanced Physical Fine Coal Cleaning Technologies: Froth Flotation. Quarterly Technical Progress Report No. 11, April 1, 1991--June 30, 1991 (open access)

Engineering Development of Advanced Physical Fine Coal Cleaning Technologies: Froth Flotation. Quarterly Technical Progress Report No. 11, April 1, 1991--June 30, 1991

This document a quarterly report prepared in accordance with the project reporting requirements covering the period from July 1, 1992 to September 30, 1992. This report provides a summary of the technical work undertaken during this period, highlighting the major results. A brief description of the work done prior to this quarter is provided in this report under the task headings. The overall project scope of the engineering development project is to conceptually develop a commercial flowsheet to maximize pyritic sulfur reduction at practical energy recovery values. This is being accomplished by utilizing the basic research data on the surface properties of coal, mineral matter and pyrite obtained from the Coal Surface Control for Advanced Fine Coal Flotation Project, to develop this conceptual flowsheet. The conceptual flowsheet must be examined to identify critical areas that need additional design data. This data will then be developed using batch and semi-continuous bench scale testing. In addition to actual bench scale testing, other unit operations from other industries processing fine material will be reviewed for potential application and incorporated into the design if appropriate. The conceptual flowsheet will be revised based on the results of the bench scale testing and areas will be …
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hartley Wood Day: Inventor of Numeral Notation and Adversary of Lowell Mason (open access)

Hartley Wood Day: Inventor of Numeral Notation and Adversary of Lowell Mason

Ignorance of the basic principles of music reading was one of the primary obstacles to the improvement of congregational singing in nineteenth-century America. Six separate numeral notation systems arose to provide a simple way for the common man to learn the basic principles of music. Hartley Day developed his own numeral notation system and published six tune-books that enjoyed modest success in the New England area. This thesis examines Day's numeral notation system as it appeared in the Boston Numeral Harmony (1845), and the One-Line Psalmist (1849). It also studies Day's periodical, The Musical Visitor, in which he continually attacked Lowell Mason, possibly leading to Mason's dismissal as Superintendent of Music of Boston's public schools.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Carnes, Tara Barker
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 16, Number 96, Pages 7665-7762, December 27, 1991 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 16, Number 96, Pages 7665-7762, December 27, 1991

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: December 27, 1991
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Post Hospital Annex] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Post Hospital Annex]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Post Hospital Annex, in Brownsville, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: December 23, 1991
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 16, Number 90, Pages 6961-7044, December 6, 1991 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 16, Number 90, Pages 6961-7044, December 6, 1991

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: December 6, 1991
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Comparison of Measures of Signal-To-Noise Ratio, Jitter, Shimmer, and Speaking Fundamental Frequency in Smoking and Nonsmoking Females (open access)

A Comparison of Measures of Signal-To-Noise Ratio, Jitter, Shimmer, and Speaking Fundamental Frequency in Smoking and Nonsmoking Females

Fifteen nonsmoking and fifteen smoking females 19 to 36 years of age were evaluated on measures of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), jitter, shimmer, and speaking fundamental frequency (F0). The results indicated that: 1) there is a significant difference between female smokers and nonsmokers on measures of SNR, mean, and maximum F0 and, 2) there is no significant difference between female smokers and nonsmokers on measures of jitter, shimmer and minimum F0 . The SNR was found to be a powerful tool which is capable of distinguishing subtle vocal characteristics between the subject groups. It would appear that cigarette smoking may have an impact on the voice before distinct laryngeal pathologies are present.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Coy, Kelly (Kelly Bishop)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of a Protocol for a Study of Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Women Vietnam Veterans (open access)

Review of a Protocol for a Study of Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Women Vietnam Veterans

This report discusses the study that has been proposed as a partial response to the mandate of Public Law 99-272; that law also requires approval from the Director of OTA before any such studies are undertaken, which is the reason for this review. This study is one of three that make up the full VA response to the mandate to look into the health of women Vietnam veterans.
Date: December 1991
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Atmospheric transport and dispersion of pollutants and related meteorological studies. Final report for 1990 (open access)

Atmospheric transport and dispersion of pollutants and related meteorological studies. Final report for 1990

A new National Meteorological Support Plan for Federal responses to the release of hazardous materials into the atmosphere is being formulated. The plan summarizes Government agencies` responsibilities for characterizing, validating, identifying, tracking, monitoring, and forecasting the transport and dispersion of released hazardous materials. Under Chapter 2, Agency Requirements and Capabilities, the plan states that Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research activities in atmospheric transport and dispersion are conducted primarily within NOAA`s Air Resources Laboratory (ARL). The DOE is also a participating agency responding to capabilities and requirements. To fulfill these obligations, ARL is continuing to develop its Immediate Response Program (IRP) composed of: Analysis -- forecast trajectory models; analysis -- forecast transport and dispersion models; and meteorological support -- data access and display programs. Progress is described.
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design-for-analysis or the unintended role of analysis in the design of piping systems (open access)

Design-for-analysis or the unintended role of analysis in the design of piping systems

The paper discusses the evolution of piping design in the nuclear industry with its increasing reliance on dynamic analysis. While it is well recognized that the practice has evolved from ``design-by- rule `` to ``design-by-analysis,`` examples are provided of cases where the choice of analysis technique has determined the hardware configuration, which could be called ``design-for-analysis.`` The paper presents practical solutions to some of these cases and summarizes the important recent industry and regulatory developments which, if successful, will reverse the trend towards ``design-for-analysis.`` 14 refs.
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Antaki, G. A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of novel copper-based sorbents for hot-gas cleanup. Technical report, September 1--November 30, 1991 (open access)

Development of novel copper-based sorbents for hot-gas cleanup. Technical report, September 1--November 30, 1991

The objective of this investigation is to evaluate several novel copper-based binary oxides for their suitability as regenerable sorbents for hot gas cleanup application in the temperature range of 650{degree} to 850{degree}C (1200{degree}--1550{degree}F). To achieve this objective, several novel copper-based binary oxide sorbents will be prepared. Experimental tests will be conducted at ambient pressure to determine the stability, sulfidation capacity, regenerability, and sulfidation kinetics of the novel sorbents. Tests will also be conducted at high pressure for the determination of the sulfidation reactivity, regenerability, and durability of the sorbents. The attrition characteristics of the sorbents will also be determined.
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Abbasian, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intracellular Location of Carotenoid Pigments in Yeast-Phase Cells of Wangiella Dermatitidis and Cell Wall Morphology After Enzyme Treatment (open access)

Intracellular Location of Carotenoid Pigments in Yeast-Phase Cells of Wangiella Dermatitidis and Cell Wall Morphology After Enzyme Treatment

Carotenoid pigments in W. dermatitidis, the first pathogenic, dematiaceous fungus in which carotenoid pigments nave been reported, are located primarily (81%) in lipid organelles which floated on the surface of the supernatant fraction of lysed cells. Pigment in this fraction could be extracted with ethyl ether without prior treatment with acetone indicating the pigment is unbound in the lipid organelle. Eight percent remains after exhaustive ether extraction and is recovered after the sample is treated with acetone indicating this fraction is non-covalently bound to proteins in the membranes associated with the lipid organelle. The remaining pigment (about 12%) represents contamination of the supernatant with the lipid organelles.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Foster, Linda Ann
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The North Texan, Volume 41, Number 4, December 1991 (open access)

The North Texan, Volume 41, Number 4, December 1991

The North Texan includes articles and notes about University of North Texas students, faculty, and alumni activities.
Date: December 1991
Creator: University of North Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Toxic chemical syndrome: body burden and immune parameters affected by environmental chemicals (open access)

Toxic chemical syndrome: body burden and immune parameters affected by environmental chemicals

The purpose of the present study was to determine: (1) that dental office personnel would be exposed to more toxic chemicals in the workplace than the non-dental office controls; (2) that exposure should lead to a reduction in the efficiency of the immune system in the individuals in the dental office; and (3) the immunological deficit should manifest itself in psychological and/or physiological pathology as measured on the Profile of Mood States (POMS) and Bender Gestalt.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Carway, Eugene Vincent
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food production and consumption near the Savannah River Site (open access)

Food production and consumption near the Savannah River Site

Routine operations at the Savannah River Site (SRS) result in the release of radionuclides to the atmosphere and to the Savannah River. The resulting radiological doses to the off-site maximum individual and the 80-km population are estimated on a yearly basis. These estimates are generated using dose models prescribed in the NRC Reg. Guide 1.109 for the commercial nuclear power industry. A study of land and water usage characteristics in the region of the Savannah River Site has been conducted to determine site-specific values of the NRC dose model parameters. The study`s scope included local characteristics of meat, milk, vegetable production; Savannah River recreational activities and fish harvests; meat, milk, vegetable, and seafood consumption rates; and Savannah River drinking-water populations. Average and maximum consumption rates of beef, milk, vegetables, and fish have been determined for individuals residing in the southern United States. The study suggest that many of the consumption rates provided by the NRC may not be appropriate for residents of the South. Average consumption rates are slightly higher than the defaults provided by the NRC. Maximum consumption rates, however, are typically lower than NRC values. Agricultural productivity in the SRS region was found to be quite different than …
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Hamby, D. M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A perspective of hazardous waste and mixed waste treatment technology at the Savannah River Site (open access)

A perspective of hazardous waste and mixed waste treatment technology at the Savannah River Site

Treatment technologies for the preparation and treatment of heavy metal mixed wastes, contaminated soils, and mixed mercury wastes are being considered at the Savannah River Site (SRS), a DOE nuclear material processing facility operated by Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC). The proposed treatment technologies to be included at the Hazardous Waste/Mixed Waste Treatment Building at SRS are based on the regulatory requirements, projected waste volumes, existing technology, cost effectiveness, and project schedule. Waste sorting and size reduction are the initial step in the treatment process. After sorting/size reduction the wastes would go to the next applicable treatment module. For solid heavy metal mixed wastes the proposed treatment is macroencapsulation using a thermoplastic polymer. This process reduces the leachability of hazardous constituents from the waste and allows easy verification of the coating integrity. Stabilization and solidification in a cement matrix will treat a wide variety of wastes (i.e. soils, decontamination water). Some pretreatments may be required (i.e. Ph adjustment) before stabilization. Other pretreatments such as soil washing can reduce the amount of waste to be stabilized. Radioactive contaminated mercury waste at the SRS comes in numerous forms (i.e. process equipment, soils, and lab waste) with the required treatment of high mercury …
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: England, J. L.; Venkatesh, S.; Bailey, L. L.; Langton, C. A.; Hay, M. S.; Stevens, C. B. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library