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The Peace Corps: Current Issues (open access)

The Peace Corps: Current Issues

Report regarding the President's annual funding request for the Peace Corps, efforts to reauthorize the Peace Corps, and related issues. Current issues include the extent to which there is available funding for Peace Corps expansion, whether the Peace Corps has the institutional capacity to expand, and whether volunteers are able to function in a safe and secure environment.
Date: October 2, 2012
Creator: Tarnoff, Curt
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Continuing Resolutions: Background and Overview of Recent Proposals (open access)

Automatic Continuing Resolutions: Background and Overview of Recent Proposals

This report begins by providing background on the historic frequency of federal funding gaps. Next, four major features of automatic continuing resolution(ACR) proposals since the 1980s -- time frame, funding level, activities, and duration -- are explained. This is followed by a summary of the major arguments for and against the enactment of an ACR. Finally, the last three sections of the report review congressional action that has taken place on ACR proposals, describe ACR proposals that have been introduced but not enacted during the 112th and 113th Congresses, and provide brief analysis of H.R. 3210.
Date: October 2, 2013
Creator: Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Appropriations Process: FAQs Regarding Potential Legislative Changes and Effects of a Government Shutdown (open access)

Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Appropriations Process: FAQs Regarding Potential Legislative Changes and Effects of a Government Shutdown

This report provides background information on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It discusses the ACA and the annual appropriations process and the potential impact of a shutdown on ACA implementation.
Date: October 2, 2013
Creator: Redhead, C. S.; Tollestrup, Jessica; Liu, Edward C. & Brass, Clinton T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions

This report provides responses to frequently asked questions about the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant.
Date: October 2, 2013
Creator: Falk, Gene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 421, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 421, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 2, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 422, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 422, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 2, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Timpson & Tenaha News (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 2014 (open access)

Timpson & Tenaha News (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Timpson, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 2, 2014
Creator: Pena, Hilda
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 2012 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 2, 2012
Creator: Stratso, Chelsea
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF): Overview, Issues, and Legislation (open access)

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF): Overview, Issues, and Legislation

This report discusses the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) which is administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and assists communities in building or restoring public water supply infrastructure to comply with federal standards for clean drinking water and public health safety.
Date: October 2, 2018
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Mexico: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of political and economic conditions in Mexico, followed by assessments of selected issues of congressional interest in Mexico: security and foreign aid, extraditions, human rights, trade, migration, energy, education, environment, and water issues.
Date: October 2, 2018
Creator: Seelke, Clare Ribando
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kuwait: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Kuwait: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses Kuwait's governmental structure and politics, defense policies and cooperation with the U.S., foreign policy towards its neighbors, economy, and human rights concerns.
Date: October 2, 2018
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Overview of Air Quality Issues in Natural Gas Systems (open access)

An Overview of Air Quality Issues in Natural Gas Systems

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Date: October 2, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cast Stone Formulation At Higher Sodium Concentrations (open access)

Cast Stone Formulation At Higher Sodium Concentrations

A low temperature waste form known as Cast Stone is being considered to provide supplemental Low Activity Waste (LAW) immobilization capacity for the Hanford site. Formulation of Cast Stone at high sodium concentrations is of interest since a significant reduction in the necessary volume of Cast Stone and subsequent disposal costs could be achieved if an acceptable waste form can be produced with a high sodium molarity salt solution combined with a high water to premix (or dry blend) ratio. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the factors involved with increasing the sodium concentration in Cast Stone, including production and performance properties and the retention and release of specific components of interest. Three factors were identified for the experimental matrix: the concentration of sodium in the simulated salt solution, the water to premix ratio, and the blast furnace slag portion of the premix. The salt solution simulants used in this study were formulated to represent the overall average waste composition. The cement, blast furnace slag, and fly ash were sourced from a supplier in the Hanford area in order to be representative. The test mixes were prepared in the laboratory and fresh properties were measured. Fresh density increased …
Date: October 2, 2013
Creator: Fox, K. M.; Edwards, T. A. & Roberts, K. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Phase Competition in Trisected Superconducting Dome (open access)

Phase Competition in Trisected Superconducting Dome

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Date: October 2, 2012
Creator: Vishik, I.M.; Hashimoto, M; He, Rui-Hua; Lee, Wei-Sheng; Schmitt, Felix; Lu, Donghui et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using Cumulative Number Densities to Compare Galaxies Across Cosmic Time (open access)

Using Cumulative Number Densities to Compare Galaxies Across Cosmic Time

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Date: October 2, 2013
Creator: Behroozi, Peter; Marchesini, Danilo; Wechsler, Risa; Muzzin, Adam; Papovich, Casey & Stefanon, Mauro
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Semileptonic Decays (open access)

Semileptonic Decays

The following is an overview of the measurements of the CKM matrix elements |V{sub cb}| and |V{sub ub}| that are based on detailed studies of semileptonic B decays by the BABAR and Belle Collaborations and major advances in QCD calculations. In addition, a new and improved measurement of the ratios R(D{sup (*)}) = {Beta}({bar B} {yields} D{sup (*)}{tau}{sup -}{bar {nu}}{sub {tau}})/{Beta}({bar B} {yields} D{sup (*)}{ell}{sup -}{bar {nu}}{sub {ell}}) is presented. Here D{sup (*)} refers to a D or a D* meson and {ell} is either e or {mu}. The results, R(D) = 0.440 {+-} 0.058 {+-} 0.042 and R(D*) = 0.332 {+-} 0.024 {+-} 0.018, exceed the Standard Model expectations by 2.0{sigma} and 2.7{sigma}, respectively. Taken together, they disagree with these expectations at the 3.4{sigma} level. The excess of events cannot be explained by a charged Higgs boson in the type II two-Higgs-doublet model.
Date: October 2, 2012
Creator: Luth, Vera G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
DEVELOPMENT OF GLASS AND GLASS CERAMIC PROPPANTS FROM GAS SHALE WELL DRILL CUTTINGS (open access)

DEVELOPMENT OF GLASS AND GLASS CERAMIC PROPPANTS FROM GAS SHALE WELL DRILL CUTTINGS

The objective of this study was to develop a method of converting drill cuttings from gas shale wells into high strength proppants via flame spheroidization and devitrification processing. Conversion of drill cuttings to spherical particles was only possible for small particle sizes (< 53 {micro}m) using a flame former after a homogenizing melting step. This size limitation is likely to be impractical for application as conventional proppants due to particle packing characteristics. In an attempt to overcome the particle size limitation, sodium and calcium were added to the drill cuttings to act as fluxes during the spheroidization process. However, the flame former remained unable to form spheres from the fluxed material at the relatively large diameters (0.5 - 2 mm) targeted for proppants. For future work, the flame former could be modified to operate at higher temperature or longer residence time in order to produce larger, spherical materials. Post spheroidization heat treatments should be investigated to tailor the final phase assemblage for high strength and sufficient chemical durability.
Date: October 2, 2013
Creator: Johnson, F. & Fox, K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low Cost Open-Path Instrument for Monitoring Surface Carbon Dioxide at Sequestration Sites Phase I SBIR Final Report (open access)

Low Cost Open-Path Instrument for Monitoring Surface Carbon Dioxide at Sequestration Sites Phase I SBIR Final Report

Public confidence in safety is a prerequisite to the success of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage for any program that intends to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. In that regard, this project addresses the security of CO2 containment by undertaking development of what is called “an open path device” to measure CO2 concentrations near the ground above a CO2 storage area.
Date: October 2, 2012
Creator: Wu, Sheng
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurement and Modeling of the n=2-3 Emission of O VIII near 102 �A (open access)

Measurement and Modeling of the n=2-3 Emission of O VIII near 102 �A

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Date: October 2, 2012
Creator: Trabert, E & Beiersdorfer, P
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Betatron Modulation of Microwave Instability in Small Isochronous Ring (open access)

Betatron Modulation of Microwave Instability in Small Isochronous Ring

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Date: October 2, 2013
Creator: Li, Yingjie & Wang, Lanfa
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
3D Simulations of Multipacting in the 56 MHz SRF Cavity (open access)

3D Simulations of Multipacting in the 56 MHz SRF Cavity

This report addresses the 56 MHz SRF Quarter-Wave Resonator (QWR) is designed for RHIC as a storage cavity to improve the collider performance.
Date: October 2, 2013
Creator: Wu, Q.; Belomestnykh, S. A.; Ge, L.; Ko, C.; Li, Z.; Ng, C. K. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Form CJ-7, Annual Parole Survey: 2013 (open access)

Form CJ-7, Annual Parole Survey: 2013

Blank parole data survey containing a series of questions related to the parole population in a particular location, with instructions for filling out the survey.
Date: October 2, 2013
Creator: United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 221, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 2012 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 221, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 2, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Assessment of a Faculty Mentoring Program Using Validated Instruments

This presentation focuses on the faculty mentoring program for librarians at the University of North Texas. They used validated instruments to ensure the quality of the program. It was presented at the Texas Association for Higher Education Assessment Conference in 2019.
Date: October 2, 2019
Creator: Harker, Karen; Keshmiripour, Setareh; McIntosh, Marcia; O'Toole, Erin & Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library