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CLIMATE CHANGE 2014 SYNTHESIS REPORT (open access)

CLIMATE CHANGE 2014 SYNTHESIS REPORT

This Synthesis Report is based on the reports of the three Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), including relevant Special Reports. It provides an integrated view of climate change as the final part of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). This summary follows the structure of the longer report, which addresses the following topics: Observed changes and their causes; Future climate change, risks and impacts; Future pathways for adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development; Adaptation and mitigation.
Date: November 1, 2014
Creator: IPCC
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Public Transportation Program: In Brief (open access)

Federal Public Transportation Program: In Brief

This report is categorized into five categories: (I) Introduction, (II) What is Public Transportation, (III) Funding the Federal Transportation Program, (IV) How are Federal Dollars Spent?, and (V) Program Structure.
Date: October 1, 2014
Creator: Mallett, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Exports of Crude Oil and Natural Gas: The Case of Alaska (open access)

U.S. Exports of Crude Oil and Natural Gas: The Case of Alaska

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Date: October 1, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the sustainment and modernization of the Coast Guard’s polar icebreaker fleet, which performs a variety of missions supporting U.S. interests in polar regions. The Coast Guard’s proposed FY2015 budget requests $6 million to continue initial acquisition activities for a new polar icebreaker. The issue for Congress is whether to approve, reject, or modify Coast Guard plans for sustaining and modernizing its polar icebreaking fleet. Congressional decisions on this issue could affect Coast Guard funding requirements, the Coast Guard’s ability to perform its polar missions, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.
Date: July 1, 2014
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Railroad Retirement Board: Trust Fund Investment Practices (open access)

Railroad Retirement Board: Trust Fund Investment Practices

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Date: July 1, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Missing and Exploited Children: Background, Policies, and Issues (open access)

Missing and Exploited Children: Background, Policies, and Issues

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Date: August 1, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Worker Rights Provisions in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) (open access)

Worker Rights Provisions in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)

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Date: April 1, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reform of U.S. International Taxation: Alternatives (open access)

Reform of U.S. International Taxation: Alternatives

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Date: December 1, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Savings and Peak Demand Reduction of a SEER 21 Heat Pump vs. a SEER 13 Heat Pump with Attic and Indoor Duct Systems (open access)

Energy Savings and Peak Demand Reduction of a SEER 21 Heat Pump vs. a SEER 13 Heat Pump with Attic and Indoor Duct Systems

This report describes results of experiments that were conducted in an unoccupied 1600 square foot house--the Manufactured Housing (MH Lab) at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC)--to evaluate the delivered performance as well as the relative performance of a SEER 21 variable capacity heat pump versus a SEER 13 heat pump. The performance was evaluated with two different duct systems: a standard attic duct system and an indoor duct system located in a dropped-ceiling space.
Date: March 1, 2014
Creator: Cummings, J. & Withers, C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nonproliferation and Knowledge Security Course (open access)

Nonproliferation and Knowledge Security Course

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Date: October 1, 2014
Creator: D., Verdugo & U., Rohatgi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2014-04-01 - Sara Scurry, bassoon

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: April 1, 2014
Creator: Scurry, Sara
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation, C-N Bond Coupling, and Cycloaddition Reactivity of a Three-Coordinate Nickel Complex Featuring a Terminal Imido Ligand (open access)

Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation, C-N Bond Coupling, and Cycloaddition Reactivity of a Three-Coordinate Nickel Complex Featuring a Terminal Imido Ligand

In this study, we describe reaction chemistry of the first nickel(II) complexes having a terminally bound imido ligand, (dtbpe)Ni=NR (R = 2,6-ⁱPr₂C₆H₃, 2,3,6-Me₃C₆H₂ (Mes), and Ad) with various small unsaturated molecules.
Date: December 1, 2014
Creator: Mindiola, Daniel J.; Waterman, Rory; Iluc, Vlad M.; Cundari, Thomas R., 1964- & Hillhouse, Gregory L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Virginia Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Through Innovation Study (VOWCRIS) (Poster) (open access)

Virginia Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Through Innovation Study (VOWCRIS) (Poster)

The VOWCRIS project is an integrated systems approach to the feasibility-level design, performance, and cost-of-energy estimate for a notional 600-megawatt offshore wind project using site characteristics that apply to the Wind Energy Areas of Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina.
Date: October 1, 2014
Creator: Maples, B.; Campbell, J. & Arora, D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design And Commissioning Status Of New Cylindrical HiPIMS Nb Coating System for SRF Cavities (open access)

Design And Commissioning Status Of New Cylindrical HiPIMS Nb Coating System for SRF Cavities

For the past 19 years Jefferson Lab has sustained a program studying niobium films deposited on small samples in order to develop an understanding of the correlation between deposition parameters, film micro-structure, and RF performance. A new cavity deposition system employing a cylindrical cathode using the HiPIMS technique has been developed to apply this work to cylindrical cavities. The status of this system will be presented.
Date: February 1, 2014
Creator: Phillips, H. Lawrence; Macha, Kurt M. & Valente-Feliciano, Anne-Marie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
NetMOD version 1.0 user%3CU%2B2019%3Es manual. (open access)

NetMOD version 1.0 user%3CU%2B2019%3Es manual.

NetMOD (Network Monitoring for Optimal Detection) is a Java-based software package for conducting simulation of seismic networks. Specifically, NetMOD simulates the detection capabilities of seismic monitoring networks. Network simulations have long been used to study network resilience to station outages and to determine where additional stations are needed to reduce monitoring thresholds. NetMOD makes use of geophysical models to determine the source characteristics, signal attenuation along the path between the source and station, and the performance and noise properties of the station. These geophysical models are combined to simulate the relative amplitudes of signal and noise that are observed at each of the stations. From these signal-to-noise ratios (SNR), the probability of detection can be computed given a detection threshold. This manual describes how to configure and operate NetMOD to perform seismic detection simulations. In addition, NetMOD is distributed with a simulation dataset for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) International Monitoring System (IMS) seismic network for the purpose of demonstrating NetMOD's capabilities and providing user training. The tutorial sections of this manual use this dataset when describing how to perform the steps involved when running a simulation.
Date: January 1, 2014
Creator: Merchant, Bion John
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Studies of the 3D structure of the proton at Jlab (open access)

Studies of the 3D structure of the proton at Jlab

In recent years parton distributions, describing longitudinal momentum, helicity and transversity distributions of quarks and gluons, have been generalized to account also for transverse degrees of freedom. Two new sets of more general distributions, Transverse Momentum Distributions (TMDs) and Generalized Parton Distributions (GPDs) were introduced to describe transverse momentum and spatial distributions of partons. Great progress has been made since then in measurements of different Single Spin Asymmetries (SSAs) in semi-inclusive and hard exclusive processes, providing access to TMDs and GPDs, respectively. Studies of TMDs and GPDs are also among the main driving forces of the JLab 12 GeV upgrade project.
Date: January 1, 2014
Creator: Avakian, Harut A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future: Modeling Social Unrest in Karachi, Pakistan (open access)

Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future: Modeling Social Unrest in Karachi, Pakistan

Social unrest represents a major challenge for policy makers around the globe, as it can quickly escalate from small scale disturbances to highly public protests, riots and even civil war. This research was motivated by a need to understand social instability and to unpack the comments made during a spring 2013 conference hosted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Center for Global Security and the U.S. Institute for Peace, where policymakers noted that models considering social instability are often not suitable for decision-making. This analysis shows that existing state level models of instability could be improved in spatial scale to the city level, even without significantly improved data access. Better data would make this analysis more complete and likely improve the quality of the model. Another challenge with incorporating modeling into decision-making is the need to understand uncertainty in a model. Policy makers are frequently tasked with making decisions without a clear outcome, so characterization of uncertainty is critical. This report describes the work and findings of the project. It took place in three phases: a literature review of social stability research, a “hindsight scan” that looked at historical data, and a “foresight scan” looking at future scenarios.
Date: January 1, 2014
Creator: Olson, Jarrod; Kurzrok, Andrew J.; Hund, Gretchen & Fagley, Erik M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strategic Energy Analysis (Fact Sheet) (open access)

Strategic Energy Analysis (Fact Sheet)

NREL complements its scientific research with high-quality, credible, technology-neutral, objective analysis that informs policy and investment decisions as renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies move from innovation through integration. This sheet highlights NREL's analytical capabilities and achievements.
Date: February 1, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Understanding Mechanisms of Radiological Contamination (open access)

Understanding Mechanisms of Radiological Contamination

Over the last 50 years, the study of radiological contamination and decontamination has expanded significantly. This paper addresses the mechanisms of radiological contamination that have been reported and then discusses which methods have recently been used during performance testing of several different decontamination technologies. About twenty years ago the Idaho Nuclear Technology Engineering Center (INTEC) at the INL began a search for decontamination processes which could minimize secondary waste. In order to test the effectiveness of these decontamination technologies, a new simulated contamination, termed SIMCON, was developed. SIMCON was designed to replicate the types of contamination found on stainless steel, spent fuel processing equipment. Ten years later, the INL began research into methods for simulating urban contamination resulting from a radiological dispersal device (RDD). This work was sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and included the initial development an aqueous application of contaminant to substrate. Since 2007, research sponsored by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has advanced that effort and led to the development of a contamination method that simulates particulate fallout from an Improvised Nuclear Device (IND). The IND method diverges from previous efforts to create tenacious contamination by simulating a reproducible “loose” contamination. Examining …
Date: March 1, 2014
Creator: Demmer, Rick; Drake, John & Ryan James, PhD
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reported Energy and Cost Savings from the DOE ESPC Program: FY 2013 (open access)

Reported Energy and Cost Savings from the DOE ESPC Program: FY 2013

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Date: January 1, 2014
Creator: Slattery, Bob S
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2014-10-01 - Jieun Lee, piano

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: October 1, 2014
Creator: Lee, Jieun
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 79, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2014 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 79, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 2014
Creator: Parker, Vic
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 88, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 1, 2014 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 88, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 1, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 1, 2014
Creator: Parker, Vic
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 134, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 2014 (open access)

Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 134, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Cooper, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 1, 2014
Creator: Roller, Cindy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History