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Medina County, Community of D'Hanis Flood Protection Study (open access)

Medina County, Community of D'Hanis Flood Protection Study

The report discuses the Medina Count-D'Hanis Flood Protection Study, which evaluates the flooding problems in the D'Hanis area within Medina County and develop cost effective flood reduction alternatives considering public safety and welfare. (Ex Summ I).
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feasibility of Solar Powered Traffic Signs in Houston: A Step Toward Sustainable Control Devices (open access)

Feasibility of Solar Powered Traffic Signs in Houston: A Step Toward Sustainable Control Devices

This report provides information on retrofitting the signalized traffic intersections and retrofitting the signals to solar energy and switching to light emitting diodes (LED) the city will see major energy and cost savings, as well as a significant decrease in maintenance cost and time due to longer lifespan of the LEDs and solar panels.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Miller, Alexandra (Writer on transportation); Goodwin, Ronald E. & Godazi, Khosro
System: The Portal to Texas History
Returns From Investments in Workforce Services: Texas Statewide Estimates for Participants, Taxpayers and Society (open access)

Returns From Investments in Workforce Services: Texas Statewide Estimates for Participants, Taxpayers and Society

Report providing state-level estimates of the return on investment (ROI) for comprehensive workforce services delivered through local workforce boards in Texas.
Date: August 12, 2008
Creator: King, Christopher T.; Tang, Ying; Smith, Tara Carter & Schroeder, Daniel G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of Texas Felony Offenses by Category (open access)

Inventory of Texas Felony Offenses by Category

This report contain information on offenses in Texas statutory law punishable as felonies.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council. Research Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: July 2012 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: July 2012

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nanotechnology-Based System for Damage-Resistant Concrete Pavements (open access)

Nanotechnology-Based System for Damage-Resistant Concrete Pavements

This report's focus was to explore the use of nanotechnology-based nanofilaments, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanofibers (CNFs), as reinforcement for improving the mechanical properties of Portland cement paste and creating multifunctional and sensing concrete. (p. 1).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Restrictions on Sunday Off-Premises Liquor Sales in Non-Control States (open access)

Restrictions on Sunday Off-Premises Liquor Sales in Non-Control States

"This map and table provide information regarding state restrictions on Sunday sales of liquor for off-premises consumption in certain states." The tables include details on the "states' laws or rules addressing Sunday off-premises liquor sales and a hyper-linked citation of the relevant provision." (p. [2]).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council. Research Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moving the Concept of Megaregions into Transportation Planning: Workshop Proceedings (open access)

Moving the Concept of Megaregions into Transportation Planning: Workshop Proceedings

Report on the possibility of adding a study of megaregions to the transportation considerations made in Texas.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Lewis, Carol Abel; Land, Sara & Afefayane, Bethelhem
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $632 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments (open access)

Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $632 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

This document contains information on sales tax revenue and allocation in Texas counties as well as related data charts.
Date: August 8, 2012
Creator: Willis, Lauren
System: The Portal to Texas History
2012 Transportation Security Institute: Recruiting Next Generation Professionals (open access)

2012 Transportation Security Institute: Recruiting Next Generation Professionals

This report focuses on the mission and objectives of transportation security professionals and introduces a pre-selected group of high school students to the various career opportunities within the profession.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Godazi, Khosro; Goodwin, Ronald E. & Miller, Alexandra (Writer on transportation)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automating the Process for Locating No-Passing Zones Using Georeferencing Data (open access)

Automating the Process for Locating No-Passing Zones Using Georeferencing Data

This research created a method of using global positioning system (GPS) coordinates to identify the location of no-passing zones in two-lane highways.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Azimi, Mehdi & Hawkings, H. Gene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Free-Floating Carsharing Systems: Innovations in Membersip Predication, Mode Share, and Vehicle Allocation Optimication Methodologies (open access)

Free-Floating Carsharing Systems: Innovations in Membersip Predication, Mode Share, and Vehicle Allocation Optimication Methodologies

This report provides methodologies for some of the challenges facing both free-floating and traditional carsharing programs.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Kortum, Katherine & Machemehl, Randy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Final: Groundwater Availability Model Report for the Rustler Aquifer (open access)

Final: Groundwater Availability Model Report for the Rustler Aquifer

This report documents the development of a three-dimensional groundwater model for the Rustler Aquifer.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Ewing, John E.; Kelley, Van A.; Jones, Toya L.; Yan, Tingting; Singh, Abhishek; Powers, Dennis W. et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ground Water Recharge Model : Calibration and Validation for Remotely-Sensed Dual Coefficient (RDC) GMA8 ET Estimation (open access)

Ground Water Recharge Model : Calibration and Validation for Remotely-Sensed Dual Coefficient (RDC) GMA8 ET Estimation

This report provides information on a groundwater recharge (GWr) model for a 50-year period, 1960 to 1009, that was developed for Texas Groundwater Management Area 8 (GMA8) through solving a simple water balance that yielded GWr as a residual from calibrated inputs.
Date: August 9, 2012
Creator: Kirk, Alexandra; Groeneveld, David; Barz, Dave; Herring, Koanna & Murray, Scott
System: The Portal to Texas History
State of Technology of Water Reuse: Final Report (open access)

State of Technology of Water Reuse: Final Report

This report reviews the state of technology associated with implementation of water reuse projects. (p. 2).
Date: August 2010
Creator: Alan Plummer Associates, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Using Real Time Traveler Demand Data to Optimize Commuter Rail Feeder Systems (open access)

Using Real Time Traveler Demand Data to Optimize Commuter Rail Feeder Systems

This report focuses on real time optimization of the Commuter Rail Circulator Route Network Design Problem (CRCNDP).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Yu, Yao & Machemehl, Randy
System: The Portal to Texas History
An eCertificate Program in Transportation Planning: Final Report (open access)

An eCertificate Program in Transportation Planning: Final Report

This report researches developed proposals to extend the delivery of the recently developed Graduate Certificate in Transportation Planning at Texas A & M University (TAMU) to a wider audience via distance education (online or eCertificate).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Ndubisi, Foster & Joh, Kenneth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transit Agency Strategies that Encourage Mixed Use around Stations (open access)

Transit Agency Strategies that Encourage Mixed Use around Stations

This report focuses specifically on the role of the transit agency in encouraging development proximate to transit and investigates selected transit authorities within the United States to determine what strategies and steps they are taking to facilitate proximate desirable development around their stations. (p. 1).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Lewis, Carol Abel; Onyejekwe, Sandra; Collins, Darlene & McGaughay, Kenneth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Inmate Monthly Report: July 2009 (open access)

Texas Inmate Monthly Report: July 2009

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Estimating Sediment and Nutrient loads of Texas Coastal Watersheds with SWAT : A case study of Galveston Bay and Matagorda Bay (open access)

Estimating Sediment and Nutrient loads of Texas Coastal Watersheds with SWAT : A case study of Galveston Bay and Matagorda Bay

This report provides information on the results of the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model that was used to estimate terrestrial sediment and nutrients loads to the Galveston and Matagorda bays from their contributing watersheds. (p. 3).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Omani, Nina; Lee, Taesoo & Srinivasan, Raghavan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: July 2011 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: July 2011

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
It's a New IDEA, The Manual for Parents and Students About Special Education Services in Texas (open access)

It's a New IDEA, The Manual for Parents and Students About Special Education Services in Texas

"This manual is designed to help you become familiar with the requirements of the IDEA [Individuals With Disabilities Education Act] so you can act as an equal partner in planning your child's education. You will learn, by using this manual and by working with school staff, how to plan an educational program that will lead to an independent and productive life for your child and yourself" (p. 2).
Date: August 2007
Creator: Arc of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Transportation Planning for Future Renewable Energy Products: Final Report (open access)

Texas Transportation Planning for Future Renewable Energy Products: Final Report

Report on Texas transportation planning for future renewable energy products.
Date: August 2016
Creator: Astroza, Sebastian; Patil, Priyadarshan N.; Smith, Katherine I.; Kumar, Vivek; Bhat, Chandra R. & Zhang, Zhanmin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal Audit of Business Continuity As of August 31, 2015 (open access)

Internal Audit of Business Continuity As of August 31, 2015

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Internal Audit of Business Continuity As of August 31, 2015.
Date: August 31, 2015
Creator: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History