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Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 2017 (open access)

Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 2017

Weekly newspaper from Mathis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 10, 2017
Creator: Gonzales, Paul
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Land cost] captions transcript

[News Clip: Land cost]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 10, 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploratory X-Ray Monitoring of Luminous Radio-quiet Quasars at High Redshift: No Evidence for Evolution in X-Ray Variability (open access)

Exploratory X-Ray Monitoring of Luminous Radio-quiet Quasars at High Redshift: No Evidence for Evolution in X-Ray Variability

This article reports on the second installment of an X-ray monitoring project of seven luminous radio-quiet quasars (RQQs).
Date: October 10, 2017
Creator: Shemmer, Ohad; Brandt, William Nielsen; Paolillo, Maurizio; Kaspi, Shai; Vignali, Christian; Lira, Paulina et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 32, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 10, 2017 (open access)

The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 32, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 10, 2017

Weekly newspaper from The Colony, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 10, 2017
Creator: McGathey, Liz & Roark, Chris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 44, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 10, 2017 (open access)

The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 44, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 10, 2017

Weekly newspaper from The Colony, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 10, 2017
Creator: McGathey, Liz & Roark, Chris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evidence for the Involvement of Electrical, Calcium and ROS Signaling in the Systemic Regulation of Non-Photochemical Quenching and Photosynthesis (open access)

Evidence for the Involvement of Electrical, Calcium and ROS Signaling in the Systemic Regulation of Non-Photochemical Quenching and Photosynthesis

Article presents study in which pulse amplitude-modulated Chl fluorescence imaging and surface electrical potential measurements accompanied by pharmacological treatments were employed to study stimuli-induced electrical signals in leaves from a broad range of plant species and in Arabidopsis thaliana mutants.
Date: February 10, 2017
Creator: Białasek, Maciej; Górecka, Magdalena; Mittler, Ron & Karpiński, Stanisław
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Benjamin Nicks, February 10, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Benjamin Nicks, February 10, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Benjamin Nicks. Nicks enlisted in the Army Air Forces in January of 1941. He received his wings in April of 1942. Nicks was in the 120th Observation Squadron in the 130th Field Artillery Squadron. He flew border patrol missions for a year between Mexico and the United States. He was assigned to Mountain Home Air Base, Idaho to serve as a B-25 instructor until the spring of 1944. He was then transferred in May of 1944 in McCook, Nebraska as a B-29 instructor. He was in the 1st Squadron, 9th Bomb Group, 313th Wing of the 20th Air Force at McCook, Nebraska. Their outfit was sent to Kwajalein, Tinian, Iwo Jima and Japan to name a few. Nicks flew a total of 35 missions. He provides great detail of their missions. He was discharged in January of 1946 with the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Date: February 10, 2017
Creator: Nicks, Benjamin
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Enrique Moncada, August 10, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Enrique Moncada, August 10, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Enrique Moncada. Moncada joined the Navy in October of 1944. He served aboard the USS Forrest (DMS-24) minesweeper beginning in December of 1944. He performed regular seaman duties and served as gunner on the 40mm gun. They traveled to Okinawa. They did patrol work, screening with small minesweepers and performed local escort missions. Their ship and crew suffered one kamikaze attack. He provides detail of their endeavors to save the ship. He was discharged in June of 1946, but reenlisted in the Navy in June of 1948 and worked up to Seaman 1st Class. In December of 1950 he served aboard the USS Gloucester (PF-22), a patrol frigate and minesweeper. They traveled to Japan, South Korea, Wonsan, Inchon and Kojo. He was then transferred to the USS Mount Baker (AE-4), an ammunition ship, in February of 1952 as a gunner’s mate. He was discharged in June of 1952.
Date: August 10, 2017
Creator: Moncada, Enrique
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Jenkins, October 10, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Jenkins, October 10, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Jenkins. Jenkins joined the Army in early 1942 and was mistakenly sent to Australia before he completed basic training. Once there, he was attached to the 35th Fighter Group as an armorer. Jenkins shares several anecdotes about his time in the service in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines. Jenkins returned to the US and became an instructor before the war ended. He was discharged in January 1945.
Date: October 10, 2017
Creator: Jenkins, Albert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Officer, November 10, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with John Officer, November 10, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Officer. Officer joined the Navy in May of 1944. He completed radar school in Point Loma, California. In April of 1945 he went to the New Hebrides Islands, and served aboard a transport ship as a radar operator. He then traveled to Auckland, New Zealand where he went aboard the submarine chaser USS PC-588. His crew traveled around New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, Tulagi and the Marshall Islands looking for submarines. He describes the weaponry aboard the PC-588, and his work on sonar duty. They never found a submarine. After the war was over he assisted with looking for downed men in the Pacific. He describes his initiation as a Shellback. He was discharged as Radar Man 3rd Class in May of 1946.
Date: November 10, 2017
Creator: Officer, John
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Body shape differences in a pair of closely related Malawi cichlids and their hybrids: Effects of genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and transgressive segregation (open access)

Body shape differences in a pair of closely related Malawi cichlids and their hybrids: Effects of genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and transgressive segregation

Article describes study which investigated the contributions of both genetic and plastic components for differences in body shape in two species of Lake Malawi cichlids using wild‐caught specimens and a common garden experiment.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Husemann, Martin; Tobler, Michael; McCauley, Cagney; Ding, Baoqing & Danley, Patrick D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Existence of Solutions for Sublinear Equations on Exterior Domains (open access)

Existence of Solutions for Sublinear Equations on Exterior Domains

This article proves the existence of an infinite number of radial solutions of Δu+K(r)ƒ(u) = 0, one with exactly n zeros for each nonnegative integer n on the exterior of the ball of radius R > 0, Bʀ, centered at the origin in ℝᴺ with u = 0 on ∂Bʀ and limᵣ→∞u(r) = 0 where N > 2, f is odd with ƒ < 0 on (0; β), ƒ > 0 on (β;∞), ƒ(u) ~ uᵖ with 0 < p < 1 for large u and K(r) ~ r-α with 0 < α < 2 for large r.
Date: October 10, 2017
Creator: Iaia, Joseph A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), which is an Army-led, multi-service initiative to develop a family of light tactical vehicles as a successor to the High Mobility, Multi-Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs). It includes background information; a description of the JLTV program, program history, and program activities; information about the JLTV contract, Lockheed Martin's protest to the program, budgetary issues, and potential issues for Congress.
Date: January 10, 2017
Creator: Feickert, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Does flooding effect the apparent survival and body condition of a ground foraging migrant passerine? (open access)

Does flooding effect the apparent survival and body condition of a ground foraging migrant passerine?

This study demonstrates the vulnerability of species to extreme hydrological events, an increasing threat due to climate change.
Date: April 10, 2017
Creator: Reiley, Bryan M.; Benson, Thomas J.; Everitts, Jeremy & Bednarz, James C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Digital Pedagogy Faculty Mentoring Network: Final Report (open access)

Critical Digital Pedagogy Faculty Mentoring Network: Final Report

This report documents the final report the Critical Digital Pedagogy Faculty Mentoring Network project funded through the University of North Texas Office of Faculty Success Team Mentoring Grant. This final report includes a summary of Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 activities, along with other related events.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biennial Budgeting: Issues, Options, and Congressional Actions (open access)

Biennial Budgeting: Issues, Options, and Congressional Actions

This report discusses biennial budgeting, which includes several variations. It may involve multiyear authorizations, two-year budget resolutions, two-year appropriations, or some combination of the three.
Date: January 10, 2017
Creator: Saturno, James V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Proposed Reauthorization in the 115th Congress (open access)

Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Proposed Reauthorization in the 115th Congress

This report describes the re-authorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), created in 1974.
Date: January 10, 2017
Creator: Miller, Rena S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sanctuary Jurisdictions and Criminal Aliens: In Brief (open access)

Sanctuary Jurisdictions and Criminal Aliens: In Brief

This report examines the interplay between the federal government (i.e., Immigration and Customs Enforcement/ICE) and state and local jurisdictions in enforcing immigration law, with a specific focus on noncitizens who have been convicted of a crime. It explores major programs and federal resources available to state and local law enforcement agencies that cooperate with ICE to enforce immigration law.
Date: January 10, 2017
Creator: Kandel, William A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Power Plan: Legal Background and Pending Litigation in West Virginia v. EPA (open access)

Clean Power Plan: Legal Background and Pending Litigation in West Virginia v. EPA

This report provides legal background on the Clean Power Plan rule (CPP) to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), its Clean Air Act (CAA) framework under Section 111, and climate-related lawsuits that have preceded the present litigation over the CPP. It then gives an overview of the participants in the current litigation, including two groups of Members of Congress, who have offered briefs in support of the petitioners and the respondents, respectively.
Date: January 10, 2017
Creator: Tsang, Linda & Wyatt, Alexandra M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran Nuclear Agreement (open access)

Iran Nuclear Agreement

This report provides background on the agreement negotiated by Iran and six other countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany--collectively known as the P5+1) regarding Iran's nuclear program, and discusses the implications for U.S.-Iran relations.
Date: February 10, 2017
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth & Kerr, Paul K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Senate Vacancies: Contemporary Developments and Perspectives (open access)

U.S. Senate Vacancies: Contemporary Developments and Perspectives

This report provides information on current vacancies in the Senate, the constitutional origins of the Senate vacancy clause, the appointment process by which most vacancies are filled, and related contemporary issues.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dark Web (open access)

Dark Web

This report illuminates information on the various layers of the Internet, with a particular focus on the Dark Web. It discusses both legitimate and illicit uses of the Dark Web, including how the government may rely upon it. Throughout, the report raises issues that policy makers may consider as they explore means to curb malicious activity online.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Finklea, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Marijuana Policy Gap and the Path Forward (open access)

The Marijuana Policy Gap and the Path Forward

This report describes the federal response to state actions to decriminalize or legalize marijuana. It includes general information about marajuana and trends among states, the federal response, a discussion of the implications of legalization, and selected issues.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Sacco, Lisa N.; Bagalman, Erin; Finklea, Kristin & Lowry, Sean
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues (open access)

U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues

This report reviews the ongoing programs that will affect the expected size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force structure.
Date: February 10, 2017
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library