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
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Diesel Exhaust and School Bus Idling, What You Should Know (open access)

Diesel Exhaust and School Bus Idling, What You Should Know

This pamphlet provides information about upgrading diesel vehicles and recommendations to reduce exposure to diesel exhaust.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas School Recycling Guide (open access)

Texas School Recycling Guide

This manual is designed to help develop recycling programs in schools.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Book
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.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
They've Gotta Be 18 to Buy Tobacco: Texas Guidelines for Retail Tobacco Sales (open access)

They've Gotta Be 18 to Buy Tobacco: Texas Guidelines for Retail Tobacco Sales

This pamphlet provides information on Texas's guidelines for retail tobacco sales.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Combs, Susan
Object Type: Pamphlet
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Sewer Overflow Initiative: Information for Prospective Participants (open access)

Sanitary Sewer Overflow Initiative: Information for Prospective Participants

This document provides information on sanitary sewer overflow initiative Information for prospective participants.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Field Operations Support Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
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
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Making every ounce count: How to give the best when mom is away (open access)

Making every ounce count: How to give the best when mom is away

This document provides tips and information about "combining breastfeeding with bottle-feeding." (p. 1).
Date: August 2001
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Make Sure Your Baby Can Hear the Sounds of Texas (open access)

Make Sure Your Baby Can Hear the Sounds of Texas

Pamphlet providing information about newborn hearing screening and developmental markers for older babies. One side is written in English and the reverse side is written in Spanish.
Date: August 31, 2010
Creator: Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
Object Type: Pamphlet
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
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Parks need your help (open access)

Texas State Parks need your help

This pamphlet provides information on Texas's State Parks and its need for contributions.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
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)
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Investigating and Reporting Releases from Petroleum Storage Tanks (open access)

Investigating and Reporting Releases from Petroleum Storage Tanks

This document pertains to the requirements for investigating and reporting releases from underground and aboveground storage tanks.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Remediation Division.
Object Type: Book
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
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History