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Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends (open access)

Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends

This report discusses trends that will affect the economic well-being of future retirees.
Date: September 11, 2015
Creator: Purcell, Patrick
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abraham Model Correlations for Estimating Solute Transfer of Neutral Molecules into Anhydrous Acetic Acid from Water and from the Gas Phase (open access)

Abraham Model Correlations for Estimating Solute Transfer of Neutral Molecules into Anhydrous Acetic Acid from Water and from the Gas Phase

Article on Abraham model correlations for estimating solute transfer of neutral molecules into anhydrous acetic acid from water and from the gas phase.
Date: September 1, 2015
Creator: Stovall, Dawn M.; Schmidt, Amber; Dai, Colleen; Zhang, Shoshana; Acree, William E. (William Eugene) & Abraham, M. H. (Michael H.)
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Exploratory Analysis of Metadata Edit Events in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2015 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses an exploratory analysis of metadata edit events in the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' digital collections.
Date: September 2, 2015
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

An Exploratory Analysis of Subject Metadata in the Digital Public Library of America [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2015 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses an exploratory analysis of subject metadata in the Digital Public Library of America.
Date: September 2, 2015
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Libraries Digital Infrastructure: Behind the Scenes

Presentation for the 2015 ARMA Annual Conference. This presentation discusses the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' digital infrastructure.
Date: September 15, 2015
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Understanding User Discovery of ETD: Metadata or Full-Text, How Did They Get There?

Presentation for the 2015 US Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association (USETDA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses understanding user discovery of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) and whether users make use of metadata records when searching or full text searching.
Date: September 30, 2015
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating the University of North Texas' Digital Collections and Institutional Repository: An Exploratory Assessment of Stakeholder Perceptions and Use (open access)

Evaluating the University of North Texas' Digital Collections and Institutional Repository: An Exploratory Assessment of Stakeholder Perceptions and Use

This article discusses an exploratory assessment evaluating the University of North Texas' digital collections and institutional repository.
Date: September 8, 2015
Creator: Waugh, Laura; Hamner, Jesse; Klein, Janette & Brannon, Sian
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploratory Analysis of Metadata Edit Events in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections (open access)

Exploratory Analysis of Metadata Edit Events in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections

This paper discusses an exploratory analysis of metadata edit events in the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' digital collections.
Date: September 2015
Creator: Tarver, Hannah & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Enhancing Access to ETD Catalog Records

Poster presented at the 2015 US Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association (USETDA) Annual Conference. This poster discusses enhancing access to ETD catalog records.
Date: September 30, 2015
Creator: Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Provisions that Expired in 2014 ("Tax Extenders") (open access)

Tax Provisions that Expired in 2014 ("Tax Extenders")

This report provides a broad overview of tax extenders -- a collective of temporary tax provisions for which measures have regularly extended the provisions when expired or expiring. Fifty-two temporary tax provisions expired at the end of 2014.
Date: September 4, 2015
Creator: Sherlock, Molly F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Europe's Migration and Refugee Crisis (open access)

Europe's Migration and Refugee Crisis

This report discusses the migration and refugee crisis in Europe, as people flee conflict and poverty in neighboring regions. Many are from the Middle East and Africa; others come from Ukraine, as well as Kosovo and elsewhere in the Western Balkans. Experts have characterized the influxes as mixed migration, defined as flows of different groups of people--such as economic migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, stateless persons, trafficked persons, and unaccompanied children--who travel the same routes and use the same modes of transportation.
Date: September 4, 2015
Creator: Archick, Kristin & Margesson, Rhoda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cyprus: Reunification Proving Elusive (open access)

Cyprus: Reunification Proving Elusive

This report provides a brief overview of the history of the negotiations between Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders, a review of the negotiations since 2008, and a description of some of the issues involved in the talks.
Date: September 10, 2015
Creator: Morelli, Vincent L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Across-the-Board Rescissions in Appropriations Acts: Overview and Recent Practices (open access)

Across-the-Board Rescissions in Appropriations Acts: Overview and Recent Practices

This report provides information on the main components of across-the-board rescissions and recent practices since FY2008. The annual appropriations process reqires an agreement on the level of funding for individual items or accounts but also with regard to the total amount of discretionary budget authority that will be provided for that fiscal year. If that agreed-upon amount requires a reduction in budget authority and sufficient reductions are not associated with individual programs, an alternative method to reduce that amount is an "across-the-board rescission."
Date: September 2, 2015
Creator: Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arms Control Ratification: Opportunities for Modifying Agreements (open access)

Arms Control Ratification: Opportunities for Modifying Agreements

This report briefly examines arms control ratification and opportunities for modifying agreements. On July 14, 2015, Iran, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany (the P5+1) finalized a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)--an agreement that restricts Iran's nuclear program in an effort to ensure that it can only be used for peaceful purposes.
Date: September 2, 2015
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Women in Combat: Issues for Congress (open access)

Women in Combat: Issues for Congress

This report looks at the history of women in US military roles and combat since the 1990s. It also discusses critic's views of exclusionary policy as a civil rights issue. Over the past two decades of conflict, women have served with valor and continue to serve on combat aircraft, naval vessels, and in support of ground combat operations. The expansion of roles for women in the armed forces has evolved since the early days of the military when women were restricted by law and policy from serving in certain occupations and units.
Date: September 1, 2015
Creator: Kamarck, Kristy N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity: Data, Statistics, and Glossaries (open access)

Cybersecurity: Data, Statistics, and Glossaries

This report describes data and statistics from government, industry, and information technology (IT) security firms regarding the current state of cybersecurity threats in the United States and internationally. These include incident estimates, costs, and annual reports on data security breaches, identity thefts, cybercrimes, malwares, and network securities.
Date: September 8, 2015
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy (open access)

The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current political and economic landscape of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its relationship with the U.S. The UAE has been a significant U.S. partner in Gulf security for more than two decades, and the alliance has deepened further in recent years in order to address multiple regional threats.
Date: September 14, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents (open access)

Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents

This report provides a list of executive orders and presidential directives pertaining to information and computer security. Cybersecurity vulnerabilities challenge governments, businesses, and individuals worldwide. Attacks have various targets, depending upon whether the attacker was seeking military intelligence, conducting diplomatic or industrial espionage, engaging in cybercrime, or intimidating political activists; additionally attributing an attack to a specific location can be difficult, which may make responding problematic.
Date: September 8, 2015
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The EMV Chip Card Transition: Background, Status, and Issues for Congress (open access)

The EMV Chip Card Transition: Background, Status, and Issues for Congress

This report describes the financial harm caused by data breaches and the impact of EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) chip cards on fraud. It provides information about the effect of the transition in selected foreign countries and discusses resolved and remaining impediments to completing the EMV transition in the United States. It also identifies areas of potential congressional interest.
Date: September 8, 2015
Creator: Moloney Figliola, Patricia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Efforts to Double Federal Funding for Physical Sciences and Engineering Research (open access)

An Analysis of Efforts to Double Federal Funding for Physical Sciences and Engineering Research

This report provides information and analysis on the origins of the doubling effort; selected acts of Congress, other events, and reports; authorizations and appropriations; the effects of the doubling effort on the funding level and character of federal research funding for the physical sciences and engineering disciplines; and related policy issues.
Date: September 8, 2015
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Union: Questions and Answers (open access)

The European Union: Questions and Answers

This report serves as a primer on the European Union and provides a brief description of U.S.-EU relations that may be of interest in the 114th Congress.
Date: September 4, 2015
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Election in Greece (open access)

Election in Greece

This report discusses issues leading up to Greece's snap legislative election on September 20, only eight months after the country's last election. Greece continues to struggle with the negative repercussions of a sovereign debt and financial crisis that began in 2009.
Date: September 14, 2015
Creator: Belkin, Paul
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long Range Strike Bomber Begins to Emerge (open access)

Long Range Strike Bomber Begins to Emerge

This report discusses the U.S. Air Force's top three procurement priorities, including the LRS-B program, which is intended to yield 80 to 100 strategic bombers to replace aging B-52s and B-1s, beginning in the mid-2020s.
Date: September 2, 2015
Creator: Gertler, Jeremiah
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renegotiating Arms Control Agreements: A Brief Review (open access)

Renegotiating Arms Control Agreements: A Brief Review

This report discusses previous arms control agreements that affected U.S. weapons programs or military activities. On July 14, 2015, Iran, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany finalized a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)--an agreement that restricts Iran's nuclear program in an effort to ensure that it can only be used for peaceful purposes.
Date: September 2, 2015
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library