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Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 7, Pages 809-966, February 16, 2018 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 7, Pages 809-966, February 16, 2018

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: February 16, 2018
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Partition of Neutral Molecules and Ions from Water to o-Nitrophenyl Octyl Ether and of Neutral Molecules from the Gas Phase to o-Nitrophenyl Octyl Ether (open access)

Partition of Neutral Molecules and Ions from Water to o-Nitrophenyl Octyl Ether and of Neutral Molecules from the Gas Phase to o-Nitrophenyl Octyl Ether

This article sets out an equation for partition of 87 neutral molecules from water to o-nitrophenyl octyl ether, NPOE, an equation for partition of the 87 neutral molecules and 21 ionic species from water to NPOE, and an equation for partition of 87 neutral molecules from the gas phase to NPOE.
Date: February 16, 2018
Creator: Abraham, M. H. (Michael H.); Acree, William E. (William Eugene) & Liu, Xiangli
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comments Concerning “Solubility and Dissolution Thermodynamic Properties of 1,6-Bis[3-(3,5-Di-Tert-Butyl-4-Hydroxyphenyl) Propionamido]Hexane in Pure Solvents and Binary Solvent Mixtures” (open access)

Comments Concerning “Solubility and Dissolution Thermodynamic Properties of 1,6-Bis[3-(3,5-Di-Tert-Butyl-4-Hydroxyphenyl) Propionamido]Hexane in Pure Solvents and Binary Solvent Mixtures”

This article comments on mathematical errors pertaining to published equation coefficients for the modified Apelblat and for the polynomial equation based on the Combined Jouyban-Acree and modified Apelblat models.
Date: February 16, 2018
Creator: Acree, William E. (William Eugene)
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 11, Pages 1531-1764, March 16, 2018 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 11, Pages 1531-1764, March 16, 2018

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: March 16, 2018
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vendor Relations: Evolving Ethos & Etiquette

Presentation for the 2018 Electronic Resources & Libraries Annual Conference. This presentation discusses how you can advocate for your library while maintaining vendor relationships.
Date: March 16, 2018
Creator: Rodriguez, Allyson & Crawford, Laurel
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Serenity Now! Overcoming the Fear of Negative Evaluation

Presentation for the 2018 Texas Women in Higher Education Annual Conference. This presentation discusses fear of negative evaluation (FNE), including perceptions of FNE and ways to overcome it.
Date: April 16, 2018
Creator: Brannon, Sian; Crawford, Laurel & Leuzinger, Julie
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Length, Diameter, Chirality, Deformation, and Strain on Contact Thermal Conductance Between Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (open access)

Effect of Length, Diameter, Chirality, Deformation, and Strain on Contact Thermal Conductance Between Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

This article explores the role of various geometrical and structural (length, diameter, chirality) as well as external (deformation and strain) carbon nanotube (CNT) parameters to estimate total as well as area-normalized thermal conductance across cross-contact interconnects.
Date: April 16, 2018
Creator: Varshney, Vikas; Lee, Jonghoon; Brown, Joshua S.; Farmer, Barry L.; Voevodin, Andrey A. & Roy, Ajit
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 2018 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 2018

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: February 16, 2018
Creator: Nash, Tammye
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 2018 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 2018

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: March 16, 2018
Creator: Nash, Tammye
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
NASA Appropriations and Authorizations: A Fact Sheet (open access)

NASA Appropriations and Authorizations: A Fact Sheet

This report provides data on past, current, and proposed appropriations for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. No bills have yet been introduced in the 115th Congress proposing future-year authorizations of NASA appropriations.
Date: April 16, 2018
Creator: Morgan, Daniel
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Judiciary Committee to Mark Up H.R. 4170, the Disclosing Foreign Influence Act (open access)

House Judiciary Committee to Mark Up H.R. 4170, the Disclosing Foreign Influence Act

This report discusses the House Judiciary Committee's announcement that they would hold a full committee markup hearing on Wednesday, January 17 for H.R. 4170, the Disclosing Foreign Influence Act (DFIA).
Date: January 16, 2018
Creator: Brown, Cynthia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capital Gains Tax: An Overview (open access)

Capital Gains Tax: An Overview

This report gives a brief overview of taxes and tax law regarding capital gains.
Date: March 16, 2018
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response (open access)

Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response

This report discusses the ongoing conflict in Syria and past and current U.S. policies regarding the conflict and U.S. involvement in it. Topics covered include U.S. military aid and humanitarian assistance to groups in Syria, proposed legislation related to Syria n Congress, current U.S. policy aims, and recent events in Syria both diplomatically and militarily.
Date: February 16, 2018
Creator: Humud, Carla E.; Blanchard, Christopher M. & Nikitin, Mary Beth D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legal Authorities Under the Controlled Substances Act to Combat the Opioid Crisis (open access)

Legal Authorities Under the Controlled Substances Act to Combat the Opioid Crisis

This report discusses legal authorities available to the federal government under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) that could be used to combat the opioid epidemic. The report then examines DEA initiatives and actions taken, pursuant to its legal authorities under the CSA, which specifically target the abuse of opioids. It concludes by discussing selected opioid-related legislative proposals in the 115th Congress that would amend the CSA.
Date: April 16, 2018
Creator: Yeh, Brian T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Respirable Crystalline Silica in the Workplace: New Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Standards (open access)

Respirable Crystalline Silica in the Workplace: New Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Standards

This report discusses OSHA's new standards for respirable crystalline silica in the workplace. Groups representing employers, manufacturers, and labor filed court challenges to the new standards. On December 22, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the new standards.
Date: January 16, 2018
Creator: Szymendara, Scott D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The TRIO Programs: A Primer (open access)

The TRIO Programs: A Primer

This report provides an overview of the TRIO programs which provide support services to disadvantaged student to promote achievement in post-secondary education.
Date: March 16, 2018
Creator: Dortch, Cassandria
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Constitutional Challenge to SEC Administrative Law Judges (open access)

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Constitutional Challenge to SEC Administrative Law Judges

This report discusses the case of "Lucia v. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)" which is scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court. The case addresses whether administrative law judges(ALJs) within the SEC are "Officers of the United States" (officers) who must be appointed in accordance with the Appointments Clause of Article II of the Constitution.
Date: January 16, 2018
Creator: Killion, Victoria L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare and Budget Sequestration (open access)

Medicare and Budget Sequestration

This report discusses how budget sequestration effects the Medicare program.
Date: February 16, 2018
Creator: Rosso, Ryan J. & Davis, Patricia A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expired Tax Provisions and "Tax Extenders" (open access)

Expired Tax Provisions and "Tax Extenders"

This report discusses tax provisions which expired at the end of 2016 and were not addressed in the 2017 tax reform bill and various options for Congress to either extend them or end them.
Date: January 16, 2018
Creator: Sherlock, Molly F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Private Flood Insurance and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) (open access)

Private Flood Insurance and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

This report discusses the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the requirements that private insurers must meet to satisfy the federal flood insurance requirements. It also discusses legislation in the 115th Congress related to flood insurance.
Date: April 16, 2018
Creator: Webel, Baird & Horn, Diane P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Update of "All Eyes on Allergan: Drug Company's Unprecedented Move Raises Questions for Patent and Drug Law (Part 1)" (open access)

Update of "All Eyes on Allergan: Drug Company's Unprecedented Move Raises Questions for Patent and Drug Law (Part 1)"

This report is an update of a previous report discussing the case of "Allergan Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc." which deals with patent law and the rights of brand-name pharmaceutical companies and generic pharmaceutical companies as well as Native American tribes sovereign rights because the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe is a co-plaintiff in the case. The case is currently in the appeals process.
Date: March 16, 2018
Creator: Lewis, Caitlin Devereaux
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Administration: A Primer on Programs and Funding (open access)

Small Business Administration: A Primer on Programs and Funding

This report describes the Small Business Administration's programs and funding sources.
Date: February 16, 2018
Creator: Dilger, Robert Jay & Lowry, Sean
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Marbury v. Madison Returns"! The Supreme Court Considers the Scope of "Judicial Power" (open access)

"Marbury v. Madison Returns"! The Supreme Court Considers the Scope of "Judicial Power"

This report provides background on "Marbury v. Madison" and the upcoming case of Dalmazzi v. United States" which challenges the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court over the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF) and concludes by exploring the potential ramifications of the jurisdictional question "Dalmazzi" poses.
Date: January 16, 2018
Creator: Freeman, Wilson C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Flood Insurance Program Borrowing Authority (open access)

National Flood Insurance Program Borrowing Authority

This report evaluates the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) borrowing authority to receive loans from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, particularly in the context of major floods, and discusses the current financial situation of the NFIP.
Date: April 16, 2018
Creator: Horn, Diane P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library