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An Exploratory Study of the Description Field in the Digital Public Library of America (open access)

An Exploratory Study of the Description Field in the Digital Public Library of America

This paper presents results of an exploratory, quantitative analysis regarding the application of a free-text Description metadata element and data values associated with this element within aggregated metadata harvested from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Zavalina, Oksana & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 41, Pages 7771-8152, October 7, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 41, Pages 7771-8152, October 7, 2016

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: October 7, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 42, Pages 8153-8226, October 14, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 42, Pages 8153-8226, October 14, 2016

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: October 14, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 43, Pages 8227-8340, October 21, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 43, Pages 8227-8340, October 21, 2016

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: October 21, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interspecific Differences in Metabolic Rate and Metabolic Temperature Sensitivity Create Distinct Thermal Ecological Niches in Lizards (Plestiodon) (open access)

Interspecific Differences in Metabolic Rate and Metabolic Temperature Sensitivity Create Distinct Thermal Ecological Niches in Lizards (Plestiodon)

This article examines three congeneric lizards from the southeastern United States (Plestiodon fasciatus, P. inexpectatus, and P. laticeps) and hypothesizes that interspecific differences in metabolic temperature sensitivity locally segregates them across their total range.
Date: October 19, 2016
Creator: Watson, Charles M. & Burggren, Warren W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Classified Information for All: Etree, The Internet, and the Folksonomies of Live Music Recordings (open access)

Classified Information for All: Etree, The Internet, and the Folksonomies of Live Music Recordings

Notes accompanying a presentation for the 2016 Midwest Popular/American Culture Association Annual Conference. The notes and presentation focus on the classification of live music recordings, the theory behind current cataloging standards, and why these recordings and their organization are important to libraries.
Date: October 9, 2016
Creator: Berg, Jeremy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Classified Information for All: Etree, The Internet, and the Folksonomies of Live Music Recordings

Presentation for the 2016 Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. This presentation focuses on the classification of live music recordings, the theory behind current cataloging standards, and why these recordings and their organization are important to libraries.
Date: October 9, 2016
Creator: Berg, Jeremy
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploratory Analysis of Born-Digital Newspaper Content (open access)

Exploratory Analysis of Born-Digital Newspaper Content

This paper reports on exploratory investigations by the Texas Digital Newspaper Program to understand aggregate patterns in the generation of born-digital news editions by analyzing technical metadata extracted from the 3 million pages currently in the preservation collection.
Date: October 31, 2016
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hybrid Boron Nitride-Natural Fiber Composites for Enhanced Thermal Conductivity (open access)

Hybrid Boron Nitride-Natural Fiber Composites for Enhanced Thermal Conductivity

This article finds that the synergy of natural fiber with hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) could significantly improve thermal conductivity, compared with that solely using hBN.
Date: October 5, 2016
Creator: Xia, Changlei; Garcia, Andres C.; Shi, Sheldon Q.; Qiu, Ying; Warner, Nathaniel; Wu, Yingji et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Importance of GIS Repositories

This presentation highlights the importance of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data repositories, including issues and challenges.
Date: October 8, 2016
Creator: Burns, Douglas
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Three-Dimensional Carbon Nanostructures for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries (open access)

Three-Dimensional Carbon Nanostructures for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries

This review contains the authors' recent progress on the design and fabrication of 3D carbon nanostructures, their performance in Li-ion batteries (LIBs), and their implementation into large-scale, lightweight, and flexible LIBs.
Date: October 26, 2016
Creator: Kang, Chiwon; Cha, Eunho; Patel, Mumukshu D.; Wu, H. Felix & Choi, Wonbong
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collection Assessment & ARL Libraries Summary Results from ARL SPEC KIT #352

This poster summarizes results from the Association of Research Libraries SPEC Kit #352: Collection Assessment.
Date: October 31, 2016
Creator: Harker, Karen & Klein, Janette
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legal Processes for Contesting the Results of a Presidential Election (open access)

Legal Processes for Contesting the Results of a Presidential Election

This report discusses the legal processes for contesting the results of a Presidential election.
Date: October 24, 2016
Creator: Maskell, Jack
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 links to cybersecurity-related committee hearings in the 112th, 113th, and 114th Congresses. It also provides a list of executive orders and presidential directives pertaining to information and computer security.
Date: October 21, 2016
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Columbia Class (Ohio Replacement) Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Columbia Class (Ohio Replacement) Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Columbia class program, previously known as the Ohio replacement program (ORP) or SSBN(X) program, a program to design and build a new class of 12 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navy's current force of 14 Ohio-class SSBNs.
Date: October 3, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Treatment of Noncitizens Under the Affordable Care Act (open access)

Treatment of Noncitizens Under the Affordable Care Act

This report provides information regarding the treatment of noncitizens under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) including definitions of "lawfully present," the health insurance mandate, exchanges, and ACA changes to Medicaid. It also discusses the verification of alien status under the ACA and related legislation in the 113th Congress.
Date: October 27, 2016
Creator: Siskin, Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy, and gives Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers a capability for conducting BMD operations. Congress's decisions on the Aegis BMD program could significantly affect U.S. BMD capabilities and funding requirements, and the BMD-related industrial base.
Date: October 25, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy (open access)

Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy

This report provides an overview of the situation in Ukraine. Following the February 2014 collapse of the Kremlin-supported government of President Viktor Yanukovych, there was an emergence of a pro-Western, pro-reform government and an energized public generally anxious to lessen Moscow's influence, committed to addressing the need for serious reform and determined to draw closer to Europe and the United States.
Date: October 27, 2016
Creator: Morelli, Vincent L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-South Korea Relations (open access)

U.S.-South Korea Relations

This report contains two main parts: a section describing recent events and a longer background section on key elements of the U.S.-South Korea relationship. It also provides a list of CRS products on South Korea and North Korea. The report identifies South Korean individuals by using their last name first.
Date: October 20, 2016
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Nikitin, Mary Beth D.; Corrado, Jonathan R. & Williams, Brock R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Poverty in the United States in 2015: In Brief (open access)

Poverty in the United States in 2015: In Brief

This report presents information on poverty for demographic groups (by family structure, age, race and Hispanic origin, and work status) and for states. In this report, the numbers and percentages of those in poverty are based on the Census Bureau's estimates
Date: October 4, 2016
Creator: Dalaker, Joseph
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues (open access)

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues

This report examines debates over what constitutes an unfunded federal mandate and the Unfunded Mandate Reform Act's (UMRA's) implementation. It also discusses particular mandates and procedures associated with UMRA, and assesses UMRA's impact on federal mandates and arguments concerning UMRA's future, focusing on UMRA's definitions, exclusions, and exceptions that currently exempt many federal actions with potentially significant financial impacts on nonfederal entities.
Date: October 27, 2016
Creator: Dilger, Robert J. & Beth, Richard S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: Cost-of-Living Adjustments (open access)

Social Security: Cost-of-Living Adjustments

This report discusses the issues surrounding Social Security recipients that usually receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).
Date: October 27, 2016
Creator: Whittaker, Julie M. & Liou, Wayne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DHS Appropriations FY2017: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations (open access)

DHS Appropriations FY2017: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations

This report is part of a suite of reports that discuss appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2017. It specifically discusses appropriations for the components of DHS included in the second title of the homeland security appropriations bill-- Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Secret Service. Collectively, Congress has labeled these components in recent years as "Security, Enforcement, and Investigations.
Date: October 27, 2016
Creator: Painter, William L.; Argueta, Carla N.; Elias, Bart; Frittelli, John & Siskin, Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Construction: FY2017 Appropriations (open access)

Military Construction: FY2017 Appropriations

This report discusses military construction for active and reserve components of the armed forces, military family housing construction and operations, and the U.S. contribution to the NATO Security Investment Program.
Date: October 4, 2016
Creator: Else, Daniel H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library