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Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 75, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 27, 2004 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 75, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 27, 2004

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 27, 2004
Creator: Andrews, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 76, Ed. 1 Monday, June 28, 2004 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 76, Ed. 1 Monday, June 28, 2004

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 28, 2004
Creator: Andrews, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 77, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 29, 2004 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 77, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 29, 2004

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 29, 2004
Creator: Andrews, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 78, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2004 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 78, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Andrews, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Broadband Internet Access: Background and Issues (open access)

Broadband Internet Access: Background and Issues

This report is about the Broadband Internet Access, The Background and analysis of Broadband. It's importance, and about broadband technologies like Cable, Satellite and other technologies. The status of Broadband Deployment and Development Issues.
Date: June 22, 2004
Creator: Angele. A
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of Solid-State Amidization and Imidization Reactions in Vapor Deposited Poly (amic acid) (open access)

An Investigation of Solid-State Amidization and Imidization Reactions in Vapor Deposited Poly (amic acid)

The condensation polymerization reaction of 4,4'-oxydianiline (ODA) with pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) to form poly(amic acid) and the subsequent imidization reaction to form polyimide were investigated for films prepared using vapor deposition polymerization techniques. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermal analysis, and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) of films at different temperatures indicate that additional solid-state polymerization occurs prior to imidization reactions. Experiments reveal that, upon vapor deposition, poly(amic acid) oligomers form that have a number-average molecular weight of about 1500 Daltons. Between 100 - 130 C these chains undergo additional condensation reaction to form slightly higher molecular weight oligomers. Calorimetry measurements show that this reaction is exothermic ({Delta}H {approx} -30 J/g) with an activation energy of about 120 kJ/mol. Experimental reaction enthalpies are compared to results from ab initio molecular modeling calculations to estimate the number of amide groups formed. At higher temperatures (150 - 300 C) imidization of amide linkages occurs as an endothermic reaction ({Delta}H {approx} +120 J/g) with an activation energy of about 130 kJ/mol. Solid-state kinetics were found to depend on reaction conversion as well as the processing conditions used to deposit films.
Date: June 28, 2004
Creator: Anthamatten, M; Letts, S A; Day, K; Cook, R C; Gies, A P; Hamilton, T P et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Azimuthally sensitive hanbury brown-twiss interferometry in Au + Au collisions sqrt S sub NN = 200 GeV (open access)

Azimuthally sensitive hanbury brown-twiss interferometry in Au + Au collisions sqrt S sub NN = 200 GeV

We present the results of a systematic study of the shape of the pion distribution in coordinate space at freeze-out in Au+Au collisions at RHIC using two-pion Hanbury Brown-Twiss (HBT) interferometry. Oscillations of the extracted HBT radii vs. emission angle indicate sources elongated perpendicular to the reaction plane. The results indicate that the pressure and expansion time of the collision system are not sufficient to completely quench its initial shape.
Date: June 6, 2004
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assistance to Afghan and Iraqi Women: Issues for Congress (open access)

Assistance to Afghan and Iraqi Women: Issues for Congress

This report reviews the U.S.-sponsored funding and programs directed toward women and children in Afghanistan and Iraq. The national and international response to the plight of Afghan and Iraqi women, even to their most recent experience under the Taliban in Afghanistan or Baathist regime in Iraq, will impact their future role and the long-term developments in each country, such as the implementation of a new constitution, the incorporation of women in local and national governance, the role of Islam and the state, the growth of the economy, the curbing of security concerns, and the role of U.S. and international assistance. This report will be updated as events warrant.
Date: June 18, 2004
Creator: Armanios, Febe & Margesson, Rhoda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
In Search of Shalom transcript

In Search of Shalom

Lecture given Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Abilene Christian University: "Isaiah's vision is full of images and metaphors depicting God's shalom. Today's church would do well to recapture this vision and see that one of its principal missions is to become a place where people can experience shalom in the here-and-now as well as in the hereafter."
Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Ashlock, Rodney
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shalom Found transcript

Shalom Found

Lecture given Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Abilene Christian University: "Isaiah's vision is full of images and metaphors depicting God's shalom. Today's church would do well to recapture this vision and see that one of its principal missions is to become a place where people can experience shalom in the here-and-now as well as in the hereafter."
Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Ashlock, Rodney
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shalom Like a River transcript

Shalom Like a River

Lecture given Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Abilene Christian University: "Isaiah's vision is full of images and metaphors depicting God's shalom. Today's church would do well to recapture this vision and see that one of its principal missions is to become a place where people can experience shalom in the here-and-now as well as in the hereafter."
Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Ashlock, Rodney
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Next Generation of Latin-American Church Leaders transcript

Next Generation of Latin-American Church Leaders

Lecture given Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Abilene Christian University: "God has prepared a vast spiritual harvest among the growing Hispanic population in the U. S. Explore the challenges of training able workers for this field."
Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Austin, Stephen
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nonabelian Monopoles (open access)

Nonabelian Monopoles

We study topological as well as dynamical properties of BPS nonabelian magnetic monopoles of Goddard-Nuyts-Olive-Weinberg type in $ G=SU(N)$, $USp(2N)$ and SO(N) gauge theories, spontaneously broken to nonabelian subgroups $H$. We find that monopoles transform under the group dual to $H$ in a tensor representation of rank determined by the corresponding element in $\pi_1(H)$. When the system is embedded in a $\cal N=2$ supersymmetric theory with an appropriate set of flavors with appropriate bare masses, the BPS monopoles constructed semiclassically persist in the full quantum theory. This result supports the identification of"dual quarks'' found at $r$-vacua of $\cal N=2$ theories with the nonabelian magnetic monopoles. We present several consistency checks of our monopole spectra.
Date: June 23, 2004
Creator: Auzzi, Roberto; Bolognesi, Stefano; Evslin, Jarah; Konishi, Kenichi & Murayama, Hitoshi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical Basis Document for at-Power Significance Determination Process (SDP) Notebooks. (open access)

Technical Basis Document for at-Power Significance Determination Process (SDP) Notebooks.

To support the assessment of inspection findings as part of the risk-informed inspection in the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (USNRC's) Reactor Oversight Process (ROP), risk inspection notebooks, also called significance determination process (SDP) notebooks, have been developed for each of the operating plants in the United States. These notebooks serve as a tool for assessing risk significance of inspection findings along with providing an engineering understanding of the significance. Plant-specific notebooks are developed to capture plant-specific features, characteristics, and analyses that influence the risk profile of the plant. At the same time, the notebooks follow a consistent set of assumptions and guidelines to assure consistent treatment of inspection findings across the plants. To achieve these objectives, notebooks are designed to provide specific information that are unique both in the manner in which the information is provided and in the way the screening risk assessment is carried out using the information provided. The unique features of the SDP notebooks, the approaches used to present the information for assessment of inspection findings, the assumptions used in consistent modeling across different plants with due credit to plant-specific features and analyses form the technical basis of the SDP notebooks. In this document, the …
Date: June 1, 2004
Creator: Azarm, M. A.; Smanta, P. K.; Martinez-Guridi, G. & Higgins, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE FOR WIND TURBINE FOUNDATIONS. (open access)

SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE FOR WIND TURBINE FOUNDATIONS.

The use of wind power to generate electricity continues to grow, especially given commitments by various countries throughout the world to ensure that a significant percentage of energy comes from renewable sources. In order to meet such objectives, increasingly larger turbines with higher capacity are being developed. The engineering aspects of larger turbine development tend to focus on design and materials for blades and towers. However, foundations are also a critical component of large wind turbines and represent a significant cost of wind energy projects. Ongoing wind research at BNL is examining two areas: (a) structural response analysis of wind turbine-tower-foundation systems and (b) materials engineering of foundations. This work is investigating the dynamic interactions in wind turbine systems, which in turn assists the wind industry in achieving improved reliability and more cost efficient foundation designs. The results reported herein cover initial studies of concrete mix designs for large wind turbine foundations and how these may be tailored to reduce cost and incorporate sustainability and life cycle concepts. The approach taken was to investigate material substitutions so that the environmental, energy and CO{sub 2}-impact of concrete could be reduced. The use of high volumes of ''waste'' materials in concrete was …
Date: June 1, 2004
Creator: BERNDT,M. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bioremediation of Petroleum and Radiological Contaminated Soils at the Savannah River Site: Laboratory to Field Scale Applications (open access)

Bioremediation of Petroleum and Radiological Contaminated Soils at the Savannah River Site: Laboratory to Field Scale Applications

In the process of Savannah River Site (SRS) operations limited amounts of waste are generated containing petroleum, and radiological contaminated soils. Currently, this combination of radiological and petroleum contaminated waste does not have an immediate disposal route and is being stored in low activity vaults. SRS developed and implemented a successful plan for clean up of the petroleum portion of the soils in situ using simple, inexpensive, bioreactor technology. Treatment in a bioreactor removes the petroleum contamination from the soil without spreading radiological contamination to the environment. This bioreactor uses the bioventing process and bioaugmentation or the addition of the select hydrocarbon degrading bacteria. Oxygen is usually the initial rate-limiting factor in the biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons. Using the bioventing process allowed control of the supply of nutrients and moisture based on petroleum contamination concentrations and soil type. The results of this work have proven to be a safe and cost-effective means of cleaning up low level radiological and petroleum-contaminated soil. Many of the other elements of the bioreactor design were developed or enhanced during the demonstration of a ''biopile'' to treat the soils beneath a Polish oil refinery's waste disposal lagoons. Aerobic microorganisms were isolated from the aged refinery's …
Date: June 7, 2004
Creator: BRIGMON, ROBINL.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Involvement of Linear Plasmids in Aerobic Biodegradation of Vinyl Chloride (open access)

Involvement of Linear Plasmids in Aerobic Biodegradation of Vinyl Chloride

Pseudomonas putida strain AJ and Ochrobactrum strain TD were isolated from hazardous waste sites based on their ability to use vinyl chloride (VC) as a sole source of carbon and energy under aerobic conditions. Strains AJ and TD also use ethene and ethylene oxide as growth substrates. Strain AJ contained a linear megaplasmid (approximately 260 kb) when grown on VC or ethene, but no circular plasmids. While growing on ethylene oxide, the size of the linear plasmid in strain AJ decreased to approximately 100 kb, although its ability to use VC as a substrate was retained. The linear plasmids in strain AJ were cured and its ability to consume VC, ethene, and ethylene oxide was lost following growth on a rich substrate (Luria-Bertani broth) through at least three transfers. Strain TD contained three linear plasmids, ranging in size from approximately 100 kb to 320 kb, when growing on VC or ethene. As with strain AJ, the linear plasmids in strain TD were cured following growth on Luria -Bertani broth and its ability to consume VC and ethene was lost. Further analysis of these linear plasmids may help reveal the pathway for VC biodegradation in strains AJ and TD and explain …
Date: June 14, 2004
Creator: BRIGMON, ROBINL.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
PROCEEDINGS OF RIKEN BNL RESEARCH CENTER WORKSHOP, VOLUME 62 NEW DESCOVERIES AT RHIC, MAY 14-15, 2004. (open access)

PROCEEDINGS OF RIKEN BNL RESEARCH CENTER WORKSHOP, VOLUME 62 NEW DESCOVERIES AT RHIC, MAY 14-15, 2004.

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Date: June 23, 2004
Creator: BUSZA,W. GYULASSY,M. MCLERRAN,L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter to Hilton Americus Houston] (open access)

[Letter to Hilton Americus Houston]

Letter from Shannon Bailey and Al Daniels to the GM of the Hilton Americus hotel in Houston about the staff of the hotel's excellence, with attached business card.
Date: June 25, 2004
Creator: Bailey, Shannon; Daniels, Al
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter to Hilton Americus Houston] (open access)

[Letter to Hilton Americus Houston]

Unsigned copy of a letter from Shannon Bailey and Al Daniels to the general manager of the Houston Hilton Americus hotel commending their staff for their work.
Date: June 25, 2004
Creator: Bailey, Shannon; Daniels, Al
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forum: Who are the International Churches of Christ? transcript

Forum: Who are the International Churches of Christ?

Lecture given Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Abilene Christian University: "For nearly 20 years, silence has marked the relationship between the ICOC and 'mainline' churches of Christ. This year's forum breaks the silence. Representatives of each movement will come together to practice the spiritual art of Christian conversation. Come and be a part of this historic conversation."
Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Baird, Al; Ferguson, Gordon & Taliaferro, Mike
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
System Performance Projections for TPV Energy Conversion (open access)

System Performance Projections for TPV Energy Conversion

TPV technology has advanced rapidly in the last five years, with diode conversion efficiency approaching >30%, and filter efficiency of {approx}80%. These achievements have enabled repeatable testing of 20% efficient small systems, demonstrating the potential of TPV energy conversion. Near term technology gains support a 25% efficient technology demonstration in the two year timeframe. However, testing of full size systems, which includes efficiency degradation mechanisms, such as: nonuniform diode illumination, diode and filter variability, temperature non-uniformities, conduction/convection losses, and lifetime reliability processes needs to be performed. A preliminary analysis of these differential effects has been completed, and indicates a near term integrated system efficiency of {approx}15% is possible using current technology, with long term growth to 18-20%. This report addresses the system performance issues.
Date: June 9, 2004
Creator: Baldasaro, P. F.; Dashiell, M. W.; Oppenlander, J. E.; Vell, J. L.; Fourspring, P.; Rahner, K. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation (open access)

Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation

The history of omnibus energy legislation in the 108th Congress has been protracted. The House passed the conference version of H.R. 6 on November 18, 2003. On November 21, a cloture motion to limit debate in the Senate on the H.R. 6 conference report failed (57-40). Efforts to bring the bill back to the Senate floor early in the second session were unsuccessful. Some argued that any major changes to the legislation would not be viable because of the careful regional and political compromises that were reached to get a bill out of conference and through the House. The closest consensus was that the cost of the bill had to be reduced.
Date: June 14, 2004
Creator: Bamberger, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation - Part 1 transcript

I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation - Part 1

Lecture given Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Abilene Christian University: "'I can resist everything except temptation,' said playwright Oscar Wilde. Temptations! We face lots of them during the course of a day. These sessions present practical steps to help us resist temptation."
Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Barclay, Richard
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History