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Indian Reserved Water Rights: An Overview (open access)

Indian Reserved Water Rights: An Overview

With the dramatic population increase in the West over the last thirty years, the Western states have been under increasing pressure from their citizens to secure future access to water. In planning to meet this goal, however, Western officials have had to confront a heretofore obscure doctrine of water law: the doctrine of Indian reserved water rights, also known as the Winters doctrine. Therefore, in order for Western water officials to effectively plan for a stable allocation of water on which all parties can rely, they must find a way to satisfy the water claims of local Indian tribes. This report provides an overview of the legal issues surrounding Indian reserved water rights disputes.
Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Brooks, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inflation and the Real Minimum Wage: Fact Sheet (open access)

Inflation and the Real Minimum Wage: Fact Sheet

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kosovo and U.S. Policy (open access)

Kosovo and U.S. Policy

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Limiting Court Jurisdiction Over Federal Constitutional Issues: “Court-Stripping” (open access)

Limiting Court Jurisdiction Over Federal Constitutional Issues: “Court-Stripping”

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Macedonia (FYROM): Post-Conflict Situation and U.S. Policy (open access)

Macedonia (FYROM): Post-Conflict Situation and U.S. Policy

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Materials System for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (open access)

Materials System for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

AC complex impedance spectroscopy studies were conducted between 600-800 C on symmetrical cells that employed strontium-and-magnesium-doped lanthanum gallate electrolyte, La{sub 0.9}Sr{sub 0.1}Ga{sub 0.8}Mg{sub 0.2}O{sub 3} (LSGM). The objective of the study was to identify the materials system for fabrication and evaluation of intermediate temperature (600-800 C) solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The slurry-coated electrode materials had fine porosity to enhance catalytic activity. Cathode materials investigated include La{sub 1-x}Sr{sub x}MnO{sub 3} (LSM), LSCF (La{sub 1-x}Sr{sub x}Co{sub y}Fe{sub 1-y}O{sub 3}), a two-phase particulate composite consisting of LSM-doped-lanthanum gallate (LSGM), and LSCF-LSGM. The anode materials were Ni-Ce{sub 0.85}Gd{sub 0.15}O{sub 2} (Ni-GDC) and Ni-Ce{sub 0.6}La{sub 0.4}O{sub 2} (Ni-LDC) composites. Experiments conducted with the anode materials investigated the effect of having a barrier layer of GDC or LDC in between the LSGM electrolyte and the Ni-composite anode to prevent adverse reaction of the Ni with lanthanum in LSGM. For proper interpretation of the beneficial effects of the barrier layer, similar measurements were performed without the barrier layer. The ohmic and the polarization resistances of the system were obtained over time as a function of temperature (600-800 C), firing temperature, thickness, and the composition of the electrodes. The study revealed important details pertaining to the ohmic …
Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Pal, Uday B. & Gopalan, Srikanth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medical Malpractice: The Role of Patient Safety Initiatives (open access)

Medical Malpractice: The Role of Patient Safety Initiatives

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency (open access)

Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher & Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD): Assessing Future Needs (open access)

Military Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD): Assessing Future Needs

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy DD(X) Destroyer Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy DD(X) Destroyer Program: Background and Issues for Congress

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Korea: A Chronology of Events, October 2002-December 2004 (open access)

North Korea: A Chronology of Events, October 2002-December 2004

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma & Marchart, Helene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda (open access)

Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuevo programa de denuncia atrae la atencion de audiencia Dallas (open access)

Nuevo programa de denuncia atrae la atencion de audiencia Dallas

This article informs of a new radio station in Dallas that offers Hispanics an opportunity to air their grievances without fear of retribution. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 83, Ed. 1 Monday, January 24, 2005 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 83, Ed. 1 Monday, January 24, 2005

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Warren, Lee B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Optical Sensor Technology Development and Deployment (open access)

Optical Sensor Technology Development and Deployment

The objectives of this ESP (Enhanced Surveillance) project are to evaluate sensor performance for future aging studies of materials, components and weapon systems. The goal of this project is to provide analysis capability to experimentally identify and characterize the aging mechanisms and kinetics of Core Stack Assembly (CSA) materials. The work on fiber optic light sources, hermetic sealing of fiber optics, fiber optic hydrogen sensors, and detection systems will be discussed.
Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Parker, B. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pension Issues: Cash-Balance Plans (open access)

Pension Issues: Cash-Balance Plans

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[People standing and sitting on curb]

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance Evaluation of Industrial Hygiene Air Monitoring Sensors, Revision 1 (open access)

Performance Evaluation of Industrial Hygiene Air Monitoring Sensors, Revision 1

Tests were performed to evaluate the accuracy, precision and response time of certain commercially available handheld toxic gas monitors. The tests were conducted by PNNL in the Chemical Chamber Test Facility for CH2MHill Hanford Company. The instruments were tested with a set of dilute test gases including ammonia, nitrous oxide, and a mixture of organic vapors (acetone, benzene, ethanol, hexane, toluene and xylene). The certified gases were diluted to concentrations that may be encountered in the outdoor environment above the underground tank farms containing radioactive waste at the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford site, near Richland, Washington. The challenge concentrations are near the lower limits of instrument sensitivity and response time. The performance test simulations were designed to look at how the instruments respond to changes in test gas concentrations that are similar to field conditions.
Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Maughan, A D.; Glissmeyer, John A. & Birnbaum, Jerome C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress towards Steady State on NSTX (open access)

Progress towards Steady State on NSTX

In order to reduce recirculating power fraction to acceptable levels, the spherical torus concept relies on the simultaneous achievement of high toroidal {beta} and high bootstrap fraction in steady state. In the last year, as a result of plasma control system improvements, the achievable plasma elongation on the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) has been raised from {kappa} {approx} 2.1 to {kappa} {approx} 2.6--approximately a 25% increase. This increase in elongation has lead to a doubling increase in the toroidal {beta} for long-pulse discharges. The increase in {beta} is associated with an increase in plasma current at nearly fixed poloidal {beta}, which enables higher {beta}{sub t} with nearly constant bootstrap fraction. As a result, for the first time in a spherical torus, a discharge with a plasma current of 1 MA has been sustained for 1 second. Data is presented from NSTX correlating the increase in performance with increased plasma shaping capability. In addition to improved shaping, H-modes induced during the current ramp phase of the plasma discharge have been used to reduce flux consumption during and to delay the onset of MHD instabilities. A modeled integrated scenario, which has 100% non-inductive current drive with very high toroidal {beta}, will …
Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Gates, D. A.; Kessel, C.; Menard, J.; Taylor, G.; Wilson, J. R. & co-authors, plus 94
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Results of LLNL's Participation in the 16th OPCW Proficiency Test (open access)

Results of LLNL's Participation in the 16th OPCW Proficiency Test

The Sixteenth Official OPCW Proficiency Test started in October 2004. The samples were prepared by scientists affiliated with the Forensic Science Center at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, USA. The work was funded by the US Department of Energy. The test scenario and the spiking and background chemicals were discussed and agreed in advance with the OPCW. The samples were prepared in accordance with ''Work Instruction for the Preparation of Test Samples for OPCW Proficiency Tests'' (Document No.: QDOC/LAB/WI/PT2). The preparation of the test samples and their analysis are described in this report.
Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Gregg, H. R. & Alcaraz, A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 90, No. 115, Ed. 1 Monday, January 24, 2005 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 90, No. 115, Ed. 1 Monday, January 24, 2005

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Broaddus, Matthew B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Shelves of Spanish-language books with identifying sign]

Photograph showing a shelf of books at a library and sign is visible with the text "Libros Espanol, Non-Fiction".
Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Simulating Electron Cloud Effects in Heavy-Ion Beams (open access)

Simulating Electron Cloud Effects in Heavy-Ion Beams

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Cohen, R H; Friedman, A; Lund, S M; Molvik, A W; Azevedo, T; Vay, J et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The stochastic radiative transfer equation: quantum damping, Kirchoff's law and NLTE (open access)

The stochastic radiative transfer equation: quantum damping, Kirchoff's law and NLTE

A method is presented based on the theory of quantum damping, for deriving a self consistent but approximate form of the quantum transport for photons interacting with fully ionized electron plasma. Specifically, we propose in this paper a technique of approximately including the effects of background plasma on a photon distribution function without directly solving any kinetic equations for the plasma itself. The result is a quantum Langevin equation for the photon number operator; the quantum radiative transfer equation. A dissipation term appears which is the imaginary part of the dielectric function for an electron gas with photon mediated electron-electron interactions due to absorption and re-emission. It depends only on the initial state of the plasma. A quantum noise operator also appears as a result of spontaneous emission of photons from the electron plasma. The thermal expectation value of this noise operator yields the emissivity which is exactly of the form of the Kirchoff-Planck relation. This non-zero thermal expectation value is a direct consequence of a fluctuation-dissipation relation (FDR).
Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Graziani, F R
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library