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79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 25 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 25

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate granting permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Thursday, January 13, 2005, and ending on Monday, January 24, 2005.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 26 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 26

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate inviting the governor to address a joint session of the legislature on Wednesday, January 26, 2005.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Force Transformation (open access)

Air Force Transformation

This report considers how the Air Force is changing itself to meet new defensive needs. The issues for Congress on this are mostly budgetary and how effective it will be.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 249, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 2005 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 249, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Andrews, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Asymptotic Freedom in the Diffusive Regime of Neutron Transport (open access)

Asymptotic Freedom in the Diffusive Regime of Neutron Transport

The accuracy of a numerical method for solving the neutron transport equation is limited by the smallest mean free path in the problem. Since problems in the asymptotic diffusive regimes have vanishingly small mean free paths, it seems hopeless, given a limited amount of computer memory, that an accurate solution can be obtained for these problems. However we found that the accuracy of a numerical method improves as the scattering ratio increases with the total cross section and the grid spacing held fixed for problems that are in the asymptotic diffusive regime. This phenomenon is independent of the numerical method and can be explained on physical grounds. The numerical results by the Diamond Difference Method are given to show this phenomenon.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Chang, B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Avenger, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 25, 2005 (open access)

The Avenger, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 25, 2005

Newsletter of the National WASP WWII Museum including news, events, and other information of interest to the museum's membership.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: National WASP WWII Museum
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 52, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 2005 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 52, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beryllium Sampling and Analysis Within the DOE Complex and Opportunities for Standardization (open access)

Beryllium Sampling and Analysis Within the DOE Complex and Opportunities for Standardization

Since the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) published the DOE Beryllium Rule (10 CFR 850) in 1999, DOE sites have been required to measure beryllium on air filters and wipes for worker protection and for release of materials from beryllium-controlled areas. Measurements in the nanogram range on a filter or wipe are typically required. Industrial hygiene laboratories have applied methods from various analytical compendia, and a number of issues have emerged with sampling and analysis practices. As a result, a committee of analytical chemists, industrial hygienists, and laboratory managers was formed in November 2003 to address the issues. The committee developed a baseline questionnaire and distributed it to DOE sites and other agencies in the U.S. and U.K. The results of the questionnaire are presented in this paper. These results confirmed that a wide variety of practices were in use in the areas of sampling, sample preparation, and analysis. Additionally, although these laboratories are generally accredited by the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), there are inconsistencies in performance among accredited labs. As a result, there are significant opportunities for development of standard methods that could improve consistency. The current availabilities and needs for standard methods are further discussed in …
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: BRISSON, MICHAEL
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boerne Star & Hill Country Recorder (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 100, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 2005 (open access)

Boerne Star & Hill Country Recorder (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 100, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Watson, Steven G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 2005 (open access)

Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Semiweekly newspaper from Brady, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Stewart, James E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comparison of Tax Incentives of Domestic Manufacturing: 108th Congress (open access)

Comparison of Tax Incentives of Domestic Manufacturing: 108th Congress

The enacted provision of this legislation (H.R. 4520), following the passage of the Senate’s version (then S. 1637) and the House bill (H.R. 4520) followed the Senate version, which allowed a deduction and would cover unincorporated firms as well as corporations. However, the proposal contained the broader definition of manufacturing in the House bill which included oil and gas extraction, utilities, construction, and electricity. This report discusses the provisions in these two versions of the subsidy as well as some of the issues surrounding alternative methods of providing a manufacturing subsidy.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Resolutions: Selected Statistics and Information Guide (open access)

Congressional Budget Resolutions: Selected Statistics and Information Guide

This report provides current and historical information on the budget resolution. It provides a list of the budget resolutions adopted and rejected by Congress since implementation of the CBA, including the U.S. Statutes-at-Large citations and committee report numbers, and describes their formulation and content. The report provides a table of selected optional components, a list of reconciliation measures, and information on the number of years covered by budget resolutions. It also provides information on the consideration and adoption of budget resolutions, including an identification of the House special rules that provided for consideration of budget resolutions; the amendments in the nature of a substitute to the budget resolution considered in the House; the number and disposition of House and Senate amendments to budget resolutions; and dates of House and Senate action on budget resolutions.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cosmology and the S-matrix (open access)

Cosmology and the S-matrix

We study conditions for the existence of asymptotic observables in cosmology. With the exception of de Sitter space, the thermal properties of accelerating universes permit arbitrarily long observations, and guarantee the production of accessible states of arbitrarily large entropy. This suggests that some asymptotic observables may exist, despite the presence of an event horizon. Comparison with decelerating universes shows surprising similarities: Neither type suffers from the limitations encountered in de Sitter space, such as thermalization and boundedness of entropy. However, we argue that no realistic cosmology permits the global observations associated with an S-matrix.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Bousso, Raphael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Efficient Integration of Old and New Research Tools for Automating the Identification and Analysis of Seismic Reference Events (open access)

Efficient Integration of Old and New Research Tools for Automating the Identification and Analysis of Seismic Reference Events

any single computer program for seismic data analysis will not have all the capabilities needed to study reference events, since hese detailed studies will be highly specialized. It may be necessary to develop and test new algorithms, and then these special ;odes must be integrated with existing software to use their conventional data-processing routines. We have investigated two neans of establishing communications between the legacy and new codes: CORBA and XML/SOAP Web services. We have nvestigated making new Java code communicate with a legacy C-language program, geotool, running under Linux. Both methods vere successful, but both were difficult to implement. C programs on UNIX/Linux are poorly supported for Web services, compared vith the Java and .NET languages and platforms. Easier-to-use middleware will be required for scientists to construct distributed applications as easily as stand-alone ones. Considerable difficulty was encountered in modifying geotool, and this problem shows he need to use component-based user interfaces instead of large C-language codes where changes to one part of the program nay introduce side effects into other parts. We have nevertheless made bug fixes and enhancements to that legacy program, but t remains difficult to expand it through communications with external software.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Wagner, Robert & Rivers, Wilmer
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The EU-U.S. “Safe Harbor” Agreement on Personal Data Privacy (open access)

The EU-U.S. “Safe Harbor” Agreement on Personal Data Privacy

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Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Weiss, Martin A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 2005 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Expulsion, Censure, Reprimand, and Fine: Legislative Discipline in the House of Representatives (open access)

Expulsion, Censure, Reprimand, and Fine: Legislative Discipline in the House of Representatives

This report discusses the processes of expulsion and censure in the House of Representatives. The House is expressly authorized within the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 5, clause 2) to discipline or "punish" its own Members. It is designed as a measure to protect the institutional integrity of the House of Representatives, its proceedings and its reputation.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Maskell, Jack
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FLUX ENHANCEMENT IN CROSSFLOW MEMBRANE FILTRATION: FOULING AND IT'S MINIMIZATION BY FLOW REVERSAL (open access)

FLUX ENHANCEMENT IN CROSSFLOW MEMBRANE FILTRATION: FOULING AND IT'S MINIMIZATION BY FLOW REVERSAL

Fouling problems are perhaps the single most important reason for relatively slow acceptance of ultrafiltration in many areas of chemical and biological processing. To overcome the losses in permeate flux associated with concentration polarization and fouling in cross flow membrane filtration, we investigated the concept of flow reversal as a method to enhance membrane flux in ultrafiltration. Conceptually, flow reversal prevents the formation of stable hydrodynamic and concentration boundary layers at or near the membrane surface. Further more, periodic reversal of the flow direction of the feed stream at the membrane surface results in prevention and mitigation of membrane fouling. Consequently, these advantages are expected to enhance membrane flux significantly. A crossflow membrane filtration unit was designed and built to test the concept of periodic flow reversal for flux enhancement. The essential elements of the system include a crossflow hollow fiber membrane module integrated with a two-way valve to direct the feed flow directions. The two-way valve is controlled by a controller-timer for periodic reversal of flow of feed stream. Another important feature of the system is that with changing feed flow direction, the permeate flow direction is also changed to maintain countercurrent feed and permeate flows for enhanced mass …
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Ilias, Shamsuddin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 547, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 2005 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 547, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heterodyne Interferometer with Angstrom-level Periodic Nonlinearity (open access)

Heterodyne Interferometer with Angstrom-level Periodic Nonlinearity

Displacement measuring interferometer systems and methods are disclosed. One or more acousto-optic modulators for receiving a laser light beam from a laser light source can be utilized to split the laser light beam into two or more laser light beams, while spatially separating frequencies thereof. One or more reflective mechanisms can be utilized to reflect one or more of the laser light beams back to the acoustooptic modulator. Interference of two or more of the laser light beams generally at the acousto-optic modulator can provide an interfered laser light beam thereof. A detector for receiving the interfered laser light beam can be utilized to provide interferometer measurement data.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Schmitz, Tony L. & Beckwith, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
INVESTIGATION OF NOVEL ALLOY TiC-Ni-Ni3Al FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL INTERCONNECT APPLICATIONS (open access)

INVESTIGATION OF NOVEL ALLOY TiC-Ni-Ni3Al FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL INTERCONNECT APPLICATIONS

Solid oxide fuel cell interconnect materials must meet stringent requirements. Such interconnects must operate at temperatures approaching 800 C while resisting oxidation and reduction, which can occur from the anode and cathode materials and the operating environment. They also must retain their electrical conductivity under these conditions and possess compatible coefficients of thermal expansion as the anode and cathode. Results are presented in this report for fuel cell interconnect candidate materials currently under investigation based upon nano-size titanium carbide (TiC) powders. The TiC is liquid phase sintered with either nickel (Ni) or nickel-aluminide (Ni{sub 3}Al) in varying concentrations. The oxidation resistance of the submicron grain TiC-metal materials is presented as a function weight change versus time at 700 C and 800 C for varying content of metal/intermetallic in the system. Electrical conductivity at 800 C as a function of time is also presented for TiC-Ni to demonstrate the vitality of these materials for interconnect applications. TGA studies showed that the weight gain was 0.8 mg/cm{sup 2} for TiC(30)-Ni(30wt.%) after 100 hours in wet air at 800 C and the weight gain was calculated to be 0.5205 mg/cm{sup 2} for TiC(30)- Ni(10 wt.%) after 100 hours at 700 C and 100 …
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Koc, Rasit; Swift, Geoffrey & Xie, Hua
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties (open access)

Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties

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Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laboratory study of magnetic reconnection generated Alfvén waves, Final Report, October 2004 (open access)

Laboratory study of magnetic reconnection generated Alfvén waves, Final Report, October 2004

None
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: Watts, Christopher
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Localism”: Statutes and Rules Affecting Local Programming on Broadcast, Cable, and Satellite Television (open access)

“Localism”: Statutes and Rules Affecting Local Programming on Broadcast, Cable, and Satellite Television

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Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library