573 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

S. 2557, “Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act of 2006”: Brief Legal Analysis (open access)

S. 2557, “Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act of 2006”: Brief Legal Analysis

This report analyzes ways to improve antitrust laws through S.557. These include, but are not limited to: mitigating regional shortages of oil petroleum and natural gas products, creating a federal task force to analyze information-sharing in the industry, and make U.S. antitrust laws applicable to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Date: May 12, 2006
Creator: Rubin, Janice E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 2mrad Crossing Angle Interaction Region and Extraction Line (open access)

The 2mrad Crossing Angle Interaction Region and Extraction Line

A complete optics design for the 2mrad crossing angle interaction region and extraction line was presented at Snowmass 2005. Since this time, the design task force has been working on developing and improving the performance of the extraction line. The work has focused on optimizing the final doublet parameters and on reducing the power losses resulting from the disrupted beam transport. In this paper, the most recent status of the 2mrad layout and the corresponding performance are presented.
Date: July 12, 2006
Creator: Appleby, R.; U., Manchester; Angal-Kalinin, D.; Tech, /Cockcroft Inst. Accel. Sci.; Dadoun, O.; Bambade, P. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
7Be(p,gamma)8B S-factor from Ab Initio Wave Functions (open access)

7Be(p,gamma)8B S-factor from Ab Initio Wave Functions

There has been a significant progress in ab initio approaches to the structure of light nuclei. Starting from realistic two- and three-nucleon interactions the ab initio no-core shell model (NCSM) predicts low-lying levels in p-shell nuclei. It is a challenging task to extend ab initio methods to describe nuclear reactions. We present here a brief overview of the first steps taken toward nuclear reaction applications. In particular, we discuss our calculation of the {sup 7}Be(p,{gamma}){sup 8}B S-factor. We also present our first results of the {sup 3}He({alpha},{gamma}){sup 7}Be S-factor and of the S-factor of the mirror reaction {sup 3}H({alpha},{gamma}){sup 7}Li. The {sup 7}Be(p,{gamma}){sup 8}B and {sup 3}He({alpha},{gamma}){sup 7}Be reactions correspond to the most important uncertainties in solar model predictions of neutrino fluxes.
Date: October 12, 2006
Creator: Navratil, P; Bertulani, C A & Caurier, E
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acceptance Criteria Framework for Autonomous Biological Detectors (open access)

Acceptance Criteria Framework for Autonomous Biological Detectors

The purpose of this study was to examine a set of user acceptance criteria for autonomous biological detection systems for application in high-traffic, public facilities. The test case for the acceptance criteria was the Autonomous Pathogen Detection System (APDS) operating in high-traffic facilities in New York City (NYC). However, the acceptance criteria were designed to be generally applicable to other biological detection systems in other locations. For such detection systems, ''users'' will include local authorities (e.g., facility operators, public health officials, and law enforcement personnel) and national authorities [including personnel from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the BioWatch Program, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)]. The panel members brought expertise from a broad range of backgrounds to complete this picture. The goals of this document are: (1) To serve as informal guidance for users in considering the benefits and costs of these systems. (2) To serve as informal guidance for developers in understanding the needs of users. In follow-up work, this framework will be used to systematically document the APDS for appropriateness and readiness for use in NYC.
Date: December 12, 2006
Creator: Dzenitis, J M
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accurate Enthalpies of Formation of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metal Oxides and Hydroxides: Assessment of the Correlation Consistent Composite Approach (ccCA) (open access)

Accurate Enthalpies of Formation of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metal Oxides and Hydroxides: Assessment of the Correlation Consistent Composite Approach (ccCA)

Article on accurate enthalpies of formation of alkali and alkaline earth metal oxides and hydroxides and an assessment of the correlation consistent composite approach (ccCA).
Date: July 12, 2006
Creator: Ho, Dustin S.; DeYonker, Nathan J.; Cundari, Thomas R., 1964- & Wilson, Angela K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adiabatic Heat of Hydration Calorimetric Measurements for Reference Saltstone Waste (open access)

Adiabatic Heat of Hydration Calorimetric Measurements for Reference Saltstone Waste

The production of nuclear materials for weapons, medical, and space applications from the mid-1950's through the late-1980's at the Savannah River Site (SRS) generated approximately 35 million gallons of liquid high-level radioactive waste, which is currently being processed into vitrified glass for long-term storage. Upstream of the vitrification process, the waste is separated into three components: high activity insoluble sludge, high activity insoluble salt, and very low activity soluble salts. The soluble salt represents 90% of the 35 million gallons of overall waste and is processed at the SRS Saltstone Facility, where it mixed with cement, blast furnace slag, and flyash, creating a grout-like mixture. The resulting grout is pumped into aboveground storage vaults, where it hydrates into concrete monoliths, called saltstone, thus immobilizing the low-level radioactive salt waste. As the saltstone hydrates, it generates heat that slowly diffuses out of the poured material. To ensure acceptable grout properties for disposal and immobilization of the salt waste, the grout temperature must not exceed 95 C during hydration. Adiabatic calorimetric measurements of the heat generated for a representative sample of saltstone were made to determine the time-dependent heat source term. These measurements subsequently were utilized as input to a numerical conjugate …
Date: January 12, 2006
Creator: Bollinger, James
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
AF12 - Base Input (open access)

AF12 - Base Input

Contains base input from Great Falls International Airport Air Guard Station, MT
Date: January 12, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
AF16 - Community Input (open access)

AF16 - Community Input

Contains community input from Letterkenny Army Depot, PA
Date: January 12, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
AF16 - Community Input (open access)

AF16 - Community Input

Contains community input from Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA
Date: January 12, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
AF18 - Base Input (open access)

AF18 - Base Input

Contains base input from New Castle County AGS, DE
Date: January 12, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
AF26 - Base Input (open access)

AF26 - Base Input

Contains base input from Hawthorne Army Depot, NV
Date: January 12, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
AF40 - Community Briefing (open access)

AF40 - Community Briefing

Contains Community briefing from Niagara Falls International Airport Air Guard Station, NY
Date: January 12, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
AF6 - Base Input (open access)

AF6 - Base Input

Contains base input from Otis Air Guard Station, MA
Date: January 12, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
AF6 - Base Input (MCI Scoring) (open access)

AF6 - Base Input (MCI Scoring)

Contains base input from Otis Air Guard Base, MA
Date: January 12, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
AF6 - Community Briefing (open access)

AF6 - Community Briefing

Contains community briefing regarding Rock Island Arsenal, IL
Date: January 12, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture in the U.S.-Dominican Republic Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) (open access)

Agriculture in the U.S.-Dominican Republic Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)

On August 2, 2005, President Bush signed into law the bill to implement the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement, or DR-CAFTA (P.L. 109-53, H.R. 3045). In DR-CAFTA, the United States and six countries will completely phase out tariffs and quotas — the primary means of border protection — on all but four agricultural commodities traded between them in stages up to 20 years. The four exempted products are as follows: for the United States, sugar; for Costa Rica, fresh onions and fresh potatoes; and for the four other Central American countries, white corn. DR-CAFTA’s provisions, once fully implemented, are expected to result in trade gains, though small, for the U.S. agricultural sector. This report describes this agreement in detail, as well as the stances of both supporters and detractors.
Date: January 12, 2006
Creator: Jurenas, Remy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air convection noise of pencil-beam interferometer for long traceprofiler (open access)

Air convection noise of pencil-beam interferometer for long traceprofiler

In this work, we investigate the effect of air convection onlaser-beam pointing noise essential for the long trace profiler (LTP). Wedescribe this pointing error with noise power density (NPD) frequencydistributions. It is shown that the NPD spectra due to air convectionhave a very characteristic form. In the range of frequencies from ~;0.05Hz to ~;0.5 Hz, the spectra can be modeled with an inverse-power-lawfunction. Depending on the intensity of air convection that is controlledwith a resistive heater of 100 to 150 mW along a one-meter-long opticalpath, the power index lies between 2 and 3 at an overall rms noise of~;0.5 to 1 microradian. The efficiency of suppression of the convectionnoise by blowing air across the beam optical path is also discussed.Air-blowing leads to a white-noise-like spectrum. Air blowing was appliedto the reference channel of an LTP allowing demonstration of thecontribution of air convection noise to the LTP reference beam. Theability to change (with the blowing technique presented) the spectralcharacteristics of the beam pointing noise due to air convection allowsone to investigate the contribution of the convection effect, and thusmake corrections to the power spectral density spectra measured with theLTP.
Date: July 12, 2006
Creator: Yashchuk, Valeriy V.; Irick, Steve C.; MacDowell, Alastair A.; McKinney, Wayne R. & Takacs, Peter Z.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 2006 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 2006

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, county, and state news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 12, 2006
Creator: Lucas, Melinda L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 2006 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 2006

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, county, and state news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 12, 2006
Creator: Lucas, Melinda L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 107, No. 240, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 2006 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 107, No. 240, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 2006

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 12, 2006
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 107, No. 266, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 12, 2006 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 107, No. 266, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 12, 2006

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 12, 2006
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 107, No. 289, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 12, 2006 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 107, No. 289, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 12, 2006

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 12, 2006
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 107, No. 316, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 12, 2006 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 107, No. 316, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 12, 2006
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 107, No. 342, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 2006 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 107, No. 342, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 2006

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 12, 2006
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History