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The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 109, No. 188, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 8, 2008 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 109, No. 188, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Climate Research Facility Operations Quarterly Report October 1 - December 31, 2007 (open access)

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Climate Research Facility Operations Quarterly Report October 1 - December 31, 2007

Description. Individual raw data streams from instrumentation at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program Climate Research Facility (ACRF) fixed and mobile sites are collected and sent to the Data Management Facility (DMF) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for processing in near real time. Raw and processed data are then sent daily to the ACRF Archive, where they are made available to users. For each instrument, we calculate the ratio of the actual number of data records received daily at the Archive to the expected number of data records. The results are tabulated by (1) individual data stream, site, and month for the current year and (2) site and fiscal year (FY) dating back to 1998.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Sisterson, DL
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 8, 2008 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Clements, Clifford E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 8, 2008 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Cartwright, Brian
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Border Security: Barriers Along the U.S. International Border (open access)

Border Security: Barriers Along the U.S. International Border

This report is about the information related to U.S international border security and barriers deployed along the border.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Nuñez-Neto, Blas & Garcia, Michael John
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of selective binding of alkali cations with carboxylate by x-ray absorption spectroscopy of liquid microjets (open access)

Characterization of selective binding of alkali cations with carboxylate by x-ray absorption spectroscopy of liquid microjets

We describe an approach for characterizing selective binding between oppositely charged ionic functional groups under biologically relevant conditions. Relative shifts in K-shell x-ray absorption spectra of aqueous cations and carboxylate anions indicate the corresponding binding strengths via perturbations of carbonyl antibonding orbitals. XAS spectra measured for aqueous formate and acetate solutions containing lithium, sodium, and potassium cations reveal monotonically stronger binding of the lighter metals, supporting recent results from simulations and other experiments. The carbon K-edge spectra of the acetate carbonyl feature centered near 290 eV clearly indicate a preferential interaction of sodium versus potassium, which was less apparent with formate. These results are in accord with the Law of Matching Water Affinities, relating relative hydration strengths of ions to their respective tendencies to form contact ion pairs. Density functional theory calculations of K-shell spectra support the experimental findings.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Saykally, Richard J; Uejio, Janel S.; Schwartz, Craig P.; Duffin, Andrew M.; Drisdell, Walter S.; Cohen, Ronald C. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coherent Synchrotron Radiation and Space Charge for a 1-D Bunch on an Arbitrary Planar Orbit (open access)

Coherent Synchrotron Radiation and Space Charge for a 1-D Bunch on an Arbitrary Planar Orbit

Realistic modeling of coherent synchrotron radiation (CSR) and the space charge force in single-pass systems and rings usually requires at least a two-dimensional (2-D) description of the charge/current density of the bunch. Since that leads to costly computations, one often resorts to a 1-D model of the bunch for first explorations. This paper provides several improvements to previous 1-D theories, eliminating unnecessary approximations and physical restrictions.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Warnock, R. L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
CP Violation at BaBar (open access)

CP Violation at BaBar

Several new and updated BABAR measurements of sin 2{beta} are presented, together with the latest constraints on the Unitarity Triangle angles {alpha} and {gamma}. The higher statistics now available allow more sophisticated analysis techniques, such as time-dependent Dalitz plot fitting. Combined world-average results place tight constraints on the Unitarity Triangle. There is good agreement among the measurements and with the unitarity of the CKM matrix. This represents an impressive verification of the Standard Model description of the quark-flavor sector and of CP violation.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Hawkes, Chris & U., /Birmingham
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dollar Crisis: Prospect and Implications (open access)

Dollar Crisis: Prospect and Implications

None
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Elwell, Craig K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as Amended by the No Child Left Behind Act: A Primer (open access)

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as Amended by the No Child Left Behind Act: A Primer

This report provides a brief overview of major provisions of the ESEA.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Riddle, Wayne C. & Skinner, Rebecca R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Legislation for Disaster Assistance: Summary Data (open access)

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Legislation for Disaster Assistance: Summary Data

None
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Murray, Justin & Bea, Keith
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 8, 2008 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Wilson, Chris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Federal-Aid Highways: Increased Reliance on Contractors Can Pose Oversight Challenges for Federal and State Officials (open access)

Federal-Aid Highways: Increased Reliance on Contractors Can Pose Oversight Challenges for Federal and State Officials

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Pressure on state and local governments to deliver highway projects and services, and limits on the ability of state departments of transportation (state DOT) to increase staff levels have led those departments to contract out a variety of highway activities to the private sector. As requested, this report addresses (1) recent trends in the contracting of state highway activities, (2) factors that influence state highway departments' contracting decisions, (3) how state highway departments ensure the protection of the public interest when work is contracted out, and (4) the Federal Highway Administrations' (FHWA) role in ensuring that states protect the public interest. To complete this work, GAO reviewed federal guidelines, state auditor reports, and other relevant literature; conducted a 50-state survey; and interviewed officials from 10 selected state highway departments, industry officials, and FHWA officials."
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employees: Pay and Pension Increases Since 1969 (open access)

Federal Employees: Pay and Pension Increases Since 1969

None
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Purcell, Patrick J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Safety: Provisions in the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (open access)

Food Safety: Provisions in the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007

None
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Porter, Donna V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fourth-Order Method for Numerical Integration of Age- and Size-Structured Population Models (open access)

Fourth-Order Method for Numerical Integration of Age- and Size-Structured Population Models

In many applications of age- and size-structured population models, there is an interest in obtaining good approximations of total population numbers rather than of their densities. Therefore, it is reasonable in such cases to solve numerically not the PDE model equations themselves, but rather their integral equivalents. For this purpose quadrature formulae are used in place of the integrals. Because quadratures can be designed with any order of accuracy, one can obtain numerical approximations of the solutions with very fast convergence. In this article, we present a general framework and a specific example of a fourth-order method based on composite Newton-Cotes quadratures for a size-structured population model.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Iannelli, M; Kostova, T & Milner, F A
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fundamental Tax Reform: Options for the Mortgage Interest Deduction (open access)

Fundamental Tax Reform: Options for the Mortgage Interest Deduction

This is a report on the fundamental tax reforms, specifically options for the mortgage Interest deduction.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Jackson, Pamela J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 577, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 8, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 577, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 578, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 8, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 578, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Higher Education Tax Credits and Deduction: An Overview of the Benefits and Their Relationship to Traditional Student Aid (open access)

Higher Education Tax Credits and Deduction: An Overview of the Benefits and Their Relationship to Traditional Student Aid

This report in intended to provide information about the direct assistance for education expenses provided through the federal income tax system, thereby placing HEA student aid programs in a broader context. The key features of these tax provisions--which largely dictate whom they assist and by how much--are explored. Further, it examines the relationship of the traditional student aid delivery system with the tax system as a conduit for postsecondary education assistance.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Levine, Linda & Mercer, Charmaine
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy (open access)

Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy

This report provides an overview of the debate over government policy on the industrial competitiveness and technological advancement.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Security: IRS Needs to Address Pervasive Weaknesses (open access)

Information Security: IRS Needs to Address Pervasive Weaknesses

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) relies extensively on computerized systems to carry out its demanding responsibilities to collect taxes (about $2.7 trillion in fiscal year 2007), process tax returns, and enforce the nation's tax laws. Effective information security controls are essential to ensuring that financial and taxpayer information is adequately protected from inadvertent or deliberate misuse, fraudulent use, improper disclosure, or destruction. As part of its audit of IRS's fiscal years 2007 and 2006 financial statements, GAO assessed (1) IRS's actions to correct previously reported information security weaknesses and (2) whether controls were effective in ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of financial and sensitive taxpayer information. To do this, GAO examined IRS information security policies and procedures, guidance, security plans, reports, and other documents; tested controls over key financial applications at three IRS data centers; and interviewed key security representatives and management officials."
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Jackson-Vanik Amendment and Candidate Countries for WTO Accession: Issues for Congress (open access)

The Jackson-Vanik Amendment and Candidate Countries for WTO Accession: Issues for Congress

None
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Labor-Management Relations and the Federal Aviation Administration: Background and Current Legislative Issues (open access)

Labor-Management Relations and the Federal Aviation Administration: Background and Current Legislative Issues

This report discusses labor-management relations at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the 2006 implementation of a new labor contract on air traffic controllers. The FAA's ability to implement the new contract with its controllers was arguably supported by a mediation procedure prescribed by federal law. This report provides background information on the mediation procedure, discusses litigation involving the FAA and two labor organizations, and examines legislative attempts to amend the existing system.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Shimabukuro, Jon O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library