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The ACEF Journal, Volume 1, Issue 1, August 2011 (open access)

The ACEF Journal, Volume 1, Issue 1, August 2011

Journal published by the American Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities "dedicated to the dissemination of research on effective educational practices regarding the planning, design, construction, improvement, operations, and maintenance of safe, healthy, high-performing educational facilities" (p. 4).
Date: August 2011
Creator: American Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anthropogenic Groundwater Contamination in Texas Aquifers, Volume 1 (open access)

Anthropogenic Groundwater Contamination in Texas Aquifers, Volume 1

Report discussing the results of various studies to test contamination of groundwater in Texas.
Date: August 2011
Creator: O'Rourke, Dave
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anthropogenic Groundwater Contamination in Texas Aquifers: Volume 2 (Plates) (open access)

Anthropogenic Groundwater Contamination in Texas Aquifers: Volume 2 (Plates)

Plates that accompany a report about anthropogenic groundwater contamination in Texas aquifers, providing graphs, charts, maps, and other relevant illustrations.
Date: August 2011
Creator: O'Rourke, Dave; Cross, Brad & Symank, Leigh
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aqua Phil's Conservation Basin (open access)

Aqua Phil's Conservation Basin

A document providing information and helpful tips to reduce water waste and begin the process of cost-effective water conservation.
Date: 2011-08?
Creator: Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Audiometric screening techniques (open access)

Audiometric screening techniques

This manual provides a brief introduction of the essentials of screening audiometry, the first step in the identification of hearing loss in children.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Accounts Payable and Encumbrances at Selected State Agencies (open access)

An Audit Report on Accounts Payable and Encumbrances at Selected State Agencies

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the accounts payable and encumbrances at the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS), and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Nursing Facility Complaint Processing at the Department of Aging and Disability Services (open access)

An Audit Report on Nursing Facility Complaint Processing at the Department of Aging and Disability Services

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Aging and Disability Services has processes and controls to help ensure that it screens, investigates, and resolves complaints regarding nursing facilities in a timely manner and in compliance with applicable laws, polices, and procedures.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Commission on Jail Standards (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Commission on Jail Standards

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Commission on Jail Standards is accurately reporting its performance measures to the Automated Budget and Evaluation System of Texas (ABEST) and has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of its performance measures.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breastmilk (open access)

Breastmilk

Flyer to promote breast feeding with an image of a star-shaped infant holding a rattle and the text, " Breastmilk: Every Ounce Counts."
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 68, No. 8, Ed. 1 Monday, August 1, 2011 (open access)

The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 68, No. 8, Ed. 1 Monday, August 1, 2011

Monthly newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes news and information about the Churches of Christ along with advertising.
Date: August 1, 2011
Creator: McMillon, Lynn
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cigarette and Tobacco Products Regulation (open access)

Cigarette and Tobacco Products Regulation

An information sheet listing laws in Texas related to posting warning signs about cigarettes or alcohol in stores and administrative penalties for not complying.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Close Up, Number 12, August 2011 (open access)

Close Up, Number 12, August 2011

Newsletter of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement describing news, events, and education of the Commission, as well as updates about changes to laws or other information of interest to readers.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Community-Based Federal Environmental Justice Resource Guide (open access)

Community-Based Federal Environmental Justice Resource Guide

A guide which acts as a source of information for individuals and organizations working in communities overburdened by the adverse health impacts of exposure to toxics where they live, work, and play.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Federal Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative study of mechanical and corrosion resistance properties of bridge post-tensioning strands (open access)

Comparative study of mechanical and corrosion resistance properties of bridge post-tensioning strands

This report summarized the exploration of new methods of protection for the strands used in post-tensioning of concrete bridges.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Mac Lean, Sean Anthony; Breen, J. E. & Kalina, R. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 08-11, August 2011 (open access)

Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 08-11, August 2011

Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas. Credit Union Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development of guidelines for pedestrian safety treatments at signalized intersections (open access)

Development of guidelines for pedestrian safety treatments at signalized intersections

"This document summarized the research conducted and the conclusions reached during the development of guidelines for pedestrian safety treatments at signalized intersections. The guidelines are focused on treatments that alleviate conflicts between left-turning vehicles and pedestrians."
Date: August 2011
Creator: Pratt, Michael P.; Songchitruksa, Praprut & Bonneson, James A.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Diesel Exhaust and School Bus Idling, What You Should Know (open access)

Diesel Exhaust and School Bus Idling, What You Should Know

This pamphlet provides information about upgrading diesel vehicles and recommendations to reduce exposure to diesel exhaust.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Volume 83, Number 6, July/August 2011 (open access)

The ECHO, Volume 83, Number 6, July/August 2011

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Economic Efficiency of Allowing Longer Combination Vehicles in Texas (open access)

The Economic Efficiency of Allowing Longer Combination Vehicles in Texas

Paper discussing the economic efficiency of allowing longer combination vehicles to operate in Texas.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Walton, C. Michael & Bienkowski, Bridget N.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Environmental Litigation: Cases against EPA and Associated Costs over Time (open access)

Environmental Litigation: Cases against EPA and Associated Costs over Time

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) faces numerous legal challenges as it implements the nation's environmental laws. Several statutes, such as the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, allow citizens to file suit against EPA to challenge certain agency actions. Where EPA is named as a defendant, the Department of Justice provides EPA's legal defense. If successful, plaintiffs may be paid for certain attorney fees and costs. Payments are made from the Department of the Treasury's Judgment Fund--a permanent fund available to pay judgments against the government, as well as settlements resulting from lawsuits--or EPA's appropriations. For this review, GAO was asked to examine (1) the trends in and factors affecting environmental litigation for fiscal years 1995 through 2010 and (2) Justice's recent costs and recent plaintiff payments from the Judgment Fund and EPA. To conduct this review, GAO obtained and analyzed data from two Justice databases on cases filed under 10 key environmental statutes. To gain stakeholder views on any trends and factors that might affect them, GAO interviewed representatives of environmental and industry groups, state attorneys general, and other experts. GAO estimated the costs of …
Date: August 1, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating the Use of Transfers for Improving Rural Public Transportation Systems (open access)

Evaluating the Use of Transfers for Improving Rural Public Transportation Systems

"In this report researchers consider a variation of the regular demand responsive transit system that adopts the transfer practice to reduce operating costs.Researchers evaluated the effect of different transfer operating policies by developing a simulation model of several plausible scenarios. The results indicate that zoning with transfer can provide significant benefits paratransit operations that are managing zoning structure."
Date: August 2011
Creator: Quadrifoglio, Luca; Shen, Chung-Wei & Edrington, Suzie
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of mobile source greenhouse gas emissions for assessment of traffic management strategies (open access)

Evaluation of mobile source greenhouse gas emissions for assessment of traffic management strategies

"This research is intended to evaluate mobile source GHG emissions for traffic management strategies, in which a Portable Emission Measurement System (PEMS) is used to collect the vehicle's real-world emission and activity data, and Vehicle Specific Power (VSP) based modeling approach is used as the basis for emission estimation."
Date: August 2011
Creator: Yu, Lei & Shi, Qinyi
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Two Ammonium Sulfate Application Strategies to Control Prymnesium parvum in Striped Bass Fingerling Production Ponds (open access)

Evaluation of Two Ammonium Sulfate Application Strategies to Control Prymnesium parvum in Striped Bass Fingerling Production Ponds

Study on golden alga control strategies and their effects on surrounding water and lifeforms.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Lyon, Dale D.; Barkoh, Aaron & Paret, John M.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Everything You Love About Texas: Texas State Parks Pass (open access)

Everything You Love About Texas: Texas State Parks Pass

Pamphlet advertising the benefits and privileges of the Texas State Parks Pass as well as information regarding purchasing. Also is a map of locations of all Texas State Parks as well as their general proximity to nearby highways and interstate roads.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History