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Phylogenetic analysis of eukaryotic NEET proteins uncovers a link between a key gene duplication event and the evolution of vertebrates (open access)

Phylogenetic analysis of eukaryotic NEET proteins uncovers a link between a key gene duplication event and the evolution of vertebrates

This article describes the use of three members of the human NEET protein family (CISD1, mitoNEET; CISD2, NAF-1 or Miner 1; and CISD3, Miner2) as guides to conduct a phylogenetic analysis of eukaryotic NEET proteins and their evolution.
Date: February 16, 2017
Creator: Inupakutika, Madhuri A.; Sengupta, Soham; Nechushtai, Rachel; Jennings, Patricia A.; Onuchic, José N.; Azad, Rajeev K. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Virtual Reality for Research in Social Neuroscience (open access)

Virtual Reality for Research in Social Neuroscience

This article discusses the potential of virtual reality for enhancing ecological validity while maintaining experimental control in social neuroscience research.
Date: April 16, 2017
Creator: Parsons, Thomas D.; Gaggioli, Andrea & Riva, Giuseppe
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2017-02-16 – Wind Ensemble

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: February 16, 2017
Creator: University of North Texas. Wind Ensemble.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Key Historical Court Decisions Shaping EPA's Program Under the Clean Air Act (open access)

Key Historical Court Decisions Shaping EPA's Program Under the Clean Air Act

This report provides a selective overview of court decisions that historically have most shaped the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) program under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Date: February 16, 2017
Creator: Tsang, Linda & Wyatt, Alexandra M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introduction to the Legislative Process in the U.S. Congress (open access)

Introduction to the Legislative Process in the U.S. Congress

This report introduces the main steps through which a bill (or other item of business) may travel in the legislative process--from introduction to committee and floor consideration to possible presidential consideration.
Date: February 16, 2017
Creator: Heitshusen, Valerie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Challenges for U.S. Policymakers in Latin America and the Caribbean (open access)

Challenges for U.S. Policymakers in Latin America and the Caribbean

This report discusses the U.S. relations and economic linkages with the Latin American and Caribbean region that have made significant political and economic advances over the past three decades, though challenges remain.
Date: February 16, 2017
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress

This report discusses issues regarding U.S.-Japan economic relations. Japan is a significant partner of the United States in a number of foreign policy areas, particularly in U.S. security priorities, which range from hedging against Chinese military modernization to countering threats from North Korea.
Date: February 16, 2017
Creator: Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Manyin, Mark E.; Nelson, Rebecca M.; Williams, Brock R. & Yamakawa, Taishu
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement of Scratch and Wear Resistance of Polymers by Fillers Including Nanofillers (open access)

Improvement of Scratch and Wear Resistance of Polymers by Fillers Including Nanofillers

This article reviews approaches for improvement of tribological properties of polymers based on inclusion of fillers.
Date: March 16, 2017
Creator: Brostow, Witold, 1934-; Hagg Lobland, Haley E.; Hnatchuk, Nathalie & Pérez, José M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crosby County News (Ralls, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 2017 (open access)

Crosby County News (Ralls, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 2017

Weekly newspaper from Ralls, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 16, 2017
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class aircraft carrier program. The Navy's proposed FY2017 budget requests a total of $2,662.6 million in procurement and advance procurement (AP) funding for CVN-79 and CVN-80, the second and third ships in the program.
Date: June 16, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 2017 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 2017

Weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 16, 2017
Creator: Parker, Vic
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 2017 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 2017

Weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 16, 2017
Creator: Parker, Vic
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 24, Pages 3041-3204, June 16, 2017 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 24, Pages 3041-3204, June 16, 2017

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: June 16, 2017
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Environmental vibrios represent a source of antagonistic compounds that inhibit pathogenic Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains (open access)

Environmental vibrios represent a source of antagonistic compounds that inhibit pathogenic Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains

This article predicts that marine-derived bacteria should inhibit Vibrio pathogens and may be a source of unique antibiotic compounds.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Burks, David J.; Norris, Stephen; Kauffman, Kathryn M.; Joy, Abigail; Arevalo, Philip; Azad, Rajeev K. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 2017 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 2017

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 16, 2017
Creator: Lauritzen, Hannah
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medicare: Insolvency Projections (open access)

Medicare: Insolvency Projections

This report focuses on the two separate trust funds that fund Medicare, the Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund and Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) trust fund. Almost from its inception, the HI trust fund has faced a projected shortfall and eventual insolvency. Because of the way it is financed, the SMI trust fund cannot become insolvent; however, the Medicare Trustees continue to express concerns about the rapid growth in SMI costs.
Date: August 16, 2017
Creator: Davis, Patricia A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airport Privatization: Issues and Options for Congress (open access)

Airport Privatization: Issues and Options for Congress

This report discusses airport privatization under the Airport Privatization Pilot Program (APPP) and the airports that have been involved in the program on some level. Examples of airport privatization in the United Kingdom and Canada are also discussed.
Date: August 16, 2017
Creator: Tang, Rachel Y.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gun Control: Silencers Under the Hearing Protection Act (H.R. 3668) (open access)

Gun Control: Silencers Under the Hearing Protection Act (H.R. 3668)

This report discusses the proposed "Hearing Protection Act" (A part of the Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act,H.R. 3668) which would take gun silencers out from under the jurisdiction of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) and have them regulated only by the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA). The NFA requires fingerprint based background checks, taxes various parts of the production process, requires sellers to be federally licensed, and silencers must be registered with ATF.
Date: October 16, 2017
Creator: Krouse, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress, and refers readers to more in-depth CRS reports on specific Arctic-related issues. Some general issues include Arctic territorial disputes; commercial shipping through the Arctic; Arctic oil, gas, and mineral exploration; endangered Arctic species; and increased military operations in the Arctic, which could cause the region in coming years to become an arena of international cooperation or competition.
Date: August 16, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Health Service Agencies: Overview and Funding (Fiscal Year 2016-Fiscal Year 2018) (open access)

Public Health Service Agencies: Overview and Funding (Fiscal Year 2016-Fiscal Year 2018)

This report outlines the funding types received by U.S. Public Health Service agencies and provides brief overviews of each agency and their recent funding trends. The eight agencies discussed are the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Agency for Toxic Substances and and Disease Registry (ATSDR), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Indian Health Service (IHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Date: August 16, 2017
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen; Dabrowska, Agata; Bagalman, Erin; Heisler, Elayne J.; Johnson, Judith A.; Lister, Sarah A. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 115th Congress: In Brief (open access)

Clean Air Act Issues in the 115th Congress: In Brief

This report discusses the reviews of EPA policies regarding new rules created in 2015 regarding emission of greenhouse gases and ozone air pollution. The new regulations were put in force through authority given to the EPA in the Clean Air Acts of 1970, 1977, and 1990. Some Congressional members would like to revoke some of the authority of the EPA to change existing emission regulations and instead require Congressional approval for changes which along with the new presidential administration has prompted a review of environmental policies and EPA powers.
Date: August 16, 2017
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cost-Of-Living Adjustments for Federal Civil Service Annuities (open access)

Cost-Of-Living Adjustments for Federal Civil Service Annuities

This report discusses cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS). It includes the formulas used to calculate rates of inflation, amounts paid, and a table of retirement benefits.
Date: October 16, 2017
Creator: Isaacs, Katelin P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Shift in the International Security Environment: Potential Implications for Defense--Issues for Congress (open access)

A Shift in the International Security Environment: Potential Implications for Defense--Issues for Congress

This report discusses the shift in the international security environment from a post Cold-War era to a new one with new priorities, strategies, and needs and implications for U.S. defense policy. Topics discussed include past security environments and indicators of a new one and various areas of defense policy affected.
Date: August 16, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
East Texas Press (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 2017 (open access)

East Texas Press (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 2017

Weekly newspaper from Timpson, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 16, 2017
Creator: Bryant, Jack
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History