2014 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (open access)

2014 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

Report delineating the performance of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to President Obama's Executive Orders that commit Departments of the Federal Government to address the threats of climate change. Well defined goals and strategies promote sustainability and address ways to mitigate the impact of climate change on human health and well-being.
Date: July 17, 2014
Creator: Holland, E. J., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)...letter? (open access)

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)...letter?

This is a letter from Melody Musgrove regarding autism spectrum disorder.
Date: July 6, 2015
Creator: Musgrove, Melody
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
AVERT Overview and Step- by Step Instructions (open access)

AVERT Overview and Step- by Step Instructions

This is an overview for the AVoided Emissions and geneRation Tool (AVERT) tool.
Date: July 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
AVoided Emissions and geneRation Tool (AVERT): User Manual Version 1.4 (open access)

AVoided Emissions and geneRation Tool (AVERT): User Manual Version 1.4

This is the user manual for using the AVoided Emissions and geneRation Tool (AVERT).
Date: July 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air and Radiation.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building on Six Years of Accomplishments in Tobacco (open access)

Building on Six Years of Accomplishments in Tobacco

This fact sheet provides information on the efforts of the FDA against tobacco.
Date: July 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
California Desert Conservation Area Plan: Amendment / Final Environmental Impact Statement for Ivanpah Solar Electric Generation System (open access)

California Desert Conservation Area Plan: Amendment / Final Environmental Impact Statement for Ivanpah Solar Electric Generation System

Report for the proposed California Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) project. The proposed plan amendment adds the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System project site to those identified in the current California Desert Conservation Area Plan, as amended, for solar energy production.
Date: July 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of Land Management.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Advisory: Safe Storage, Handling, and Management of Solid Ammonium Nitrate Prills (open access)

Chemical Advisory: Safe Storage, Handling, and Management of Solid Ammonium Nitrate Prills

This advisory provides guidance on the handling, storage and standards fr solid ammonium nitrate prills.
Date: July 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Science White Paper (open access)

Climate Change Science White Paper

This is a white paper on climate change science. The white paper seeks to create a consensus around science-based evidence on climate change and increasing overall temperatures.
Date: July 24, 2012
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture. Research, Education and Economics.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversion of National Incident Based  Reporting System (NIBRS) Data to Hate Crime Data (open access)

Conversion of National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Data to Hate Crime Data

Version 1.0 glossary of terms for converting National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data to hate crime data.
Date: July 20, 2012
Creator: United States. Department of Justice.Federal Bureau of Investigation. Law Enforcement Support Section. Crime Statistics Management Unit.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Current-Topography Interaction and Its Influence on Water Quality and Contaminant Transport over Shelf-Edge Banks (open access)

Current-Topography Interaction and Its Influence on Water Quality and Contaminant Transport over Shelf-Edge Banks

A report providing quantitative understanding of turbulence and sub-mesoscale processes over the East Flower Garden Bank.
Date: July 2014
Creator: Teague, William J.; Wijesekera, Hemantha W. & Jarosz, Ewa
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA Policy on Environmental Justice for Working with Federally Recognized Tribes and Indigenous Peoples (open access)

EPA Policy on Environmental Justice for Working with Federally Recognized Tribes and Indigenous Peoples

This is a policy statement on environmental principles from the EPA in order to involve indigenous peoples in EPA decisions that impact health and the environment.
Date: July 24, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Environment Atlas Data Documentation (open access)

Food Environment Atlas Data Documentation

This document offers information on food environments at the county level.
Date: July 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Guide to Hiring Women with Disabilities (open access)

A Guide to Hiring Women with Disabilities

This publication discusses the positive effect that hiring people with disabilities can have in the workplace.
Date: July 2015
Creator: United States. Women's Bureau.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
HHS Climate Adaptation Plan (open access)

HHS Climate Adaptation Plan

2014 Health and Human Services (HHS) report that identifies and assesses the health-related hazards, risks, and issues presented by impending climate change and their impact on human health and welfare . The report identifies sustainable measures and actions required to prepare, address, protect, and mitigate affected populations. The 10 HHS regional offices would serve as liaisons between local, state, and federal health offices and other organizations associated with this healthcare preparedness program.
Date: July 3, 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to use eGrid for Carbon Footprinting Electricity Purchases in Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (open access)

How to use eGrid for Carbon Footprinting Electricity Purchases in Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories

The purpose of this paper is to provide some recommendations (and caveats) regarding which year(S) of eGROD subregion GHG emissions factors to use for estimating Scopes 2 and 3 GHG emissions from electricity use under various conditions.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Diem, Art & Quiroz, Cristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Incorporating RE and Demand-Side EE Impacts into State Plan Demonstrations (open access)

Incorporating RE and Demand-Side EE Impacts into State Plan Demonstrations

"This technical support document details certain demonstration requirements for Clean Power Plan (CPP) state plan submittals that must include a projection of carbon dioxide emission performance by affected electric generating units."
Date: July 31, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in a Broadband Age (open access)

The Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in a Broadband Age

Report examining the changing face of media and its relevant policy and regulatory situation.
Date: July 2011
Creator: Waldman, Steven
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instructions for Using Microsoft Excel to Import the Third Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 3) Results (open access)

Instructions for Using Microsoft Excel to Import the Third Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 3) Results

An instructional document for using Microsoft excel to import Third Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule Results.
Date: July 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigations of Chemosynthetic Communities on the Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 1: Final Report (open access)

Investigations of Chemosynthetic Communities on the Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 1: Final Report

"The primary purpose of this research is to discover and characterize the sea floor communities that live in association with hydrocarbon seepage and on hard ground in the deep Gulf of Mexico."
Date: July 2014
Creator: Brooks, James M.; Fisher, Charles; Cordes, Erik; Roberts, Harry; Bernard, Bernie; MacDonald, Ian et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Key Characteristics of Working Women With Disabilties (open access)

Key Characteristics of Working Women With Disabilties

Brief contains statistics relating to the employment, workforce participation and income of disabled women.
Date: July 2015
Creator: United States. Women's Bureau.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Meteorological and Wave Measurements for Improving Meteorological and Air Quality Modeling (open access)

Meteorological and Wave Measurements for Improving Meteorological and Air Quality Modeling

This is a report on the developed atmospheric boundary layer environmental observations program on offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The report provides information on the project objectives, deployment of instruments, data availability, data processing, data formats, preliminary data analyses, and recommendations.
Date: July 2013
Creator: MacDonald, Clinton P.; Ray, Alison E.; Roberts, Paul T.; Knoderer, Charley A.; Bariteau, Ludovic & Fairall, Chris W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notice  of Availability of Funds and Funding opportunity Announcement for the Paid Leave Analysis (open access)

Notice of Availability of Funds and Funding opportunity Announcement for the Paid Leave Analysis

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Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Partially Nested Randomized Controlled Trials in Education Research: A Guide to Design and Analysis (open access)

Partially Nested Randomized Controlled Trials in Education Research: A Guide to Design and Analysis

A detailed guide showing the process of designing, conducting and analyzing results from Partially Nested Randomized Controlled Trials (PN-RCT) in education research. The guide includes a brief review of Individual-Level Randomized Controlled Trial (I-RCT) and Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials (C-RCT) in comparison with PN-RCT.
Date: July 2014
Creator: Lohr, Sharon
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan (open access)

Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan

This report details the United States' and its coalition partners' progress toward security and stability in Afghanistan.
Date: July 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library