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15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 36, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 2006 (open access)

15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 36, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 2006

Newspaper from Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Ray, Johnna
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
2006 Report on GAO's Use of Provisions in the GAO Personnel Flexibilities Act of 2000 and the GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004 (open access)

2006 Report on GAO's Use of Provisions in the GAO Personnel Flexibilities Act of 2000 and the GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004

Other written product issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This is Appendix 2 of GAO's 2006 Performance and Accountability Report. Section 6 of the GAO Personnel Flexibilities Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-303 (2000), and section 11 of the GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-271 (2004), require GAO to report to the Congress regarding its use of certain of the provisions of these acts."
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
ACRF Instrumentation Status: New, Current, and Future November-December 2006 (open access)

ACRF Instrumentation Status: New, Current, and Future November-December 2006

The purpose of this report is to provide a concise but comprehensive overview of Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Climate Research Facility instrumentation status. The report is divided into four sections: (1) new instrumentation in the process of being acquired and deployed, (2) existing instrumentation and progress on improvements or upgrades, (3) proposed future instrumentation, and (4) Small Business Innovation Research instrument development.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Liljegren, J. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Fuel Cycle Economic Sensitivity Analysis (open access)

Advanced Fuel Cycle Economic Sensitivity Analysis

A fuel cycle economic analysis was performed on four fuel cycles to provide a baseline for initial cost comparison using the Gen IV Economic Modeling Work Group G4 ECON spreadsheet model, Decision Programming Language software, the 2006 Advanced Fuel Cycle Cost Basis report, industry cost data, international papers, the nuclear power related cost study from MIT, Harvard, and the University of Chicago. The analysis developed and compared the fuel cycle cost component of the total cost of energy for a wide range of fuel cycles including: once through, thermal with fast recycle, continuous fast recycle, and thermal recycle.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Shropshire, David; Williams, Kent; Smith, J. D. & Boore, Brent
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Test Reactor LEU Fuel Conversion Feasibility Study (2006 Annual Report) (open access)

Advanced Test Reactor LEU Fuel Conversion Feasibility Study (2006 Annual Report)

The Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) is a high power density and high neutron flux research reactor operating in the United States. Powered with highly enriched uranium (HEU), the ATR has a maximum thermal power rating of 250 MWth with a maximum unperturbed thermal neutron flux rating of 1.0 x 1015 n/cm2–s. Because of these operating parameters, and the large test volumes located in high flux areas, the ATR is an ideal candidate for assessing the feasibility of converting an HEU driven reactor to a low-enriched core. The present work investigates the necessary modifications and evaluates the subsequent operating effects of this conversion. A detailed plate-by-plate MCNP ATR 1/8th core model was developed and validated for a fuel cycle burnup comparison analysis. Using the current HEU U 235 enrichment of 93.0 % as a baseline, an analysis can be performed to determine the low-enriched uranium (LEU) density and U-235 enrichment required in the fuel meat to yield an equivalent K-eff between the HEU core and the LEU core versus effective full power days (EFPD). The MCNP ATR 1/8th core model will be used to optimize the U-235 loading in the LEU core, such that the differences in K-eff and heat profile …
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Chang, Gray S.; Ambrosek, Richard G. & Lillo, Misti A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 108, No. 210, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 2006 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 108, No. 210, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 2006

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Analysis of the quantum numbers J**PC of the X(3872) (open access)

Analysis of the quantum numbers J**PC of the X(3872)

The authors present an analysis of angular distributions and correlations of the X(3872) in the exclusive decay mode X(3872) {yields} J/{psi}{pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -} with J/{psi} {yields} {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup -}. They use 780 pb{sup -1} of data from p{bar p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.96 TeV collected with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. They derive constraints on spin, parity, and charge conjugation parity of the X(3872) by comparing measured angular distributions of the decay products with predictions for different J{sup PC} hypotheses. The assignments J{sup PC} = 1{sup ++} and 2{sup -+} are the only ones consistent with the data.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Abulencia, A.; Adelman, J.; Affolder, T.; Akimoto, T.; Albrow, M.G.; Ambrose, D. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
B^0_s and lambda^0_b lifetimes and branching ratios at the Tevatron (open access)

B^0_s and lambda^0_b lifetimes and branching ratios at the Tevatron

The authors review B{sub s}{sup 0} and {Lambda}{sub b}{sup 0} lifetime and branching ratio measurements from the CDF and D0 experiments at the Tevatron Run II. Using up to 1 fb{sup -1} data samples per experiment, {Lambda}{sub b}{sup 0} lifetime in J/{Psi}{Lambda}{sup 0} decays, B{sub s}{sup 0} lifetime difference in K{sup +}K{sup -} and D{sub s}{sup (*)+} D{sub s}{sup (*)-} decays and B{sub s}{sup 0} branching ratio in D{sub s1}{sup -}(2536){mu}{sup +} {nu}X decays are reported.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Behari, S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
B(c) and Excited B States: A Tevatron Review (open access)

B(c) and Excited B States: A Tevatron Review

In this paper recent results from the CDF and D0 experiments on heavy flavor spectroscopy are reported. Both experiments are using up to 1.1 fb{sup -1} of data delivered by the Tevatron proton-antiproton collider at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL, USA. The CDF and D0 detectors are described in references [1,2].
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Mommsen, Remigius K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

A baby and mother participating in a cultural dance

A mother and child participating in the cultural dance during the first seminar on "Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs" organized by the Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun-LKK at Charangching Khullen 2006.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 2006 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 2006

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Clements, Clifford E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biclustering Protein Complex Interactions with a Biclique Finding Algorithm (open access)

Biclustering Protein Complex Interactions with a Biclique Finding Algorithm

Biclustering has many applications in text mining, web clickstream mining, and bioinformatics. When data entries are binary, the tightest biclusters become bicliques. We propose a flexible and highly efficient algorithm to compute bicliques. We first generalize the Motzkin-Straus formalism for computing the maximal clique from L{sub 1} constraint to L{sub p} constraint, which enables us to provide a generalized Motzkin-Straus formalism for computing maximal-edge bicliques. By adjusting parameters, the algorithm can favor biclusters with more rows less columns, or vice verse, thus increasing the flexibility of the targeted biclusters. We then propose an algorithm to solve the generalized Motzkin-Straus optimization problem. The algorithm is provably convergent and has a computational complexity of O(|E|) where |E| is the number of edges. It relies on a matrix vector multiplication and runs efficiently on most current computer architectures. Using this algorithm, we bicluster the yeast protein complex interaction network. We find that biclustering protein complexes at the protein level does not clearly reflect the functional linkage among protein complexes in many cases, while biclustering at protein domain level can reveal many underlying linkages. We show several new biologically significant results.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Ding, Chris; Zhang, Anne Ya & Holbrook, Stephen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boerne Star & Recorder (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 96, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 2006 (open access)

Boerne Star & Recorder (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 96, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 2006

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Cartwright, Brian
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Branching fractions and direct CP asymmetries of charmless decay modes at the Tevatron (open access)

Branching fractions and direct CP asymmetries of charmless decay modes at the Tevatron

The authors present new CDF results on the branching fractions and time-integrated direct CP asymmetries for B{sup 0} and B{sub s}{sup 0} decay modes into pairs of charmless charged hadrons (pion or kaon). The data set for this update amounts to 1 fb{sup -1} of {bar p}p collisions at {radical}s = 1.96 TeV. They report the first observation of the B{sub s}{sup 0} {yields} K{sup -}{pi}{sup +} mode and a measurement of its branching fraction and direct CP asymmetry. They also observe for the first time two charmless decays of b-baryon: {Lambda}{sub b}{sup 0} {yields} p{pi}{sup -} and {Lambda}{sub b}{sup 0} {yields} pK{sup -}.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Morello, Michael & /Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore /INFN, Pisa
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A brief comparison between grid based real space algorithms andspectrum algorithms for electronic structure calculations (open access)

A brief comparison between grid based real space algorithms andspectrum algorithms for electronic structure calculations

Quantum mechanical ab initio calculation constitutes the biggest portion of the computer time in material science and chemical science simulations. As a computer center like NERSC, to better serve these communities, it will be very useful to have a prediction for the future trends of ab initio calculations in these areas. Such prediction can help us to decide what future computer architecture can be most useful for these communities, and what should be emphasized on in future supercomputer procurement. As the size of the computer and the size of the simulated physical systems increase, there is a renewed interest in using the real space grid method in electronic structure calculations. This is fueled by two factors. First, it is generally assumed that the real space grid method is more suitable for parallel computation for its limited communication requirement, compared with spectrum method where a global FFT is required. Second, as the size N of the calculated system increases together with the computer power, O(N) scaling approaches become more favorable than the traditional direct O(N{sup 3}) scaling methods. These O(N) methods are usually based on localized orbital in real space, which can be described more naturally by the real space basis. …
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Wang, Lin-Wang
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building America Residential System Research Results: Achieving 30% Whole House Energy Savings Level in Marine Climates; January 2006 - December 2006 (open access)

Building America Residential System Research Results: Achieving 30% Whole House Energy Savings Level in Marine Climates; January 2006 - December 2006

The Building America program conducts the system research required to reduce risks associated with the design and construction of homes that use an average of 30% to 90% less total energy for all residential energy uses than the Building America Research Benchmark, including research on homes that will use zero net energy on annual basis. To measure the program's progress, annual research milestones have been established for five major climate regions in the United States. The system research activities required to reach each milestone take from 3 to 5 years to complete and include research in individual test houses, studies in pre-production prototypes, and research studies with lead builders that provide early examples that the specified energy savings level can be successfully achieved on a production basis. This report summarizes research results for the 30% energy savings level and demonstrates that lead builders can successfully provide 30% homes in the Marine Climate Region on a cost neutral basis.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Building America Industrialized Housing Partnership
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building America Residential System Research Results: Achieving 30% Whole House Energy Savings Level in Mixed-Humid Climates; January 2006 - December 2006 (open access)

Building America Residential System Research Results: Achieving 30% Whole House Energy Savings Level in Mixed-Humid Climates; January 2006 - December 2006

The Building America program conducts the system research required to reduce risks associated with the design and construction of homes that use an average of 30% to 90% less total energy for all residential energy uses than the Building America Research Benchmark, including research on homes that will use zero net energy on annual basis. To measure the program's progress, annual research milestones have been established for five major climate regions in the United States. The system research activities required to reach each milestone take from 3 to 5 years to complete and include research in individual test houses, studies in pre-production prototypes, and research studies with lead builders that provide early examples that the specified energy savings level can be successfully achieved on a production basis. This report summarizes research results for the 30% energy savings level and demonstrates that lead builders can successfully provide 30% homes in the Mixed-Humid Climate Region on a cost-neutral basis.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Building America Industrialized Housing Partnership
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Case Studies from the Climate Technology Partnership: Landfill Gas Projects in South Korea and Lessons Learned (open access)

Case Studies from the Climate Technology Partnership: Landfill Gas Projects in South Korea and Lessons Learned

This paper examines landfill gas projects in South Korea. Two case studies provide concrete examples of lessons learned and offer practical guidance for future projects.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Larney, C.; Heil, M. & Ha, G. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CDF II production farm project (open access)

CDF II production farm project

We describe the architecture and discuss our operational experience in running the off-line reconstruction farm of the CDFII experiment. The Linux PC-based farm performs a wide set of tasks,ranging from producing calibrations and primary event reconstruction to large scale ntuple production.The farm control software uses a standard Condor toolkit and the data handling part is based on SAM (Sequential Access via Metadata)software.During its lifetime,the CDFII experiment will integrate a large amount of data (several petabytes)and the data processing chain is one of the key components of the successful physics program of the experiment.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Baranovski, A.; Benjamin, D.; Cooper, G.; Farrington, S.; Genser, K.; Hou, S. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
CFD Modeling for Mercury Control Technology (open access)

CFD Modeling for Mercury Control Technology

Compliance with the Clean Air Mercury Rule will require implementation of dedicated mercury control solutions at a significant portion of the U.S. coal-fired utility fleet. Activated Carbon Injection (ACI) upstream of a particulate control device (ESP or baghouse) remains one of the most promising near-term mercury control technologies. The DOE/NETL field testing program has advanced the understanding of mercury control by ACI, but a persistent need remains to develop predictive models that may improve the understanding and practical implementation of this technology. This presentation describes the development of an advanced model of in-flight mercury capture based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The model makes detailed predictions of the induct spatial distribution and residence time of sorbent, as well as predictions of mercury capture efficiency for particular sorbent flow rates and injection grid configurations. Hence, CFD enables cost efficient optimization of sorbent injection systems for mercury control to a degree that would otherwise be impractical both for new and existing plants. In this way, modeling tools may directly address the main cost component of operating an ACI system – the sorbent expense. A typical 300 MW system is expected to require between $1 and $2 million of sorbent per year, and …
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Madsen, J. I.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Changbom worn by Lamkang women dancers at Charangching Khullen-Khunkha

Changbom worn by Lamkang women dancers, during the seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs at Chanrangching Khullen village 2006. organized by Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun-LKK.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Charangching dancers getting ready to perform at the Seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs 2006

Photograph of dancers getting ready to perform during the first Seminar on Culture and Origins of the Lamkang, organized by the Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun, at Charangching Khullen village 2006.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Charangching Khorpii Dancers ending the performance durirng the Seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs

Charangching dancers ending their performance during the first seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs organized by the Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun-LKK at Charangching Khullen-Khunkha 2006.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Charangching Khorpii Dancers in a Circle

Charangching female dancers performing during the first seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs organized by the Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun-LKK at Charangching Khullen-Khunkha 2006.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library