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Reform of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts: Procedural and Operational Changes (open access)

Reform of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts: Procedural and Operational Changes

This report begins with an overview of both the FISC and the FISA Court of Review, including the jurisdiction of these courts, how the judges are appointed, and the FISC's practices and procedures for reviewing and issuing surveillance orders. The report then discusses the scope and underlying legal principles behind congressional regulation of the procedures of the federal courts, and applies those principles with respect to the various proposals to reform the FISA judicial review process.
Date: August 26, 2014
Creator: Nolan, Andrew & Thompson, Richard M., II
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Major U.S. Arms Sales and Grants to Pakistan Since 2001 (open access)

Major U.S. Arms Sales and Grants to Pakistan Since 2001

A brief listing of major arms sales and grants made to Pakistan since 2001.
Date: March 26, 2014
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Metadata Change: Meeting the Evolving Requirements

Presentation for the 2014 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This presentation discusses metadata changes and meeting the evolving requirements.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Kizhakkethil, Priya; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans' Benefits: The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Duty to Assist Claimants (open access)

Veterans' Benefits: The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Duty to Assist Claimants

This report analyzes court decisions that have examined the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA's) obligation to assist veterans during the claims process.
Date: September 26, 2014
Creator: Shedd, Daniel T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NATO's Wales Summit: Expected Outcomes and Key Challenges (open access)

NATO's Wales Summit: Expected Outcomes and Key Challenges

This report provides an overview of the NATO's Wales summit's main agenda items and expected outcomes, highlighting key challenges, U.S. policy priorities, and potential issues for Congress.
Date: August 26, 2014
Creator: Belkin, Paul
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues (open access)

Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues

This report provides an overview of the rationale for the PGS mission and the possible deployment of conventional warheads on long-range ballistic missiles or boost-glide systems in support of this mission and reviews the Air Force and Navy efforts to develop these systems. The report also summarizes congressional reaction to these proposals, then provides a more detailed account of the issues raised by these concepts and programs.
Date: August 26, 2014
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bills of Attainder: The Constitutional Implications of Congress Legislating Narrowly (open access)

Bills of Attainder: The Constitutional Implications of Congress Legislating Narrowly

This report discusses congressional bills of attainder, defined by the Supreme Court as "law[s] that legislatively determine guilt and inflict punishment upon an identifiable individual without provision of the protections of a judicial trial." The report specifically examines the two main criteria courts use to determine whether legislation is a bill of attainder: specificity and punishment.
Date: August 26, 2014
Creator: Thomas, Kenneth R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medical Loss Ratio Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Issues for Congress (open access)

Medical Loss Ratio Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Issues for Congress

This report provides a detailed description of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, P.L. 111-148) requirements for Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) reporting and rebates as specified in regulations, including components of the MLR formula, state flexibility and waivers, and the nature of rebates to policyholders. The report also addresses issues that have been raised about the MLR provisions since the ACA was enacted, namely the treatment of insurance commissions paid to brokers and agents.
Date: August 26, 2014
Creator: Kirchhoff, Suzanne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Four ASB students on rooftop]

A photograph of students on the rooftop of a building in Montgomery, Alabama for part of their work with the Alternative Service Breaks program through UNT. They are wearing hardhats and have protective masks on. Most are wearing green UNT t-shirts and others are wearing graphic tees and comfortable pants.
Date: March 26, 2014
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[ASB students holding poster]

A photograph of students in Montgomery, Alabama while on their trip with the Alternative Service Breaks program through UNT. They are holding a large paper sign that reads "Chage Gonna Come" in multicolored letters.
Date: March 26, 2014
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[ASB students pulling down ceiling]

A photograph of students working in Montgomery, Alabama while on their trip with the Alternative Service Breaks program through UNT. They are on a raised platform and are wearing masks, gloves, and hardhats while pulling down the old ceiling in the building. One is also using a crowbar.
Date: March 26, 2014
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimating FPAR of Maize Canopy Using Airborne Discrete-Return LiDAR Data (open access)

Estimating FPAR of Maize Canopy Using Airborne Discrete-Return LiDAR Data

This article tests a method to estimate the fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR) of maize from airborne discrete-return LiDAR data.
Date: February 26, 2014
Creator: Luo, Shezhou; Wang, Cheng; Xi, Xiaohuan & Pan, Feifei
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Regulations and the Rulemaking Process (open access)

Federal Regulations and the Rulemaking Process

This report provides an overview of the federal regulations and the rulemaking process and the role of the President in rulemaking.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Carey, Maeve P. & Shedd, Daniel T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inland Waterways: Recent Proposals and Issues for Congress (open access)

Inland Waterways: Recent Proposals and Issues for Congress

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Date: June 26, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Right of Northwestern University Football Players to Unionize: Background and Related Issues (open access)

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Right of Northwestern University Football Players to Unionize: Background and Related Issues

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Date: August 26, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget Control Act and Trends in Discretionary Spending (open access)

The Budget Control Act and Trends in Discretionary Spending

This report discusses the budget control act of 2011 that reintroduced statutory limits on spending by imposing a series of caps on discretionary BA from FY2012 through FY 2021.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Habitat of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros Rhinoceros Unicornis (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae) at the Chitwan National Park, Nepal (open access)

An Analysis of the Habitat of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros Rhinoceros Unicornis (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae) at the Chitwan National Park, Nepal

This article uses geographic information systems and landscape-level data obtained from remote sensing sources to build a habitat suitability index model for the Greater One-horned Rhinoceros.
Date: September 26, 2014
Creator: Thapa, Vivek; Acevedo, Miguel F. & Limbu, Kul P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solubility of Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane in Methanol + 1-Propanol Mixtures at Various Temperatures (open access)

Solubility of Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane in Methanol + 1-Propanol Mixtures at Various Temperatures

Article on the solubility of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane in methanol + 1-propanol mixtures at various temperatures.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Jouyban-Gharamaleki, Vahid; Jouyban-Gharamaleki, Karim; Soleymani, Jafar; Kenndler, Ernst; Acree, William E. (William Eugene) & Jouyban, Abolghasem
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of biomechanical studies of arteries and their effect on stent performance (open access)

Review of biomechanical studies of arteries and their effect on stent performance

This article aims to summarize part of the available literature that reports studies on biomechanical environment in healthy and diseased arteries using various analytical methods.
Date: April 26, 2014
Creator: Fortier, Aleksandra; Gullapalli, Vikranth & Mirshams, Reza A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Image-based Flow Cytometry Technique to Evaluate Changes in Granulocyte Function In Vitro (open access)

Image-based Flow Cytometry Technique to Evaluate Changes in Granulocyte Function In Vitro

Article demonstrates a technique for simultaneous measurement of granulocyte phagocytosis of bacteria and oxidative burst.
Date: December 26, 2014
Creator: McFarlin, Brian K.; Venable, Adam S.; Prado, Eric A.; Henning, Andrea L. & Williams, Randall R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 52, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 26, 2014 (open access)

The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 52, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 26, 2014

Weekly newspaper from The Colony, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 26, 2014
Creator: Aldaz, Gina
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 37, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 26, 2014 (open access)

The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 37, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 26, 2014

Weekly newspaper from The Colony, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 26, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Merkel, June 26, 2014 transcript

Oral History Interview with William Merkel, June 26, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Merkel. Merkel was born in San Antonio in 1926 and was drafted into the Navy in 1944 and sent to San Diego for boot camp. Soon after completing his training he was aboard a ship bound for Guam. At that time, he was assigned to a Naval Construction Battalion. Soon after his arrival he was assigned to a dredge ship. He tells of some of his experiences while aboard the vessel. He vividly recalls witnessing a kamikaze crashing into a hospital ship. He also remembers being aboard his ship during a typhoon in 1945.
Date: June 26, 2014
Creator: Merkel, William
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Matthews, March 26, 2014 transcript

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Matthews, March 26, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Kenneth Matthews. Matthews joined the Marine Corps in 1943 and trained at Parris Island. Then he went to Quantico and earned a commission. He was assigned to the regimental intelligence section of the 1st Marines, 1st marine Division and went to Okinawa. After the war, Matthews went to China briefly before returning to the US and being discharged.
Date: March 26, 2014
Creator: Matthews, Kenneth
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History