Perkins and JTPA: Adequacy, Effectiveness, Coordination (open access)

Perkins and JTPA: Adequacy, Effectiveness, Coordination

Biennial report about the impact of two federal laws -- the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act & Job Training Partnership Act -- including the effectiveness of Texas programs, coordination between the vocational education and the JTPA, and recommendations of the Council.
Date: April 1989
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region, Volume 16, Number 3, March/April 1989 (open access)

Region, Volume 16, Number 3, March/April 1989

Monthly newsletter of the Alamo Area Council of Governments describing news and events of relevance to the agencies.
Date: March 1989
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region, Volume 16, Number 4, April/May 1989 (open access)

Region, Volume 16, Number 4, April/May 1989

Monthly newsletter of the Alamo Area Council of Governments describing news and events of relevance to the agencies.
Date: April 1989
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region, Volume 16, Number 9, September/October 1989 (open access)

Region, Volume 16, Number 9, September/October 1989

Monthly newsletter of the Alamo Area Council of Governments describing news and events of relevance to the agencies.
Date: September 1989
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hawaiian Monk Seal on Laysan Island, 1983 (open access)

The Hawaiian Monk Seal on Laysan Island, 1983

This report describes data collected during an observational study on the Hawaiian monk seal on Laysan Island during April 23 to July 21 1983. The data collected is on population size, reproduction, and factors affecting survival of the endangered species. There is also a description of a "mobbing" by adult males, resulting in death of a subadult female; the haul out of seals on the south ledge; and the transport of a juvenile male to Honolulu to initiate a captive research program.
Date: March 1989
Creator: Alcorn, Doris J. & Buelna, Elizabeth K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analytical Study of Seismic Threat to Containment Integrity (open access)

An Analytical Study of Seismic Threat to Containment Integrity

Report providing quantitative information of containment seismic capacity considering a rather complete list of limit states along with a discussion of factors that are significant for determining seismic capacity and recommendations for future work.
Date: June 1989
Creator: Amin, M.; Agrawal, P. K. & Ahl, T. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Appendix C [Part 2]: Selected Responses from Seismic Analyis Models

Graphs plotting selected response spectrums from seismic analysis models.
Date: May 1989
Creator: Amin, M.; Agrawal, P. K. & Ahl, T. J.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legal and regulatory issues for neural grafts (open access)

Legal and regulatory issues for neural grafts

This report discusses the use of neural grafts from fetuses that is showing some success for the treatment of disorders such as Parkinson's disease.
Date: October 1989
Creator: Andrews, Lori B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in Parts of Midland, Reagan and Upton Counties, Texas (open access)

Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in Parts of Midland, Reagan and Upton Counties, Texas

Report on the evaluation of ground-water conditions in parts of Midland, Reagan and Upton Counties. Includes chemical analysis of water quality, water level measurements, recommendations, and projections.
Date: February 1989
Creator: Ashworth, John B. & Christian, Prescott C.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Public Supply Ground-Water Use in Western Texas (open access)

Public Supply Ground-Water Use in Western Texas

Report documenting an inventory of West Texas underground water supply for public use and consumption.
Date: January 1989
Creator: Ashworth, John B. & Nordstrom, Phillip L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Testing for Pesticide Residues in Texas Well Water (open access)

Testing for Pesticide Residues in Texas Well Water

Report of findings, causes, and solutions of different pesticides in Texas Well Water
Date: 1989
Creator: Aurelius, Lee A.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Distance learning case studies (open access)

Distance learning case studies

This report discuses distance learning projects, and ways telecommunications technologies such as satellites, cable television, fiber optics, slow scan TV, instructional television fixed services, and microcomputer networking have opened up opportunities for school districts to coordinate schedules and to share resources.
Date: June 1989
Creator: Barker, Bruce O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Landslides and Debris Flows in Ephraim Canyon, Central Utah (open access)

Landslides and Debris Flows in Ephraim Canyon, Central Utah

From Abstract: This report describes landslides and debris flows occurred in bedrock and surficial deposits of Ephraim Canyon, on the west side of the Wasatch Plateau, in central Utah, during the spring of 1983.
Date: 1989
Creator: Baum, Rex L. & Fleming, Robert W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Censuses and Interatoll Movements of the Hawaiian Monk Seal on Laysan Island, 1985 (open access)

Censuses and Interatoll Movements of the Hawaiian Monk Seal on Laysan Island, 1985

Abstract: Research on the Laysan Island population of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi, was conducted from 2 march to 30 November 1985. census totals excluding pups ranged from 76 to 147, an average increase of nearly 20 animals from the 1984 census results. Overall monthly haul-out distribution for all seals showed highest use in the north ecological unit followed by the west unit. Relatively few animals hauled out in the eastern and southern portions of the island. Interatoll movement of nine seals was documented, resulting in a net increase of three animals to the Laysan Island population.
Date: September 1989
Creator: Becker, Brenda L.; Morrow, Robert J. & Leialoha, Julia K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Life-sustaining technologies and the elderly: antibiotics and the elderly (open access)

Life-sustaining technologies and the elderly: antibiotics and the elderly

This report describes current treatment practices of life-sustaining technologies by providing tables and figures. It discusses the characteristics of the decision-making process, as well as other issues in antibiotic use.
Date: 1989
Creator: Bentley, David W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Fish Creek Canyon, Road Canyon, and Mule Canyon Wilderness Study Areas, San Juan County, Utah (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Fish Creek Canyon, Road Canyon, and Mule Canyon Wilderness Study Areas, San Juan County, Utah

The following report summarizes the study and findings of mineral resources in Fish Creek Canyon, Road Canyon, and Mule Canyon.
Date: 1989
Creator: Bove, Dana J.; Shawe, Daniel R.; Lee, Greg K.; Hanna, William F. & Jeske, Rodney E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Evolution of Sedimentary Basins--Uinta and Piceance Basins: Chapters J and K] (open access)

[Evolution of Sedimentary Basins--Uinta and Piceance Basins: Chapters J and K]

From abstract: This is a report on reconnaissance geologic mapping and isotopic dating of tuff beds in the Uinta Basin of Utah that show that Lake Uinta probably persisted into late Eocene time in the area east of Duchesne and Strawberry Reservoir.
Date: 1989
Creator: Bryant, Bruce; Naeser, Charles W.; Marvin, Richard F. & Mehnert, H. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Composting technologies, costs, programs, and markets (open access)

Composting technologies, costs, programs, and markets

This report provides an overview of the technology of composting which involves three major steps: 1) the preparation of the raw material, 2) the compost process itself, and 3) the grading of the final product.
Date: January 1989
Creator: CAL Recovery Systems, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Directory of Licensed Occupations and Apprenticeship Program Contacts in Texas (open access)

Directory of Licensed Occupations and Apprenticeship Program Contacts in Texas

Directory of minimum requirements and job descriptions of "occupations or professions, including career and employment information" (p. i).
Date: September 1989
Creator: Center for the Study of Human Resources, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in Dallam County, Texas (open access)

Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in Dallam County, Texas

Report evaluating the ground-water resources of Dallam County, Texas. Includes information on the geography of the area, geohydrology, ground-water problems due to water-level declines, projected water demands, the availability of water, and scientific tables.
Date: November 1989
Creator: Christian, Prescott
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating distance learning technology (open access)

Evaluating distance learning technology

This report discusses the history of distance learning technology, the number of new and complex technological devices that could be applied to distance learning.
Date: May 1989
Creator: Clark, Richard E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology assessment on future developments in life sustaining technologies for elderly (open access)

Technology assessment on future developments in life sustaining technologies for elderly

This report discuses ways to sustain or provide and improved quality of life for the elderly, various types of artificial organ technologies that are available and being successfully applies.
Date: 1989
Creator: Cleveland Clinic Foundation: International Center for Artificial Organs and Transplantation
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Shrimp Fishery Management Plan: Source Document (open access)

Texas Shrimp Fishery Management Plan: Source Document

Source information of a management plan for Texas shrimp fisheries, including an overview of the history, shrimp biology, how shrimp is utilized, shrimp management, and creating optimum yield, as well as a summary of research needs, review and monitoring of the plan, cited literature, and supplementary information.
Date: 1989
Creator: Cody, Terry J.; Campbell, R. Page; Hammerschmidt, Paul C.; Matlock, Gary C.; Bryan, C. E.; Clark, Jerry E. et al.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery in Texas Waters (open access)

Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery in Texas Waters

Management plan discussing the three shrimp species found in the Gulf of Mexico and how to best utilize these resources for Texas.
Date: 1989
Creator: Cody, Terry J.; Hammerschmidt, Paul C.; Matlock, Gary C.; Bryan, C. E. (Cantrell E.); Clark, Jerry E. & Campbell, R. Page
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History