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Project Summary: Maintaining Project Consistency with Transportation Plans through the Project Life Cycle with an Emphasis on Maintaining Air Quality Conformity (open access)

Project Summary: Maintaining Project Consistency with Transportation Plans through the Project Life Cycle with an Emphasis on Maintaining Air Quality Conformity

Summary sheet describing research performed by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute regarding maintaining project consistency with transportation plans through the project life cycle with an emphasis on maintaining air quality conformity.
Date: March 31, 2014
Creator: Texas A & M Transportation Institute
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reform of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts: A Brief Overview (open access)

Reform of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts: A Brief Overview

This report discusses the recent disclosures of various National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance and data collection programs that have prompted increased attention on the government's collection of foreign intelligence.
Date: March 31, 2014
Creator: Cole, Jared P. & Nolan, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Risk-Based Approaches to Airline Passenger Screening (open access)

Risk-Based Approaches to Airline Passenger Screening

This report discusses relatively uniform methods of screening airline passengers applied by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Date: March 31, 2014
Creator: Elias, Bart
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests (open access)

Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests

This report discusses the current political and economic conditions in Russia, focusing on the impact of Vladimir Putin's leadership and the leadership of his successor/protégé, Dmitriy Medvedev, both of which have steered Russia away from progress toward democratization. The report also discusses the state of the economy since the Soviet collapse in 1999, how the recent global economic downturn has affected Russia, the state of Russia's military, and the current relationship between Russia and the United States.
Date: March 31, 2014
Creator: Nichol, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Related Non-Tariff Barriers to Agricultural Trade (open access)

Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Related Non-Tariff Barriers to Agricultural Trade

This report discuses sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures, which are laws, regulations, standards, and procedures that governments employ as "necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health" from the risks associated with the spread of pests, diseases, or disease-carrying and causing organisms, or from additives, toxins, or contaminants in food, beverages, or feedstuffs.
Date: March 31, 2014
Creator: Johnson, Renée
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
γ-tocotrienol inhibits angiogenesis-dependent growth of human hepatocellular carcinoma through abrogation of AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin pathway in an orthotopic mouse model (open access)

γ-tocotrienol inhibits angiogenesis-dependent growth of human hepatocellular carcinoma through abrogation of AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin pathway in an orthotopic mouse model

Article describing an investigation into whether γ-tocotrienol can abrogate angiogenesis-mediated tumor growth in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and if so, through what molecular mechanisms.
Date: March 31, 2014
Creator: Siveen, Kodappully Sivaraman; Ahn, Kwang Seok; Ong, Tina H.; Shanmugam, Muthu K.; Li, Feng; Yap, Wei Ney et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tort Suits Against Federal Contractors: Selected Legal Issues (open access)

Tort Suits Against Federal Contractors: Selected Legal Issues

This report provides background on, and analysis of, key legal issues that such suits present. It provides a broad overview of tort claims generally, discusses the primary mechanisms through which contractors have attempted to defend against tort liability, and examines indemnification agreements between the government and contractors.
Date: March 31, 2014
Creator: Perry, Rodney M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
What's the Difference?--Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data (open access)

What's the Difference?--Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data

This report discusses the size of the U.S. bilateral trade deficit with China that continues to be an important issue in bilateral trade relations.
Date: March 31, 2014
Creator: Martin, Michael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library