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12.6 keV Kr K-alpha X-ray Source For High Energy Density Physics Experiments (open access)

12.6 keV Kr K-alpha X-ray Source For High Energy Density Physics Experiments

A high contrast 12.6 keV Kr K{alpha} source has been demonstrated on the petawatt-class Titan laser facility. The contrast ratio (K{alpha} to continuum) is 65, with a competitive ultra short pulse laser to x-ray conversion efficiency of 10{sup -5}. Filtered shadowgraphy indicates that the Kr K{alpha} and K{beta} x-rays are emitted from a roughly 1 x 2 mm emission volume, making this source suitable for area backlighting and scattering. Spectral calculations indicate a typical bulk electron temperature of 50-70 eV (i.e. mean ionization state 13-16), based on the observed ratio of K{alpha} to K{beta}. Kr gas jets provide a debris-free high energy K{alpha} source for time-resolved diagnosis of dense matter.
Date: April 22, 2008
Creator: Kugland, N.; Constantin, C. G.; Niemann, C.; Neumayer, P.; Chung, H.; Doppner, T. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 37, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 2008 (open access)

15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 37, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 2008

Newspaper from Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 4, 2008
Creator: Pace, Joshua
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 37, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 2008 (open access)

15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 37, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 2008

Newspaper from Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 11, 2008
Creator: Pace, Joshua
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 37, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 2008 (open access)

15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 37, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 2008

Newspaper from Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 18, 2008
Creator: Pace, Joshua
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 37, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 2008 (open access)

15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 37, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 2008

Newspaper from Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 25, 2008
Creator: Pace, Joshua
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
2006 Nevada Test Site Annual Illness and Injury Surveillance Report (open access)

2006 Nevada Test Site Annual Illness and Injury Surveillance Report

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) commitment to assuring the health and safety of its workers includes the conduct of illness and injury surveillance activities that provide an early warning system to detect health problems among workers. The Illness and Injury Surveillance Program monitors illnesses and health conditions that result in an absence, occupational injuries and illnesses, and disabilities and deaths among current workers.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Health, Safety, and Security.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2006 Y-12 National Security Complex Annual Illness and Injury Surveillance Report (open access)

2006 Y-12 National Security Complex Annual Illness and Injury Surveillance Report

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) commitment to assuring the health and safety of its workers includes the conduct of illness and injury surveillance activities that provide an early warning system to detect health problems among workers. The Illness and Injury Surveillance Program monitors illnesses and health conditions that result in an absence, occupational injuries and illnesses, and disabilities and deaths among current workers.
Date: April 17, 2008
Creator: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Health, Safety, and Security.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2007 Annual Health Physics Report for the HEU Transparency Program (open access)

2007 Annual Health Physics Report for the HEU Transparency Program

During the 2007 calendar year, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) provided health physics support for the Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Transparency Program for external and internal radiation protection and technical expertise related to BDMS radioactive sources and Russian radiation safety regulatory compliance. For the calendar year 2007, there were 172 person-trips that required dose monitoring of the U.S. monitors. Of the 172 person-trips, 160 person-trips were SMVs and 12 person-trips were Transparency Monitoring Office (TMO) trips. There were 12 monitoring visits by TMO monitors to facilities other than UEIE and 10 to UEIE itself. There were two monitoring visits (source changes) that were back to back with 14 monitors. LLNL's Hazard Control Division laboratories provided the dosimetry services for the HEU Transparency monitors.
Date: April 9, 2008
Creator: Radev, R
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2007 Microbial Population Biology (July 22-26, 2007) (open access)

2007 Microbial Population Biology (July 22-26, 2007)

Microbial Population Biology covers a diverse range of cutting edge issues in the microbial sciences and beyond. Firmly founded in evolutionary biology and with a strongly integrative approach, past meetings have covered topics ranging from the dynamics and genetics of adaptation to the evolution of mutation rate, community ecology, evolutionary genomics, altruism, and epidemiology. This meeting is never dull: some of the most significant and contentious issues in biology have been thrashed out here. We anticipate the 2007 meeting being no exception. The final form of the 2007 meeting is yet to be decided, but the following topics are likely to be included: evolutionary emergence of infectious disease and antibiotic resistance, genetic architecture and implications for the evolution of microbial populations, ageing in bacteria, biogeography, evolution of symbioses, the role of microbes in ecosystem function, and ecological genomics.
Date: April 1, 2008
Creator: Dean, Anthony M. & Gray, Nancy Ryan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
2008-2009 Presidential Transition: National Security Considerations and Options (open access)

2008-2009 Presidential Transition: National Security Considerations and Options

This report is concerned with the first presidential transition in a post-9/11 world. The report describes the domestic and foreign policy security challenges that will be left over for the new administration, and the security anxiety of foreign influence on the U.S. election.
Date: April 21, 2008
Creator: Rollins, John
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

2008 Solar Annual Review Meeting, Session: Parabolic Troughs

The project description is R and D activities at NREL and Sandia aimed at lowering the delivered energy cost of parabolic trough collector systems and FOA awards to support industry in trought development. The primary objectives are: (1) support development of near-term parabolic trought technology for central station power generation; (2) support development of next-generation trought fields; and (3) support expansion of US trough industry. The major FY08 activities were: (1) improving reflector optics; (2) reducing receiver heat loss (including improved receiver coating and mitigating hydrogen accumulation); (3) measuring collector optical efficiency; (4) optimizing plant performance and reducing cost; (5) reducing plant water consumption; and (6) directly supporting industry needs, including FOA support.
Date: April 1, 2008
Creator: Kutscher, Chuck
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

[2008 Undergraduate Preview Pages]

Pages from the 2008 URCM promotional materials. Each one has a different photograph and information about what the University of North Texas offers for possible future students. The first page includes an image of the Administration Building and a corner of Willis Library from the North.
Date: April 4, 2008
Creator: University Relations, Communications and Marketing
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
2010 Census: Bureau Needs to Specify How It Will Assess Coverage Follow-up Techniques and When It Will Produce Coverage Measurement Results (open access)

2010 Census: Bureau Needs to Specify How It Will Assess Coverage Follow-up Techniques and When It Will Produce Coverage Measurement Results

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "An accurate decennial census relies on finding and counting people--only once--in the right place and collecting complete and correct information. GAO reviewed the Department of Commerce's U.S. Census Bureau's (Bureau) plans to (1) improve the census's accuracy--or coverage--with its coverage follow-up operation, (2) assess the accuracy of the census through its census coverage measurement program, and (3) evaluate these efforts after 2010. GAO reviewed documentation and interviewed Bureau officials about the Bureau's coverage follow-up and measurement plans. GAO compared plans for measuring coverage in 2000 and 2010 and interviewed 15 experts about changes to the plans."
Date: April 15, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2010 Census: Census at Critical Juncture for Implementing Risk Reduction Strategies (open access)

2010 Census: Census at Critical Juncture for Implementing Risk Reduction Strategies

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) estimated the 2010 Census would cost $11.5 billion, including $3 billion on automation and technology. At a March hearing, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) stated that the Field Data Collection Automation (FDCA) program was likely to incur significant cost overruns and announced a redesign effort. At that time, GAO designated the 2010 Decennial Census as high risk, citing long-standing concerns in managing information technology (IT) investments and uncertain costs and operations. This testimony is based on past work and work nearing completion, including GAO's observation of the address canvassing dress rehearsal. For IT acquisitions, GAO analyzed system documentation, including deliverables, cost estimates, other acquisitions-related documents, and interviewed Bureau officials and contractors. This testimony describes the implications of redesign for (1) dress rehearsal and decennial operations, (2) IT acquisitions management, and (3) Decennial Census costs."
Date: April 15, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
21st Century Locomotive Technology: Quarterly Technical Status Report 21 DOE/AL68284-TSR21 (open access)

21st Century Locomotive Technology: Quarterly Technical Status Report 21 DOE/AL68284-TSR21

Development of thermal analysis capabilities for a sodium metal halide battery system was initiated.
Date: April 29, 2008
Creator: Salasoo, Lembit
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
7th Annual Systems Biology Symposium: Systems Biology and Engineering (open access)

7th Annual Systems Biology Symposium: Systems Biology and Engineering

Systems biology recognizes the complex multi-scale organization of biological systems, from molecules to ecosystems. The International Symposium on Systems Biology has been hosted by the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Washington, since 2002. The annual two-day event gathers the most influential researchers transforming biology into an integrative discipline investingating complex systems. Engineering and application of new technology is a central element of systems biology. Genome-scale, or very small-scale, biological questions drive the enigneering of new technologies, which enable new modes of experimentation and computational analysis, leading to new biological insights and questions. Concepts and analytical methods in engineering are now finding direct applications in biology. Therefore, the 2008 Symposium, funded in partnership with the Department of Energy, featured global leaders in "Systems Biology and Engineering."
Date: April 1, 2008
Creator: Galitski, Timothy P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aberration-Coreected Electron Microscopy at Brookhaven National Laboratory (open access)

Aberration-Coreected Electron Microscopy at Brookhaven National Laboratory

The last decade witnessed the rapid development and implementation of aberration correction in electron optics, realizing a more-than-70-year-old dream of aberration-free electron microscopy with a spatial resolution below one angstrom [1-9]. With sophisticated aberration correctors, modern electron microscopes now can reveal local structural information unavailable with neutrons and x-rays, such as the local arrangement of atoms, order/disorder, electronic inhomogeneity, bonding states, spin configuration, quantum confinement, and symmetry breaking [10-17]. Aberration correction through multipole-based correctors, as well as the associated improved stability in accelerating voltage, lens supplies, and goniometers in electron microscopes now enables medium-voltage (200-300kV) microscopes to achieve image resolution at or below 0.1nm. Aberration correction not only improves the instrument's spatial resolution but, equally importantly, allows larger objective lens pole-piece gaps to be employed thus realizing the potential of the instrument as a nanoscale property-measurement tool. That is, while retaining high spatial resolution, we can use various sample stages to observe the materials response under various temperature, electric- and magnetic- fields, and atmospheric environments. Such capabilities afford tremendous opportunities to tackle challenging science and technology issues in physics, chemistry, materials science, and biology. The research goal of the electron microscopy group at the Dept. of Condensed Matter Physics and …
Date: April 1, 2008
Creator: Zhu, Y. & Wall, J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Above- and below-ground biomass accumulation, production, and distribution of sweetgum and loblolly pine grown with irrigation and fertilization. (open access)

Above- and below-ground biomass accumulation, production, and distribution of sweetgum and loblolly pine grown with irrigation and fertilization.

Abstract: Increased forest productivity has been obtained by improving resource availability through water and nutrient amendments. However, more stress-tolerant species that have robust site requirements do not respond consistently to irrigation. An important factor contributing to robust site requirements may be the distribution of biomass belowground, yet available information is limited. We examined the accumulation and distribution of above- and below-ground biomass in sweetgum (Liqrridambar sfyrac$lua L.) and loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) stands receiving irrigation and fertilization. Mean annual aboveground production after 4 years ranged from 2.4 to 5.1 ~g.ha-'.year' for sweetgum and from 5.0 to 6.9 ~g.ha-l.year-l for pine. Sweetgum responded positively to irrigation and fertilization with an additive response to irrigation + fertilization. Pine only responded to fertilization. Sweetgum root mass fraction (RME)in creased with fertilization at 2 years and decreased with fertilization at 4 years. There were no detectable treatment differences in loblolly pine RMF. Development explained from 67% to 98% of variation in shoot versus root allometry for ephemeral and perennial tissues, fertilization explained no more than 5% of the variation in for either species, and irrigation did not explain any. We conclude that shifts in allocation from roots to shoots do not explain nutrient-induced …
Date: April 1, 2008
Creator: Coyle, David, R.; Coleman, Mark, D. & Aubrey, Doug, P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aboveground Oil Storage Tanks: More Complete Facility Data Could Improve Implementation of EPA's Spill Prevention Program (open access)

Aboveground Oil Storage Tanks: More Complete Facility Data Could Improve Implementation of EPA's Spill Prevention Program

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Oil leaks from aboveground tanks have contaminated soil and water, threatening human health and wildlife. To prevent damage from oil spills, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule in 1973. EPA's 10 regions inspect oil storage facilities to ensure compliance with the rule. EPA estimates that about 571,000 facilities are subject to this rule. Some states also regulate oil storage tanks. GAO determined (1) how EPA regions implement the SPCC program, (2) the data EPA has to implement and evaluate the program, and (3) whether some states' tank programs suggest ways for EPA to improve its program. GAO surveyed all 10 EPA regions and interviewed officials in EPA and six states selected on the basis of experts' recommendations, among other criteria."
Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Absence of Plasma in"Spark Plasma Sintering" (open access)

The Absence of Plasma in"Spark Plasma Sintering"

Spark plasma sintering (SPS) is a remarkable method for synthesizing and consolidating a large variety of both novel and traditional materials. The process typically uses moderate uni-axial pressures (<100 MPa) in conjunction with a pulsing on-off DC current during operation. There are a number of mechanisms proposed to account for the enhanced sintering abilities of the SPS process. Of these mechanisms, the one most commonly put forth and the one that draws the most controversy involves the presence of momentary plasma generated between particles. This study employees three separate experimental methods in an attempt to determine the presence or absence of plasma during SPS. The methods employed include: in-situ atomic emission spectroscopy, direct visual observation and ultra-fast in-situ voltage measurements. It was found using these experimental techniques that no plasma is present during the SPS process. This result was confirmed using several different powders across a wide spectrum of SPS conditions.
Date: April 10, 2008
Creator: Hulbert, Dustin M.; Anders, Andre; Dudina, Dina V.; Andersson, Joakim; Jiang, Dongtao; Unuvar, Cosan et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstinence Education: Assessing the Accuracy and Effectiveness of Federally Funded Programs (open access)

Abstinence Education: Assessing the Accuracy and Effectiveness of Federally Funded Programs

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Among the efforts of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies, the agency provides funding to states and organizations that offer abstinence-until-marriage education. GAO was asked to testify on the oversight of federally funded abstinence-until-marriage education programs. This testimony is primarily based on Abstinence Education: Efforts to Assess the Accuracy and Effectiveness of Federally Funded Programs, GAO-07-87 (Oct. 3, 2006). In this testimony, GAO discusses efforts by (1) HHS and states to assess the scientific accuracy of materials used in abstinence-until-marriage education programs and (2) HHS, states, and researchers to assess the effectiveness of abstinence-until-marriage education programs. GAO also discusses a Public Health Service Act requirement regarding medically accurate information about condom effectiveness. GAO focused on the three main federally funded abstinence-until-marriage programs and reviewed documents and interviewed HHS officials in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and the Office of Population Affairs (OPA). To update certain information, GAO contacted officials from ACF and OPA."
Date: April 23, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accelerating Full Configuration Interaction Calculations for Nuclear Structure (open access)

Accelerating Full Configuration Interaction Calculations for Nuclear Structure

One of the emerging computational approaches in nuclear physics is the full configuration interaction (FCI) method for solving the many-body nuclear Hamiltonian in a sufficiently large single-particle basis space to obtain exact answers - either directly or by extrapolation. The lowest eigenvalues and correspondingeigenvectors for very large, sparse and unstructured nuclear Hamiltonian matrices are obtained and used to evaluate additional experimental quantities. These matrices pose a significant challenge to the design and implementation of efficient and scalable algorithms for obtaining solutions on massively parallel computer systems. In this paper, we describe the computational strategies employed in a state-of-the-art FCI code MFDn (Many Fermion Dynamics - nuclear) as well as techniques we recently developed to enhance the computational efficiency of MFDn. We will demonstrate the current capability of MFDn and report the latest performance improvement we have achieved. We will also outline our future research directions.
Date: April 14, 2008
Creator: Yang, Chao; Sternberg, Philip; Maris, Pieter; Ng, Esmond; Sosonkina, Masha; Le, Hung Viet et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acceleration of Amide Bond Rotation by Encapsulation in the Hydrophobic Interior of a Water-Soluble Supramolecular Assembly (open access)

Acceleration of Amide Bond Rotation by Encapsulation in the Hydrophobic Interior of a Water-Soluble Supramolecular Assembly

The hydrophobic interior cavity of a self-assembled supramolecular assembly exploits the hydrophobic effect for the encapsulation of tertiary amides. Variable temperature 1H NMR experiments reveal that the free energy barrier for rotation around the C-N amide bond is lowered by up to 3.6 kcal/mol upon encapsulation. The hydrophobic cavity of the assembly is able to stabilize the less polar transition state of the amide rotation process. Carbon-13 labeling studies showed that the {sup 13}C NMR carbonyl resonance increases with temperature for the encapsulated amides which suggests that the assembly is able to favor a twisted for of the amide.
Date: April 8, 2008
Creator: Pluth, Michael D.; Bergman, Robert G. & Raymond, Kenneth N.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
ACRF Ingest Software Status: New, Current, and Future - April 2008 (open access)

ACRF Ingest Software Status: New, Current, and Future - April 2008

The purpose of this report is to provide status of the ingest software used to process instrument data for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Climate Research Facility (ACRF). The report is divided into 4 sections: (1) for news about ingests currently under development, (2) for current production ingests, (3) for future ingest development plans, and (4) for information on retired ingests. Please note that datastreams beginning in “xxx” indicate cases where ingests run at multiple ACRF sites, which results in a datastream(s) for each location.
Date: April 1, 2008
Creator: Koontz, A. S.; Choudhury, S.; Ermold, B. D.; Keck, N. N.; Gaustad, K. L. & Perez, R. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library