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Array of Virtual Frisch-Grid CZT Detectors with Common Cathode Readout for Correcting Charge Trapping and Rejecting Incomplete Charge Collection (open access)

Array of Virtual Frisch-Grid CZT Detectors with Common Cathode Readout for Correcting Charge Trapping and Rejecting Incomplete Charge Collection

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Date: April 9, 2013
Creator: A., Bolotnikov
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Projections of potential luminosity improvement for low-energy RHIC operation with electron cooling (open access)

Projections of potential luminosity improvement for low-energy RHIC operation with electron cooling

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Date: April 1, 2013
Creator: A., Fedotov
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
INTERIM REPORT--INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION SURVEY OF SECTION 3, SURVEY UNITS 1, 4 AND 5 EXCAVATED SURFACES, WHITTAKER CORPORATION, REYNOLDS INDUSTRIAL PARK, TRANSFER, PENNSYLVANIA DCN: 5002-SR-04-0" (open access)

INTERIM REPORT--INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION SURVEY OF SECTION 3, SURVEY UNITS 1, 4 AND 5 EXCAVATED SURFACES, WHITTAKER CORPORATION, REYNOLDS INDUSTRIAL PARK, TRANSFER, PENNSYLVANIA DCN: 5002-SR-04-0"

At Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's request, ORAU's IEAV program conducted verification surveys on the excavated surfaces of Section 3, SUs 1, 4, and 5 at the Whittaker site on March 13 and 14, 2013. The survey activities included visual inspections, gamma radiation surface scans, gamma activity measurements, and soil sampling activities. Verification activities also included the review and assessment of the licensee�s project documentation and methodologies. Surface scans identified four areas of elevated direct gamma radiation distinguishable from background; one area within SUs 1 and 4 and two areas within SU5. One area within SU5 was remediated by removing a golf ball size piece of slag while ORAU staff was onsite. With the exception of the golf ball size piece of slag within SU5, a review of the ESL Section 3 EXS data packages for SUs 1, 4, and 5 indicated that these locations of elevated gamma radiation were also identified by the ESL gamma scans and that ESL personnel performed additional investigations and soil sampling within these areas. The investigative results indicated that the areas met the release criteria.
Date: April 18, 2013
Creator: ADAMS, WADE C
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jet Mass and Substructure of Inclusive Jets in $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV $Pp$ Collisions with the ATLAS Experiment (open access)

Jet Mass and Substructure of Inclusive Jets in $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV $Pp$ Collisions with the ATLAS Experiment

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Date: April 2, 2013
Creator: Aad, Georges
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
LEEM investigations of clean surfaces driven by energetic ion beams (open access)

LEEM investigations of clean surfaces driven by energetic ion beams

The original purpose of this award was to use low‐energy electron microscopy (LEEM) to explore the dynamics of surfaces of clean single crystal surfaces when driven by a beam of energetic ions. The goal was to understand the nanoscience of hyperthermal growth, surface erosion by sublimation and irradiation, operation of surface sinks in irradiated materials, diffusion on driven surfaces, and the creation of structural patterns. This project was based on a novel LEEM system constructed by C. P. Flynn, which provided real‐time imaging of surface dynamics by scattering low energy electrons. With the passing of Prof. Flynn in late 2011, this project was completed under a slightly different scope by constructing a low‐energy, inelastic electron scattering (�EELS�) instrument. Consistent with Flynn�s original objectives for his LEEM system, this device probes the dynamics of crystal surfaces. However the measurements are not carried out in real time, but instead are done in the frequency domain, through the energy lost from the probe electrons. The purpose of this device is to study the collective bosonic excitations in a variety of materials, including high temperature superconductors, topological insulators, carbon allotropes including (but not limited to) graphene, etc. The ultimate goal here is to identify …
Date: April 24, 2013
Creator: Abbamonte, Peter M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anisotropies in the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background Measured By the Fermi LAT (open access)

Anisotropies in the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background Measured By the Fermi LAT

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Date: April 4, 2013
Creator: Ackermann, M.; Ajello, M.; Albert, A.; Baldini, L.; Ballet, J.; Barbiellini, G. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fermi LAT Search for Dark Matter in Gamma-Ray Lines and the Inclusive Photon Spectrum (open access)

Fermi LAT Search for Dark Matter in Gamma-Ray Lines and the Inclusive Photon Spectrum

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Date: April 1, 2013
Creator: Ackermann, M.; Ajello, M.; Albert, A.; Baldini, L.; Barbiellini, G.; Bechtol, K. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Detection of the Characteristic Pion-Decay Signature in Supernova Remnants (open access)

Detection of the Characteristic Pion-Decay Signature in Supernova Remnants

Provides direct evidence that cosmic-ray protons are accelerated in SNRs.
Date: April 22, 2013
Creator: Ackermann, M.; Ajello, M.; Allafort, A.; Baldini, L.; Ballet, J.; Barbiellini, G. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Comments Regarding "Density, Speed of Sound, Refractive Index and Derivatives Properties of the Binary Mixture N-Hexane + N-Heptane (or N-Octane or N-Nonane), T = 288.15 - 313.15 K"

This article offers comment on "Density, speed of sound, refractive index and derivatives properties of the binary mixture N-Hexane + N-Heptane (or N-Octane or N-Nonane), T=288.15 - 313.15 K."
Date: April 9, 2013
Creator: Acree, William E. (William Eugene) & Stephens, Timothy W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. International Investment Agreements: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. International Investment Agreements: Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of U.S. international investment agreements, focusing specifically on bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and investment chapters in free trade agreements (FTAs). It discusses key trends in U.S. and international investment flows, governance structures for investment at the bilateral and multilateral levels, the goals and basic components of investment provisions in U.S. international investment agreements, the outcomes of the Administration's Model BIT review, and key policy issues for Congress.
Date: April 29, 2013
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias & Weiss, Martin A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

ArcLink: Additional API support for Wayback Machines

Presentation for the 2013 International Internet Preservation Consortium General Assembly. Discusses the functionality of ArcLink, a Wayback Machine extension tool.
Date: April 22, 2013
Creator: AlSum, Ahmed
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

"Mapping the Southwest" Project: Collaboration for Curation of Wide-format Items

This presentation discusses the 'Mapping the Southwest' project and the collaboration for curation of wide-format items.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Frontier Research Center -- Center for Mate (open access)

Energy Frontier Research Center -- Center for Mate

The mission of the Center for Material Science of
Date: April 1, 2013
Creator: Allen, Todd R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2013-04-06 – 16th Annual African Cultural Festival

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
African Cultural Festival performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: April 6, 2013
Creator: Alorwoyie, Gideon Foli
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
ION EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE OF TITANOSILICATES, GERMANATES AND CARBON NANOTUBES (open access)

ION EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE OF TITANOSILICATES, GERMANATES AND CARBON NANOTUBES

This report presents a summary of testing the affinity of titanosilicates (TSP), germanium-substituted titanosilicates (Ge-TSP) and multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) for lanthanide ions in dilute nitric acid solution. The K-TSP ion exchanger exhibited the highest affinity for lanthanides in dilute nitric acid solutions. The Ge-TSP ion exchanger shows promise as a material with high affinity, but additional tests are needed to confirm the preliminary results. The MWCNT exhibited much lower affinities than the K-TSP in dilute nitric acid solutions. However, the MWCNT are much more chemically stable to concentrated nitric acid solutions and, therefore, may candidates for ion exchange in more concentrated nitric acid solutions. This technical report serves as the deliverable documenting completion of the FY13 research milestone, M4FT-13SR0303061 – measure actinide and lanthanide distribution values in nitric acid solutions with sodium and potassium titanosilicate materials.
Date: April 24, 2013
Creator: Alsobrook, A. & Hobbs, D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dark Matter in 3D (open access)

Dark Matter in 3D

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Date: April 1, 2013
Creator: Alves, Daniele S.M.; /Fermilab; Hedri, Sonia El; Wacker, Jay G. & /SLAC /Stanford U., ITP
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 65, Number 8, April 2013 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 65, Number 8, April 2013

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community.
Date: April 2013
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter Report for Characterization of Biochar (open access)

Letter Report for Characterization of Biochar

On 27 November 2012, a bulk biochar sample was received for characterization of selected physical and chemical properties. The main purpose of the characterization was to help determine the degree to which biochar would be suitable as a soil amendment to aid in growth of plants. Towards this end, analyses to determine specific surface, pH, cation-exchange capacity, water retention, and wettability (i.e. surface tension) were conducted. A second objective was to determine how uniform these properties were in the sample. Towards this end, the sample was separated into fractions based on initial particle size and on whether the material was from the external surface or the internal portion of the particle. Based on the results, the biochar has significant liming potentials, significant cation-retention capacities, and highly variable plant-available moisture retention properties that, under the most favorable circumstances, could be helpful to plants. As a consequence, it would be quite suitable for addition to acidic soils and should enhance the fertility of those soils.
Date: April 9, 2013
Creator: Amonette, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Autonomous intelligent assembly systems LDRD 105746 final report. (open access)

Autonomous intelligent assembly systems LDRD 105746 final report.

This report documents a three-year to develop technology that enables mobile robots to perform autonomous assembly tasks in unstructured outdoor environments. This is a multi-tier problem that requires an integration of a large number of different software technologies including: command and control, estimation and localization, distributed communications, object recognition, pose estimation, real-time scanning, and scene interpretation. Although ultimately unsuccessful in achieving a target brick stacking task autonomously, numerous important component technologies were nevertheless developed. Such technologies include: a patent-pending polygon snake algorithm for robust feature tracking, a color grid algorithm for uniquely identification and calibration, a command and control framework for abstracting robot commands, a scanning capability that utilizes a compact robot portable scanner, and more. This report describes this project and these developed technologies.
Date: April 1, 2013
Creator: Anderson, Robert J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financing Opportunities for Renewable Energy Development in Alaska (open access)

Financing Opportunities for Renewable Energy Development in Alaska

This technical report provides an overview of existing and potential financing structures for renewable energy project development in Alaska with a focus on four primary sources of project funding: government financed or supported (the most commonly used structure in Alaska today), developer equity capital, commercial debt, and third-party tax-equity investment. While privately funded options currently have limited application in Alaska, their implementation is theoretically possible based on successful execution in similar circumstances elsewhere. This report concludes that while tax status is a key consideration in determining appropriate financing structure, there are opportunities for both taxable and tax-exempt entities to participate in renewable energy project development.
Date: April 1, 2013
Creator: Ardani, K.; Hillman, D. & Busche, S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Western Sahara (open access)

Western Sahara

This report discusses how Morocco and the independence-seeking Popular Front for the Liberation of Saqiat al Hamra and Rio de Oro (Polisario) have been vying for control of the Western Sahara, a former Spanish territory, since the 1970s. The report discusses recent settlement attempts, how the Western Sahara issue has affected Algerian-Moroccan bilaterial relations, Moroccan relations with the African Union, and regional cooperation on economic and security issues. The report additionally discusses the United States' involvement in and stance on the issue.
Date: April 14, 2013
Creator: Arieff, Alexis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Blade reliability collaborative : collection of defect, damage and repair data. (open access)

Blade reliability collaborative : collection of defect, damage and repair data.

The Blade Reliability Collaborative (BRC) was started by the Wind Energy Technologies Department of Sandia National Laboratories and DOE in 2010 with the goal of gaining insight into planned and unplanned O&M issues associated with wind turbine blades. A significant part of BRC is the Blade Defect, Damage and Repair Survey task, which will gather data from blade manufacturers, service companies, operators and prior studies to determine details about the largest sources of blade unreliability. This report summarizes the initial findings from this work.
Date: April 1, 2013
Creator: Ashwill, Thomas D.; Ogilvie, Alistair B. & Paquette, Joshua A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Tomball Tollway Phase 1 (Sections 1 and 2) SH249 and Associated Detention Ponds, Harris County, Texas (open access)

An Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Tomball Tollway Phase 1 (Sections 1 and 2) SH249 and Associated Detention Ponds, Harris County, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of Phase 1 of the Tomball Tollway in Harris County, Texas to determine whether any cultural resources were present in the area.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ultra-High Efficiency and Low-Emissions Combustion Technology for Manufacturing Industries (open access)

Ultra-High Efficiency and Low-Emissions Combustion Technology for Manufacturing Industries

The purpose of this research was to develop and test a transformational combustion technology for high temperature furnaces to reduce the energy intensity and carbon footprint of U.S. manufacturing industries such as steel, aluminum, glass, metal casting, and petroleum refining. A new technology based on internal and/or external Flue Gas Recirculation (FGR) along with significant enhancement in flame radiation was developed. It produces "Radiative Flameless Combustion (RFC)" and offers tremendous energy efficiency and pollutant reduction benefits over and above the now popular "flameless combustion." It will reduce the energy intensity (or fuel consumption per unit system output) by more than 50% and double the furnace productivity while significantly reducing pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions (10^3 times reduction in NOx and 10 times reduction in CO & hydrocarbons and 3 times reduction in CO2). Product quality improvements are also expected due to uniform radiation, as well as, reduction in scale/dross formation is expected because of non-oxidative atmosphere. RFC is inexpensive, easy to implement, and it was successfully tested in a laboratory-scale furnace at the University of Michigan during the course of this work. A first-ever theory with gas and particulate radiation was also developed. Numerical programs were also written to design …
Date: April 15, 2013
Creator: Atreya, Arvind
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library