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Ultrabright Laser-based MeV-class Light Source (open access)

Ultrabright Laser-based MeV-class Light Source

We report first light from a novel, new source of 10-ps 0.776-MeV gamma-ray pulses known as T-REX (Thomson-Radiated Extreme X-rays). The MeV-class radiation produced by TREX is unique in the world with respect to its brightness, spectral purity, tunability, pulse duration and laser-like beam character. With T-REX, one can use photons to efficiently probe and excite the isotope-dependent resonant structure of atomic nucleus. This ability will be enabling to an entirely new class of isotope-specific, high resolution imaging and detection capabilities.
Date: April 2, 2008
Creator: Albert, F.; Anderson, G.; Anderson, S.; Bayramian, A.; Berry, B.; Betts, S. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Timpson & Tenaha News (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 2009 (open access)

Timpson & Tenaha News (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Timpson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Alexander, Nancy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
House Ethics Rules Changes in the 108th Congress (open access)

House Ethics Rules Changes in the 108th Congress

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Date: April 2, 2004
Creator: Amer, Mildred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 2004 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 2004

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 2, 2004
Creator: Andrews, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
(De)Constructing dimensions (open access)

(De)Constructing dimensions

We construct renormalizable, asymptotically free, four dimensional gauge theories that dynamically generate a fifth dimension.
Date: April 2, 2001
Creator: Arkani-Hamed, Nima; Cohen, Andrew G. & Georgi, Howard
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fast Implementation of Matched Filter Based Automatic Alignment Image Processing (open access)

Fast Implementation of Matched Filter Based Automatic Alignment Image Processing

Video images of laser beams imprinted with distinguishable features are used for alignment of 192 laser beams at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Algorithms designed to determine the position of these beams enable the control system to perform the task of alignment. Centroiding is a common approach used for determining the position of beams. However, real world beam images suffer from intensity fluctuation or other distortions which make such an approach susceptible to higher position measurement variability. Matched filtering used for identifying the beam position results in greater stability of position measurement compared to that obtained using the centroiding technique. However, this gain is achieved at the expense of extra processing time required for each beam image. In this work we explore the possibility of using a field programmable logic array (FPGA) to speed up these computations. The results indicate a performance improvement of 20 using the FPGA relative to a 3 GHz Pentium 4 processor.
Date: April 2, 2008
Creator: Awwal, A. S.; Rice, K. & Taha, T.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Efficient traffic grooming in SONET/WDM BLSR Networks (open access)

Efficient traffic grooming in SONET/WDM BLSR Networks

In this paper, we study traffic grooming in SONET/WDM BLSR networks under the uniform all-to-all traffic model with an objective to reduce total network costs (wavelength and electronic multiplexing costs), in particular, to minimize the number of ADMs while using the optimal number of wavelengths. We derive a new tighter lower bound for the number of wavelengths when the number of nodes is a multiple of 4. We show that this lower bound is achievable. All previous ADM lower bounds except perhaps that in were derived under the assumption that the magnitude of the traffic streams (r) is one unit (r = 1) with respect to the wavelength capacity granularity g. We then derive new, more general and tighter lower bounds for the number of ADMs subject to that the optimal number of wavelengths is used, and propose heuristic algorithms (circle construction algorithm and circle grooming algorithm) that try to minimize the number of ADMs while using the optimal number of wavelengths in BLSR networks. Both the bounds and algorithms are applicable to any value of r and for different wavelength granularity g. Performance evaluation shows that wherever applicable, our lower bounds are at least as good as existing bounds …
Date: April 2, 2004
Creator: Awwal, Abdul S.; Billah, Abdur R. B. & Wang, Bin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
FIRST STEPS INTO AN ENERGY EFFECIENT FUTURE (open access)

FIRST STEPS INTO AN ENERGY EFFECIENT FUTURE

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians proposes to develop a more sustainable, affordable and autonomous energy future for Tribal Members. The Band will develop the capacity to conduct energy audits, to implement energy efficiency measures in tribal homes, and to build more energy efficient housing. This will be done by providing direct classroom and on the job training for Tribal members to conduct the energy audits and the installation of insulation.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: BARRETT, JANE L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Taking Apple to the People: A Successful Retail Strategy for the Store Doomed to Fail

Presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing the Apple company and the success of their retail stores.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Baczewski, Cody & Rice, Murray D.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Damage Mechanisms of Filled Siloxanes for Predictive Multiscale Modeling of Aging Behavior (open access)

Damage Mechanisms of Filled Siloxanes for Predictive Multiscale Modeling of Aging Behavior

Predictions of component performance versus lifetime are often risky for complex materials in which there may be many underlying aging or degradation mechanisms. In order to develop more accurate predictive models for silica-filled siloxane components, we are studying damage mechanisms over a broad range of size domains, linked together through several modeling efforts. Atomistic and molecular dynamic modeling has elucidated the chemistry of the silica filler to polymer interaction, as this interaction plays a key role in this material's aging behavior. This modeling work has been supported by experimental data on the removal of water from the silica surface, the effect of the surrounding polymer on this desiccation, and on the subsequent change in the mechanical properties of the system. Solid State NMR efforts have characterized the evolution of the polymer and filler dynamics as the material is damaged through irradiation or desiccation. These damage signatures have been confirmed by direct measurements of changes in polymer crosslink density and filler interaction as measured by solvent swelling, and by mechanical property tests. Data from the changes at these molecular levels are simultaneously feeding the development of age-aware constitutive models for polymer behavior. In addition, the microstructure of the foam, including under …
Date: April 2, 2002
Creator: Balazs, B; Maxwell, R; de Teresa, S; Dinh, L & Gee, R
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards (open access)

Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards

One of the least controversial provisions of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-163) established corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for new passenger cars. This report presents a brief background and analysis regarding the price of crude oil that brought into sharp focus the fuel inefficiency of U.S. automobiles. The report also discusses the previous issues and the most recent developments regarding CAFE.
Date: April 2, 2003
Creator: Bamberger, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caution -- Beam Crossing Ahead (open access)

Caution -- Beam Crossing Ahead

There are times when a laser beam needs to cross between tables or even go from one room to another. This presents an interesting traffic-flow and safety challenge to both the laser safety officer and laser user. Fortunately it is a challenge that has several solutions But the simplest solution may not be the best one. For example, the simplest way to get a beam from one optical table to another is just to put a sturdy tube around it. That's a permanent solution, and it completely contains the laser beam. While this is laser safe, there can be egress issues if it blocks a walkway. One comment this author often hears is, 'We can just duck under the tube.' The fire marshal, as well as the laser safety officer, might have issues with this. Especially in the case of a darkened lab, a blocked walkway can present a hazard of its own. One good solution is to transport the beam from Point A to Point B through a fiberoptic cable, when that is possible. One should easily be able to run the fiber up and over any walkway or down through a conduit on the floor. An important concern …
Date: April 2, 2008
Creator: Barat, Kenneth L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Crystal Level Model for Phase Transformation Allowing for Large Volume Changes (open access)

A Crystal Level Model for Phase Transformation Allowing for Large Volume Changes

We present a model for materials undergoing diffusionless structural changes including martensitic phase transformation and twinning, with the phase transformations involving large volume changes. Within a given material element, structural changes induce mass fraction rates between the constituents in the material. Deformation results from both these structural changes and elasto-viscoplastic deformation of the constituents themselves.
Date: April 2, 2003
Creator: Barton, N R; Benson, D J & Becker, R
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The CKM matrix and the unitarity triangle. Proceedings, workshop, Geneva, Switzerland, February 13-16, 2002 (open access)

The CKM matrix and the unitarity triangle. Proceedings, workshop, Geneva, Switzerland, February 13-16, 2002

This report contains the results of the Workshop on the CKM Unitarity Triangle that was held at CERN on 13-16 February 2002. There had been several Workshops on B physics that concentrated on studies at e{sup +}e{sup -} machines, at the Tevatron, or at LHC separately. Here we brought together experts of different fields, both theorists and experimentalists, to study the determination of the CKM matrix from all the available data of K, D, and B physics. The analysis of LEP data for B physics is reaching its end, and one of the goals of the Workshop was to underline the results that have been achieved at LEP, SLC, and CESR. Another goal was to prepare for the transfer of responsibility for averaging B physics properties, that has developed within the LEP community, to the present main actors of these studies, from the B factory and the Tevatron experiments. The optimal way to combine the various experimental and theoretical inputs and to fit for the apex of the Unitarity Triangle has been a contentious issue. A further goal of the Workshop was to bring together the proponents of different fitting strategies, and to compare their approaches when applied to the …
Date: April 2, 2004
Creator: Battaglia, M.; Buras, A. J.; Gambino, P. & Stocchi, A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Delaware Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Delaware Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Delaware.
Date: April 2, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Richardson, Sula P.; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
District of Columbia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

District of Columbia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the District of Columbia.
Date: April 2, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Richardson, Sula P.; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Samoa Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

American Samoa Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on American Samoa.
Date: April 2, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the Northern Mariana Islands.
Date: April 2, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Connecticut Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Connecticut Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Connecticut.
Date: April 2, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Georgia.
Date: April 2, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guam Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Guam Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on Guam.
Date: April 2, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determination of Trace Radionuclides in SRS Depleted Uranium (open access)

Determination of Trace Radionuclides in SRS Depleted Uranium

Prior to final dispositioning of Savannah River Site (SRS) residual depleted uranium (DU) following reactor irradiation the amount of contamination from other radionuclides must be determined. The Nonproliferation Technology Section (NTS) was requested by the SRS Nuclear Materials Management Division (NMMD) to analyze a number of samples in the SRTC/NTS clean labs. The requested analytes were Am-241, Np-237, Ra-226, Cs-137, I-129, Tc-99, Sr-90 and the plutonium isotopes from 238 through 242. The NTS routinely analyzes all types of samples for trace plutonium by mass spectrometry. The other analytes are routinely analyzed only in environmental samples. This report documents the analytical data and the analysis methods developed and used for these analyses. All requested analytes were determined to be less than one tenth of the waste acceptance criteria in all samples analyzed.
Date: April 2, 2003
Creator: Beals, D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report of MBX experiment (open access)

Final Report of MBX experiment

The MBX experiment was built during the grant period. Details can be found in publications about MBX experiment. We created a low density plasma in a mirror configuration and rotated it at supersonic speeds in the theta direction. Under these conditions the plasma presents a high asymmetry in the current, plasma potential and consequently rotation with the voltage applied. We developed a two fluid model to describe the measurements based on a magnetofluid states ansatz. We also observed bistable and multiple states predicted by the two fluid model.
Date: April 2, 2007
Creator: Bengtson, Roger D & Valanju, Prashant
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Impact of Indigenous Movements in Latin America: A Work in Progress

Presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the impact of indigenous movements in Latin America.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Bensen, Clara & Sahliyeh, Emile F.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library