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Summary for Policymakers IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, Working Group III (open access)

Summary for Policymakers IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, Working Group III

A. Introduction 1. The Working Group III contribution to theIPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) focuses on new literature on thescientific, technological, environmental, economic and social aspects ofmitigation of climate change, published since the IPCC Third AssessmentReport (TAR) and the Special Reports on COB2B Capture and Storage (SRCCS)and on Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System (SROC).The following summary is organised into six sections after thisintroduction: - Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission trends, - Mitigation in theshort and medium term, across different economic sectors (until 2030), -Mitigation in the long-term (beyond 2030), - Policies, measures andinstruments to mitigate climate change, - Sustainable development andclimate change mitigation, - Gaps in knowledge. References to thecorresponding chapter sections are indicated at each paragraph in squarebrackets. An explanation of terms, acronyms and chemical symbols used inthis SPM can be found in the glossary to the main report.
Date: April 30, 2007
Creator: Barker, Terry; Bashmakov, Igor; Bernstein, Lenny; Bogner, Jean; Bosch, Peter; Dave, Rutu et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
TECHNICAL BASIS AND APPLICATION OF NEW RULES ON FRACTURE CONTROL OF HIGH PRESSURE HYDROGEN VESSEL IN ASME SECTION VIII, DIVISION 3 CODE (open access)

TECHNICAL BASIS AND APPLICATION OF NEW RULES ON FRACTURE CONTROL OF HIGH PRESSURE HYDROGEN VESSEL IN ASME SECTION VIII, DIVISION 3 CODE

As a part of an ongoing activity to develop ASME Code rules for the hydrogen infrastructure, the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Committee approved new fracture control rules for Section VIII, Division 3 vessels in 2006. These rules have been incorporated into new Article KD-10 in Division 3. The new rules require determining fatigue crack growth rate and fracture resistance properties of materials in high pressure hydrogen gas. Test methods have been specified to measure these fracture properties, which are required to be used in establishing the vessel fatigue life. An example has been given to demonstrate the application of these new rules.
Date: April 30, 2007
Creator: Rawls, G
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Techniques for Specifying Bug Patterns (open access)

Techniques for Specifying Bug Patterns

We present our on-going work to develop techniques for specifying source code signatures of bug patterns. Specifically, we discuss two approaches. The first approach directly analyzes a program in the intermediate representation (IR) of the ROSE compiler infrastructure using ROSE's API. The second analyzes the program using the bddbddb system of Lam, Whaley, et al.. In this approach, we store the IR produced by ROSE as a relational database, express patterns as declarative inference rules on relations in the language Datalog, and bddbddb implements the Datalog programs using binary decision diagram (BDD) techniques. Both approaches readily apply to large-scale applications, since ROSE provides full type analysis, control flow, and other available analysis information. In this paper, we primarily consider bug patterns expressed with respect to the structure of the source code or the control flow, or both. More complex techniques to specify patterns that are functions of data flow properties may be addressed by either of the above approaches, but are not directly treated here. Our Datalog-based work includes explicit support for expressing patterns on the use of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) in parallel distributed memory programs. We show examples of this on-going work as well.
Date: April 30, 2007
Creator: Quinlan, D J; Vuduc, R W & Misherghi, G
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorist Screening and Brady Background Checks for Firearms (open access)

Terrorist Screening and Brady Background Checks for Firearms

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Date: April 30, 2007
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Test, Evaluation, and Demonstration of Practical Devices/Systems to Reduce Aerodynamic Drag of Tractor/Semitrailer Combination Unit Trucks (open access)

Test, Evaluation, and Demonstration of Practical Devices/Systems to Reduce Aerodynamic Drag of Tractor/Semitrailer Combination Unit Trucks

Class 8 heavy-duty trucks account for over three-quarters of the total diesel fuel used by commercial trucks (trucks with GVWRs more than 10,000 pounds) in the United States each year. At the highway speeds at which these trucks travel (i.e., 60 mph or greater), aerodynamic drag is a major part of total horsepower needed to move the truck down the highway, Reductions in aerodynamic drag can yield measurable benefits in fuel economy through the use of relatively inexpensive and simple devices. The goal of this project was to examine a number of aerodynamic drag reduction devices and systems and determine their effectiveness in reducing aerodynamic drag of Class 8 tractor/semitrailer combination-units, thus contributing to DOE's goal of reducing transportation petroleum use. The project team included major heavy truck manufacturers in the United States, along with the management and industry expertise of the Truck Manufacturers Association as the lead investigative organization. The Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA) is the national trade association representing the major North American manufacturers of Class 6-8 trucks (GVWRs over 19,500 lbs). Four major truck manufacturers participated in this project with TMA: Freightliner LLC; International Truck and Engine Corporation; Mack Trucks Inc.; and Volvo Trucks North America, Inc. …
Date: April 30, 2007
Creator: Smith, Scott; Younessi, Karla; Markstaller, Matt; Schlesinger, Dan; Bhatnagar, Bhaskar; Smith, Donald et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco: Selected Legal Issues (open access)

Tobacco: Selected Legal Issues

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Date: April 30, 2007
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources (open access)

Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources

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Date: April 30, 2007
Creator: Fray, Russell E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Very High Energy Gamma Rays from Supernova Remnants and Constraints on the Galactic Interstellar Radiation Field (open access)

Very High Energy Gamma Rays from Supernova Remnants and Constraints on the Galactic Interstellar Radiation Field

The large-scale Galactic interstellar radiation field (ISRF) is the result of stellar emission and dust re-processing of starlight. Where the energy density of the ISRF is high (e.g., the Galactic Centre), the dominant {gamma}-ray emission in individual supernova remnants (SNRs), such as G0.9+0.1, may come from inverse Compton (IC) scattering of the ISRF. Several models of the ISRF exist. The most recent one, which has been calculated by us, predicts a significantly higher ISRF than the well used model of Mathis, Mezger, and Panagia [1]. However, comparison with data is limited to local observations. Based on our current estimate of the ISRF we predict the gamma-ray emission in the SNRs G0.9+0.1 and RXJ1713, and pair-production absorption features above 20 TeV in the spectra of G0.9+0.1, J1713-381, and J1634-472. We discuss how GLAST, along with current and future very high energy instruments, may be able to provide upper bounds on the large-scale ISRF.
Date: April 30, 2007
Creator: Porter, T.A.; Moskalenko, I.V. & Strong, A.W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veto Override Procedure in the House and Senate (open access)

Veto Override Procedure in the House and Senate

This report provides an overview of the veto override procedure in the house and senate.
Date: April 30, 2007
Creator: Rybicki, Elizabeth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library