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[Proceedings: Statewide Conference on Technical, Vocational, Adult Education 1980] (open access)

[Proceedings: Statewide Conference on Technical, Vocational, Adult Education 1980]

Proceedings of Statewide Conference on Technical, Vocational, Adult Education in Austin including text of general session addresses, biographical information for speakers, summaries of seminars, and other information about the participants and topics at the conference.
Date: September 1980
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Preliminary Model of the Structure of the Alamo Area Council of Governments Economy in 1972 (open access)

A Preliminary Model of the Structure of the Alamo Area Council of Governments Economy in 1972

Report on an economic model, a preliminary 1972 input-output model, estimated for the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG) economy, providing a brief explanation of the development and application of the input-output model.
Date: September 1974
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments. Regional Analysis Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
AUTOMATION FOR THE SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION OF PET RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS. (open access)

AUTOMATION FOR THE SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION OF PET RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS.

The development of automated systems supporting the production and application of PET radiopharmaceuticals has been an important focus of researchers since the first successes of using carbon-11 (Comar et al., 1979) and fluorine-18 (Reivich et al., 1979) labeled compounds to visualize functional activity of the human brain. These initial successes of imaging the human brain soon led to applications in the human heart (Schelbert et al., 1980), and quickly radiochemists began to see the importance of automation to support PET studies in humans (Lambrecht, 1982; Langstrom et al., 1983). Driven by the necessity of controlling processes emanating high fluxes of 511 KeV photons, and by the tedium of repetitive syntheses for carrying out these human PET investigations, academic and government scientists have designed, developed and tested many useful and novel automated systems in the past twenty years. These systems, originally designed primarily by radiochemists, not only carry out effectively the tasks they were designed for, but also demonstrate significant engineering innovation in the field of laboratory automation.
Date: September 21, 2001
Creator: Alexoff, D. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The use of microarrays in microbial ecology (open access)

The use of microarrays in microbial ecology

Microarrays have proven to be a useful and high-throughput method to provide targeted DNA sequence information for up to many thousands of specific genetic regions in a single test. A microarray consists of multiple DNA oligonucleotide probes that, under high stringency conditions, hybridize only to specific complementary nucleic acid sequences (targets). A fluorescent signal indicates the presence and, in many cases, the abundance of genetic regions of interest. In this chapter we will look at how microarrays are used in microbial ecology, especially with the recent increase in microbial community DNA sequence data. Of particular interest to microbial ecologists, phylogenetic microarrays are used for the analysis of phylotypes in a community and functional gene arrays are used for the analysis of functional genes, and, by inference, phylotypes in environmental samples. A phylogenetic microarray that has been developed by the Andersen laboratory, the PhyloChip, will be discussed as an example of a microarray that targets the known diversity within the 16S rRNA gene to determine microbial community composition. Using multiple, confirmatory probes to increase the confidence of detection and a mismatch probe for every perfect match probe to minimize the effect of cross-hybridization by non-target regions, the PhyloChip is able to …
Date: September 15, 2009
Creator: Andersen, G. L.; He, Z.; DeSantis, T. Z.; Brodie, E. L. & Zhou, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unvented Attic Increases Energy Efficiency and Reduces Duct Losses - Sun Lake at Banning, California (open access)

Unvented Attic Increases Energy Efficiency and Reduces Duct Losses - Sun Lake at Banning, California

New houses in the Sun Lakes at Banning subdivision are designed by Pulte Homes with technical support from the Building Science Consortium as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America Program. These homes save their homeowners money by applying the principles of ''whole-building'' design, which considers the house as a complete system instead of separate components.
Date: September 5, 2001
Creator: Anderson, R. & Wells, N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laws relating to fur animals for the season 1925-26. (open access)

Laws relating to fur animals for the season 1925-26.

Describes the federal laws and regulations regarding fur animals and the fur trade in North America.
Date: September 1925
Creator: Ashbrook, F. G. (Frank Getz), 1892- & Earnshaw, Frank L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to Build a Farm Pond. (open access)

How to Build a Farm Pond.

Describes the steps necessary to build a pond on farmland, including surveying land, testing the soil, building a spillway, and maintaining the pond.
Date: September 1949
Creator: Atkinson, Walter S., 1905-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sericea in conservation farming. (open access)

Sericea in conservation farming.

Describes the use of sericea as a means of ground cover and as a way to prevent soil erosion.
Date: September 1951
Creator: Bailey, R. Y. (Richmond Young), b. 1893
System: The UNT Digital Library
Waste Management's LNG Truck Fleet (open access)

Waste Management's LNG Truck Fleet

The Alternative Motor Fuel Act of 1988 requires the U.S. Department of Energy to demonstrate and evaluate alternative fuels usage in the United States. DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory is conducting the Alternative Fuel Truck Evaluation Project to compare alternative fuel and diesel fuel trucks. Information for the comparison comes from data collected on the operational, maintenance, performance, and emissions characteristics of alternative fuel trucks being used in vehicle fleets and comparable diesel fuel trucks servings as controls within the same fleets. This report highlights the start-up experience and presents the lessons learned from a project that operated a fleet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuse haulers in Washington, Pennsylvania.
Date: September 2, 1999
Creator: Battelle
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wheat production in the eastern United States. (open access)

Wheat production in the eastern United States.

Describes different types of winter and spring wheat, discusses methods and practices that contribute to success, and diseases and insects that threaten the wheat crop.
Date: September 1951
Creator: Bayles, B. B. (Burton Bernard), 1900- & Taylor, J. W. (John Walter), 1890-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The production of cucumbers in greenhouses. (open access)

The production of cucumbers in greenhouses.

Lists the best ways to grow cucumbers in a greenhouse environment, and discusses insect and disease enemies of the cucumber.
Date: September 1938
Creator: Beattie, James H. (James Herbert), b. 1882
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Issues in Texas : A Survey of Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Water (open access)

Water Issues in Texas : A Survey of Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Water

"The Texas AgriLife Extension Service facilitated a random sample survey of Texas residents to evaluate their awareness of, attitudes about and willingness to act on water issues. The results of this survey will be useful to citizens, local governments, state agencies and policy makers in planning for the future" (p. 6).
Date: September 2010
Creator: Boellstorff, Diane E.; Boleman, Chris T. & McFarland, Mark Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Value of Renewable Energy as a Hedge Against Fuel Price Risk: Analytic Contributions from Economic and Finance Theory (open access)

The Value of Renewable Energy as a Hedge Against Fuel Price Risk: Analytic Contributions from Economic and Finance Theory

For better or worse, natural gas has become the fuel of choice for new power plants being built across the United States. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), natural gas-fired units account for nearly 90% of the total generating capacity added in the U.S. between 1999 and 2005 (EIA 2006b), bringing the nationwide market share of gas-fired generation to 19%. Looking ahead over the next decade, the EIA expects this trend to continue, increasing the market share of gas-fired generation to 22% by 2015 (EIA 2007a). Though these numbers are specific to the US, natural gas-fired generation is making similar advances in many other countries as well. A large percentage of the total cost of gas-fired generation is attributable to fuel costs--i.e., natural gas prices. For example, at current spot prices of around $7/MMBtu, fuel costs account for more than 75% of the levelized cost of energy from a new combined cycle gas turbine, and more than 90% of its operating costs (EIA 2007a). Furthermore, given that gas-fired plants are often the marginal supply units that set the market-clearing price for all generators in a competitive wholesale market, there is a direct link between natural gas prices and wholesale …
Date: September 15, 2008
Creator: Bolinger, Mark A. & Wiser, Ryan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conserving soil and moisture in orchards and vineyards. (open access)

Conserving soil and moisture in orchards and vineyards.

Describes methods of conservation farming for fruit orchards and vineyards.
Date: September 1945
Creator: Bregger, John T. (John Taylor), 1896- & Brown, Grover F., 1905-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biofuels for Your State: Helping the Economy and the Environment (open access)

Biofuels for Your State: Helping the Economy and the Environment

A fact sheet that describes the advantages of using ethanol and biodiesel to solve local problems such as smog, ozone, and carbon monoxide.
Date: September 5, 2001
Creator: Brown, H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technologies Recently Available for Licensing - 1999 (open access)

Technologies Recently Available for Licensing - 1999

An NREL Technology Transfer fact sheet describing four technologies that are available for licensing: steel weld weakness detection, cadmium telluride solar cell enhancement, HOMER model for choosing optimal electrical systems for remote areas, and inner-flame matrix burner.
Date: September 7, 1999
Creator: Brown, H. & Touryan, K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Why Some Wood Surfaces Hold Paint Longer Than Others. (open access)

Why Some Wood Surfaces Hold Paint Longer Than Others.

Describes the different factors to consider when selecting wood to be painted.
Date: September 1930
Creator: Browne, F. L. (Frederick Lincoln), 1895-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nicotine dust for control of truck-crop insects. (open access)

Nicotine dust for control of truck-crop insects.

Describes the damages that insects can cause to farm crops, and how nicotine dust can control the insects.
Date: September 1922
Creator: Campbell, Roy Elliott
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2013 (open access)

Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2013

Annual budget, work plan, projected productivity, and performance report for the Capital Area Council of Goverments (CAPCOG) for fiscal year 2013. It covers budget resolutions, budget summary, budget charts, regional services, administrative services, Homeland Security, and personnel and salary schedules.
Date: September 12, 2012
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2014 (open access)

Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2014

Annual budget, work plan, projected productivity, and performance report for the Capital Area Council of Goverments (CAPCOG) for fiscal year 2014. It includes the budget resolution, summary, and charts, with segments on area agency on aging, sustainable communities, and homeland security.
Date: September 11, 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
1,3-Propanediol Made From Fermentation-Derived Malonic Acid: Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) Agriculture Project Fact Sheet (open access)

1,3-Propanediol Made From Fermentation-Derived Malonic Acid: Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) Agriculture Project Fact Sheet

1,3-Propanediol is one of two ingredients used in producing polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT), a polymer which can be used in polyester and nylon applications. Researchers are developing a process to ferment biomass feedstock to malonic acid using filamentous fungi and then catalytically convert malonic acid to 1,3-propanediol.
Date: September 12, 2001
Creator: Carde, T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Fractionation for the Production of Cellulose Plastics: Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) Agriculture Project Fact Sheet (open access)

Clean Fractionation for the Production of Cellulose Plastics: Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) Agriculture Project Fact Sheet

Clean Fractionation is a new technology that enables energy-efficient and environmentally-clean separation of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin from lignocellulosic biomass.
Date: September 12, 2001
Creator: Carde, T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Education Initiative: Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) Agriculture Project Fact Sheet (open access)

Education Initiative: Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) Agriculture Project Fact Sheet

The Department of Energy launched the Education Initiative in 1999 to promote the establishment of multi-disciplinary, graduate-level education and research programs.
Date: September 12, 2001
Creator: Carde, T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Functionalized Vegetable Oils for Utilization as Polymer Building Blocks: Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) Agriculture Project Fact Sheet (open access)

Functionalized Vegetable Oils for Utilization as Polymer Building Blocks: Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) Agriculture Project Fact Sheet

Vegetable oils such as soybean oil will be converted to novel polymers using hydroformylation and other catalytic processes. These polymers can be used in the construction, automotive, packaging, and electronic sectors.
Date: September 12, 2001
Creator: Carde, T.
System: The UNT Digital Library