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Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 100, No. 175, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 100, No. 175, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Analysis of historical gross gamma logging data from BX tank farm (open access)

Analysis of historical gross gamma logging data from BX tank farm

Gross gamma ray logs, recorded from January 1975 through mid-year 1994 as part of the Single-Shell Tank Farm Dry Well Surveillance Program, have been reanalyzed for the BX tank farm to locate the presence of mobile radionuclides in the subsurface. This report presents the BX tank farm gross gamma ray data in such a way as to assist others in their study of vadose zone mechanism.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Myers, D. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anthrax Vaccine: Safety and Efficacy Issues (open access)

Anthrax Vaccine: Safety and Efficacy Issues

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the results of its ongoing examination of the safety and efficacy of the anthrax vaccine, focusing on the: (1) need for a six-shot regimen and annual booster shots; (2) long- and short-term safety of the vaccine; (3) efficacy of the vaccine; (4) extent to which problems the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found in the vaccine production facility in Michigan could compromise the safety, efficacy, and quality of the vaccine; and (5) effects of the anthrax vaccine on children, pregnant women or lactating women."
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of the Disposal of Petroleum Industry NORM in Nonhazardous Landfills (open access)

An Assessment of the Disposal of Petroleum Industry NORM in Nonhazardous Landfills

In this study, the disposal of radium-bearing NORM wastes in nonhazardous landfills in accordance with the MDEQ guidelines was modeled to evaluate potential radiological doses and resultant health risks to workers and the general public. In addition, the study included an evaluation of the potential doses and health risks associated with disposing of a separate NORM waste stream generated by the petroleum industry--wastes containing lead-210 (Pb-210) and its progeny. Both NORM waste streams are characterized in Section 3 of this report. The study also included reviews of (1) the regulatory constraints applicable to the disposal of NORM in nonhazardous landfills in several major oil and gas producing states (Section 2) and (2) the typical costs associated with disposing of NORM, covering disposal options currently permitted by most state regulations as well as the nonhazardous landfill option (Section 4).
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Arnish, John J.; Blunt, Deborah, L.; Haffenden, Rebecca A.; Herbert, Jennifer; Pfingston, Manjula; Smith, Karen P. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 297, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 297, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 82, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 82, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Keasling, Edna & Fierro, Jennifer
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Computational Biology and High Performance Computing (open access)

Computational Biology and High Performance Computing

The pace of extraordinary advances in molecular biology has accelerated in the past decade due in large part to discoveries coming from genome projects on human and model organisms. The advances in the genome projects so far, happening well ahead of schedule and under budget, have exceeded any dreams by its protagonists, let alone formal expectations. Biologists exppect the next phase of genome project to be even more startling in terms of dramatic breakthroughs in our understanding of human biology, the biology of health and of disease. Only today can biologists begin to envision the necessary experimental, computational and theoretical steps necessary to exploit genome sequence information for its medical impact, its contribution to biotechnology and economic competitiveness, and its ultimate contribution to environmental quality.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Simon, Horst D.; Zorn, Manfred; Head-Gordon, Teresa; Arkin, Adam & Shoichet, Brian
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crime Technology: Department of Defense Assistance to State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (open access)

Crime Technology: Department of Defense Assistance to State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the crime technology assistance provided by the Department of Defense (DOD) to state and local law enforcement agencies during fiscal years (FY) 1996 through 1998, focusing on: (1) grants or other types of direct federal funding; (2) access to support services and systems, such as counterdrug or other intelligence centers; and (3) in-kind transfers of equipment or other assets."
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flux pinning forces in irradiated a-axis oriented EuBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7} films (open access)

Flux pinning forces in irradiated a-axis oriented EuBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7} films

{alpha}-axis oriented EuBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7} films have been irradiated with high energy heavy ions in different configurations to study the possible pinning role of the artificial defects in this kind of samples. The original pinning limiting mechanism of the samples is not essentially altered what the irradiation is parallel to the CuO{sub 2} planes. However, when it is deviated from this direction, an increase in critical current density and a change in pinning force are observed when the magnetic field is parallel to the columnar defects at values around the matching field.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Martin, J. I.; Gonzalez, E. M.; Kwok, W.-K & Vincent, J. L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forensic 3D Scene Reconstruction (open access)

Forensic 3D Scene Reconstruction

Traditionally law enforcement agencies have relied on basic measurement and imaging tools, such as tape measures and cameras, in recording a crime scene. A disadvantage of these methods is that they are slow and cumbersome. The development of a portable system that can rapidly record a crime scene with current camera imaging, 3D geometric surface maps, and contribute quantitative measurements such as accurate relative positioning of crime scene objects, would be an asset to law enforcement agents in collecting and recording significant forensic data. The purpose of this project is to develop a feasible prototype of a fast, accurate, 3D measurement and imaging system that would support law enforcement agents to quickly document and accurately record a crime scene.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: LITTLE,CHARLES Q.; PETERS,RALPH R.; RIGDON,J. BRIAN & SMALL,DANIEL E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
General Services Administration: STAR-PBS' New Program for Tracking and Managing Real Property (open access)

General Services Administration: STAR-PBS' New Program for Tracking and Managing Real Property

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Public Buildings Service's (PBS) System for Tracking and Administering Real Property (STAR), focusing on: (1) the functions STAR performs; (2) whether users were having problems using STAR; (3) the steps PBS had taken or is taking to address any user problems; and (4) the actions PBS had taken or plans to take to ensure that STAR data are accurate, reliable, and consistent."
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Harper Herald (Harper, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 137, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999 (open access)

The Harper Herald (Harper, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 137, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999

Weekly newspaper from Harper, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Bishop, Karen
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
In situ measurement of fatigue-crack growth rates in a silicon carbide ceramic at elevated temperatures using a D.C. potential system (open access)

In situ measurement of fatigue-crack growth rates in a silicon carbide ceramic at elevated temperatures using a D.C. potential system

The understanding of the mechanisms of fatigue-crack propagation in advanced ceramics at elevated temperatures (>800 degrees C) has in part been hampered by the experimental difficulty in directly measuring crack lengths, and hence crack-growth rates, at such high temperatures.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Chen, D.; Gilbert, C. J. & Ritchie, R. O.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Influence of Annealing Conditions on Dopant Antirotation of Si+ and Mg+ Implanted GaN (open access)

Influence of Annealing Conditions on Dopant Antirotation of Si+ and Mg+ Implanted GaN

This report reflects the results of heat treatment under various conditions on as-grown and ion implanted GaN. The PL spectrums of as-grown GaN and GaN with 400 A AlN cap were almost identical. This fact allows one to use PL analysis without AlN stripping. As-grown GaN and ion implanted with Mg and Si crystals were annealed at 1300 C for 10 minutes in three different conditions: in flowing argon gas; in flowing ultra high purity nitrogen; and in a quartz capsule sealed with nitrogen gas. The results of PL, RBS, SEM and TEM analysis show an advantage of GaN high temperature annealing in quartz capsules with nitrogen ambient as compared to annealing in argon and nitrogen gas flow. Encapsulation with nitrogen over-pressure prevents the decomposition of the GaN crystal and the AlN capping film, and allows one to achieve optical activation of implanted Mg and Si after 1300 C annealing.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Suvkhanov, A.; Parikh, N.; Usov, I.; Hunn, J. D.; Withrow, S.; Thomson, D. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurements of nonmethane hydrocarbons in Phoenix, Arizona (open access)

Measurements of nonmethane hydrocarbons in Phoenix, Arizona

Nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) are precursors to oxidant formation. They are oxidized by hydroxyl radical (OH), forming a complex mixture of peroxy radicals that oxidize NO to NO{sub 2} without consuming ozone (O{sub 3}) and thus allow O{sub 3} to increase in the atmospheric boundary layer. The reactivities of the NMHCs that compose biogenic and anthropogenic emissions vary greatly. For example, isoprene, which is emitted by deciduous vegetation, has an atmospheric lifetime with respect to oxidation by OH of about 20 min in polluted air ([OH] = 10{sup 7} radicals cm{sup {minus}3}). The atmospheric lifetimes of 2-methylpropene, 2-methylbutane, and the xylenes, which are found in vehicle emissions, are approximately 30 min, 7 hr, and 1.5 hr, respectively. The authors made measurements of the NMHCs at a surface site and aloft aboard the Battelle Gulfstream (G-1) aircraft, as part of an air quality study in the Phoenix area during May 1998. Diurnal variations in the NMHC distributions and their propene-equivalent concentrations are used to examine origins and reactivities of the air masses that were sampled at the surface site.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Doskey, P. V.; Kotamarthi, V. R. & Rudolph, J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
MIL-L-87177 and CLT:X-10 Lubricants Improve Electrical Connector Fretting Corrosion Behavior (open access)

MIL-L-87177 and CLT:X-10 Lubricants Improve Electrical Connector Fretting Corrosion Behavior

We have conducted a fretting research project using MIL-L-87177 and CLT: X-10 lubricants on Nano-miniature connectors. When they were fretted without lubricant, individual connectors first exceeded our 0.5 ohm failure criteria from 2,341 to 45,238 fretting cycles. With additional fretting, their contact resistance increased to more than 100,000 ohms. Unmodified MIL-L-87177 lubricant delayed the onset of first failure to between 430,000 and over 20,000,000 fretting cycles. MIL-L-87177 modified by addition of Teflon powder delayed first failure to beyond 5 million fretting cycles. Best results were obtained when Teflon was used and also when both the straight and modified lubricants were poured into and then out of the connector. CLT: X-10 lubricant delayed the onset of first failure to beyond 55 million cycles in one test where a failure was actually observed and to beyond 20 million cycles in another that was terminated without failure. CLT: X-10 recovered an unlubricated connector driven deeply into failure, with six failed pins recovering immediately and four more recovering during an additional 420 thousand fretting cycles. MIL-L-87177 was not able to recover a connector under similar conditions.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: AUKLAND,NEIL R. & HANLON,JAMES T.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modal response of interior mass based upon external measurements (open access)

Modal response of interior mass based upon external measurements

Modal response testing has been used to predict the motion of interior masses of a system in which only external instrumentation is allowed. Testing of this form may occasionally be necessary in validation of a computer model, but also has potential as a tool for validating individual assemblies in a QA process. Examination of the external frequency response and mode shapes can offer insight into interior response. The interpretation of these results is improved through parallel analytical solutions. A simple, three-mass model has been examined experimentally and analytically to demonstrate modal theory. These results show the limitations of the external measurement in predicting internal response due to transmissibility. A procedure for utilizing external testing is described. The question posed through this research is whether or not modal correlation analysis can be adapted for use in systems for which instrumentation of critical components is missing.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Chow, C. T.; Eli, M.; Jorgensen, B. R. & Woehrle, T.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999 (open access)

The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999

Student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, national, and campus news along with advertising. Formerly The Campus Chat.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 84, No. 37, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 84, No. 37, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Wilmoth, Adam
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 198, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 198, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 18, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999 (open access)

Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 18, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1999

Weekly newspaper from Emory, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Hill, Earl Clyde, Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reentrant softening as precursor to reentrant melting of the vortex-lattice in YBCO single crystal (open access)

Reentrant softening as precursor to reentrant melting of the vortex-lattice in YBCO single crystal

A vibrating sample technique was used to study the elastic behavior of the magnetic vortex system in YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7} single crystal. The setup consists of a system of two weakly coupled mechanical oscillators (transducer, sample), the frequency and Q of which depends sensitively on the frequencies of the two subsystems as well as the coupling between both. By sweeping a magnetic field at temperatures below the superconducting transition temperature {Tc} the authors observe pronounced attenuation peaks of temperature-dependent characteristic field strengths H{sub 1} and H{sub 2}. These fields mark temperature-dependent points of constant elasticity of the vortex-ensemble. Since softening precedes the melting of the vortex-lattice by approaching H{sub o1} as well as H{sub o2}, the observed angular dependence of H{sub 1} and H{sub 2} is interpreted as due to reentrant softening as precursor to reentrant melting.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Hucho, C.; Carter, J. M.; Muller, V.; Petrean, A. & Kwok, W. K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Request for approval, vented container annual release fraction (open access)

Request for approval, vented container annual release fraction

In accordance with the approval conditions for Modification to the Central Waste Complex (CWC) Radioactive Air Emissions Notice of Construction (NOC). dated August 24,1998, a new release fraction has been developed for submittal to the Washington State Department of Health (WDOH). The proposed annual release fraction of 2.50 E-14 is proposed for use in future NOCs involving the storage and handling operations associated with vented containers on the Hanford Site. The proposed annual release fraction was the largest release fraction calculated from alpha measurements of the NucFil filters from 10 vented containers consisting of nine 55-gallon drums and one burial box with dimensions of 9.3 x 5.7 x 6.4 feet. An annual release fraction of 2.0 E-09 was used in the modification to the CWC radioactive air emissions NOC. This study confirmed that the release fraction used in the CWC radioactive air emissions NOC was conservative.
Date: October 12, 1999
Creator: Hill, J. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library