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Achieving Sustainable Construction in Affordable Housing (open access)

Achieving Sustainable Construction in Affordable Housing

An energy-efficient design and construction checklist and information sheets on energy-efficient design and construction are two products being developed. These products will help affordable housing providers take the first steps toward a whole-house approach to the design and implementation of energy-efficient construction practices. The checklist presents simple and clear guidance on energy improvements that can be readily addressed now by most affordable housing providers. The information sheets complement the checklist by providing installation instructions and material specifications that are accompanied by detailed graphics. The information sheets also identify benefits of recommended energy-efficiency measures and procedures including cost savings and impacts on health and comfort. This paper presents details on the checklist and information sheets and discusses their use in two affordable housing projects.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Barcik, M. K.; Creech, D. B. & Ternes, M. P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Administrative and Project Support submited to TCA] (open access)

[Administrative and Project Support submited to TCA]

A review and routing form submitted by North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to the Texas Commission on the Arts requesting funding from September 1, 1999 to August 31, 2000. The following webpage have been printed from the TCA website as sensitive organization information had been filled out during application process.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 99, No. 229, Ed. 1 Monday, December 7, 1998 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 99, No. 229, Ed. 1 Monday, December 7, 1998

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Cole, Carol
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 36, Ed. 1 Monday, December 7, 1998 (open access)

The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 36, Ed. 1 Monday, December 7, 1998

Weekly newspaper from Alvin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Schwind, Jim & Looby, Edward
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Appalachian Development Highway Program (ADHP): An Overview (open access)

Appalachian Development Highway Program (ADHP): An Overview

This report discusses the Appalachian Development Highway Program (ADHP). After a brief description of the ADHP system, the report describes the ADHP's operation, organization, spending history and status. It then describes changes in its funding mechanism resultant from TEA 21 and issues of interest to Congress related to the ADHP.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Kirk, Robert S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appalachian Development Highway Program: An Overview (open access)

Appalachian Development Highway Program: An Overview

The Appalachian Development Highway Program is a road building program that is intended to break Appalachia's regional isolation and encourage Appalachian economic development. Administered by the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Appalachian Development Highway Program is authorized to develop a network of 3,025 miles of corridor roads. This report details the program origins, administration and organization, spending history, and issues for Congress.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Kirk, Robert S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 32, Ed. 1 Monday, December 7, 1998 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 32, Ed. 1 Monday, December 7, 1998

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Dobbs, Gary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ceramicrete{trademark} Stabilization of CST Resin: ITP Alternative Phase III Feasibility Study (open access)

Ceramicrete{trademark} Stabilization of CST Resin: ITP Alternative Phase III Feasibility Study

The Ceramicrete{trademark} waste form is a magnesium phosphate hydrate, which sets as the result of an acid-base reaction between KH{sub 2}PO{sub 4} and MgO in the presence of water. Based on the results of this feasibility study, this low temperature ceramic waste form is acceptable for stabilization of cesium loaded crystalline silicotitanate (CST) resin. The performance objective of CST stabilization is to convert a friable powdered resin into a monolithic form to improve handling and storage and to reduce the waste mobility. Advantages of this type of the CST-Ceramicrete{trademark} waste form include: room temperature processing of a fluid slurry, limited off gas, flexible mix designs, rapid setting, no free liquids, temperature tolerant and durable up to at least 90 degrees C. The Ceramicrete/220 waste form can be processed by in-container mixing or by batch mixing. Since a trace amount of free water will be associated with the wet resin in the CST-Ceramicrete{trademark} waste form, radiolysis of the free water may cause pressurization of the containers. Leaching tests were conducted to evaluate the CST-Ceramicrete{trademark} waste form performance relative to high-level waste glass. Results were very encouraging given that only one waste loading (50 wt. percent resin) was tested and that the …
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Langton, C.A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cesium Precipitation Kinetic Studies (open access)

Cesium Precipitation Kinetic Studies

The data obtained from the tests described in this document provide results for determining tank size for in the proposed Small-Tank Tetraphenylborate (STTP) facility.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Barnes, M. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Grout Stabilization of High Cesium Salt Waste: Salt Alternative Phase III Feasibility Study (open access)

Direct Grout Stabilization of High Cesium Salt Waste: Salt Alternative Phase III Feasibility Study

The direct grout alternative is a viable option for treatment/stabilization and disposal of salt waste containing Cs-137 concentrations of 1-3 Ci/gal. The composition of the direct grout salt solution is higher in sodium salts and contains up to a few hundred ppm Cs-137 more than the current reference salt solution. However it is still similar to the composition of the current reference salt solution. Consequently, the processing, setting, and leaching properties (including TCLP for Cr and Hg) of the direct grout and current saltstone waste forms are very similar. The significant difference between these waste solutions is that the high cesium salt solution will contain between 1 and 3 Curies of Cs-137 per gallon compared to a negligible amount in the current salt solution. This difference will require special engineering and shielding for a direct grout processing facility and disposal units to achieve acceptable radiation exposure conditions. The Cs-137 concentration in the direct grout salt solution will also affect the long-term curing temperature of the waste form since 4.84 Watts of energy are generated per 1000 Ci of Cs-137. The temperature rise of the direct grout during long-term curing has been calculated by A. Shaddy, SRTC.1 The effect of curing …
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Langton, C.A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dissipative Chaos and Symmetry Breaking in AC-Driven Nanostructures (open access)

Dissipative Chaos and Symmetry Breaking in AC-Driven Nanostructures

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Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Campbell, D. K.; Alekseev, K. N.; Berman, G. P. & Cannon, E. H.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
DuoliteTM GT-73 Resin Testing in Support of the Salt Disposition Alternatives (open access)

DuoliteTM GT-73 Resin Testing in Support of the Salt Disposition Alternatives

This study evaluated DuoliteTM GT-73 performance for removing mercury ions from several high level waste streams under consideration by the Salt Disposition Systems Engineering Team as a technical risk. Experiments conducted over an eight week period address the technical uncertainties for GT-73 performance
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Wilmarth, W. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electron-Nuclear Spin Dynamics in a Mesoscopic Solid-State Quantum Computer (open access)

Electron-Nuclear Spin Dynamics in a Mesoscopic Solid-State Quantum Computer

We numerically simulate the process of nuclear spin measurement in Kane's quantum computer. For this purpose, we model the quantum dynamics of two coupled nuclear spins located on {sup 31}P donors implanted in Si. We estimate the minimum time of measurement necessary for the reliable transfer of quantum information from the nuclear spin subsystem to the electronic one and the probability of error for typical values of external noise.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Berman, G. P.; Campbell, D. K.; Doolen, G. D. & Nagaev, K. E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Excess Sodium Tetraphenylborate and Intermediates Decomposition Studies (open access)

Excess Sodium Tetraphenylborate and Intermediates Decomposition Studies

The stability of excess amounts of sodium tetraphenylborate (NaTPB) in the In-Tank Precipitation (ITP) facility depends on a number of variables. Concentration of palladium, initial benzene, and sodium ion as well as temperature provide the best opportunities for controlling the decomposition rate. This study examined the influence of these four variable on the reactivity of palladium-catalyzed sodium tetraphenylborate decomposition. Also, single effects tests investigated the reactivity of simulants with continuous stirring and nitrogen ventilation, with very high benzene concentrations, under washed sodium concentrations, with very high palladium concentrations, and with minimal quantities of excess NaTPB.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Barnes, M.J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Monday, December 7, 1998 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Monday, December 7, 1998

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Generation of Chloride Active Defects at the Aluminum Oxide Surface for the Study of Localized Corrosion Initiation (open access)

Generation of Chloride Active Defects at the Aluminum Oxide Surface for the Study of Localized Corrosion Initiation

The generation of surface defects on electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma derived aluminum oxide films has been studied. We find that Cl active O vacancies can be generated using electron and ion irradiation yielding surface concentrations of 3 xl 013 to 1X1014 sites"cm-2. These values correspond to surface defect concentrations of 3 to 10% when compared to ordered, crystalline u-alumina. The vacancies appear to be responsible for increased surface O concentrations when immersed in water. Anodic polarization of irradiated films yields a decrease in the stable pitting potential which correlates with electron dose.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Barbour, J.C.; Missert, N.; Son, K.-A; Wall, F.D. & Zavadil, K.R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Holidaily [1998] (open access)

Holidaily [1998]

Holiday supplement to the North Texas Daily, a daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, national and campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
KEK MQX Field Error Analysis and Compensation (open access)

KEK MQX Field Error Analysis and Compensation

None
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: J., Wei; Ptitsin, V.; Gelfand, N. & Sen, T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Two-Phase Alloys Based on NbCr(2) (open access)

Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Two-Phase Alloys Based on NbCr(2)

A two-phase, Nb-Cr-Ti alloy (bee+ C15 Laves phase) has been developed using several alloy design methodologies. In effort to understand processing-microstructure-property relationships, diffment processing routes were employed. The resulting microstructure and mechanical properties are discussed and compared. Plasma arc-melted samples served to establish baseline, . . . as-cast properties. In addition, a novel processing technique, involving decomposition of a supersaturated and metastable precursor phase during hot isostatic pressing (HIP), was used to produce a refined, equilibrium two-phase microstructure. Quasi-static compression tests as a ~ function of temperature were performed on both alloy types. Different deformation mechanisms were encountered based upon temperature and microstructure.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Cady, C. M.; Chen, K. C.; Kotula, P. G.; Mauro, M. E. & Thoma, D. J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling A.C. Electronic Transport through a Two-Dimensional Quantum Point Contact (open access)

Modeling A.C. Electronic Transport through a Two-Dimensional Quantum Point Contact

We present the results on the a.c. transport of electrons moving through a two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor quantum point contact (QPC). We concentrate our attention on the characteristic properties of the high frequency admittance ({omega}{approximately}0 - 50 GHz), and on the oscillations of the admittance in the vicinity of the separatrix (when a channel opens or closes), in presence of the relaxation effects. The experimental verification of such oscillations in the admittance would be a strong confirmation of the semi-classical approach to the a.c. transport in a QPC, in the separatrix region.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Aronov, I. E.; Beletskii, N. N.; Berman, G. P.; Campbell, D. K.; Doolen, G. D. & Dudiy, S. V.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multiscale Modeling of Recrystallization (open access)

Multiscale Modeling of Recrystallization

We propose a multi length scale approach to modeling recrystallization which links a dislocation model, a cell growth model and a macroscopic model. Although this methodology and linking framework will be applied to recrystallization, it is also applicable to other types of phase transformations in bulk and layered materials. Critical processes such as the dislocation structure evolution, nucleation, the evolution of crystal orientations into a preferred texture, and grain size evolution all operate at different length scales. In this paper we focus on incorporating experimental measurements of dislocation substructures, rnisorientation measurements of dislocation boundaries, and dislocation simulations into a mesoscopic model of cell growth. In particular, we show how feeding information from the dislocation model into the cell growth model can create realistic initial microstructure.
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Godfrey, A. W.; Holm, E. A.; Hughes, D. A.; Lesar, R. & Miodownik, M. A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Laboratories and Internatioanl Partnering (open access)

National Laboratories and Internatioanl Partnering

For nearly fifty years the US held a dominant position in research and development in the free world. The situation has changed dramatically in the last decade. Countries around the world realize that to foster sustainable economic growth, they must build and maintain a foundation in science and technology. The time in which a country could base its gross national product solely on extraction of raw materials or on people-intensive manufacturing is drawing to a close. The funding for research and development has been growing in the rest of the world, while US expenditures have not kept pace. In 1961, the United States funded 71 `?40 of the world's R&D. It is estimated that the US contribution to research and development fimding today has reached the 3 3o/0 level, and will drop to 26o/0 of the world's total by 2003.1 In 1981 US government spending per capita on non-defense research and development was nearly fifty percent above our major competitors; by 2002 it is projected to be f@ percent below them.2 This trend has a profound impact on how research and development institutions in the United States plan for their future technical growth. Sandia National Laboratories, as one of the …
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Eagan, R. J.; Gauster, W. B.; Hartley, D. L. & Jones, G. J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Miller Cancer] captions transcript

[News Clip: Miller Cancer]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 7, 1998, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Melton Valley Storage Tanks Waste Filtration Process Evaluation (open access)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Melton Valley Storage Tanks Waste Filtration Process Evaluation

Cross-flow filtration is being evaluated as a pretreatment in the proposed treatment processes for aqueous high-level radioactive wastes at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to separate insoluble solids from aqueous waste from the Melton Valley Storage Tanks (MVST).
Date: December 7, 1998
Creator: Walker, B.W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library