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15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 33, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003 (open access)

15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 33, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003

Newspaper from Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Pound, Jaylynn Christian
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
ALS user meeting features 10th anniversary celebration (open access)

ALS user meeting features 10th anniversary celebration

The Advanced Light Source (ALS) saw first light on October 5, 1993, not quite to the day but close to 10 years before the 2003 ALS Users Association meeting, held October 6-8. Fittingly, the proceedings included retrospectives from two of the key players in the early history of the ALS, David Attwood and Jay Marx, and a display of photographs chronicling its construction and commissioning. Science highlights, highlights from young researchers, and posters constituted the meat of the program on Monday and Tuesday morning, while workshops took over Tuesday afternoon and all day Wednesday.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Robinson, Art
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 105, No. 225, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 105, No. 225, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Andrews, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Aperture studies for the AP2 anti-proton Line at Fermilab (open access)

Aperture studies for the AP2 anti-proton Line at Fermilab

The AP2 beamline transports anti-protons from the production target to the Debuncher ring. For many years the observed aperture has been smaller than that estimated from linear, on-energy optics. We have investigated possible reasons for the aperture restriction and have identified several possible sources, including residual vertical dispersion from alignment errors and chromatic effects due to very large chromatic lattice functions. We discuss the possible sources, suggest some remedies, and propose specific studies, where needed, to evaluate suspected problems.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Reichel, Ina; Zisman, Michael & Placidi, Massimo
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Unabated Facility Emission Potentials for Evaluating Airborne Radionuclide Monitoring Requirements at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - 2003 (open access)

Assessment of Unabated Facility Emission Potentials for Evaluating Airborne Radionuclide Monitoring Requirements at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - 2003

Assessments were performed to evaluate compliance with the airborne radionuclide emission monitoring requirements in the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP - U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 61, Subpart H) and Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 246-247: Radiation Protection - Air Emissions. In these assessments, potential unabated offsite doses were evaluated for emission locations at facilities owned by the U.S. Department of Energy and operated by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) on the Hanford Site. This report describes the inventory-based methods and provides the results for the assessment performed in 2003.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Ballinger, Marcel Y.; Sula, Monte J.; Gervais, Todd L. & Edwards, Daniel L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 368, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 368, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 98, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 98, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Cartwright, Brian & Morgan, Clay
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003 (open access)

Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003

Semiweekly newspaper from Brady, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Stewart, James E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Broadband Internet Access: Background and Issues (open access)

Broadband Internet Access: Background and Issues

This report is about the Broadband Internet Access, The Background and analysis of Broadband. It's importance, and about broadband technologies like Cable, Satellite and other technologies. The status of Broadband Deployment and Development Issues.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Angele. A
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CALIBRATION OF ONLINE ANALYZERS USING NEURAL NETWORKS (open access)

CALIBRATION OF ONLINE ANALYZERS USING NEURAL NETWORKS

Neural networks were used to calibrate an online ash analyzer at the Usibelli Coal Mine, Healy, Alaska, by relating the Americium and Cesium counts to the ash content. A total of 104 samples were collected from the mine, with 47 being from screened coal, and the rest being from unscreened coal. Each sample corresponded to 20 seconds of coal on the running conveyor belt. Neural network modeling used the quick stop training procedure. Therefore, the samples were split into training, calibration and prediction subsets. Special techniques, using genetic algorithms, were developed to representatively split the sample into the three subsets. Two separate approaches were tried. In one approach, the screened and unscreened coal was modeled separately. In another, a single model was developed for the entire dataset. No advantage was seen from modeling the two subsets separately. The neural network method performed very well on average but not individually, i.e. though each prediction was unreliable, the average of a few predictions was close to the true average. Thus, the method demonstrated that the analyzers were accurate at 2-3 minutes intervals (average of 6-9 samples), but not at 20 seconds (each prediction).
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Ganguli, Rajive; Walsh, Daniel E. & Yu, Shaohai
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 98, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 98, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003

Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressible Multiphase Flows in an ALE Framework (open access)

Compressible Multiphase Flows in an ALE Framework

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Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Stevens, David; Nelson, B.; Fogarty, P.; Eberle, C. & Ulrickson, M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Criminal Charges in Corporate Scandals (open access)

Criminal Charges in Corporate Scandals

Since the collapse of Enron Corp. in late 2001, there has been a series of scandals involving major U.S. corporations. Recurring elements in the scandals include improper or fraudulent accounting, self-enrichment by corporate officers, stock trading on inside information, and the destruction or falsification of business records. This report tracks post-Enron criminal charges.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Jickling, Mark & Janov, Paul H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Vercher, Dennis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Management: DOD Needs to Strengthen Internal Controls over Funds Used to Support USO Activities (open access)

Defense Management: DOD Needs to Strengthen Internal Controls over Funds Used to Support USO Activities

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "For more than 60 years, the United Services Organization (USO), in partnership with the Department of Defense (DOD), has provided support and entertainment to U.S. armed forces, relying heavily on private contributions and on funds, goods, and services from DOD. To assist USO, Congress, beginning in fiscal year 2000, provided a total of $23.8 million in grants to be awarded through DOD as seed money for an endowment fund. The availability of these funds to USO, along with DOD's ongoing support funded in its regular annual appropriations, represents a substantial financial commitment. GAO determined (1) the source and amount of DOD's support to USO in fiscal years 2000-2002 and (2) the sufficiency of internal controls to provide reasonable assurance that federal funds are used in an appropriate manner. GAO focused its audit on USO World Headquarters' activities and audited a limited selection of USO transactions for the 3 fiscal years."
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Trafficking and North Korea: Issues for U.S. Policy (open access)

Drug Trafficking and North Korea: Issues for U.S. Policy

At least 50 documented incidents in more than 20 countries around the world, many involving arrest or detention of North Korean diplomats, link North Korea to drug trafficking. Such events, in the context of credible, but unproven, allegations of large scale state sponsorship of drug production and trafficking, raise important issues for the United States and its allies in combating international drug trafficking. The challenge to policy makers is how to pursue an effective counter drug policy and comply with U.S. law which may require cutting off aid to North Korea while pursuing other high-priority U.S. foreign policy objectives including (1) limiting possession and production of weapons of mass destruction; (2) limiting ballistic missile production and export; (3) curbing terrorism, counterfeiting, and international crime; and (4) addressing humanitarian needs.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Perl, Raphael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Harper News (Harper, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003 (open access)

The Harper News (Harper, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003

Biweekly newspaper from Harper, Texas that includes community news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Stevens, Martha
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hilltop Views (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003 (open access)

Hilltop Views (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003

Student newspaper from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the college community along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003 (open access)

Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003

Weekly newspaper from Dell City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Lynch, Mary Louise
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hyperspectral Imaging of Functional Patterns for Disease Assessment and Treatment Monitoring (open access)

Hyperspectral Imaging of Functional Patterns for Disease Assessment and Treatment Monitoring

We have designed and built a six-band multi-spectral NIR imaging system used in clinical testing on cancer patients. From our layered tissue model, we create blood volume and blood oxygenation images for patient treatment monitoring.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Hassan, Moinuddin; Hattery, David; Vogel, Abby; Chernomorkik, Victor; Demos, Stavros; Aleman, Karen et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impaired fertility in T-stock female mice after superovulation (open access)

Impaired fertility in T-stock female mice after superovulation

Superovulation of female mice with exogenous gonadotrophins is routinely used for increasing the number of eggs ovulated by each female in reproductive and developmental studies. We report an unusual effect of superovulation on fertilization in mice. In vivo matings of superovulated T-stock females with B6C3F1 males resulted in a 2-fold reduction (P<0.001) in the frequencies of fertilized eggs compared to control B6C3F1 matings. In addition, {approx}22 hr after mating only 15% of fertilized eggs recovered in T-stock females had reached the metaphase stage of the first cleavage division versus 87% in B6C3F1 females (P < 0.0001). Matings with T-stock males did not improve the reproductive performance of T-stock females. To investigate the possible cause(s) for the impaired fertilization and zygotic development, the experiments were repeated using in vitro fertilization. Under these conditions, the frequencies of fertilized eggs were not different in superovulated T-stock and B6C3F1 females (51.7% {+-} 6.0 and 64.5% {+-}3.8, P=0.10). There was a 7-fold increase in the frequencies of fertilized T-stock eggs that completed the first cell cycle of development after in vitro versus in vivo fertilization. These results rule out an intrinsic deficiency of the T-stock oocyte as the main reason for the impaired fertility after …
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Wyrobek, A J; Bishop, J B; Marchetti, F & Zudova, D
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
LARGE AREA FILTERED ARC DEPOSITION OF CARBON AND BORON BASED HARD COATINGS (open access)

LARGE AREA FILTERED ARC DEPOSITION OF CARBON AND BORON BASED HARD COATINGS

This document is a final report covering work performed under Contract No. DE-FG02-99ER82911 from the Department of Energy under a SBIR Phase II Program. Wear resistant, hard coatings can play a vital role in many engineering applications. The primary goal of this project was to develop coatings containing boron and carbon with hardness greater than 30 GPa and evaluate these coatings for machining applications. UES has developed a number of carbon and boron containing coatings with hardness in the range of 34 to 65 GPa using a combination of filtered cathodic arc and magnetron sputtering. The boron containing coatings were based on TiB2, TiBN, and TiBCN, while the carbon containing coatings ere TiC+C and hydrogen free diamond-like-carbon. Machining tests were performed with single and multilayer coated tools. The turning and milling tests were run at TechSolve Inc., under a subcontract at Ohio State University. Significant increases in tool lives were realized in end milling of H-13 die steel (8X) and titanium alloy (80%) using the TiBN coating. A multilayer TiBN/TiN performed the best in end-milling of highly abrasive Al-Si alloys. A 40% increase in life over the TiAlN benchmark coating was found. Further evaluations of these coatings with commercialization partners …
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Bhattacharya, Rabi S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Manipulating and Visualizing Proteins (open access)

Manipulating and Visualizing Proteins

ProteinShop Gives Researchers a Hands-On Tool for Manipulating, Visualizing Protein Structures. The Human Genome Project and other biological research efforts are creating an avalanche of new data about the chemical makeup and genetic codes of living organisms. But in order to make sense of this raw data, researchers need software tools which let them explore and model data in a more intuitive fashion. With this in mind, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Davis, have developed ProteinShop, a visualization and modeling program which allows researchers to manipulate protein structures with pinpoint control, guided in large part by their own biological and experimental instincts. Biologists have spent the last half century trying to unravel the ''protein folding problem,'' which refers to the way chains of amino acids physically fold themselves into three-dimensional proteins. This final shape, which resembles a crumpled ribbon or piece of origami, is what determines how the protein functions and translates genetic information. Understanding and modeling this geometrically complex formation is no easy matter. ProteinShop takes a given sequence of amino acids and uses visualization guides to help generate predictions about the secondary structures, identifying alpha helices and flat beta strands, and the …
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Simon, Horst D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library