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Air Quality: EPA’s 2006 Changes to the Particulate Matter (PM) Standard (open access)

Air Quality: EPA’s 2006 Changes to the Particulate Matter (PM) Standard

In order to better understand EPA’s actions, this report provides an analysis of the agency’s final 2006 revisions to the particulates NAAQS, and the estimated costs and benefits of the new standards and of a more stringent alternatives analyzed. The report concludes by highlighting concerns and issues raised regarding the revisions to the particulates standards, including those of the science advisory committee (Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, or CASAC), and actions in Congress.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Esworthy, Robert & McCarthy, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 108, No. 194, Ed. 1 Monday, November 13, 2006 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 108, No. 194, Ed. 1 Monday, November 13, 2006

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Analysis of Data for Exports Regulated by the Department of Commerce (open access)

Analysis of Data for Exports Regulated by the Department of Commerce

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In light of the September 2001 terror attacks, we were asked to examine the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) dual-use export control system. We reported our findings in a June 26, 2006, report, saying that BIS has not systematically evaluated the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the dual-use export control system. Specifically, we reported that BIS has not conducted comprehensive analyses of available data about items that have actually been exported from the United States. We made several recommendations in that report, including that Commerce should use the available data to evaluate the system's effectiveness. Because we had difficulty obtaining data on actual exports from Commerce, we were unable to provide specific details about these data in time for our June 2006 report. We have since obtained the data and are now transmitting to Congress our analysis of the data for 2004 and 2005."
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Neutron-Absorbing Structural-Amorphous Metal (SAM) Coatings for Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Container to Enhance Criticality Safety Controls (open access)

Application of Neutron-Absorbing Structural-Amorphous Metal (SAM) Coatings for Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Container to Enhance Criticality Safety Controls

Spent nuclear fuel contains fissionable materials ({sup 235}U, {sup 239}Pu, {sup 241}Pu, etc.). Neutron multiplication and the potential for criticality are enhanced by the presence of a moderator during cask loading in water, water incursion in accidents conditions during spent fuel storage or transport. To prevent nuclear criticality in spent fuel storage, transportation, and during disposal, neutron-absorbing materials (or neutron poisons, such as borated stainless steel, Boral{trademark}, Metamic{trademark}, Ni-Gd, and others) would have to be applied. The success in demonstrating that the High-Performance Corrosion-Resistant material (HPCRM) can be thermally applied as coating onto base metal to provide for corrosion resistance for many naval applications raises the interest in applying the HPCRM to USDOE/OCRWM spent fuel management program. The fact that the HPCRM relies on the high content of boron to make the material amorphous--an essential property for corrosion resistance--and that the boron has to be homogeneously distributed in the HPCRM qualify the material to be a neutron poison.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Choi, J.; Lee, C.; Day, D.; Wall, M.; Saw, C.; MoberlyChan, W. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Balancing Scientific Publication and National Security Concerns: Issues for Congress (open access)

Balancing Scientific Publication and National Security Concerns: Issues for Congress

This report is on Balancing Scientific Publication and National Security Concerns: Issues for Congress.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Shea, Dana A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 353, Ed. 1 Monday, November 13, 2006 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 353, Ed. 1 Monday, November 13, 2006

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Clements, Clifford E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calculation of Photoneutrons from Varian Clinac Accelerators and Their Transmissions in Materials (open access)

Calculation of Photoneutrons from Varian Clinac Accelerators and Their Transmissions in Materials

Monte Carlo calculations of the giant-dipole-resonance photoneutrons (GRN) around the Varian Clinac 2100C/2300C medical accelerator heads (10-20 MV modes) were made using the coupled EGS4-MORSE code. The actual head materials and geometries were simulated in great detail using the Combinatorial Geometry facility of MORSE. The neutron production (i.e., sites and yields) was calculated with EGS4 and, then, the neutron transport in the accelerator head was done with MORSE. Both the evaporation and direct neutron components of the GRN were considered by incorporating the EVAP4 code and an empirical algorithm, respectively, into MORSE. With the calculated neutron spectra around the head as source terms, MCNP4a was used to estimate the corresponding dose equivalent transmission (considering both the neutron attenuation and the build-up of captured gamma rays) in several different types of concrete. The calculated results of the absolute neutron fluence and spectra around the heads, as well as the transmission curves, are presented and discussed.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Liu, J. C.; Kase, K. R.; Mao, X. S.; Nelson, W. R.; Kleck, J. H. & Johnson, S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comments on cathode contaminants and the LBNL test stand (open access)

Comments on cathode contaminants and the LBNL test stand

This report collects information on cathode contaminants we have gathered in the process of operating the LBNL DARHT cathode test stand. Information on contaminants is compiled from several sources. The attachment, ''Practical Aspects of Modern Dispenser Cathodes'', is from Heat Wave Corp. (TB-134) and was originally published in Microwave Journal, September 1979. Cathode contamination depends on both material choices and residual gases. Table 1 of TB-134 lists materials that can poison dispenser cathodes. These include reactive residual gases or vapors such as oxygen, water vapor, benzene, chlorine, fluorine, sulfur, silicon, and most metals other than molybdenum, rhenium, tungsten, and copper. The metals interact with the cathode surface through their vapor pressure. A paper by Nexsen and Turner, J. Appl. Phys. 68, 298-303 (1990) shows the threshold effects of some common residual gases or vapors on cathode performance. The book by Walter H. Kohl, Handbook of Materials and Techniques for Vacuum Devices, also contains useful information on cathodes and poisoning agents. A plot of the vapor pressures and poisoning effect of certain metals (from Kohl) is shown below. Note that the vapor pressure of zinc is 1.1 x 10{sup -8} Torr at 400 K = 127 C, and 2.7 x 10{sup …
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Bieniosek, F.; Baca, D.; Greenway, W.; Leitner, M. & Kwan, J. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Courts Narrow McCarran-Ferguson Antitrust Exemption for “Business of Insurance”; Possible Congressional Response (open access)

Courts Narrow McCarran-Ferguson Antitrust Exemption for “Business of Insurance”; Possible Congressional Response

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Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Rubin, Janice E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2006-11-13 - James Lind, trumpet

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Lind, James
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2006-11-13 - Julee Kim, flute and piccolo

A doctoral recital performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Kim, Julee
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2006-11-13 - Maria d'Alene Harman, flute

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Harman, Maria d'Alene
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
End-Stage Renal Disease: Bundling Medicare's Payment for Drugs with Payment for All ESRD Services Would Promote Efficiency and Clinical Flexibility (open access)

End-Stage Renal Disease: Bundling Medicare's Payment for Drugs with Payment for All ESRD Services Would Promote Efficiency and Clinical Flexibility

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Medicare covers dialysis--a process that removes excess fluids and toxins from the bloodstream--for most individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a condition of permanent kidney failure. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pays for certain dialysis services under a type of bundled rate, called a composite rate, and, for certain dialysis-related drugs, pays a separate rate per dose each time the drug is administered. These drugs are referred to as "separately billable" and are paid at 6 percent above manufacturers' average sales price (ASP). Recently, the Congress required CMS to explore the creation of a bundled payment for all ESRD services, including separately billable drugs. GAO was asked to examine (1) recent changes in payments for ESRD services, (2) the ASP payment method of setting rates for separately billable ESRD drugs, and (3) CMS efforts to develop a bundled payment method that includes all ESRD drugs. GAO obtained information for this study from CMS, the U.S. Renal Data System, ESRD experts, and previously issued GAO reports."
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2006-11-13 – Brass Band

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Brass band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: University of North Texas. Brass Band.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2006-11-13 – Collegium Chamber Music

Collegium performance at the UNT Recital Hall.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: University of North Texas. Collegium Singers.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Monday, November 13, 2006 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Monday, November 13, 2006

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Food Safety: Federal and State Response to the Spinach E. coli Outbreak (open access)

Food Safety: Federal and State Response to the Spinach E. coli Outbreak

This report details the events as they unfolded, and includes the number of cases, the detention of the first case, and the process by which relevant agencies acted as subsequent cases were reported.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Porter, Donna V. & Lister, Sarah A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global War On Terrorism: Fiscal Year 2006 Obligation Rates Are Within Funding Levels and Significant Multiyear Procurement Funds Will Likely Remain Available for Use in Fiscal Year 2007 (open access)

Global War On Terrorism: Fiscal Year 2006 Obligation Rates Are Within Funding Levels and Significant Multiyear Procurement Funds Will Likely Remain Available for Use in Fiscal Year 2007

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Because of broad congressional interest, GAO is examining the costs of military operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) under the Comptroller General's authority to conduct evaluations on his own initiative. In September 2005, GAO reported the Department of Defense (DOD) cannot ensure reported GWOT obligations are complete, reliable, and accurate, and recommended improvements. In this report, GAO (1) compared supplemental and annual appropriations identified for GWOT in fiscal year 2006 to the military services' reported obligations as of June 2006 and their cost projections for the remainder of the fiscal year, and (2) examined DOD's efforts to improve the reliability of GWOT obligation data. For this engagement, GAO analyzed fiscal year 2006 GWOT related appropriations and reported obligations, and DOD's corrective actions."
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Growth in Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt (open access)

Growth in Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt

This report discusses the special role that the dollar plays in international finance and the strength and stability of the U.S. financial markets (including Treasury securities) which make them attractive sources for foreign investment.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Winters, Philip D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intercity Passenger Rail: National Policy and Strategies Needed to Maximize Public Benefits from Federal Expenditures (open access)

Intercity Passenger Rail: National Policy and Strategies Needed to Maximize Public Benefits from Federal Expenditures

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Intercity passenger rail service is at a critical juncture in the United States. Amtrak, the current service provider, requires $1 billion a year in federal subsidies to stay financially viable but cannot keep pace with its deteriorating infrastructure. At the same time, the federal government faces growing fiscal challenges. To assist the Congress, GAO reviewed (1) the existing U.S. system and its potential benefits, (2) how foreign countries have handled passenger rail reform and how well the United States is positioned to consider reform, (3) challenges inherent in attempting reform efforts, and (4) potential options for the federal role in intercity passenger rail. GAO analyzed data on intercity passenger rail performance and studied reform efforts in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom."
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iranian Nuclear Sites (open access)

Iranian Nuclear Sites

This report describes Iran's known nuclear sites listed in official International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reports and includes a map with the location of the nuclear facilities. For further information and analysis of Iran's nuclear programs, see CRS Report RS21592, Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments, by Sharon Squassoni; and CRS Report RL32048 Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, by Kenneth Katzman.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Hassan, Hussein D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legal Comments on H.R. 4772: The Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006 (open access)

Legal Comments on H.R. 4772: The Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006

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Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Low Precious Metal Alloy Catalysts and Durable carbon Support

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Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Atanassova, Paolina; Sun, Yipeng; Rice, Gordon; Brewster, James; Xie, Jian; Kyrlidis, Angelos et al.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Emergency Powers (open access)

National Emergency Powers

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Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library