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Agricultural Conservation: USDA Should Improve Its Management of Key Conservation Programs to Ensure Payments Promote Environmental Goals (open access)

Agricultural Conservation: USDA Should Improve Its Management of Key Conservation Programs to Ensure Payments Promote Environmental Goals

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the Conservation Security Program (CSP), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), are designed to promote conservation goals. In recently issued reports on these programs, GAO assessed (1) NRCS's process for allocating EQIP funds to the states to optimize environmental benefits, (2) NRCS's measures to monitor EQIP's performance, and (3) the legislative and regulatory measures available to prevent duplication between CSP and other conservation programs, such as EQIP."
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 108, No. 251, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 2007 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 108, No. 251, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Arsenic in Drinking Water: Regulatory Developments and Issues (open access)

Arsenic in Drinking Water: Regulatory Developments and Issues

This report discusses the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments. These amendments directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update the standard for arsenic in drinking water.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 2007 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Clements, Clifford E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beam Test of a Prototype Phoswich Detector Assembly forthe PoGOLite Astronomical Soft Gamma-ray Polarimeter (open access)

Beam Test of a Prototype Phoswich Detector Assembly forthe PoGOLite Astronomical Soft Gamma-ray Polarimeter

We report about the beam test on a prototype of the balloon-based astronomical soft gamma-ray polarimeter, PoGOLite (Polarized Gamma-ray Observer--Light Version) conducted at KEK Photon Factory, a synchrotron radiation facility in Japan. The synchrotron beam was set at 30, 50, and 70 keV and its polarization was monitored by a calibrated polarimeter. The goal of the experiment was to validate the flight design of the polarimeter. PoGOLite is designed to measure polarization by detecting a Compton scattering and the subsequent photo-absorption in an array of 217 well-type phoswich detector cells (PDCs). The test setup included a first flight model PDC and a front-end electronics to select and reconstruct valid Compton scattering events. The experiment has verified that the flight PDC can detect recoil electrons and select valid Compton scattering events down to 30 keV from background. The measure azimuthal modulations (34.4 %, 35.8 % and 37.2 % at 30, 50, and 70 keV, respectively) agreed within 10% (relative) with the predictions by Geant4 implemented with dependence on the initial and final photon polarizations.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Kanai, Y.; Ueno, M.; Kataoka, J.; Arimoto, M.; Kawai, N.; Yamamoto, K. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
CFTC Reauthorization (open access)

CFTC Reauthorization

This report provides summaries of current reauthorization issues.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Jickling, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Charm Dalitz Analyses at BaBar (open access)

Charm Dalitz Analyses at BaBar

Dalitz plot analyses of D{sup 0} events reconstructed for the hadronic decay D{sup 0} {yields} {bar K}{sup 0}K{sup +}K{sup -} and D{sup 0} {yields} {bar K}{sup 0}{pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -} are presented here. The analyses are based on a data sample of 91.5 fb{sup -1}. All data have been collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e{sup +}e{sup -} storage rings at SLAC running at center-of-mass energies on and 40 MeV below the {Upsilon}(4S) resonance.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Pappagallo, Margo
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 157, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 2007 (open access)

Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 157, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 2007 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collaborations in Nuclear Reactors (open access)

Collaborations in Nuclear Reactors

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Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Bringa, E.; Caro, A.; Barton, N.; Marian, J.; Bulatov, V. & Arsenlis, T.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 2007 (open access)

The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Weekly newspaper from The Colony, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Crimmins, Blaine
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comprehending Software Architecture using a Single-View Visualization (open access)

Comprehending Software Architecture using a Single-View Visualization

Software is among the most complex human artifacts, and visualization is widely acknowledged as important to understanding software. In this paper, we consider the problem of understanding a software system's architecture through visualization. Whereas traditional visualizations use multiple stakeholder-specific views to present different kinds of task-specific information, we propose an additional visualization technique that unifies the presentation of various kinds of architecture-level information, thereby allowing a variety of stakeholders to quickly see and communicate current development, quality, and costs of a software system. For future empirical evaluation of multi-aspect, single-view architectural visualizations, we have implemented our idea in an existing visualization tool, Vizz3D. Our implementation includes techniques, such as the use of a city metaphor, that reduce visual complexity in order to support single-view visualizations of large-scale programs.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Panas, T; Epperly, T W; Quinlan, D J; Saebjoernsen, A & Vuduc, R W
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congress, the IMF, and Exchange Rate Reform: Legislative Proposals (open access)

Congress, the IMF, and Exchange Rate Reform: Legislative Proposals

This report addresses legislative proposals related to Congress, the Internationa Monetary Fund(IMF), and Exchange Rate Reform.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Sanford, Jonathan E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cooperative Research and Development of Primary Surface Recuperator for Advanced Microturbine Systems (open access)

Cooperative Research and Development of Primary Surface Recuperator for Advanced Microturbine Systems

Recuperators have been identified as key components of advanced gas turbines systems that achieve a measure of improvement in operating efficiency and lead the field in achieving very low emissions. Every gas turbine manufacturer that is studying, developing, or commercializing advanced recuperated gas turbine cycles requests that recuperators operate at higher temperature without a reduction in design life and must cost less. The Solar Cooperative Research and Development of Primary Surface Recuperator for Advanced Microturbine Systems Program is directed towards meeting the future requirements of advanced gas turbine systems by the following: (1) The development of advanced alloys that will allow recuperator inlet exhaust gas temperatures to increase without significant cost increase. (2) Further characterization of the creep and oxidation (dry and humid air) properties of nickel alloy foils (less than 0.13 mm thick) to allow the economical use of these materials. (3) Increasing the use of advanced robotic systems and advanced in-process statistical measurement systems.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Escola, George
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Criticality Calculations for the VR-1 Reactor with IRT-3M-HEU Fuel and IRT-4MLEU Fuel. (open access)

Criticality Calculations for the VR-1 Reactor with IRT-3M-HEU Fuel and IRT-4MLEU Fuel.

At The request of the Czech Technical University in Prague, ANL has performed independent verification calculations using the MCNP Monte Carlo code for three core configurations of the VR-1 reactor: a current core configuration B1 with HEU (36%) IRT-3M fuel assemblies and planned core configurations C1 and C2 with LEU (19.7%) IRT-4M fuel assemblies. Details of these configurations were provided to ANL by CTU. For core configuration B1, criticality calculations were performed for two sets of control rod positions provided to ANL by CTU. For core configurations C1 and C2, criticality calculations were done for cases with all control rods at the top positions, all control rods at the bottom positions, and two critical states of the reactor for different control rod positions. In addition, sensitivity studies for variation of the {sup 235}U mass in each fuel assembly and variation of the fuel meat and cladding thicknesses in each of the fuel tubes were done for the C1 core configuration. Finally the reactivity worth of the individual control rods was calculated for the B1, C1, and C2 core configurations.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Hanan, N. A. & Matos, J. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Decommissioning the Physics Laboratory, Building 777-10a, at the Savannah River Site (Srs) (open access)

Decommissioning the Physics Laboratory, Building 777-10a, at the Savannah River Site (Srs)

SRS recently completed a four-year mission to decommission {approx}250 excess facilities. As part of that effort, SRS decommissioned a 48,000 ft{sup 2} laboratory that housed four low-power test reactors, formerly used by SRS to determine reactor physics. This paper describes and reviews the decommissioning, with a focus on component segmentation and handling (i.e. hazardous material removal, demolition, and waste handling). The paper is intended to be a resource for engineers, planners, and project managers who face similar decommissioning challenges.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Musall, J. & Cathy Sizemore, C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Acquisitions: DOD Needs to Exert Management and Oversight to Better Control Acquisition of Services (open access)

Defense Acquisitions: DOD Needs to Exert Management and Oversight to Better Control Acquisition of Services

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) is relying more and more on contractors to provide billions of dollars in services. Congress has been concerned about DOD's ability to prudently manage these funds, and this subcommittee in particular has pushed DOD to employ sound business practices when using the private sector for services. Nevertheless, DOD may not have always obtained good value while spending billions of dollars on services at a time when serious budget pressures are facing the nation. This testimony discusses DOD's (1) increasing reliance on contractors; (2) failure to consistently follow sound business practices when acquiring services; and (3) opportunities for DOD to improve its management of services. The testimony is based on GAO's work from the past decade as well as recent reports issued by the Inspectors General."
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Demolitions of the Savannah River Site's Concentrator and Finishing Facilities (open access)

Demolitions of the Savannah River Site's Concentrator and Finishing Facilities

The Savannah River Site (SRS) has produced Special Nuclear Materials (SNMs) starting in the early 1950's to the mid 1970's for the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and from the mid 1970's to the present for the Department of Energy (DOE). In that time, over 1,000 facilities have been built in the sixteen (16) operational areas of the eight hundred (800) square kilometer site. Over the years, many of the facilities have been dispositioned by the DOE as inactive. In FY-03, DOE identified two hundred and forty-seven (247) (inactive or soon to be inactive) facilities that required demolition. Demolition work was scheduled to start in FY-04 and be completed in the first quarter of FY-07. Two-hundred and thirty-nine (239) of these facilities have been demolished employing Routine demolition techniques. This presentation reviews and discusses two (2) of the eight (8) Non-Routine demolitions Facilities, 420-D ''The Concentrator Facility'', and 421-D ''The Finishing Facility''.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Mcdonagh, P. & Cathy Sizemore, C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dihadron Tomography of High-Energy Nuclear Collisions inNext-to-Leading Order Perturbative QCD (open access)

Dihadron Tomography of High-Energy Nuclear Collisions inNext-to-Leading Order Perturbative QCD

Back-to-back dihadron spectra in high-energy heavy-ioncollisions are studied within the next-to-leading order (NLO)perturbative QCD parton model with jet quenching incorporated viamodified jet fragmentation functions due to radiative parton energy lossin dense medium. The experimentally observed appearance of back-to-backdihadron sat high p_T is found to originate mainly from jet pairsproduced close and tangential to the surface of the dense matter.However, a substantial fraction of observed high p_T dihadrons also comesfrom jets produced at the center of the medium after losing finite amountof energy. Consequently, the suppression factor of such high-p_T hadronpairs is foundto be more sensitive to the initial gluon density than thesingle hadron spectra that are dominated by surface emission. Asimultaneous chi2-fit to both the single and dihadron spectra can beachieved within an arrow range of the energy loss parametersepsilon_0=1.6-2.1 GeV/fm. Because of the flattening of the initial jetproduction spectra, high p_T dihadrons at the LHC energy are found to bemore robust as probes of the dense medium.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Zhang, Hanzhong; Owens, Joseph F.; Wang, Enke & Wang, Xin-Nian
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Carbon Sequestration: Capturing and Storing CO2 (open access)

Direct Carbon Sequestration: Capturing and Storing CO2

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Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Folger, Peter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DOD's High-Risk Areas: Progress Made Implementing Supply Chain Management Recommendations, but Full Extent of Improvement Unknown (open access)

DOD's High-Risk Areas: Progress Made Implementing Supply Chain Management Recommendations, but Full Extent of Improvement Unknown

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have focused attention on the Department of Defense's (DOD) supply chain management. The supply chain can be critical to determining outcomes on the battlefield, and the investment of resources in DOD's supply chain is substantial. In 2005, with the encouragement of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), DOD prepared an improvement plan to address some of the systemic weaknesses in supply chain management. GAO was asked to monitor implementation of the plan and DOD's progress toward improving supply chain management. GAO reviewed (1) the integration of supply chain management with broader defense business transformation and strategic logistics planning efforts; and (2) the extent DOD is able to demonstrate progress. In addition, GAO developed a baseline of prior supply chain management recommendations. GAO surveyed supply chain-related reports issued since October 2001, identified common themes, and determined the status of the recommendations."
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Early Childhood Care and Education Programs in the 110th Congress: Background and Funding (open access)

Early Childhood Care and Education Programs in the 110th Congress: Background and Funding

This report provides an overview of federal child care, early education, and related programs, and their funding status in the 110th Congress.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Gish, Melinda & McCallion, Gail
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 2007 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History