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Does the Endangered Species Act Listing Provide More Protection of the Polar Bear? (open access)

Does the Endangered Species Act Listing Provide More Protection of the Polar Bear?

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Date: November 10, 2010
Creator: Alexander, Kristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gray Wolves Under the Endangered Species Act: Distinct Population Segments and Experimental Populations (open access)

Gray Wolves Under the Endangered Species Act: Distinct Population Segments and Experimental Populations

This report analyzes the DPS designation process as it is applied to the gray wolf. It also examines experimental populations of wolves under the ESA and their protections. As part of its oversight responsibilities, Congress has conducted hearings on the Fish and Wildlife Service’s application of science to endangered species.
Date: August 10, 2010
Creator: Alexander, Kristina & Corn, M. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Muon Fluence Measurements for Homeland Security Applications (open access)

Muon Fluence Measurements for Homeland Security Applications

This report focuses on work conducted at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to better characterize aspects of backgrounds in RPMs deployed for homeland security purposes. Two polyvinyl toluene scintillators were utilized with supporting NIM electronics to measure the muon coincidence rate. Muon spallation is one mechanism by which background neutrons are produced. The measurements performed concentrated on a broad investigation of the dependence of the muon flux on a) variations in solid angle subtended by the detector; b) the detector inclination with the horizontal; c) depth underground; and d) diurnal effects. These tests were conducted inside at Building 318/133, outdoors at Building 331G, and underground at Building 3425 at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Date: August 10, 2010
Creator: Ankney, Austin S.; Berguson, Timothy J.; Borgardt, James D. & Kouzes, Richard T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Running Deficits: Positives and Pitfalls (open access)

Running Deficits: Positives and Pitfalls

This report discusses how deficit finance can help governments manage their economies and how large and persistent deficits can lead to severe economic problems.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trends in Discretionary Spending (open access)

Trends in Discretionary Spending

Discretionary spending is provided in, and controlled by, annual appropriations acts, which fund many of the routine activities commonly associated with such federal government functions as running executive branch agencies, congressional offices and agencies, and international operations of the government. Essentially all spending on federal wages and salaries is discretionary. This report discusses historical, current, and projected discretionary spending trends. It also describes how current discretionary spending trends reflect national priorities.
Date: September 10, 2010
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew & Levit, Mindy R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Walter Autry, November 10, 2010 transcript

Oral History Interview with Walter Autry, November 10, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Walter Autry. Autry joined the Navy in 1941. In 1944, he traveled to New Guinea, serving aboard as a cook. He later worked as a Machinist Mate and Chief Engineer aboard an LCI. He participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the Philippines Campaigns. Autry served with occupation forces in Tientsin, China. He returned to the US and was discharged in late 1945.
Date: November 10, 2010
Creator: Autry, Walter
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Walter Autry, November 10, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Walter Autry, November 10, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Walter Autry. Autry joined the Navy in 1941. In 1944, he traveled to New Guinea, serving aboard as a cook. He later worked as a Machinist Mate and Chief Engineer aboard an LCI. He participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the Philippines Campaigns. Autry served with occupation forces in Tientsin, China. He returned to the US and was discharged in late 1945.
Date: November 10, 2010
Creator: Autry, Walter
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
On the effect of x-ray irradiation on the deformation and fracture behavior of human cortical bone (open access)

On the effect of x-ray irradiation on the deformation and fracture behavior of human cortical bone

In situ mechanical testing coupled with imaging using high-energy synchrotron x-ray diffraction or tomography imaging is gaining in popularity as a technique to investigate micrometer and even sub-micrometer deformation and fracture mechanisms in mineralized tissues, such as bone and teeth. However, the role of the irradiation in affecting the nature and properties of the tissue is not always taken into account. Accordingly, we examine here the effect of x-ray synchrotron-source irradiation on the mechanistic aspects of deformation and fracture in human cortical bone. Specifically, the strength, ductility and fracture resistance (both work-of-fracture and resistance-curve fracture toughness) of human femoral bone in the transverse (breaking) orientation were evaluated following exposures to 0.05, 70, 210 and 630 kGy irradiation. Our results show that the radiation typically used in tomography imaging can have a major and deleterious impact on the strength, post-yield behavior and fracture toughness of cortical bone, with the severity of the effect progressively increasing with higher doses of radiation. Plasticity was essentially suppressed after as little as 70 kGy of radiation; the fracture toughness was decreased by a factor of five after 210 kGy of radiation. Mechanistically, the irradiation was found to alter the salient toughening mechanisms, manifest by the …
Date: January 10, 2010
Creator: Barth, Holly D.; Launey, Maximilien E.; McDowell, Alastair A.; Ager, Joel W., III & Ritchie, Robert O.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aisle in Courtroom]

Photograph of an aisle in a courtroom in the Gonzales County courthouse in Gonzales, Texas. Benches, a railing, tables, and chairs are visible in the room.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aisle in Courtroom]

Photograph of the carpeted aisle leading to the judge's bench, between two rows of benches, in the courtroom in the Grimes County courthouse in Anderson, Texas. People stand in the background.
Date: February 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Archways in Courthouse]

Photograph of two brick archways in the Gonzales County courthouse in Gonzales, Texas.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Armchairs by Bookshelf]

Photograph of two armchairs by the New Arrivals bookshelf in a library in Lockhart, Texas.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Awning at Kaigler's]

Photograph of the top floor exterior of a building above a blue awning at Kaigler's clothing store in Lockhart, Texas.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Balcony Above Courthouse Entrance]

Photograph of an outside second floor balcony above the front entrance to the Comal County courthouse in New Braunfels, Texas. There is a bell tower visible on top of the building.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Balcony Above Courthouse Entrance]

Photograph of columns holding up the balcony above the front entrance to the Comal County courthouse in New Braunfels, Texas.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Balcony in Courtroom]

Photograph of a second floor balcony in a courtroom in Gonzales County courthouse in Gonzales, Texas.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Balcony on Courthouse]

Photograph of a second floor balcony on the exterior of the Gonzales County courthouse, above the front entrance, in Gonzales, Texas.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Base of Columns on Courthouse]

Photograph of the base of columns on the exterior of the Caldwell County courthouse in Lockhart, Texas.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Base of Columns on Courthouse]

Photograph of the base of two columns on the exterior of the Caldwell County courthouse in Lockhart, Texas.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Base of Courthouse Columns]

Photograph of stones at the base of two columns on the exterior of the Caldwell County courthouse in Lockhart, Texas.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Base of Two Columns]

Photograph of the base of two columns on the front exterior of the Caldwell County courthouse in Lockhart, Texas.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bench in Courthouse Hallway]

Photograph of a wooden bench pushed against a wall, under a photograph in a hallway in the Gonzales County courthouse in Gonzales, Texas. A man's hands holding a camera are visible to the right.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bench Pushed Against Wall]

Photograph of a wooden bench pushed against a wall in the Caldwell County courthouse in Lockhart, Texas. A man stands in the open door to the right.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Benches and Balcony in Courtroom]

Photograph of four wooden benches on the first floor of a courtroom in the Gonzales County courthouse in Gonzales, Texas. A balcony is visible to the right.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History