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Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 34, February 22, 2010, Pages 7545-7926 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 34, February 22, 2010, Pages 7545-7926

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Technical Report (open access)

Final Technical Report

The research project focuses on the following topics: a) removal of artifacts in the Doppler spectra from the ARM cloud radars, b) development of the second generation Active Remote Sensing of Cloud Layers (ARSCL) cloud data products, and c) evaluation of ARM cloud property retrievals within the framework of the EarthCARE simulator. We continue to pursue research on areas related to radiative transfer, atmospheric heating rates and related dynamics (topics of interest to the ARM science community at this time) and to contribute on an ad-hoc basis to the science of other ARM-supported principal investigators.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Eugene Clothiaux, Johannes Verlinde, Jerry Harrington
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Identifying the Proteins that Mediate the Ionizing Radiation Resistance of Deinococcus Radiodurans R1 (open access)

Identifying the Proteins that Mediate the Ionizing Radiation Resistance of Deinococcus Radiodurans R1

The primary objectives of this proposal was to define the subset of proteins required for the ionizing radiation (IR) resistance of Deinococcus radiodurans R1, characterize the activities of those proteins, and apply what was learned to problems of interest to the Department of Energy.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Battista, John R
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jobs for Main Street Act: Education, Training and Direct Assistance Provisions. (open access)

Jobs for Main Street Act: Education, Training and Direct Assistance Provisions.

This report focuses specifically on provisions in the House-passed bill that would support education and training or that would provide direct support to unemployed workers or low-income individuals.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Spar, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor (LFR) Design: Safety, Neutronics, Thermal Hydraulics, Structural Mechanics, Fuel, Core, and Plant Design (open access)

Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor (LFR) Design: Safety, Neutronics, Thermal Hydraulics, Structural Mechanics, Fuel, Core, and Plant Design

Fifth chapter from "A Compendium of Reactor Technology" discussing the history and design of lead-cooled fast reactors in nine sections: Lead-cooled Fast Reactor (LFR) Development, Design Criteria and General Specifications, Neutronics, Lead Properties, Compatibility of Structural Materials with Lead, Core, Reactor System, Decay Heat Removal System, and Nuclear Island.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Smith, Craig; Cinotti, L.; Artoli, C. & Grasso, G.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-range surface plasmons in dielectric-metal-dielectric structure with highly anisotropic substrates (open access)

Long-range surface plasmons in dielectric-metal-dielectric structure with highly anisotropic substrates

This article discusses long-range surface plasmons in dielectric-metal-dielectric structure with highly anisotropic substrates.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Nagaraj & Krokhin, Arkadii A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mixer-Ejector Wind Turbine: Breakthrough High Efficiency Shrouded Wind Turbine (open access)

Mixer-Ejector Wind Turbine: Breakthrough High Efficiency Shrouded Wind Turbine

Broad Funding Opportunity Announcement Project: FloDesign Wind Turbine’s innovative wind turbine, inspired by the design of jet engines, could deliver 300% more power than existing wind turbines of the same rotor diameter by extracting more energy over a larger area. FloDesign Wind Turbine’s unique shrouded design expands the wind capture area, and the mixing vortex downstream allows more energy to flow through the rotor without stalling the turbine. The unique rotor and shrouded design also provide significant opportunity for mass production and simplified assembly, enabling mid-scale turbines (approximately 100 kW) to produce power at a cost that is comparable to larger-scale conventional turbines.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Commission on Children and Disasters: Overview and Issues (open access)

The National Commission on Children and Disasters: Overview and Issues

This report discusses The National Commission on Children and Disasters whose purpose is to assess the needs of children in the preparation for, response to, and recovery from natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Keegan, Natalie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Non-Universality of Transverse Momentum Dependent Parton Distributions at Small-x (open access)

Non-Universality of Transverse Momentum Dependent Parton Distributions at Small-x

We study the universality of the transverse momentum dependent parton distributions at small-x, by comparing the initial/final state interaction effects in dijet-correlation in pA collisions with that in deep inelastic lepton nucleus scattering. We demonstrate the non-universality by an explicit calculation in a particular model where the multiple gauge boson exchange contributions are summed up to all orders. We furthercomment on the implications of our results on the theoretical interpretation of di-hadron correlation in dA collisions in terms of the saturation phenomena in deep inelastic lepton nucleus scattering.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Xiao, Bowen & Yuan, Feng
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 95, No. 103, Ed. 1 Monday, February 22, 2010 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 95, No. 103, Ed. 1 Monday, February 22, 2010

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Hughes, Jamie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (open access)

The Proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement

This report presents a summary of trade negotiations and the proposed U.S.-Panama free trade agreement (FTA). The proposed U.S.-Panama FTA is a comprehensive agreement. Some 88% of U.S. commercial and industrial exports would become duty-free upon implementation, with remaining tariffs phased out over a 10-year period.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Hornbeck, J. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radiochemistry diagnostics for the National Ignition Facility (open access)

Radiochemistry diagnostics for the National Ignition Facility

Radiochemistry-based techniques will be an important complement to x-ray implosion diagnostics. Simulations demonstrate the value of alpha-induced or deuteron-induced reactions as a direct measurement of static mix contamination in DT-filled ignition capsules. In this proceedings we examine to what extent neutron-induced reactions might be highly correlated with the energetically down-scattered neutron fraction which is, in turn, related to the critical quantity of fuel areal density, {rho}R. Although alpha and deuteron reactions are highly suppressed in HT/D-filled capsules, neutron-induced reactions produce robust abundances and 2% measurements of the relevant radiological ratios is achievable. We conclude that radiochemical data are strongly correlated with the down-scattered fraction and fuel areal density. Unknown physics, primarily uncertainties in the direct T-T fusion neutron cross section and, to a lesser extent, various radiochemical production cross sections are important but calibration shots can be used to reduce these errors. The primary advantage of radiochemistry remains - it is the only technique that samples down-scattered neutrons from the entire capsule during the burn. In particular radiochemistry correlated with other diagnostics can be used to minimize experimental uncertainties and thus maximize gain.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Hoffman, R. D.; Cerjan, C. J.; Shaughnessy, D. A.; Moody, K. J.; Nelson, S. L.; Bernstein, L. A. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Repairing and Reconstructing Disaster-Damaged Roads and Bridges: The Role of Federal-Aid Highway Assistance (open access)

Repairing and Reconstructing Disaster-Damaged Roads and Bridges: The Role of Federal-Aid Highway Assistance

This report describes Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) assistance for the repair and reconstruction of disaster-damaged highways and bridges or catastrophic failures (such as a bridge collapse).
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Kirk, Robert S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reverse Mortgages: Background and Issues (open access)

Reverse Mortgages: Background and Issues

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Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salaries of Members of Congress: Congressional Votes, 1990-2010 (open access)

Salaries of Members of Congress: Congressional Votes, 1990-2010

The U.S. Constitution, in Article I, Section 6, authorizes compensation for Members of Congress "ascertained by law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States." Throughout American history, Congress has relied on three different methods in adjusting salaries for Members. Standalone legislation was last used to provide increases in 1990 and 1991. It was the only method used by Congress for many years. The second method, under which annual adjustments took effect automatically unless disapproved by Congress, was established in 1975. A third method for adjusting Member pay is congressional action pursuant to recommendations from the President, based on the recommendations of the Citizens' Commission on Public Service and Compensation established in the 1989 Ethics Reform Act.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Brudnick, Ida A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Support for Low-Income Individuals and Families: A Review of Recent GAO Work (open access)

Support for Low-Income Individuals and Families: A Review of Recent GAO Work

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "With poverty rates and unemployment on the rise, the federal system of income, employment, and family supports has become increasingly important to a growing number of Americans. Due to their higher rates of poverty, certain minority groups are more likely than their nonminority counterparts to be represented in these programs and ancillary programs that serve low-income workers and families. The health of these programs is, therefore, especially important to these groups. In addition, because African-American children are more likely than other children to be raised in single-parent households, child support enforcement and programs that promote greater paternal involvement are particularly relevant for African-American families. Due to interest in the support provided to low-income individuals, and African-Americans in particular, Congress asked us to summarize GAO reports on programs and policies supporting low-income workers and families through (1) income supports, (2) worker training, (3) programs involving fathers, and (4) care and protection of children."
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 084, Ed. 1 Monday, February 22, 2010 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 084, Ed. 1 Monday, February 22, 2010

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Technology Innovation Program (open access)

The Technology Innovation Program

This report discusses the Technology Innovation Program (TIP) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which is designed "to support, promote, and accelerate innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward research in areas of critical national need," according to the authorizing legislation. Grants are provided to small and medium-sized firms for individual projects or joint ventures with other research organizations.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Text and Structural Data Mining of Influenza Mentions in Web and Social Media (open access)

Text and Structural Data Mining of Influenza Mentions in Web and Social Media

This article discusses text and structural data mining of influenza mentions in web and social media.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Corley, Courtney; Cook, Diane J., 1963-; Mikler, Armin R. & Singh, Karan P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq & Afghanistan Hearing: February 22, 2010 (open access)

Transcript of Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq & Afghanistan Hearing: February 22, 2010

Transcript of a public hearing held by the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq & Afghanistan held February 22, 2010 in Washington D.C.This hearing includes testimony from a panel of witnesses representing governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations on coordinating reconstruction and stabilization in contingency operations.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: CQ Transcriptions
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trends in Discretionary Spending (open access)

Trends in Discretionary Spending

This report discusses historical, current, and projected discretionary spending trends. It also describes how current discretionary spending trends reflect national priorities. 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.
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew & Levit, Mindy R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans Affairs: The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims--Judicial Review of VA Decision Making (open access)

Veterans Affairs: The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims--Judicial Review of VA Decision Making

This report discusses legislation enacted by the 111th Congress to address funding, operations, and benefit appeal procedures within the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veteran Claims (CAVC).
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: Weimer, Douglas Reid
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automated Political Telephone Calls ("Robo Calls") in Federal Campaigns: Overview and Policy Options (open access)

Automated Political Telephone Calls ("Robo Calls") in Federal Campaigns: Overview and Policy Options

This report provides an overview of how automated political calls are used in federal campaigns, including attention to recent spending estimates and polling data regarding these calls. The report also discusses legislation that would affect the calls, with descriptions of various policy options and how the options or their regulation may be related to campaign finance law and to the First Amendment.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Garrett, R. S. & Ruane, Kathleen Ann
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bacillus anthracis genome organization in light of whole transcriptome sequencing (open access)

Bacillus anthracis genome organization in light of whole transcriptome sequencing

Emerging knowledge of whole prokaryotic transcriptomes could validate a number of theoretical concepts introduced in the early days of genomics. What are the rules connecting gene expression levels with sequence determinants such as quantitative scores of promoters and terminators? Are translation efficiency measures, e.g. codon adaptation index and RBS score related to gene expression? We used the whole transcriptome shotgun sequencing of a bacterial pathogen Bacillus anthracis to assess correlation of gene expression level with promoter, terminator and RBS scores, codon adaptation index, as well as with a new measure of gene translational efficiency, average translation speed. We compared computational predictions of operon topologies with the transcript borders inferred from RNA-Seq reads. Transcriptome mapping may also improve existing gene annotation. Upon assessment of accuracy of current annotation of protein-coding genes in the B. anthracis genome we have shown that the transcriptome data indicate existence of more than a hundred genes missing in the annotation though predicted by an ab initio gene finder. Interestingly, we observed that many pseudogenes possess not only a sequence with detectable coding potential but also promoters that maintain transcriptional activity.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Martin, Jeffrey; Zhu, Wenhan; Passalacqua, Karla D.; Bergman, Nicholas & Borodovsky, Mark
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library