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Quantum Dot Light Enhancement Substrate for OLED Solid-State Lighting (open access)

Quantum Dot Light Enhancement Substrate for OLED Solid-State Lighting

With DOE Award No. DE-EE00000628, QD Vision developed and demonstrated a cost-competitive solution for increasing the light extraction efficiency of OLEDs with efficient and stable color rendering index (CRI) for solid state lighting (SSL). Solution processable quantum dot (QD) films were integrated into OLED ITO-glass substrates to generate tunable white emission from blue emitting OLED) devices as well as outcouple light from the ITO film. This QD light-enhancement substrate (QD-LED) technology demonstrated a 60% increase in OLED forward light out-coupling, a value which increases to 76% when considering total increase in multi-directional light output. The objective for the first year was an 80% increase in light output. This project seeks to develop and demonstrate a cost-competitive solution for realizing increased extraction efficiency organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) with efficient and stable color rendering index (CRI) for SSL. Solution processible quantum dot (QD) films will be utilized to generate tunable white emission from blue emitting phosphorescent OLED (Ph-OLED) devices.
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: Perkins, James; Stevenson, Matthew; Mahan, Gagan; Coe-Sullivan, Seth & Kazlas, Peter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Rice Thresher, Vol. 98, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 2011 (open access)

The Rice Thresher, Vol. 98, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 2011

A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: Wilde, Anna & Rutenberg, Josh
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ryan White CARE Act: Estimated Effect of Draft Stop-Loss Provision (open access)

Ryan White CARE Act: Estimated Effect of Draft Stop-Loss Provision

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Congress asked us to estimate the effect on Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 (CARE Act) funding to urban areas if a certain stop-loss provision was enacted. The CARE Act, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), was enacted to address the needs of jurisdictions, health care providers, and people with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). In October 2009, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 (RWTEA) reauthorized CARE Act programs for fiscal years 2010 through 2013. The stop-loss provision that you asked us to address was contained in a draft consolidated appropriations bill for fiscal year 2011."
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 93, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 2011 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 93, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 2011

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: Harmon, C. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Should the United States Levy a Value-Added Tax for Deficit Reduction? (open access)

Should the United States Levy a Value-Added Tax for Deficit Reduction?

Report that discusses the levying of a value-added tax (VAT), a broad-based consumption tax, to potentially assist in resolving United States fiscal problems. It considers the experiences of the 29 nations with value-added taxes (VATs) in the 30-member Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) which are relevant to the feasibility and operation of a possible U. S. VAT.
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: Bickley, James M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Simulating the Daylight Performance of Complex Fenestration Systems Using Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Functions within Radiance (open access)

Simulating the Daylight Performance of Complex Fenestration Systems Using Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Functions within Radiance

We describe two methods which rely on bidirectional scattering distribution functions (BSDFs) to model the daylighting performance of complex fenestration systems (CFS), enabling greater flexibility and accuracy in evaluating arbitrary assemblies of glazing, shading, and other optically-complex coplanar window systems. Two tools within Radiance enable a) efficient annual performance evaluations of CFS, and b) accurate renderings of CFS despite the loss of spatial resolution associated with low-resolution BSDF datasets for inhomogeneous systems. Validation, accuracy, and limitations of the methods are discussed.
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: Ward, Gregory; Mistrick, Ph.D., Richard; Lee, Eleanor; McNeil, Andrew & Jonsson, Ph.D., Jacob
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 2011 (open access)

South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 2011

Monthly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: Cardenas, Alfredo E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 059, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 2011 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 059, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 2011

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 36, Number 3, Pages 183-324, January 21, 2011 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 36, Number 3, Pages 183-324, January 21, 2011

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trade Preferences for Developing Countries and the World Trade Organization (WTO) (open access)

Trade Preferences for Developing Countries and the World Trade Organization (WTO)

This report discusses the trade preferences and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) most-favored-nation (MFN) requirements, World Trade Organization (WTO) waivers for preferential trade agreements, and WTO waivers for U.S. preference programs.
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: Grimmett, Jeanne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
TRICARE and VA Health Care: Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (open access)

TRICARE and VA Health Care: Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

This report addresses key questions concerning how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) affects TRICARE and VA health care.
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: Panangala, Sidath Viranga & Jansen, Don J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
TRITIUM IN-BED ACCOUNTABILITY FOR A PASSIVELY COOLED, ELECTRICALLY HEATED HYDRIDE BED (open access)

TRITIUM IN-BED ACCOUNTABILITY FOR A PASSIVELY COOLED, ELECTRICALLY HEATED HYDRIDE BED

A PAssively Cooled, Electrically heated hydride (PACE) Bed has been deployed into tritium service in the Savannah River Site (SRS) Tritium Facilities. The bed design, absorption and desorption performance, and cold (non-radioactive) in-bed accountability (IBA) results have been reported previously. Six PACE Beds were fitted with instrumentation to perform the steady-state, flowing gas calorimetric inventory method. An IBA inventory calibration curve, flowing gas temperature rise ({Delta}T) versus simulated or actual tritium loading, was generated for each bed. Results for non-radioactive ('cold') tests using the internal electric heaters and tritium calibration results are presented. Changes in vacuum jacket pressure significantly impact measured IBA {Delta}T values. Higher jacket pressures produce lower IBA {Delta}T values which underestimate bed tritium inventories. The exhaust pressure of the IBA gas flow through the bed's U-tube has little influence on measured IBA {Delta}T values, but larger gas flows reduce the time to reach steady-state conditions and produce smaller tritium measurement uncertainties.
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: Klein, J. & Foster, P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Immigration Policy on Haitian Migrants (open access)

U.S. Immigration Policy on Haitian Migrants

This report discusses whether the balance should tip more toward humanitarian immigration policies as a consequence of the humanitarian crises that resulted from the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Iraw Withdrawal/Status of Forces Agreement: Issues for Congressional Oversight (open access)

U.S.-Iraw Withdrawal/Status of Forces Agreement: Issues for Congressional Oversight

This report begins by discussing the historical legal framework governing U.S. military operations in Iraq. The report then provides a general background as to the contents of agreements traditionally considered Status of Forces Agreements (SOFAs). Finally, the report discusses specific aspects of the SOFA, highlighting issues that may require continued congressional oversight.
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: Mason, R. Chuck
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
US-VISIT Independent Verification and Validation Project: Test Bed Establishment Report (open access)

US-VISIT Independent Verification and Validation Project: Test Bed Establishment Report

This document describes the computational and data systems available at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for use on the US-VISIT Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) project. This system - composed of data, software and hardware - is designed to be as close as a representation of the operational ADIS system as is required to verify and validate US-VISIT methodologies. It is not required to reproduce the computational capabilities of the enterprise-class operational system. During FY10, the test bed was simplified from the FY09 version by reducing the number of database host computers from three to one, significantly reducing the maintenance and overhead while simultaneously increasing system throughput. During the current performance period, a database transfer was performed as a set of Data Pump Export files. The previous RMAN backup from 2007 required the availability of an AIX system which is not required when using data pump. Due to efficiencies in the new system and process, loading of the database refresh was able to be accomplished in a much shorter time frame than was previously required. The FY10 Oracle Test Bed now consists of a single Linux platform hosting two Oracle databases including the 2007 copy as well as the October …
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: Jensen, N W & Gansemer, J D
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Absorber height effects on SWA restrictions and 'Shadow' LER (open access)

Absorber height effects on SWA restrictions and 'Shadow' LER

As extreme-ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) approaches introduction at the 22-nm half-pitch node, several key aspects of absorber height effects remain unexplored. In particular, sidewall angle (SWA) restrictions based on the height of the mask absorber has not yet been clearly defined. In addition, the effects of absorber height on line-edge roughness (LER) from shadowing has not been examined. We make an initial investigation into how tight SWA constraints are and the extent to which shadow LER alters basic LER. Our approach to SWA aims to find SWA restrictions based on 10% of the total CD error budget (10% of CD). Thus, we allot the SWA budget a {+-}0.2nm tolerance for 22nm half-pitch. New with EUVL is the off-axis illumination system. One potential pitfall that must be carefully monitored is the effect of mask absorber height blocking light from reaching, and therefore, correctly detecting, the base edge position of a feature. While mask features can correctly compensate sizing to target at the wafer, the effects of this shadowing on LER have not yet been investigated. Specifically, shadow LER may exacerbate or mitigate the inherent LER on the mask. Shadowing may also cause a difference in the observed LER on the right and …
Date: February 21, 2011
Creator: McClinton, Brittany & Naulleau, Patrick
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Department of Defense's Use of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq: Background, Analysis, and Options for Congress (open access)

The Department of Defense's Use of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq: Background, Analysis, and Options for Congress

This report examines current private security contractor (PSC) trends in Afghanistan and Iraq, steps the Department of Defense (DOD) has taken to improve oversight and management, and the impact that using private security personnel can have on military operations. It also reviews steps Congress has taken to exercise oversight over the use of PSCs and includes options for Congress.
Date: February 21, 2011
Creator: Schwartz, Moshe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2011-02-21 - Armin Abdihodžić, guitar

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: February 21, 2011
Creator: Abdihodžić, Armin
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Funeral Program for Ada Mae Godley, February 21, 2011] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Ada Mae Godley, February 21, 2011]

Funeral program for Ada Mae Godley, born November 14, 1920. The funeral was held February 21, 2011 at Calvary Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Kevin Nelson. The funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and she was buried in Southern Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: February 21, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, February 21, 2011 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, February 21, 2011

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the twenty-second day of the regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: February 21, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
LER control and mitigation: mask roughness induced LER (open access)

LER control and mitigation: mask roughness induced LER

In the push towards commercialization of extreme-ultraviolet lithography (EUVL), meeting the stringent requirements for line-edge roughness (LER) is increasingly challenging. For the 22-nm half-pitch node and below, the ITRS requires under 1.2 nm LER. Much of this LER is thought to arise from three significant contributors: LER on the mask absorber pattern, LER from the resist, and LER from mask roughness induced speckle. The physical mechanism behind the last contributor is becoming clearer, but how it is affected by the presence of aberrations is less well understood. Here, we conduct a full 2D aerial image simulation analysis of aberrations sensitivities of mask roughness induced LER for the first 37 fringe zernikes. These results serve as a guideline for future LER aberrations control. In examining how to mitigate mask roughness induced LER, we next consider an alternate illumination scheme whereby a traditional dipole's angular spectrum is extended in the direction parallel to the line-and-space mask absorber pattern to represent a 'strip'. While this illumination surprisingly provides merely minimal improvement to the LER as several alternate illumination schemes, overall imaging quality in terms of ILS, NILS, and contrast is improved. While the 22-nm half-pitch node can tolerate significant aberrations from a mask …
Date: February 21, 2011
Creator: McClinton, Brittany & Naulleau, Patrick
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lessons Learned From an Installation Perspective for Chemicaal Demilitarization Plant Start-Up at Four Operating Incineration Sites. (open access)

Lessons Learned From an Installation Perspective for Chemicaal Demilitarization Plant Start-Up at Four Operating Incineration Sites.

This study presents the lessons learned by chemical storage installations as they prepared for the start of chemical demilitarization plant operations at the four current chemical incinerator sites in Alabama, Arkansas, Oregon, and Utah. The study included interviews with persons associated with the process and collection of available documents prepared at each site. The goal was to provide useful information for the chemical weapons storage sites in Colorado and Kentucky that will be going through plant start-up in the next few years. The study is not a compendium of what to do and what not to do. The information has been categorized into ten lessons learned; each is discussed individually. Documents that may be useful to the Colorado and Kentucky sites are included in the appendices. This study should be used as a basis for planning and training.
Date: February 21, 2011
Creator: Motz, L. & Sciences, Decision and Information
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 99, Ed. 1 Monday, February 21, 2011 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 99, Ed. 1 Monday, February 21, 2011

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 21, 2011
Creator: Moriak, Meredith
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Phase Preference by Active, Acetate-Utilizing Bacteria at the Rifle, CO Integrated Field Research Challenge Site (open access)

Phase Preference by Active, Acetate-Utilizing Bacteria at the Rifle, CO Integrated Field Research Challenge Site

Previous experiments at the Rifle, Colorado Integrated Field Research Challenge (IFRC) site demonstrated that field-scale addition of acetate to groundwater reduced the ambient soluble uranium concentration. In this report, sediment samples collected before and after acetate field addition were used to assess the active microbes via {sup 13}C acetate stable isotope probing on 3 phases [coarse sand, fines (8-approximately 150 {micro}m), groundwater (0.2-8 {micro}m)] over a 24-day time frame. TRFLP results generally indicated a stronger signal in {sup 13}C-DNA in the 'fines' fraction compared to the sand and groundwater. Before the field-scale acetate addition, a Geobacter-like group primarily synthesized {sup 13}C-DNA in the groundwater phase, an alpha Proteobacterium primarily grew on the fines/sands, and an Acinetobacter sp. and Decholoromonas-like OTU utilized much of the {sup 13}C acetate in both groundwater and particle-associated phases. At the termination of the field-scale acetate addition, the Geobacter-like species was active on the solid phases rather than the groundwater, while the other bacterial groups had very reduced newly synthesized DNA signal. These findings will help to delineate the acetate utilization patterns of bacteria in the field and can lead to improved methods for stimulating distinct microbial populations in situ.
Date: February 21, 2011
Creator: Kerkhof, L.; Williams, K.H.; Long, P.E. & McGuinness, L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library