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Oral History Interview with Jimmie Allman, August 13, 2012 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jimmie Allman, August 13, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jimmie Allman. Allman was born in Churubusco, Indiana on 2 January 1927. Upon being drafted in May 1943, he had basic training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. He was then sent to Fort Riley, Kansas where he was trained in the use of infantry weapons. In November 1945 he went to Fort Dix, New Jersey where he boarded a troop ship bound for Casablanca, Morocco. Upon his arrival he was assigned as a company clerk. After serving as such for a period of time, he was sent to Algiers, Algeria. There, he was made Sergeant of the Guard. After a short period of time, he was then sent to Bremerhaven, Germany where he remained until returning to the United States.
Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Allman, Jimmie R.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jimmie Allman, August 13, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jimmie Allman, August 13, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jimmie Allman. Allman was born in Churubusco, Indiana on 2 January 1927. Upon being drafted in May 1943, he had basic training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. He was then sent to Fort Riley, Kansas where he was trained in the use of infantry weapons. In November 1945 he went to Fort Dix, New Jersey where he boarded a troop ship bound for Casablanca, Morocco. Upon his arrival he was assigned as a company clerk. After serving as such for a period of time, he was sent to Algiers, Algeria. There, he was made Sergeant of the Guard. After a short period of time, he was then sent to Bremerhaven, Germany where he remained until returning to the United States.
Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Allman, Jimmie R.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Parental hypoxic exposure confers offspring hypoxia resistance in zebrafish (Danio rerio) (open access)

Parental hypoxic exposure confers offspring hypoxia resistance in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

This article examines how chronic hypoxic exposure on adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) affects the phenotype of their offspring.
Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Ho, Dao H. & Burggren, Warren W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terascale High-Fidelity Simulations of Turbulent Combustion with Detailed Chemistry (open access)

Terascale High-Fidelity Simulations of Turbulent Combustion with Detailed Chemistry

The TSTC project is a multi-university collaborative effort to develop a high-fidelity turbulent reacting flow simulation capability utilizing terascale, massively parallel computer technology. The main paradigm of our approach is direct numerical simulation (DNS) featuring highest temporal and spatial accuracy, allowing quantitative observations of the fine-scale physics found in turbulent reacting flows as well as providing a useful tool for development of sub-models needed in device-level simulations. The code named S3D, developed and shared with Chen and coworkers at Sandia National Laboratories, has been enhanced with new numerical algorithms and physical models to provide predictive capabilities for spray dynamics, combustion, and pollutant formation processes in turbulent combustion. Major accomplishments include improved characteristic boundary conditions, fundamental studies of auto-ignition in turbulent stratified reactant mixtures, flame-wall interaction, and turbulent flame extinction by water spray. The overarching scientific issue in our recent investigations is to characterize criticality phenomena (ignition/extinction) in turbulent combustion, thereby developing unified criteria to identify ignition and extinction conditions. The computational development under TSTC has enabled the recent large-scale 3D turbulent combustion simulations conducted at Sandia National Laboratories.
Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Im, Hong G.; Trouve, Arnaud; Rutland, Christopher J. & Chen, Jacqueline H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
RHENIUM SOLUBILITY IN BOROSILICATE NUCLEAR WASTE GLASS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PROCESSING AND IMMOBILIZATION OF TECHNETIUM-99 (AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION WITH GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT) (open access)

RHENIUM SOLUBILITY IN BOROSILICATE NUCLEAR WASTE GLASS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PROCESSING AND IMMOBILIZATION OF TECHNETIUM-99 (AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION WITH GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT)

The immobilization of 99Tc in a suitable host matrix has proved a challenging task for researchers in the nuclear waste community around the world. At the Hanford site in Washington State in the U.S., the total amount of 99Tc in low-activity waste (LAW) is {approx} 1,300 kg and the current strategy is to immobilize the 99Tc in borosilicate glass with vitrification. In this context, the present article reports on the solubility and retention of rhenium, a nonradioactive surrogate for 99Tc, in a LAW sodium borosilicate glass. Due to the radioactive nature of technetium, rhenium was chosen as a simulant because of previously established similarities in ionic radii and other chemical aspects. The glasses containing target Re concentrations varying from 0 to10,000 ppm by mass were synthesized in vacuum-sealed quartz ampoules to minimize the loss of Re by volatilization during melting at 1000 DC. The rhenium was found to be present predominantly as Re7 + in all the glasses as observed by X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES). The solubility of Re in borosilicate glasses was determined to be {approx}3,000 ppm (by mass) using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). At higher rhenium concentrations, some additional material was retained in the glasses …
Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: KRUGER, AA; GOEL, A; RODRIGUEZ, CP; MCCLOY, JS; SCHWEIGER, MJ; LUKENS, WW et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report contains the reform, security, and U.S. policy in Bahrain.
Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurement of the Time-Dependent CP Asymmetry of Partially Reconstructed B0 to D*+D*- Decays (open access)

Measurement of the Time-Dependent CP Asymmetry of Partially Reconstructed B0 to D*+D*- Decays

We present a new measurement of the time-dependent CP asymmetry of B{sup 0} {yields}D*{sup +}D*{sup -} decays using (471 {+-} 5) million B{bar B} pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B Factory at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Using the technique of partial reconstruction, we measure the time-dependent CP asymmetry parameters S = -0.34 {+-} 0.12 {+-} 0.05 and C = +0:15 {+-} 0.09 {+-} 0.04. Using the value for the CP-odd fraction R{perpendicular} = 0.158 {+-} 0.028 {+-} 0.006, previously measured by BABAR with fully reconstructed B{sup 0} {yields} D{sup *+}D{sup *-} events, we extract the CP-even components S{sub +} = -0.49 {+-} 0.18 {+-} 0.07 {+-} 0.04 and C{sub +} = +0.15 {+-} 0.09 {+-} 0.04. In each case, the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic; the third uncertainty on S{sub +} is the contribution from the uncertainty on R{perpendicular}. The measured value of the CP-even component S{sub +} is consistent with the value of sin 2{beta} measured in b {yields} (c{bar c})s transitions, and with the Standard Model expectation of small penguin contributions.
Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Lees, J. P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stability Study for Ultra-Dilute Chemical Warfare Agent Standards (open access)

Stability Study for Ultra-Dilute Chemical Warfare Agent Standards

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Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Leif, R; Koester, C & Mulcahy, H
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wipe Sampling Collection Efficiencies and Holding Time Studies (open access)

Wipe Sampling Collection Efficiencies and Holding Time Studies

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Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Leif, R; Koester, C; Gruidl, J & Koester, C
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Betatron Radiation from a Beam Driven Plasma Source (open access)

Betatron Radiation from a Beam Driven Plasma Source

Photons produced by the betatron oscillation of electrons in a beam-driven plasma wake provide a uniquely intense and high-energy source of hard X-rays and gamma rays. This betatron radiation is interesting not only for its high intensity and spectral characteristics, but also because it can be used as a diagnostic for beam matching into the plasma, which is critical for maximizing the energy extraction efficiency of a plasma accelerator stage. At SLAC, gamma ray detection devices have been installed at the dump area of the FACET beamline where the betatron radiation from the plasma source used in the E200 plasma wakefield acceleration experiment may be observed. The ultra-dense, high-energy beam at FACET (2 x 10{sup 10} electrons, 20 x 20 {micro}m{sup 2} spot, 20-100 {micro}m length, 20 GeV energy) when sent into a plasma source with a nominal density of {approx} 1 x 10{sup 17} cm{sup -3} will generate synchrotron-like spectra with critical energies well into the tens of MeV. The intensity of the radiation can be increased by introducing a radial offset to the centroid of the witness bunch, which may be achieved at FACET through the use of a transverse deflecting RF cavity. The E200 gamma ray detector …
Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Litos, M. & Corde, S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling fast neutron irradiation damage accumulation in tungsten (open access)

Modeling fast neutron irradiation damage accumulation in tungsten

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Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Marian, J. & Hoang, T.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cyprus: Reunification Proving Elusive (open access)

Cyprus: Reunification Proving Elusive

This report provides a brief overview of the early history of the negotiations, a more detailed review of the negotiations since 2008, and a description of some of the issues involved in the talks.
Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Morelli, Vincent
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiments with the LECO Pegasus Gas Chromatograph/ Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Phase 2: 2D Fast GC Separations Rev. 1.2 (open access)

Experiments with the LECO Pegasus Gas Chromatograph/ Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Phase 2: 2D Fast GC Separations Rev. 1.2

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Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Mulcahy, H & Koester, C
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The impact of past and future climate change on global human mortality due to ozone and PM2.5 outdoor air pollution. (open access)

The impact of past and future climate change on global human mortality due to ozone and PM2.5 outdoor air pollution.

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Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Silva, R.; West, J.; Anenberg, S.; Lamarque, J. F.; Shindell, D.; Bergmann, D. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The University of Virginia Experimental and Theoretical High Energy Physics Closeout Report (open access)

The University of Virginia Experimental and Theoretical High Energy Physics Closeout Report

The work covered in this report includes a joint project on using gauge-gravity duality to discover qualitatively new results on jet quenching in strongly-coupled QCD-like plasmas. Other topics addressed by the theoretical work include jet stopping and energy loss in weakly-coupled plasmas, perturbative QCD amplitudes, AdS/CMT, dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking with a heavy fourth generation, electroweak-scale #23;{nu}{sub R} model, vacuum topological structure and chiral dynamics in strongly coupled gauge theory. Effort committed to the CMS experiment is reported, particularly the management, maintenance, operation and upgrade of the CMS electromagnetic detector (ECAL). Activities in various physics analyses including Supersymmetry, Higgs, Top, and QCD analyses are reported. Physics projects covering wide areas of physics at the LHC are reported. CY2010 saw the accumulation of a data sample corresponding to approximately 36 pb{sup -1}; in CY 2011 the data sample swelled to more than 5 fb{sup -1}. The UVa CMS analysis efforts are focused on this large 2011 data sample in a suite of crucial measurements and searches. KTeV physics activities are reported. Efforts are reported pertaining to several experiments, including: HyperCP, CKM, MIPP, D�, NO#23;{nu}A, and Mu2e.
Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Thacker, Principal Investigator: Harry B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Infrastructure: DHS Needs to Refocus Its Efforts to Lead the Government Facilities Sector (open access)

Critical Infrastructure: DHS Needs to Refocus Its Efforts to Lead the Government Facilities Sector

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Federal Protective Service (FPS) has not been effective as the lead agency for the government facilities sector, which includes facilities at the federal, state, local, tribal and territorial level. Under the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) and the 2010 sector-specific plan, FPS is responsible for establishing a risk management approach and developing effective partnerships for the sector. However, FPS has not implemented a risk management approach. According to FPS, it has not identified or obtained data on facilities at the federal, state, local, tribal and territorial level, which are fundamental for employing a risk management approach. In addition, despite providing information on the principles of threat, vulnerability, and consequence, FPS has not coordinated or assessed risk across government facilities, another key element of risk management. FPS also lacks effective metrics and performance data to track progress toward implementing a risk management approach and for the overall resilience or protection of government facilities. Consequently, FPS does not have a risk management approach for prioritizing and safeguarding critical government facilities. Furthermore, FPS has not built effective partnerships across different levels of government. While FPS chairs the Government …
Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Hybrid Analytical Model for Radiography Cone Beam Effects (open access)

A Hybrid Analytical Model for Radiography Cone Beam Effects

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Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Wang, H & Tang, V
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spectroscopy of Charge Carriers and Traps in Field-Doped Organic Semiconductors (open access)

Spectroscopy of Charge Carriers and Traps in Field-Doped Organic Semiconductors

This research project aims to achieve quantitative and molecular level understanding of charge carriers and traps in field-doped organic semiconductors via in situ optical absorption spectroscopy, in conjunction with time-resolved electrical measurements. During the funding period, we have made major progress in three general areas: (1) probed charge injection at the interface between a polymeric semiconductor and a polymer electrolyte dielectric and developed a thermodynamic model to quantitatively describe the transition from electrostatic to electrochemical doping; (2) developed vibrational Stark effect to probe electric field at buried organic semiconductor interfaces; (3) used displacement current measurement (DCM) to study charge transport at organic/dielectric interfaces and charge injection at metal/organic interfaces.
Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: Zhu, Xiaoyang & Frisbie, C Daniel
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
El Salvador: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations (open access)

El Salvador: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations

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Date: August 13, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library