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Agricultural Disaster Assistance (open access)

Agricultural Disaster Assistance

This report has four sections. The first describes recent developments in weather and policy. The second provides an overview of the current U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) disaster assistance programs: federal crop insurance, Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) payments, and emergency disaster loans. The third section discusses the now-expired disaster programs under the 2008 farm bill, specifically Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) and four other smaller disaster programs. The fourth section briefly reviews congressional issues. An appendix reviews the recent history of emergency supplemental farm disaster assistance and administrative actions by USDA.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Shields, Dennis A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 168, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 168, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Analytic Model for Richtmyer-Meshkov Turbulent Mixing Widths (open access)

Analytic Model for Richtmyer-Meshkov Turbulent Mixing Widths

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Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Mikaelian, K O
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Direct Assessment Approaches and Methodologies to Cathodically Protected Nuclear Waste Transfer Lines (open access)

Application of Direct Assessment Approaches and Methodologies to Cathodically Protected Nuclear Waste Transfer Lines

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Hanford Site is responsible for the safe storage, retrieval, treatment, and disposal of approximately 54 million gallons (204 million liters) of radioactive waste generated since the site's inception in 1943. Today, the major structures involved in waste management at Hanford include 149 carbon steel single-shell tanks, 28 carbon-steel double-shell tanks, plus a network of buried metallic transfer lines and ancillary systems (pits, vaults, catch tanks, etc.) required to store, retrieve, and transfer waste within the tank farm system. Many of the waste management systems at Hanford are still in use today. In response to uncertainties regarding the structural integrity of these systems,' an independent, comprehensive integrity assessment of the Hanford Site piping system was performed. It was found that regulators do not require the cathodically protected pipelines located within the Hanford Site to be assessed by External Corrosion Direct Assessment (ECDA) or any other method used to ensure integrity. However, a case study is presented discussing the application of the direct assessment process on pipelines in such a nuclear environment. Assessment methodology and assessment results are contained herein. An approach is described for the monitoring, integration of outside data, and analysis of this information …
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Dahl, Megan M.; Pikas, Joseph; Edgemon, Glenn L. & Philo, Sarah
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Arsentiy Kharitonov and James Scott perform "All the Rage"]

Photograph of Arsentiy Kharitonov (left) and James Scott (right) performing Yehudi Wyner's composition, "All the Rage," at Voertman Hall. Kharitonov and a page-turner are watching from behind a grand piano as Scott plays the flute.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. College of Music.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Arsentiy Kharitonov stands after "All the Rage" performance]

Photograph of Arsentiy Kharitonov standing on stage after a performance of Yehudi Wyner's composition, "All the Rage," in Voertman Hall. Kharitonov is looking to the left of the camera and smiling.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. College of Music.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Yanelli, Adam
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 85, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 (open access)

Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 85, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Brownwood, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Stuckly, Derrick
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chuong Vu performs "Horntrio"]

Photograph of Chuong Vu performing Yehudi Wyner's composition, "Horntrio," in Voertman Hall. Vu is looking at the sheet music stand across from him as he plays the violin.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. College of Music.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Chuong Vu, William Scharnberg, and Steven Harlos stand after "Horntrio" performance]

Photograph of (l-r) Chuong Vu, William Scharnberg, and Steven Harlos standing on stage after a performance of Yehudi Wyner's composition, "Horntrio," in Voertman Hall. The men are standing side by side and smiling. Vu and Scharnberg are holding the violin and the French horn, respectively.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. College of Music.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Completion Report for Model Evaluation Well ER-11-2: Corrective Action Unit 98: Frenchman Flat (open access)

Completion Report for Model Evaluation Well ER-11-2: Corrective Action Unit 98: Frenchman Flat

Model Evaluation Well ER-11-2 was drilled for the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office in support of Nevada Environmental Management Operations at the Nevada National Security Site (formerly known as the Nevada Test Site). The well was drilled in August 2012 as part of a model evaluation program in the Frenchman Flat area of Nye County, Nevada. The primary purpose of the well was to provide detailed geologic, hydrogeologic, chemical, and radionuclide data that can be used to test and build confidence in the applicability of the Frenchman Flat Corrective Action Unit flow and transport models for their intended purpose. In particular, this well was designed to provide data to evaluate the uncertainty in model forecasts of contaminant migration from the upgradient underground nuclear test PIN STRIPE, conducted in borehole U-11b in 1966. Well ER-11-2 will provide information that can be used to refine the Phase II Frenchman Flat hydrostratigraphic framework model if necessary, as well as to support future groundwater flow and transport modeling. The main 31.1-centimeter (cm) hole was drilled to a total depth of 399.6 meters (m). A completion casing string was not set in Well ER-11-2. However, a piezometer string was …
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Underground Test Area and Boreholes Programs and Operations
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Copperas Cove Leader-Press (Copperas Cove, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 (open access)

Copperas Cove Leader-Press (Copperas Cove, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Semi-weekly newspaper from Copperas Cove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Delivery of Flow and Soil Water Content Measurements to Farmers for Improved Irrigation Water Management Final Report (open access)

Delivery of Flow and Soil Water Content Measurements to Farmers for Improved Irrigation Water Management Final Report

Report on project to install and monitor measurement systems for five farmers withing the El Paso County Water Improvement District.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 173, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 173, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Cobb, Dawn
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
DEVELOPMENT OF GENOMIC AND GENETIC TOOLS FOR FOXTAIL MILLET, AND USE OF THESE TOOLS IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF BIOMASS PRODUCTION FOR BIOENERGY CROPS (open access)

DEVELOPMENT OF GENOMIC AND GENETIC TOOLS FOR FOXTAIL MILLET, AND USE OF THESE TOOLS IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF BIOMASS PRODUCTION FOR BIOENERGY CROPS

Foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) is a warm-season, C4 annual crop commonly grown for grain and forage worldwide. It has a relatively short generation time, yet produces hundreds of seeds per inflorescence. The crop is inbred and it has a small-size genome (~500 Mb). These features make foxtail millet an attractive grass model, especially for bioenergy crops. While a number of genomic tools have been established for foxtail millet, including a fully sequenced genome and molecular markers, the objectives of this project were to develop a tissue culture system, determine the best explant(s) for tissue culture, optimize transient gene expression, and establish a stable transformation system for foxtail millet cultivar Yugu1. In optimizing a tissue culture medium for the induction of calli and somatic embryos from immature inflorescences and mature seed explants, Murashige and Skoog medium containing 2.5 mg l-1 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 0.6 mg l-1 6- benzylaminopurine was determined to be optimal for callus induction of foxtail millet. The efficiency of callus induction from explants of immature inflorescences was significantly higher at 76% compared to that of callus induction from mature seed explants at 68%. The calli induced from this medium were regenerated into plants at high frequency (~100%) …
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Chen, Xinlu; Zale, Janice & Chen, Feng
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Distributive Distillation Enabled by Microchannel Process Technology (open access)

Distributive Distillation Enabled by Microchannel Process Technology

The application of microchannel technology for distributive distillation was studied to achieve the Grand Challenge goals of 25% energy savings and 10% return on investment. In Task 1, a detailed study was conducted and two distillation systems were identified that would meet the Grand Challenge goals if the microchannel distillation technology was used. Material and heat balance calculations were performed to develop process flow sheet designs for the two distillation systems in Task 2. The process designs were focused on two methods of integrating the microchannel technology – 1) Integrating microchannel distillation to an existing conventional column, 2) Microchannel distillation for new plants. A design concept for a modular microchannel distillation unit was developed in Task 3. In Task 4, Ultrasonic Additive Machining (UAM) was evaluated as a manufacturing method for microchannel distillation units. However, it was found that a significant development work would be required to develop process parameters to use UAM for commercial distillation manufacturing. Two alternate manufacturing methods were explored. Both manufacturing approaches were experimentally tested to confirm their validity. The conceptual design of the microchannel distillation unit (Task 3) was combined with the manufacturing methods developed in Task 4 and flowsheet designs in Task 2 to …
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Arora, Ravi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elimination Of Catalytic Hydrogen Generation In Defense Waste Processing Facility Slurries (open access)

Elimination Of Catalytic Hydrogen Generation In Defense Waste Processing Facility Slurries

Based on lab-scale simulations of Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) slurry chemistry, the addition of sodium nitrite and sodium hydroxide to waste slurries at concentrations sufficient to take the aqueous phase into the alkaline region (pH > 7) with approximately 500 mg nitrite ion/kg slurry (assuming <25 wt% total solids, or equivalently 2,000 mg nitrite/kg total solids) is sufficient to effectively deactivate the noble metal catalysts at temperatures between room temperature and boiling. This is a potential strategy for eliminating catalytic hydrogen generation from the list of concerns for sludge carried over into the DWPF Slurry Mix Evaporator Condensate Tank (SMECT) or Recycle Collection Tank (RCT). These conclusions are drawn in large part from the various phases of the DWPF catalytic hydrogen generation program conducted between 2005 and 2009. The findings could apply to various situations, including a solids carry-over from either the Sludge Receipt and Adjustment Tank (SRAT) or Slurry Mix Evaporator (SME) into the SMECT with subsequent transfer to the RCT, as well as a spill of formic acid into the sump system and transfer into an RCT that already contains sludge solids. There are other potential mitigating factors for the SMECT and RCT, since these vessels are …
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Koopman, D. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 (open access)

The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Daily newspaper from Ennis, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Todaro, Nick
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ensemble: 2013-01-22 – Voice Departmental Recital

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Opera scenes concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. Division of Vocal Studies. Opera.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expediting Groundwater Sampling at Hanford and Making It Safer (open access)

Expediting Groundwater Sampling at Hanford and Making It Safer

The CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) manages the groundwatermonitoring programs at the Department of Energy's 586-square-mile Hanford site in southeastern Washington state. These programs are regulated by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), and the Atomic Energy Act (AEA). The purpose of monitoring is to track existing groundwater contamination from past practices, as well as other potential contamination that might originate from RCRA treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities. An integral part of the groundwater-monitoring program involves taking samples of the groundwater and measuring the water levels in wells scattered across the site. Each year, more than 1,500 wells are accessed for a variety of reasons.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Connell, Carl W. Jr.; Carr, Jennifer S.; Hildebrand, R. Douglas; Schatz, Aaron L.; Conley, S. F. & Brown, W. L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Bright, James
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Federal Prison Population Buildup: Overview, Policy Changes, Issues, and Options (open access)

The Federal Prison Population Buildup: Overview, Policy Changes, Issues, and Options

Since the early 1980s, there has been a historically unprecedented increase in the federal prison population. Some of the growth is attributable to changes in federal criminal justice policy during the previous three decades. An issue before Congress is whether policymakers consider the rate of growth in the federal prison population sustainable, and if not, what changes could be made to federal criminal justice policy to reduce the prison population while maintaining public safety. This report explores the issues related to the growing federal prison population.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: James, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report:B595949 - Fast Solvers for Discrete Hodge Laplacians (open access)

Final Report:B595949 - Fast Solvers for Discrete Hodge Laplacians

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Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Zikatanov, L
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Flyer: Nanotechnology and Jesus Christ] (open access)

[Flyer: Nanotechnology and Jesus Christ]

A flyer for the "Nanotechnology and Jesus Christ" event that took place on February 22, 2013, held by UNT Special Collections. The event was hosted by the Christian Faculty Staff Group at UNT. The title is at the top of the flyer in the first section, the background grey in color. Under that the flyer is white and contains a photo of a man in a black suit and blue tie, the information for the presentation and his credentials next to the photo. Under that is another gray section of the flyer containing a long paragraph about the Speaker, James Tour, who is a leading nanotechnology scientist and devote follower of Jesus Christ. The paragraph goes on to list more on Tour's accomplishments. Under that paragraph is the last white section of the flyer with information for the Christian Faculty website and phone number, with the UNT name in the bottom right corner.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library