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The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 73, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 73, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 74, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 74, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Higher Education Tax Benefits: Brief Overview and Budgetary Effects (open access)

Higher Education Tax Benefits: Brief Overview and Budgetary Effects

This report provides a brief overview of the higher education tax benefits that are currently available to students and their families. The report contrasts higher education tax benefits with traditional student aid, presents a brief history of higher education tax policy over the past 60 years, summarizes key features of the available tax benefits, and provides JCT estimates of revenue losses resulting from individual tax provisions.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ultra-Efficient and Power Dense Electric Motors for U. S. Industry (open access)

Ultra-Efficient and Power Dense Electric Motors for U. S. Industry

The primary purpose of this project was to combine the ease-of-installation and ease-of-use attributes of industrial induction motors with the low-loss and small size and weight advantages of PM motors to create an ultra-efficient, high power density industrial motor that can be started across-the-line or operated from a standard, Volts/Hertz drive without the need for a rotor position feedback device. PM motor products that are currently available are largely variable speed motors that require a special adjustable speed drive with rotor position feedback. The reduced size and weight helps to offset the magnet cost in order make these motors commercially viable. The scope of this project covers horsepower ratings from 20 ? 500. Prototypes were built and tested at ratings ranging from 30 to 250 HP. Since fans, pumps and compressors make up a large portion of industrial motor applications, the motor characteristics are tailored to those applications. Also, since there is extensive use of adjustable frequency inverters in these applications, there is the opportunity to design for an optimal pole number and operate at other than 60 Hz frequency when inverters are utilized. Designs with four and eight pole configurations were prototyped as part of this work. Four pole …
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Melfi, Michael J.; Schiferl, Richard F. & Umans, Stephen D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Magnetic Diagnostic Code for 3D Fusion Equilibria (open access)

A Magnetic Diagnostic Code for 3D Fusion Equilibria

A synthetic magnetic diagnostics code for fusion equilibria is presented. This code calculates the response of various magnetic diagnostics to the equilibria produced by the VMEC and PIES codes. This allows for treatment of equilibria with both good nested flux surfaces and those with stochastic regions. DIAGNO v2.0 builds upon previous codes through the implementation of a virtual casing principle. The code is validated against a vacuum shot on the Large Helical Device (LHD) where the vertical field was ramped. As an exercise of the code, the diagnostic response for various equilibria are calculated on the LHD.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Lazerson, Samuel A.; Sakakibara, S. & Suzuki, Y.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Integrated Detection of Pathogens and Host Biomarkers for Wounds (open access)

Integrated Detection of Pathogens and Host Biomarkers for Wounds

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Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Jaing, C
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NEAMS Update. Quarterly Report for October - December 2012 (open access)

NEAMS Update. Quarterly Report for October - December 2012

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Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Bradley, K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report for DOE grant DE-FG02-07ER64432 "New Grid and Discretization Technologies for Ocean and Ice Simulations" (open access)

Final Report for DOE grant DE-FG02-07ER64432 "New Grid and Discretization Technologies for Ocean and Ice Simulations"

The work reported is in pursuit of these goals: high-quality unstructured, non-uniform Voronoi and Delaunay grids; improved finite element and finite volume discretization schemes; and improved finite element and finite volume discretization schemes. These are sought for application to spherical and three-dimensional applications suitable for ocean, atmosphere, ice-sheet, and other climate modeling applications.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Gunzburger, Max
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elk Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2012 (open access)

Elk Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2012

Four complete surveys were conducted during 2012. The surveys were conducted on April 5, June 19, October 25, and December 18. During the first survey, conducted on April 5, the aerial survey crew detected 26 elk while the ground survey crew detected zero. For the June 19 survey, the aerial survey detected four elk not detected by the ground crew, while the ground crew detected 13 elk not detected by the aerial crew. A total of 17 elk were detected on June 19, 2012. On October 25, surveyors detected two herds of elk. Both the aerial and ground crews detected one herd of six, while only the ground crew detected the other herd of four. No elk were observed during the final survey, conducted on December 18.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Lindsey, Cole T.; Nugent, John J.; Wilde, Justin W. & Tiller, B
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Study of Multi-Scale Cloud Processes Over the Tropical Western Pacific Using Cloud-Resolving Models Constrained by Satellite Data (open access)

Study of Multi-Scale Cloud Processes Over the Tropical Western Pacific Using Cloud-Resolving Models Constrained by Satellite Data

Clouds in the tropical western Pacific are an integral part of the large scale environment. An improved understanding of the multi-scale structure of clouds and their interactions with the environment is critical to the ARM (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement) program for developing and evaluating cloud parameterizations, understanding the consequences of model biases, and providing a context for interpreting the observational data collected over the ARM Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) sites. Three-dimensional cloud resolving models (CRMs) are powerful tools for developing and evaluating cloud parameterizations. However, a significant challenge in using CRMs in the TWP is that the region lacks conventional data, so large uncertainty exists in defining the large-scale environment for clouds. This project links several aspects of the ARM program, from measurements to providing improved analyses, and from cloud-resolving modeling to climate-scale modeling and parameterization development, with the overall objective to improve the representations of clouds in climate models and to simulate and quantify resolved cloud effects on the large-scale environment. Our objectives will be achieved through a series of tasks focusing on the use of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model and ARM data. Our approach includes: -- Perform assimilation of COSMIC GPS radio occultation and other satellites …
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Dudhia, Jimy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 06, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 06, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
California Hydrogen Infrastructure Project (open access)

California Hydrogen Infrastructure Project

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. has completed a comprehensive, multiyear project to demonstrate a hydrogen infrastructure in California. The specific primary objective of the project was to demonstrate a model of a “real-world” retail hydrogen infrastructure and acquire sufficient data within the project to assess the feasibility of achieving the nation’s hydrogen infrastructure goals. The project helped to advance hydrogen station technology, including the vehicle-to-station fueling interface, through consumer experiences and feedback. By encompassing a variety of fuel cell vehicles, customer profiles and fueling experiences, this project was able to obtain a complete portrait of real market needs. The project also opened its stations to other qualified vehicle providers at the appropriate time to promote widespread use and gain even broader public understanding of a hydrogen infrastructure. The project engaged major energy companies to provide a fueling experience similar to traditional gasoline station sites to foster public acceptance of hydrogen. Work over the course of the project was focused in multiple areas. With respect to the equipment needed, technical design specifications (including both safety and operational considerations) were written, reviewed, and finalized. After finalizing individual equipment designs, complete station designs were started including process flow diagrams and systems safety reviews. …
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Heydorn, Edward C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cayuga County Regional Digester - Vision Becomes Reality - Final Report (open access)

Cayuga County Regional Digester - Vision Becomes Reality - Final Report

With an average herd size of 113 mature cows, Cayuga County is home to 280 dairy farms and 31,500 dairy milking cows producing approximately 855 million gallons of milk per year. The Cayuga Dairy industry is a major contributor to the countys economy, employing nearly 1200 people, while generating $140,000,000 of revenue from sale of milk alone. At the same time, the Cayuga County dairy industry also produces 5.7 million gallons of manure daily: a) Nearly 34% of this manure is produced on smaller farms. b) Digesters are expensive pieces of equipment and require attention and care. c) The on-farm digester systems have fairly long payback (>10 years) even for larger CAFO farms (>1000 milking cows). In 2005, Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation District (The District), a Public Agency under Cayuga County, decided to undertake a centralized community digester project. The primary goal of the project was to develop an economically sustainable model, under the auspices of The District to address manure management issues facing the smaller dairies, improve the water quality and improve the quality of life for Cayuga County residents. It is believed that the District has accomplished this goal by completing construction of Cayuga County Regional …
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Zadeh, Kamyar V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from the National WASP WWII Museum to WASP, March 12, 2013] (open access)

[Letter from the National WASP WWII Museum to WASP, March 12, 2013]

Letter from Carol Cain, Administrator for the National WASP WWII Museum, to a Women Airforce Service Pilot discussing the plans for the WASP Homecoming celebration at Avengers Field for May 25, 2013.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Cain, Carol
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 125, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 (open access)

Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 125, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Brownwood, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Stuckly, Derrick
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 222, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 222, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Cobb, Dawn
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0992 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0992

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of certain persons to direct the disposition of blood seized during the investigation of an intoxication-related offense (RQ-1082-GA).
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 39, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 (open access)

Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 39, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Emory, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Hill, Earl Clyde, Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Role of Local Food Systems in U.S. Farm Policy (open access)

The Role of Local Food Systems in U.S. Farm Policy

This report looks at the growing popularity of locally produced foods, and how that popularity and regional/local food systems are affected by the reauthorization of the 2008 farm bill.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Johnson, Renée; Aussenberg, Randy A. & Cowan, Tadlock
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guns, Excise Taxes, and Wildlife Restoration (open access)

Guns, Excise Taxes, and Wildlife Restoration

As a result of the recent debate over guns, gun rights, and gun-related violence, there has been a marked increase in sales of many weapons as well as ammunition. Through an excise tax on firearms and ammunition, such sales have a marked beneficial effect on funding for state wildlife programs through the Wildlife Restoration Program (also known as Pittman-Robertson or P-R). This report examines these taxes, their allocation, and their use. It also examines the effects of sequestration of this account, pursuant to the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA, P.L. 112-25).
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne & Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Policy Towards Burma: Issues for the 113th Congress (open access)

U.S. Policy Towards Burma: Issues for the 113th Congress

This report provides an overview of United States policy towards Burma. The report discusses the evolution of Obama's Burma policy, and issues for U.S. policy.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Martin, Michael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections

This report provides the results of recent elections in Latin America and the Caribbean. It contains three tables organized by region that list the date of each country's independence, the name of the newly elected president or prime minister, and the projected date of the next election. Information in this report was gathered from numerous sources, including the U.S. State Department, the CIA's Open Source, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), and other news sources.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
VEST: Abstract Vector Calculus Simplification in Mathematica (open access)

VEST: Abstract Vector Calculus Simplification in Mathematica

We present a new package, VEST (Vector Einstein Summation Tools), that performs abstract vector calculus computations in Mathematica. Through the use of index notation, VEST is able to reduce scalar and vector expressions of a very general type using a systematic canonicalization procedure. In addition, utilizing properties of the Levi-Civita symbol, the program can derive types of multi-term vector identities that are not recognized by canonicalization, subsequently applying these to simplify large expressions. In a companion paper [1], we employ VEST in the automation of the calculation of Lagrangians for the single particle guiding center system in plasma physics, a computation which illustrates its ability to handle very large expressions. VEST has been designed to be simple and intuitive to use, both for basic checking of work and more involved computations. __________________________________________________
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Squire, J.; Burby, J. & Qin, H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report: " Growth Rates of Freshly Nucleated Particles" (open access)

Final Report: " Growth Rates of Freshly Nucleated Particles"

This report lists of archival journal articles that were written with support from this grant. Research objectives from the original proposal are given, along with papers that were written to meet each of those objectives. The papers are all available in the archival literature.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: McMurry, Peter H. & Smith, James N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library