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El Salvador: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

El Salvador: Background and U.S. Relations

This report examines El Salvador's recent history, as well as its current political, economic, and security/human rights challenges. It then analyzes key issues in U.S.-Salvadoran relations.
Date: January 28, 2016
Creator: Ribando Seelke, Clare
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conflict and History at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (open access)

Conflict and History at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

This report briefly discusses the conflict at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) in January of 2016.
Date: January 28, 2016
Creator: Corn, M. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) Negotiations: Overview and Issues for Congress (open access)

Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) Negotiations: Overview and Issues for Congress

The purpose of the ongoing Trade in Services (TiSA) negotiations is to build on those rules by further increasing liberalization among the 23 negotiating parties, including the United States and European Union (EU), to open markets to foreign service providers and enhance rules governing services trade. This report provides a brief overview of U.S. trade in services, background on services in U.S. trade agreements, and an in-depth discussion of the ongoing TiSA negotiations.
Date: January 28, 2016
Creator: Fefer, Rachel F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Body Armor for Law Enforcement Officers: In Brief (open access)

Body Armor for Law Enforcement Officers: In Brief

This report contains an overview of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Initiative (BPV program). It also provides a discussion of data on law enforcement agencies that require their officers to wear armor vests while on duty, research on why officers may choose to wear armor vests, research on the life cycle for armor vests, data on the use of body armor by law enforcement officers who were killed with a firearm, and research on the effectiveness of armor vests.
Date: January 28, 2016
Creator: James, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas and Crude Oil: Federal and State Regulatory Authority (open access)

Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas and Crude Oil: Federal and State Regulatory Authority

This report discusses the relationship between federal and state authority over siting and safety of crude oil and natural gas transmission and gathering pipelines and related facilities.
Date: March 28, 2016
Creator: Murrill, Brandon J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt (open access)

Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt

This report presents current data on estimated ownership of U.S. Treasury securities and major holders of federal debt by country. Federal debt represents the accumulated balance of borrowing by the federal government.
Date: March 28, 2016
Creator: Labonte, Marc & Nagel, Jared C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy, and gives Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers a capability for conducting BMD operations.
Date: March 28, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abortion and Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt (open access)

Abortion and Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt

This report examines Whole Woman's Health v. Cole, the Fifth Circuit's decision, as well as the undue burden standard, and the contrasting approaches used by the federal appellate courts to determine whether an abortion regulation imposes an undue burden on a woman's ability to have an abortion.
Date: March 28, 2016
Creator: Shimabukuro, Jon O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-South Korea Relations (open access)

U.S.-South Korea Relations

This report contains two main parts: a section describing recent events and a longer background section on key elements of the U.S.-South Korea relationship. The end of the report provides a list of CRS products on South Korea and North Korea. The report identifies South Korean individuals by using their last name first.
Date: March 28, 2016
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Nikitin, Mary Beth D.; Rinehart, Ian E. & Williams, Brock R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Burma's 2015 Parliamentary Elections: Issues for Congress (open access)

Burma's 2015 Parliamentary Elections: Issues for Congress

This report discusses Burma's nationwide parliamentary elections held on November 8, 2015. The victory of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) against President Thein Sein's Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) may alter the path of the country's political development. As a consequence, the Obama Administration and/or Congress may seek to adjust U.S. policies and the current approach to U.S. relations with Burma.
Date: March 28, 2016
Creator: Martin, Michael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): History and Overview (open access)

Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): History and Overview

This report provides an overview of the history of science and technology (S&T) advice to the President and discusses selected recurrent issues for Congress regarding OSTP's Director, OSTP management and operations, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).
Date: March 28, 2016
Creator: Shea, Dana A. & Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Senior Recital: 2016-02-28 – Cameron Brown and Alex Mendoza, percussion

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Senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music (BM) in Performance degree.
Date: February 28, 2016
Creator: Brown, Cameron & Mendoza, Alex
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2016-02-28 - Sarah Dunbar, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute

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Master's recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: February 28, 2016
Creator: Dunbar, Sarah
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2016-02-28 – Opera and Concert Orchestra

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Opera performed at the UNT College of Music Lyric Theater.
Date: February 28, 2016
Creator: University of North Texas. Division of Vocal Studies. Opera.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2016-04-28 – UNT Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble

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Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: April 28, 2016
Creator: University of North Texas. Symphonic Band.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of the Pear Story: Beshot (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of the Pear Story: Beshot

Transcription of a retelling of Naaspati paomin (the Pear Story), as narrated by Beshot Khullar of Phaaidaam Village.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Robert (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Robert

Transcription of Robert Leivon narrating "The Pear Story," a popular story that is a commonly-used linguistic tool, including an English translation.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Utt, Tyler P. & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Dilbung Kennedy (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Dilbung Kennedy

Transcription of a retelling of the Pear Story as narrated by Kennedy Dilbung of Charangching Khunkha village.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Daniel (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Daniel

Transcription of a retelling of Naaspati paomin (the Pear Story), as narrated by Daniel Tholung Thamlakhuren and translated by Sumshot Khular into English and inputting in SayMore.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of My Children's Food (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of My Children's Food

Transcription of Knao buu then (My Children's Food) as told by Daniel Tholung. This is a traditional story for children. This version was prepared by Sumshot Khular, Tony Khular, Joseph Khullar, Rose Khullar, Moses Sankhil, and Mangboi Tholung during a workshop in October 2005 under the guidance of SIL literacy experts at Bosco Reach out, Guwahati, Assam, India. The voice that we hear is that of Daniel Tholung, recorded at UNT in 2009. The transcript was translated with the assistance of Sumshot Khular at UNT in 2016.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Utt, Tyler P. & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer (open access)

Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer

This report provides a brief overview of three major topics related to nanotechnology: federal research and development (R&D) investments under the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI); U.S. international competitiveness in nanotechnology; and environmental, health, and safety (EHS) concerns. It also discusses nanomanufacturing and public attitudes toward, and understanding of, nanotechnology.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Possible Economic Impact of Brexit (open access)

Possible Economic Impact of Brexit

This report briefly discusses the possible economic impact of a June 23, 2016 referendum in which a majority of British voters supported the United Kingdom (UK) leaving the European Union (EU), stunning global financial markets that expected the vote to fail.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Jackson, James K. & Akhtar, Shayerah I.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Job Creation in the Manufacturing Revival (open access)

Job Creation in the Manufacturing Revival

This report examines the current status of the manufacturing sector in the U.S., which is a subject of ongoing interest in Congress. After rebounding from the 2007-09 recession, U.S. manufacturing output has grown little since the second half of 2014. Over the same period, employment in the U.S. manufacturing sector has been flat. These trends defy expectations that forces such as higher labor costs in the emerging economies of Asia, heightened concern about the risk of disruptions to long, complex supply chains, and the development of inexpensive domestic supplies of natural gas would increase the relative attractiveness of the United States as a location for factory production.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Levinson, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zika Response Funding: In Brief (open access)

Zika Response Funding: In Brief

This report presents the Administration's request for supplemental appropriations for the Zika response. It includes sections outlining Congressional actions, the emergency supplemental appropriations request for Zika response efforts -- by both U.S. health and human services agencies and international assistance programs -- and information about unobligated Ebola response funds.
Date: April 28, 2016
Creator: Epstein, Susan B. & Lister, Sarah A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library