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An Exploratory Study of the Description Field in the Digital Public Library of America (open access)

An Exploratory Study of the Description Field in the Digital Public Library of America

This paper presents results of an exploratory, quantitative analysis regarding the application of a free-text Description metadata element and data values associated with this element within aggregated metadata harvested from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Zavalina, Oksana & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interspecific Differences in Metabolic Rate and Metabolic Temperature Sensitivity Create Distinct Thermal Ecological Niches in Lizards (Plestiodon) (open access)

Interspecific Differences in Metabolic Rate and Metabolic Temperature Sensitivity Create Distinct Thermal Ecological Niches in Lizards (Plestiodon)

This article examines three congeneric lizards from the southeastern United States (Plestiodon fasciatus, P. inexpectatus, and P. laticeps) and hypothesizes that interspecific differences in metabolic temperature sensitivity locally segregates them across their total range.
Date: October 19, 2016
Creator: Watson, Charles M. & Burggren, Warren W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Joint Interim Committee to Study TRS Health Benefit Plans: Report to the 85th Legislature (open access)

Joint Interim Committee to Study TRS Health Benefit Plans: Report to the 85th Legislature

This report describes the most significant efforts made to ensure long-term stability for the TRS care and TRS-activecare plans by the 84th legislative session.
Date: October 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Joint Interim Committee to Study TRS Health Benefit Plans.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
FCC Record, Volume 31, No. 13, Pages 10456 to 11403, September 19 - October 7, 2016 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 31, No. 13, Pages 10456 to 11403, September 19 - October 7, 2016

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: October 2016
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas State Prosecuting Attorney Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas State Prosecuting Attorney Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for the fiscal year ending in August 31, 2016.
Date: October 10, 2016
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Required Reports Prepared by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education: 2017 (open access)

Required Reports Prepared by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education: 2017

Compilation of all reports that state agencies and institutions of higher education in the state of Texas are required to submit during fiscal year 2017. It includes references to the relevant legislation for each report with due dates, recipient(s), and other information related to the requirements.
Date: October 2016
Creator: Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Moving from Unlikely to Likely Allies in the Academy

Part one of the Unlikely Allies in the Academy Series, hosted by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion for continued dialogue based upon the book "Unlikely Allies in the Academy: Women of Color and White Women in Conversation." This presentation by Dr. Karen L. Dace, editor of the book "Unlikely Allies in the Academy: Women of Color and White Women in Conversation" characterizes relationships between women of Color and White women in the academy.
Date: October 2016
Creator: Dace, Karen L.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 2016 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 2016

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 13, 2016
Creator: LaFerney, Dalton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2016 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2016

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 6, 2016
Creator: LaFerney, Dalton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 2016 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 2016

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 27, 2016
Creator: LaFerney, Dalton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 2016 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 2016

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 20, 2016
Creator: LaFerney, Dalton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma Firefighter (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 33, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 2016 (open access)

Oklahoma Firefighter (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 33, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 2016

Monthly periodical from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma published by and for members of the Oklahoma State Firefighters Association that includes news and information along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 2016
Creator: Ostrander, Phil
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Three-Dimensional Carbon Nanostructures for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries (open access)

Three-Dimensional Carbon Nanostructures for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries

This review contains the authors' recent progress on the design and fabrication of 3D carbon nanostructures, their performance in Li-ion batteries (LIBs), and their implementation into large-scale, lightweight, and flexible LIBs.
Date: October 26, 2016
Creator: Kang, Chiwon; Cha, Eunho; Patel, Mumukshu D.; Wu, H. Felix & Choi, Wonbong
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legal Processes for Contesting the Results of a Presidential Election (open access)

Legal Processes for Contesting the Results of a Presidential Election

This report discusses the legal processes for contesting the results of a Presidential election.
Date: October 24, 2016
Creator: Maskell, Jack
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents (open access)

Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents

This report provides links to cybersecurity-related committee hearings in the 112th, 113th, and 114th Congresses. It also provides a list of executive orders and presidential directives pertaining to information and computer security.
Date: October 21, 2016
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Columbia Class (Ohio Replacement) Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Columbia Class (Ohio Replacement) Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Columbia class program, previously known as the Ohio replacement program (ORP) or SSBN(X) program, a program to design and build a new class of 12 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navy's current force of 14 Ohio-class SSBNs.
Date: October 3, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Treatment of Noncitizens Under the Affordable Care Act (open access)

Treatment of Noncitizens Under the Affordable Care Act

This report provides information regarding the treatment of noncitizens under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) including definitions of "lawfully present," the health insurance mandate, exchanges, and ACA changes to Medicaid. It also discusses the verification of alien status under the ACA and related legislation in the 113th Congress.
Date: October 27, 2016
Creator: Siskin, Alison
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. Congress's decisions on the Aegis BMD program could significantly affect U.S. BMD capabilities and funding requirements, and the BMD-related industrial base.
Date: October 25, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy (open access)

Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy

This report provides an overview of the situation in Ukraine. Following the February 2014 collapse of the Kremlin-supported government of President Viktor Yanukovych, there was an emergence of a pro-Western, pro-reform government and an energized public generally anxious to lessen Moscow's influence, committed to addressing the need for serious reform and determined to draw closer to Europe and the United States.
Date: October 27, 2016
Creator: Morelli, Vincent L.
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. It also 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: October 20, 2016
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Nikitin, Mary Beth D.; Corrado, Jonathan R. & Williams, Brock R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Poverty in the United States in 2015: In Brief (open access)

Poverty in the United States in 2015: In Brief

This report presents information on poverty for demographic groups (by family structure, age, race and Hispanic origin, and work status) and for states. In this report, the numbers and percentages of those in poverty are based on the Census Bureau's estimates
Date: October 4, 2016
Creator: Dalaker, Joseph
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tribal Consultation Comment Perspective (open access)

Tribal Consultation Comment Perspective

A document pertaining to Tribes of the Great Sioux Nation who put forth broad based comments/initiatives for change regarding the consultation process.
Date: October 17, 2016
Creator: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Science in ACTION: Innovative Research for a Sustainable Future (open access)

Science in ACTION: Innovative Research for a Sustainable Future

This fact-sheet by the EPA defines and describes the functions of the Community Multi-scale Air Quality Modeling System (CMAQ).
Date: October 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical Assistance Document for the National Air Toxics Trends Stations Program: Revision 3 (open access)

Technical Assistance Document for the National Air Toxics Trends Stations Program: Revision 3

A paper discussing air pollution, how to detect it, and how to minimize air toxins.
Date: October 2016
Creator: Battelle
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library