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The European Union's Reform Process: The Lisbon Treaty (open access)

The European Union's Reform Process: The Lisbon Treaty

This report provides information on the Lisbon Treaty and possible U.S.-EU implications that may be of interest to the 112th Congress.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Archick, Kristin & Mix, Derek E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A SQUID-based microwave cavity search for dark-matter axions (open access)

A SQUID-based microwave cavity search for dark-matter axions

Axions in the {mu}eV mass range are a plausible cold dark matter candidate and may be detected by their conversion into microwave photons in a resonant cavity immersed in a static magnetic field. The first result from such an axion search using a superconducting first-stage amplifier (SQUID) is reported. The SQUID amplifier, replacing a conventional GaAs field-effect transistor amplifier, successfully reached axion-photon coupling sensitivity in the band set by present axion models and sets the stage for a definitive axion search utilizing near quantum-limited SQUID amplifiers.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Asztalos, S. J.; Carosi, G.; Hagmann, C.; Kinion, D.; van Bibber, K.; Hotz, M. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 117, No. 206, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 117, No. 206, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 335, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 335, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 280, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 280, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Clements, Clifford E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Somalia: Current Conditions and Prospects for a Lasting Peace (open access)

Somalia: Current Conditions and Prospects for a Lasting Peace

This report discusses the political climate of Somalia, which has undergone extreme unrest for years. The report focuses on events since October 2002. The report also discusses the U.S. relationship with Somalia under the Obama Administration, including U.S. economic assistance given to Somalia and U.S. efforts to contain Somalian terrorist groups.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Dagne, Ted
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (open access)

The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Wylie, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Engbrock, Chad B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Europium-doped barium bromide iodide (open access)

Europium-doped barium bromide iodide

Single crystals of Ba0.96Eu0.04BrI (barium europium bromide iodide) were grown by the Bridgman technique. The title compound adopts the ordered PbCl2 structure [Braekken (1932). Z. Kristallogr. 83, 222-282]. All atoms occupy the fourfold special positions (4c, site symmetry m) of the space group Pnma with a statistical distribution of Ba and Eu. They lie on the mirror planes, perpendicular to the b axis at y = +-0.25. Each cation is coordinated by nine anions in a tricapped trigonal prismatic arrangement.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Gundiah, Gautam; Hanrahan, Stephen M.; Hollander, Fredrick J. & Bourret-Courchesne, Edith D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mannford Eagle (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. 52, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (open access)

Mannford Eagle (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. 52, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Mannford, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Hughes, Dustin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 95, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 95, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Hughes, Jamie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade (open access)

Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade

This report provides background on intellectual property rights (IPR) and discusses the role of U.S. international trade policy in enhancing IPR protection and enforcement abroad.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Ilias, Shayerah & Fergusson, Ian F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Politics, Elections, and Benchmarks (open access)

Iraq: Politics, Elections, and Benchmarks

This report provides an overview of Iraq's political transition from the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein to a plural polity that encompasses varying sects and ideological and political factions. This report also addresses ongoing governmental instabilities and their causes, as well as U.S. concerns about possible Iranian influence in Iraq as U.S. forces depart the country.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran's Nuclear Program: Status (open access)

Iran's Nuclear Program: Status

This report looks at the background of Iran's nuclear policy. It covers the current status of Iran's nuclear facilities, and current controversy surrounding them, as well as the effects of international sanctions on Iran, recent sabotages on the Iran Enrichment Program, an estimated timeline of Iran's nuclear weapon capabilities, and whether or not Iran even has a nuclear weapons program.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Kerr, Paul K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Neutron Detector Gamma Insensitivity Criteria (open access)

Neutron Detector Gamma Insensitivity Criteria

The shortage of 3He has triggered the search for an effective alternative neutron detection technology for radiation portal monitor applications. Any new detection technology must satisfy two basic criteria: 1) it must meet the neutron detection efficiency requirement, and 2) it must be insensitive to gamma ray interference at a prescribed level, while still meeting the neutron detection requirement. It is the purpose of this document to define this latter criterion.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Kouzes, Richard T.; Ely, James H.; Lintereur, Azaree T. & Stephens, Daniel L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (open access)

The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Martinez, Clarissa
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (open access)

Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Yoakum, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: McCracken, Michael S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress

This report focuses on the potential implications of China's naval modernization for future required U.S. Navy capabilities. This report is based on unclassified open-source information, such as the annual Department of Defense (DOD) report to Congress on China's military power, and published reference sources such as Jane's Fighting Ships.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress (open access)

Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress

. This report explores the reasoning behind the development of CG(X) cruisers, the budgetary actions taking place to enable their development, selected technical specifics of their design, and various other information relating to defense procurement costs.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy F/A-18E/F and EA-18G Aircraft Procurement and Strike Fighter Shortfall: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy F/A-18E/F and EA-18G Aircraft Procurement and Strike Fighter Shortfall: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Navy's proposed FY2010 budget requests (about $1.8 billion) for the procurement of 22 F/A- 18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters and about $1.0 billion for the procurement of 12 EA-18G Growler electric attack aircraft.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the CVN-78 program, which includes the CVN-78 and CVN-79 as the first two ships in the Navy's new Gerald R. Ford (CVN- 78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs).
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress (open access)

Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress

This report discusses the Navy's FY2010 shipbuilding plan that calls for procuring an 11th San Antonio (LPD-17) class amphibious ship in FY2011. This report discusses the procurement cost estimates of this ship, as well as related issues for Congress.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Homeporting at Mayport: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Homeporting at Mayport: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Navy's proposal to homeport a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) at Mayport, Florida. Transferring a CVN from Norfolk, Virginia, to Mayport would also shift the local economic activity associated with homeporting a CVN, which some sources estimate as being worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Nuclear-Powered Surface Ships: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress (open access)

Navy Nuclear-Powered Surface Ships: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress

This report discusses the possibility of increasing the number of Navy surface ships powered by nuclear energy, including the Navy's planned CG(X) cruiser. The overall report has a specific emphasis on the planned CG(X) cruiser, and how the implementation of this cruiser may be delayed by current budget proposals.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) at a rate of one per year for the past several years, and a total of 11 boats have been procured through FY2009. This report discusses the Navy's proposed FY2010 budget, which requests $1,964.3 million in procurement funding to complete the procurement cost of a 12th Virginia-class boats.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library