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[Abilene City Council Minutes: 2008]
Ledger containing minutes of the City Council in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from January 10, 2008 to December 18, 2008.
Date:
2008-01-10/2008-12-18
Creator:
Abilene (Tex.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Abilene Christian University, 2008-2009
Undergraduate catalog describes the governance, history, academic programs, course descriptions, and campus life of Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. Index begins on page 278.
Date:
2008
Creator:
Abilene Christian University
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Climate Change and Water: Technical Paper VI
The Technical Paper addresses the issue of freshwater. Sea level rise is dealt with only insofar as it can lead to impacts on freshwater in coastal areas and beyond. Climate, freshwater, biophysical and socio-economic systems are interconnected in complex ways. Hence, a change in any one of these can induce a change in any other. Freshwater-related issues are critical in determining key regional and sectoral vulnerabilities. Therefore, the relationship between climate change and freshwater resources is of primary concern to human society and also has implications for all living species.
Date:
2008
Creator:
Bates, Bryson; Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W.; Wu, Shaohong & Palutikof, Jean
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Suffer the Children: A History of the Confederate Orphanage at Baylands, Harris County, Texas; 1867 to May 1918
Book describing the history of the Harris County Bayland Orphanage including transcribed information from primary source documents.
Date:
2008
Creator:
Beverly, Trevia Wooster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION DURING THE DAY
Population distribution during the day can be defined as distribution of population in an area during the daytime hours. However, a precise definition of daytime hours is challenging given the geographic variability in the length of a day or daylight hours. The US Census Bureau used "normal business hours" as the span of time to describe daytime population. Given that Censuses typically estimates residential population, it represents a nighttime population distribution. In that respect, daytime population in an area may be broadly defined as distribution of population at times other than when they are expected to be at their residences at night which extends the duration from business hours to include the evening hours as well.
Date:
January 1, 2008
Creator:
Bhaduri, Budhendra L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Stories Untold: Let Your Life Speak - The 2008 Black Tie Dinner
Booklet commemorating the 2008 Black Tie Dinner, an event celebrating strides made in LGBT rights and issues each year.
Date:
2008
Creator:
Black Tie Dinner, Inc.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Value of Renewable Energy as a Hedge Against Fuel Price Risk: Analytic Contributions from Economic and Finance Theory
For better or worse, natural gas has become the fuel of choice for new power plants being built across the United States. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), natural gas-fired units account for nearly 90% of the total generating capacity added in the U.S. between 1999 and 2005 (EIA 2006b), bringing the nationwide market share of gas-fired generation to 19%. Looking ahead over the next decade, the EIA expects this trend to continue, increasing the market share of gas-fired generation to 22% by 2015 (EIA 2007a). Though these numbers are specific to the US, natural gas-fired generation is making similar advances in many other countries as well. A large percentage of the total cost of gas-fired generation is attributable to fuel costs--i.e., natural gas prices. For example, at current spot prices of around $7/MMBtu, fuel costs account for more than 75% of the levelized cost of energy from a new combined cycle gas turbine, and more than 90% of its operating costs (EIA 2007a). Furthermore, given that gas-fired plants are often the marginal supply units that set the market-clearing price for all generators in a competitive wholesale market, there is a direct link between natural gas prices and wholesale …
Date:
September 15, 2008
Creator:
Bolinger, Mark A. & Wiser, Ryan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
EVAPORITE MICROBIAL FILMS, MATS, MICROBIALITES AND STROMATOLITES
Evaporitic environments are found in a variety of depositional environments as early as the Archean. The depositional settings, microbial community and mineralogical composition vary significantly as no two settings are identical. The common thread linking all of the settings is that evaporation exceeds precipitation resulting in elevated concentrations of cations and anions that are higher than in oceanic systems. The Dead Sea and Storrs Lake are examples of two diverse modern evaporitic settings as the former is below sea level and the latter is a coastal lake on an island in the Caribbean. Each system varies in water chemistry as the Dead Sea dissolved ions originate from surface weathered materials, springs, and aquifers while Storrs Lake dissolved ion concentration is primarily derived from sea water. Consequently some of the ions, i.e., Sr, Ba are found at significantly lower concentrations in Storrs Lake than in the Dead Sea. The origin of the dissolved ions are ultimately responsible for the pH of each system, alkaline versus mildly acidic. Each system exhibits unique biogeochemical properties as the extreme environments select certain microorganisms. Storrs Lake possesses significant biofilms and stromatolitic deposits and the alkalinity varies depending on rainfall and storm activity. The microbial community …
Date:
January 28, 2008
Creator:
Brigmon, R; Penny Morris, P & Garriet Smith, G
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mister Martini: Poems
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Spare yet evocative, the poems in Mister Martini pair explorations of a father-son relationship with haiku-like martini recipes. The martini becomes a daring metaphor for this relationship as it moves from the son’s childhood to the father’s death. Each poem is a strong drink in its own right, and together they form a potent narrative of alienation and love between a father and son struggling to communicate. “This is a truly original book. There’s nothing extra: sharp and clear and astonishing. Viva!” —Naomi Shihab Nye, judge and author of 19 Varieties of Gazelle
Date:
April 15, 2008
Creator:
Carr, Richard
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2009
The report describes activities and plans of the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), highlighting recent progress in each of the program's research and observational elements. The document also describes how observational and predictive capabilities are being improved and used to create tools to support decision making at local, regional, and national scales to cope with environmental variability and change.
Date:
July 2008
Creator:
Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Abrupt Climate Change: Final Report
This document is part of the Synthesis and Assessment Products (SAP) described in the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Strategic Plan. This report is meant to reduce uncertainty in projections of how the Earth's climate and related systems may change in the future. It provides scientific information for supporting the decision-making audience and the expert scientific and stakeholder community.
Date:
December 2008
Creator:
Climate Change Science Program (U.S.). Subcommittee on Global Change Research.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations
This Synthesis and Assessment Product (SAP 3.1) focuses on the Climate models. Scientists extensively use mathematical models of Earth's climate, executed on the most powerful computers available, to examine hypotheses about past and present-day climates. Development of climate models is fully consistent with approaches being taken in many other fields of science dealing with very complex systems. These climate simulations provide a framework within which enhanced understanding of climate-relevant processes, along with improved observations, are merged into coherent projections of future climate change. This report describes the models and their ability to simulate current climate.
Date:
July 2008
Creator:
Climate Change Science Program (U.S.). Subcommittee on Global Change Research.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
This book outlines the findings of the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, established to build on the work of the 9/11 Commission. The Commission's report examines the government's current policies and programs, identifies gaps in prevention strategy and recommends ways to close them. It sets forth the possible threats to the United States if terrorists acquire weapons of mass destruction and provides thirteen recommendations for unilateral and international actions that could increase worldwide safety.
Date:
December 2008
Creator:
Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (U.S.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States
This national scientific assessment integrates and interprets the findings of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) and synthesizes findings from previous assessments, including reports and products by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It analyzes current natural and human-induced trends in global change, and projects future trends impacting the natural environment, agriculture, water resources, social systems, energy production and use, transportation, and human health. It is intended to help inform discussion of the relevant issues by decisionmakers, stakeholders, and the public. As such, this report addresses the requirements for assessment in the Global Change Research Act of 1990.1
Date:
May 2008
Creator:
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. National Science and Technology Council.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Acquisition of Crosswell Seismic Monitoring Data
Crosswell seismic acquisition provides an ideal geometry for monitoring travel time changes in the subsurface. Analysis of delay time in terms of a characteristic frequency allows us to estimate optimal acquisition parameters (frequency and distance). We have deployed standard data acquisition equipment for continuous monitoring of crosswell travel time in two separate field experiments, with well spacing of 3 and 30 m. The acquisition hardware used for the field experiments is described, along with environmental effects (such as temperature) that influence the measurements. Two field experiments are described that correlate changes in travel time (and therefore velocity) with changes in barometric pressure. The results from the two field sites show a pressure sensitivity for velocity of 10{sup -6}/Pa to 10{sup -8}/Pa.
Date:
February 15, 2008
Creator:
Daley, T. M.; Niu, F.; Silver, P. G. & Majer, E. L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Catalog for David Dike Fine Art Texas Art Auction: 2008
Catalog of items to be auctioned by the David Dike Fine Art gallery with an listing of information about each artwork including an image, the artist and medium, and estimate of value. Index of artists begins on page 106.
Date:
2008
Creator:
David Dike Fine Art
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cinema de la vie
The 2008 collection from the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS.
Date:
2008
Creator:
Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Repository Planning Checklist and Guidance
This document introduces the Planning Tool for Trusted Electronic Repositories (PLATTER) toolkit which assists repositories in setting the necessary objectives and targets for achieving trustworthiness. PLATTER is not in itself an audit or certification tool but is rather designed to complement existing audit and certification tools by providing a framework which will allow new repositories to incorporate the goal of achieving trust into their planning from an early stage. A repository planned using PLATTER will find itself in a strong position when it subsequently comes to apply one of the existing auditing tools to confirm the adequacy of its procedures for maintaining the long term usability of and access to its material.
Date:
March 25, 2008
Creator:
DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ting and the Possible Futures
This is a children's book where the characters build a time machine that lets them visit alternate futures based on the decisions they make in the present. The story provides a glimpse of a post-apocalyptic dystopia as a result of severe global climate change, as well as a future utopian ideal that comes as a result of implementing massive changes to land use and food and energy production.
Date:
June 2008
Creator:
Douglis, Carole & Kennaway, Adrienne
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Application of Electron Backscatter Diffraction to Phase Identification
The identification of crystalline phases in solids requires knowledge of two microstructural properties: crystallographic structure and chemical composition. Traditionally, this has been accomplished using X-ray diffraction techniques where the measured crystallographic information, in combination with separate chemical composition measurements for specimens of unknown pedigrees, is used to deduce the unknown phases. With the latest microstructural analysis tools for scanning electron microscopes, both the crystallography and composition can be determined in a single analysis utilizing electron backscatter diffraction and energy dispersive spectroscopy, respectively. In this chapter, we discuss the approach required to perform these experiments, elucidate the benefits and limitations of this technique, and detail via case studies how composition, crystallography, and diffraction contrast can be used as phase discriminators.
Date:
July 16, 2008
Creator:
El-Dasher, B S & Deal, A
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Electron Backscatter Diffraction in Low Vacuum Conditions
Most current scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) have the ability to analyze samples in a low vacuum mode, whereby a partial pressure of water vapor is introduced into the SEM chamber, allowing the characterization of nonconductive samples without any special preparation. Although the presence of water vapor in the chamber degrades electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) patterns, the potential of this setup for EBSD characterization of nonconductive samples is immense. In this chapter we discuss the requirements, advantages and limitations of low vacuum EBSD (LV-EBSD), and present how this technique can be applied to a two-phase ceramic composite as well as hydrated biominerals as specific examples of when LV-EBSD can be invaluable.
Date:
July 17, 2008
Creator:
El-Dasher, B S & Torres, S G
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tribal Identifier Data Standard
This standard specifies the set of tribal names and codes necessary to constitute consistent and unambiguous identification of federally-recognized American Indian and Alaska Native entities.
Date:
May 28, 2008
Creator:
Exchange Network Leadership Council
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Proper Use of Sulfonamides in Market Show Animals
This document provides the proper use of sulfonamides for market show animals.
Date:
February 2008
Creator:
Faries, Floron C. & Fajt, Virginia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Population Evacuations
Emergency evacuation is one of the most important protective action alternatives when facing a natural or a man-made disaster. The planning and implementation of a large-scale emergency evacuation is a difficult and complex problem that requires the interactions of many agencies and involves a large amount of information. This article focuses on the latter and discusses the models that are normally used in the planning phase to evaluate this type of protective action alternatives and the information requirements for their implementation. Although many advances have been achieved in this area, especially during the last few years, a considerable amount of work still remains incomplete. Some of the important areas that need attention, such as improvements in the demographic models, integration of traffic simulation and threat evolution models, and real-time information for the deployment phase, are also discussed in this paper.
Date:
January 1, 2008
Creator:
Franzese, Oscar
System:
The UNT Digital Library