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The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 108, No. 261, Ed. 1 Monday, January 29, 2007 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 108, No. 261, Ed. 1 Monday, January 29, 2007

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements (open access)

Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements

This report describes arms control and nonproliferation efforts by presidential administrations form 1972-2007.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.; Bowman, Steve & Squassoni, Sharon
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 64, Ed. 1 Monday, January 29, 2007 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 64, Ed. 1 Monday, January 29, 2007

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Clements, Clifford E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Characterization of Niobium Oxide Films Deposited by High Target Utilization Sputter Sources (open access)

Characterization of Niobium Oxide Films Deposited by High Target Utilization Sputter Sources

High quality, refractory metal, oxide coatings are required in a variety of applications such as laser optics, micro-electronic insulating layers, nano-device structures, electro-optic multilayers, sensors and corrosion barriers. A common oxide deposition technique is reactive sputtering because the kinetic mechanism vaporizes almost any solid material in vacuum. Also, the sputtered molecules have higher energies than those generated from thermal evaporation, and so the condensates are smoother and denser than those from thermally-evaporated films. In the typical sputtering system, target erosion is a factor that drives machine availability. In some situations such as nano-layered capacitors, where the device's performance characteristics depends on thick layers, target life becomes a limiting factor on the maximizing device functionality. The keen interest to increase target utilization in sputtering has been addressed in a variety of ways such as target geometry, rotating magnets, and/or shaped magnet arrays. Also, a recent sputtering system has been developed that generates a high density plasma, directs the plasma beam towards the target in a uniform fashion, and erodes the target in a uniform fashion. The purpose of this paper is to characterize and compare niobia films deposited by two types of high target utilization sputtering sources, a rotating magnetron and …
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Chow, R; Ellis, A D; Loomis, G E & Rana, S I
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
China Spallation Neutron Source Design (open access)

China Spallation Neutron Source Design

The China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) is an accelerator-based high-power project currently in preparation under the direction of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The complex is based on an H- linear accelerator, a rapid cycling proton synchrotron accelerating the beam to 1.6 GeV, a solid tungsten target station, and five initial instruments for spallation neutron applications. The facility will operate at 25 Hz repetition rate with a phase-I beam power of about 120 kW. The major challenge is to build a robust and reliable user's facility with upgrade potential at a fractional of ''world standard'' cost.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Wei, J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commemorative Postage Stamps: History, Selection Criteria, and Revenue Potential (open access)

Commemorative Postage Stamps: History, Selection Criteria, and Revenue Potential

This report provides information about the History, Selection Criteria, and Revenue Potential of Commemorative Postage Stamps. The Commemorative stamp program contributed an estimated $225.9million in retained revenues for the USPS in the fiscal year 2005.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Kosar, Kevin R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of the results of short-term static tests and single-pass flow-through tests with LRM glass. (open access)

Comparison of the results of short-term static tests and single-pass flow-through tests with LRM glass.

Static dissolution tests were conducted to measure the forward dissolution rate of LRM glass at 70 C and pH(RT) 11.7 {+-} 0.1 for comparison with the rate measured with single-pass flow-through (SPFT) tests in an interlaboratory study (ILS). The static tests were conducted with monolithic specimens having known geometric surface areas, whereas the SPFT tests were conducted with crushed glass that had an uncertain specific surface area. The error in the specific surface area of the crushed glass used in the SPFT tests, which was calculated by modeling the particles as spheres, was assessed based on the difference in the forward dissolution rates measured with the two test methods. Three series of static tests were conducted at 70 C following ASTM standard test method C1220 using specimens with surfaces polished to 600, 800, and 1200 grit and a leachant solution having the same composition as that used in the ILS. Regression of the combined results of the static tests to the affinity-based glass dissolution model gives a forward rate of 1.67 g/(m{sup 2}d). The mean value of the forward rate from the SPFT tests was 1.64 g/(m{sup 2}d) with an extended uncertainty of 1.90 g/(m{sup 2}d). This indicates that the …
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Ebert, W. L. & Engineering, Chemical
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Authority To Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq. January 2007 (open access)

Congressional Authority To Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq. January 2007

This report provides background and discusses constitutional provisions allocating war powers between Congress and the President.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K. & Nicola, Thomas J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Data Security Breaches: Context and Incident Summaries (open access)

Data Security Breaches: Context and Incident Summaries

This report discusses the Context and Incident Summaries on Data Security Breaches. Personal data security breaches are being reported with increasing regularity. A law implemented in July 2003 had increased awareness of these data security breaches.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: An Overview (open access)

Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: An Overview

This report provides an overview of the Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization. Dispute resolution in the World Trade Organization is carried out under the WTO dispute settlement understanding whose rules apply to virtually all WTO agreements.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Grimmett, Jeanne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2007-01-29 - Julie M. Licata, percussion

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in fulfillment of the Doctor of Music Arts (DMA) degree
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Licata, Julie M.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital:2007-01-29 - Willem van Schalkwyk, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: van Schalkwyk, Willem
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Economic Substance Doctrine: Recent Significant Legal Decisions (open access)

The Economic Substance Doctrine: Recent Significant Legal Decisions

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Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Lunder, Erika
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Monday, January 29, 2007 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Monday, January 29, 2007

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fabrication and Characterization of Cylindrical Light Diffusers Comprised of Shape Memory Polymer (open access)

Fabrication and Characterization of Cylindrical Light Diffusers Comprised of Shape Memory Polymer

We have developed a technique for constructing light diffusing devices comprised of a flexible shape memory polymer (SMP) cylindrical diffuser attached to the tip of an optical fiber. Devices were fabricated by casting an SMP rod over the cleaved tip of an optical fiber and media blasting the SMP rod to create a light diffusing surface. The axial and polar emission profiles and circumferential (azimuthal) uniformity were characterized for various blasting pressures, nozzle-to-sample distances, and nozzle translation speeds. The diffusers were generally strongly forward-directed and consistently withstood over 8 W of incident infrared laser light without suffering damage when immersed in water. These devices are suitable for various endoluminal and interstitial biomedical applications.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Small, W., IV; Buckley, P. R.; Wilson, T. S.; Loge, J. M.; Maitland, K. D. & Maitland, D. J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Faculty Recital: 2007-01-29 - Faculty Chamber

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A faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Borodin, Igor; Clay, William; Gillespie, James; Reynolds, Kathleen; Scharnberg, Williams; Sundberg, Terri et al.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Investor Visas: Policies and Issues (open access)

Foreign Investor Visas: Policies and Issues

This report provides a brief legislative background, the discussions of immigrant and non immigrant investors visas, a comparison of the U.S, and Canadian immigrant investor programs, an analysis of the relationship between investment and immigration, and finally a review of current issues.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Haddal, Chad C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
HIGH LEVEL WASTE (HLW) SLUDGE BATCH 4 (SB4) WITH FRIT 418: RESULTS OF A PHASE II VARIABILITY STUDY (open access)

HIGH LEVEL WASTE (HLW) SLUDGE BATCH 4 (SB4) WITH FRIT 418: RESULTS OF A PHASE II VARIABILITY STUDY

In early October 2006, the Liquid Waste Organization (LWO) began to consider decanting Tank 40 at the end of Sludge Batch 3 (SB3) processing and transferring the aqueous phase from the decant to Tank 51. This transfer would be done to remove water added to Tank 40 by a slurry pump bearing water leak. Tank 40 decant water would be used to decrease Tank 51 yield stress and facilitate a transfer of Tank 51 to Tank 40. The projected composition of Sludge Batch 4 (SB4) was adjusted by LWO to reflect the impact of the Tank 40 decant leading to new projected compositions for SB4, designated as the 10-04-06 and the 10-10-06 compositions. A comparison between these SB4 compositions and those provided in June 2006 indicated that the new compositions are slightly higher in Al2O3, Fe2O3, and U3O8 and slightly lower in SiO2. The most dramatic change, however, is the new projection's Na2O concentration, which is more than 4.5 wt% lower than the June 2006 projection. This is a significant change due to the frit development team's approach of aligning the Na2O concentration in a candidate frit to the Na2O content of the sludge. Questions surfaced regarding the applicability of …
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Fox, K; Tommy Edwards, T; David Peeler, D; David Best, D; Irene Reamer, I & Phyllis Workman, P
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Disaster Relief: Prevention Is the Key to Minimizing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Recovery Efforts (open access)

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Disaster Relief: Prevention Is the Key to Minimizing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Recovery Efforts

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed homes and displaced millions of individuals. While federal and state governments continue to respond to this disaster, GAO has identified significant control weaknesses--specifically in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s Individuals and Households Program (IHP) and in Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s purchase card program--resulting in significant fraud, waste, and abuse. In response to the numerous recommendations GAO made, DHS and FEMA have reported on numerous actions taken to address our recommendations. Lessons learned from GAO's prior work can serve as a framework for an effective fraud prevention system for federal and state governments as they consider spending billions more on disaster recovery. These lessons are particularly important because funding that is lost to fraud, waste, and abuse reduces the amount of money that could be delivered to victims in need. Today's testimony will (1) describe key findings from past GAO work and (2) use the results from that work and GAO's other experiences to discuss the importance of an effective fraud, waste and abuse prevention program."
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internships, Fellowships, and Other Work Experience Opportunities in the Federal Government (open access)

Internships, Fellowships, and Other Work Experience Opportunities in the Federal Government

This report describes Internet resources on internships, fellowships, and work experience programs within the federal government. It is intended as a selective guide for students of all levels: high school, undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate. This report will be updated annually.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legal Issues Related to Prescription Drug Sales on the Internet (open access)

Legal Issues Related to Prescription Drug Sales on the Internet

This report details an overview of federal and state laws that regulate online pharmacies and physicians who prescribe drugs over the internet. Updated January 29, 2007.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Burrows, Vanessa K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-frequency index of refraction for a two-dimensional metallodielectric photonic crystal (open access)

Low-frequency index of refraction for a two-dimensional metallodielectric photonic crystal

This article discusses the low-frequency index of refraction for a two-dimensional metallodialectric photonic crystal.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Krokhin, Arkadii A.; Reyes, E. & Gumen, L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
MCSNA: Experimental Benchmarking of Pu Electronic Structure (open access)

MCSNA: Experimental Benchmarking of Pu Electronic Structure

The objective of this work is to develop and/or apply advanced diagnostics to the understanding of aging of Pu. Advanced characterization techniques such as photoelectron and x-ray absorption spectroscopy will provide fundamental data on the electronic structure of Pu phases. These data are crucial for the validation of the electronic structure methods. The fundamental goal of this project is to narrow the parameter space for the theoretical modeling of Pu aging. The short-term goal is to perform experiments to validate electronic structure calculations of Pu. The long-term goal is to determine the effects of aging upon the electronic structure of Pu. Many of the input parameters for aging models are not directly measurable. These parameters will need to be calculated or estimated. Thus a First Principles-Approach Theory is needed, but it is unclear what terms are important in the Hamiltonian. (H{Psi} = E{Psi}) Therefore, experimental data concerning the 5f electronic structure are needed, to determine which terms in the Hamiltonian are important. The data obtained in this task are crucial for reducing the uncertainty of Task LL-01-developed models and predictions. The data impact the validation of electronic structure methods, the calculation of defect properties, the evaluation of helium diffusion, and …
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Tobin, J G
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multi-Petabyte Image Data Management Systems (open access)

Multi-Petabyte Image Data Management Systems

This research effort is directed to determine the methods and computational infrastructure needed to save, browse, and analyze multiple petabyte databases. The data set to be generated by the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is used as a template for this research.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Dossa, D D
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library