Technical Memorandum: Lewisville Lake Watershed Protection & Management Strategies (open access)

Technical Memorandum: Lewisville Lake Watershed Protection & Management Strategies

This report represents the findings of a study which "assessed the viability of the Water Quality Corridor Management (WQCM) model in reviewing the status of stream systems, and ultimately, established an accurate mechanism for evaluating the stream corridor and surface water quality draining into Lewisville Lake" (p. 1).
Date: September 2007
Creator: University of North Texas. Institute of Applied Sciences.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improved Process and Apparatus for Energy Storage and Release (open access)

Improved Process and Apparatus for Energy Storage and Release

Patent relating to an improved process and apparatus for energy storage and release.
Date: May 14, 2004
Creator: Imholt, Timothy; Allara, David L., 1937-; Gnade, Bruce & Roberts, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apparatus and Method for Implementation of Elements, Species and Compositions in Nanostructured Materials (open access)

Apparatus and Method for Implementation of Elements, Species and Compositions in Nanostructured Materials

Patent relating to an apparatus and method for implantation of elements, species and compositions in nanostructured materials.
Date: December 16, 2004
Creator: Imholt, Timothy
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Aqueous Dispersion of Hydrogel Nanoparticles with Inverse Thermoreversible Gelation (open access)

An Aqueous Dispersion of Hydrogel Nanoparticles with Inverse Thermoreversible Gelation

Patent relating to an aqueous dispersion of hydrogel nanoparticles with inverse thermoreversible gelation.
Date: December 9, 2004
Creator: Hu, Zhibing & Xia, Xiaohu
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Novel Metal Hydroxide Derivatives Containing Chemically Bound Organophosphorus or Polyphosphate Species as Flame Retardants (open access)

Novel Metal Hydroxide Derivatives Containing Chemically Bound Organophosphorus or Polyphosphate Species as Flame Retardants

Patent relating to novel metal hydroxide derivatives containing chemically bound organophosphorus or polyphosphate species as flame retardants.
Date: March 29, 2006
Creator: Braterman, Paul S.; D'Souza, Nandika & Dharia, Amit
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Toxic Agent Sensor and Detector Method, Apparatus, and System (open access)

Toxic Agent Sensor and Detector Method, Apparatus, and System

Patent relating to a toxic agent sensor and detector method, apparatus, and system.
Date: May 25, 2006
Creator: Henley, Donald E.; Anand, Aman; Imholt, Timothy & Roberts, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lightning, Downed Power Line Form Intriguing Rock Structure in Denton, Texas (open access)

Lightning, Downed Power Line Form Intriguing Rock Structure in Denton, Texas

This article describes a vitrified soil structure, formed by atmospheric and human activity, possessing characteristics of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Date: March 2003
Creator: Hudak, Paul F. & Maxey, George
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electromagnetic Aftereffects of Near-Death Experiences (open access)

Electromagnetic Aftereffects of Near-Death Experiences

Study investigating electromagnetic effects among near-death experiencers (NDErs), people who reported a close brush with death without an NDE, and people who reported never having been close to death but who used their most life-changing event as a past reference point.
Date: Winter 2008
Creator: Mouri, Farnoosh M. & Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Does the Arousal System Contribute to Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences? A Summary and Response (open access)

Does the Arousal System Contribute to Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences? A Summary and Response

Article acknowledging the viability and potential value of the hypothesis underlying articles suggesting a relationship between near-death experiences (NDEs) and the body's arousal system, but also identifying substantial weaknesses in both the presented lines of evidence and the studies.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Long, Jeffrey & Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
More Things in Heaven and Earth: A Response to "Near-Death Experiences with Hallucinatory Features" (open access)

More Things in Heaven and Earth: A Response to "Near-Death Experiences with Hallucinatory Features"

Article offering alternative arguments and conclusions to those Keith Augustine offered regarding discrepancies between some near-death experiencers' (NDErs') reports of events they perceived during their NDEs and objective information available about those events.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Field of Near-Death Studies Through 2001: An Analysis of the Periodical Literature (open access)

The Field of Near-Death Studies Through 2001: An Analysis of the Periodical Literature

Article analyzing literature of the first quarter century of the field of near-death studies.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner & Christian, Rozan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Failure to Elicit Near-Death Experiences in Induced Cardiac Arrest (open access)

Failure to Elicit Near-Death Experiences in Induced Cardiac Arrest

Article exploring the reasons why near-death experiences may not occur during induced cardiac arrest.
Date: Winter 2006
Creator: Greyson, Bruce; Holden, Janice Miner & Mounsey, J. Paul
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Out-of-Body Experiences: All in the Brain? (open access)

Out-of-Body Experiences: All in the Brain?

Article presenting arguments supporting the conclusion that the subtitle claims of an article published in "Nature" were not well-founded and that much research remains to be conducted to unravel the mystery of out-of-body experiences.
Date: Winter 2006
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner; Long, Jeffrey & MacLurg, Jason
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Method and Apparatus for Hydrogen Production from Greenhouse Gas Saturated Carbon Nanotubes and Synthesis of Carbon Nanostructures Therefrom (open access)

Method and Apparatus for Hydrogen Production from Greenhouse Gas Saturated Carbon Nanotubes and Synthesis of Carbon Nanostructures Therefrom

Patent relating a method and apparatus for hydrogen production from greenhouse gas saturated carbon nanotubes and synthesis of carbon nanostructures therefrom.
Date: July 26, 2005
Creator: Henley, Donald E. & Imholt, Timothy
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Method for Generating Numerical Values Indicative of Frequencies of Selected Features in Objects, and a Computer System Implementing the Method (open access)

Method for Generating Numerical Values Indicative of Frequencies of Selected Features in Objects, and a Computer System Implementing the Method

Patent relating to methods for generating numerical values indicative of frequencies of selected features in objects, and a computer system implementing the method.
Date: November 21, 2001
Creator: Rorvig, Mark E. & Jeong, Kitai
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Method for Removing Contaminants on a Substrate (open access)

Method for Removing Contaminants on a Substrate

Patent relating to a method for removing contaminants on a substrate.
Date: November 21, 2002
Creator: Quevedo-Lopez, Manuel A.; Wallace, Robert M.; Bouanani, Mohamed El & Gnade, Bruce
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metal Hydroxide Derivatives Containing Chemically Bound Organophosphorus or Polyphosphate Species as Flame Retardants (open access)

Metal Hydroxide Derivatives Containing Chemically Bound Organophosphorus or Polyphosphate Species as Flame Retardants

Patent relating to metal hydroxide derivatives containing chemically bound organophosphorus or polyphosphate species as flame retardants.
Date: November 15, 2002
Creator: Braterman, Paul S.; D'Souza, Nandika & Dharia, Amit
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Method for using Filed Emitter Arrays in Chemical and Biological Hazard Mitigation and Remediation (open access)

Method for using Filed Emitter Arrays in Chemical and Biological Hazard Mitigation and Remediation

Patent relating to a method for using field emitter arrays in chemical and biological hazard mitigation and remediation.
Date: January 18, 2002
Creator: Gnade, Bruce & Wallace, Robert M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impact Resistant Flexible Body Device (open access)

Impact Resistant Flexible Body Device

Patent relating to an impact resistant device that can be worn as body armor to protect the wearer from high velocity projectiles.
Date: August 13, 2008
Creator: Biermann, Paul J.; Roberts, Jack C. & Reidy, Richard F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instrument, System and Method for Automated Low Cost Atmospheric Measurements (open access)

Instrument, System and Method for Automated Low Cost Atmospheric Measurements

Patent relating to an instrument, system and method for automated low cost atmospheric measurements.
Date: May 11, 2006
Creator: Acevedo, Miguel F.; Waller, William T. & Nebgen, Gilbert B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods for Extending the Freshness of Cut Flowers, Ornamental Trees, and Plant Cuttings (open access)

Methods for Extending the Freshness of Cut Flowers, Ornamental Trees, and Plant Cuttings

Patent relating to methods for extending the freshness of cut flowers, ornamental trees, and plant cuttings.
Date: October 30, 2000
Creator: Chapman, Kent D. & Austin-Brown, Shea L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Synthesis, Uses and Compositions of Crystal Hydrogels (open access)

Synthesis, Uses and Compositions of Crystal Hydrogels

Patent relating to the synthesis, uses and compositions of crystal hydrogels.
Date: November 15, 2002
Creator: Hu, Zhibing; Lu, Xihua; Gao, Jun; Cai, Tong; Huang, Gang & Zhou, Bo
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Process and Apparatus for Energy Storage and Release (open access)

Process and Apparatus for Energy Storage and Release

Patent regarding a process and apparatus for energy storage and release.
Date: May 14, 2004
Creator: Imholt, Timothy; Allara, David L., 1937-; Gnade, Bruce & Roberts, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Process and Apparatus for Microwave Desorption of Elements of Species from Carbon Nanotubes (open access)

Process and Apparatus for Microwave Desorption of Elements of Species from Carbon Nanotubes

Patent relating to the process and apparatus for microwave desorption of elements or species from carbon nanotubes.
Date: January 23, 2004
Creator: Tour, James M.; Roberts, James A. & Imholt, Timothy
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library