This is a fact sheet on lumber defect detection system written for the NICE3 Program.

This sourcebook on building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is intended for architects and designers interested in learning more about today's sustainable solar buildings. The booklet includes 16 design briefs describing actual structures; they illustrate how electricity-generating BIPV products (such as special roofing systems, vertical-wall systems, skylights, and awnings, all of which contain PV cells, modules, and films) can be integrated successfully into many different kinds of buildings. It also contains basic information about BIPV technologies, an overview of US product development activities and development programs, descriptions of major software design tools, and a bibliography.

This is a fact sheet written for the NICE3 Program about a system that recovers harmful hydrofluoroether vapors for reuse in computer manufacturing processes.

Fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about a new nontoxic coating process that protects aluminum and aluminum alloys.

This is a fact sheet on new microwave drying technology written for the NICE3 Program.

Fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about a new welding control system that provides precise, effective welds and documents weld integrity.

This report summarizes the in-house and subcontracted research and development (R and D) activities under the National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV) and US Department of Energy (DOE) National Photovoltaics Program from October 1, 1998, through September 30, 1999 (FY 1999). The mission of the DOE National Photovoltaics Program is to make PV a significant part of the domestic economy as an industry and an energy resource. The two primary goals of the national program are to (1) maintain the US industry's world leadership in research and technology development and (2) help the US industry remain a major, profitable force in the world market. The NCPV is part of the National PV Program and provides leadership and support to the national program toward achieving its mission and goals.

This report is a fact sheet on new sensor and control technology written for the NICE3 Program. ENVATEC has addressed a major problem for paper producers with its ENVAIR 4000, a sensor and control technology that optimizes DC motor drive operations by simultaneously monitoring and analyzing eight inputs on DC motors. Attributes, such as motor air temperature, speed, vibration, relative humidity, presence of corrosive gases, airflow, and amperage, are measured for irregularities and then a signal is transmitted across the customer's facility on any network interface. This eliminates unscheduled motor shutdowns, thereby cutting energy costs tied to restarting. Based on successful prototype testing, the ENVAIR 4000 promises a 70% reduction in repair and replacement costs, an 80% reduction in unscheduled downtime and pulp waste, and a 43% drop in CO{sub 2} emissions.

Fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about a new process for casting hollow steel rounds that saves energy and costs.

This is a fact sheet on an advanced computer analysis system for petroleum refining written for the NICE3 Program.

Fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about a new method for manufacturing metal-reinforced carbon composite materials.

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Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran from February 23rd to March 9th during the 51st season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies.

Manual to train new Appraisal Review Board members as they begin their work including information about the position, general operations, resolving disputes and approving records, conducting hearings, other duties, and additional information related to the position. Index starts on page 73.

This book is an informative guide about hunting for Texans.

This guide discusses insect and mite pests in the approximate seasonal order that they damage corn- pre-emergence, seedling to tassel and tassel to hard dough.

This document is a "report on the current debt position of and the debt burden carried by the state government of Texas. This project was requested by the Senate Finance Committee during the Seventy-Ninth Legislature as a joint effort between the Legislative Budget Board, the Texas Bond Review Board, and the Texas Public Finance Authority" (Legislative Budget Board Letter).

Report from the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee (TGPC) discussing current regulatory, outreach, and research programs to protect Texas groundwater resources with information about how to update programs and further the efforts. It is broken into several chapters: (1) The Policy Framework for Groundwater Protection, (2) Characterizing the State's Groundwater Resources, (3) Roles and Responsibilities in Protecting the Groundwater, (4) Program Implementation, (5) Groundwater Information and Data Management, (6) Research to Improve Groundwater Management, (7) Public Education, (8) Public Participation, (9) Strategy Development and Planning, (10) Recommendations for Action, and relevant appendices.

"This publication provides an overview of Texas water law, a summary of the powers and responsibilities of groundwater conservation districts, a review of the processes involved in creating district, and an overview of issues related to groundwater conservation districts" (p. 1).

This document provides the proper use of sulfonamides for market show animals.

Interview with Navy veteran and survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. The interview includes Feliz's personal experiences about being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, the sinking of the Houston, imprisonment at Serang, Java, the Changi Prison Camp, hell ship to Japan, prison camp at Ohasi, Honshu, and liberation.

Interview with David Braden, architect and Army Air Forces veteran. In the interview, Braden speaks about his impressions of General Curtis LeMay in the Pacific Theater during World War II, his assignment to Saipan, Mariana Islands, for bombing operations against the Japanese homeland, LeMay's arrival in the Marianas and changes in bombing techniques, the thirty-five mission limitation and improvement in aircrew morale, his functions as a B-29 navigator, LeMay's decision to conduct incendiary night rights at 5,000 feet, the strategic importance of Iwo Jima for bomber crews, and his assessment of how LeMay's policies made a decided difference in ending the war.

Interview with printer Johnny Cox. The interview includes Cox's personal experiences about attending the Texas International Pop Festival in Lewisville, Texas, enrolling in Texas Tech University, and playing in bands while at Texas Tech. Cox talks about generational conflicts with his parents, taking guitar lessons as a teenager, the appeal of the Beatles and their music, his high school friends and activities, changing clothing styles in the Sixties, meeting his first wife, his opposition to the Vietnam War, his decision to attend the Texas International Pop Festival, drug use at the festival, his first personal use of LSD, how LSD put the music in a different perspective for him, the "free stage," and the Texas International Pop Festival as a turning point in his life. He also comments on Janis Joplin's performance, Canned Heat and B.B. King, the performances of Led Zeppelin and Spirit, and crowd behavior at the festival.

Interview with Navy veteran William J. Bates including personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, youth and education, the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, flight training, leaving naval aviation and attending Midshipman's School, being assigned to APc-21, operations off the coast of New Guinea with the VII Amphibious Force, providing escort duty for LCTs during assaults along the coast of New Guinea, the sinking of APc-21 by Japanese planes off New Britain Island, recuperating in New Guinea, returning to the States and being assigned to ATR-22, transferring to fleet tug ARA-182 as commanding officer, having convoy duty in the South Pacific, riding out a typhoon, disposing of Navy equipment after the war, and returning to the States.