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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques have been used to detect areas of low crosslink density in damaged silicone parts in an effort to develop a QA/QC protocol to be used in the development of new parts. Model materials of varying crosslink density first demonstrated the applicability of the method. Analysis of damaged pads has been shown to be clearly distinguishable by MRI. It is our belief that both the T{sub 2} weighted SPI NMR and the T{sub 2} weighted water/fat suppression MRI experiments can be used to map out the location of different cross-linking densities, ultimately determining the quality or homogeneity in polymers.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate designating February 28 to March 1, 2005, as Tyler Days at the State Capitol.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating J. Lindsey Bradley, Jr., on his receipt of the 2004 Earl M. Collier Award for Distinguished Health Care Administration.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating the Red Raiders football team of Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler on winning the state Class 5A Division I football championship.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate honoring Philip A. Berkebile on his retirement from the Texas Daily Newspaper Association.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate in memory of Judge Fidencio M. Guerra, Sr.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate concurrent resolution honoring the life of civil rights leader James Leonard Farmer, Jr.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate honoring Gail Platt of Lubbock for her 20 years of service to the Texas Community College Teachers Association.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate designating February 2005 as Black History Month in Texas.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate designating February 22, 2005, as Panola County Day at the Capitol.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating the Kilgore High School football team on winning the 2004 UIL Class 4A Division II State Football Championship.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating Miss Texas USA 2005 Tyler Willis of Brownfield.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate recognizing February 28, 2005, as West Day at the State Capitol.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating the Crawford High School Pirates football team on their championship season.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating the Crawford High School Band on their contribution to the community.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate recognizing National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, February 27 through March 5, 2005.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate designating September 2005 as Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate honoring Verlin Callahan of Cedar Creek for his service to the Independent Cattlemen's Association of Texas and the wider Central Texas community.

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Our research grant provides support for a program to measure forward production of neutrons and photons produced by high-energy proton beams striking a variety of targets. This will provide data essential to proton radiography. This work is carried out in conjunction with the Fermilab E-907 (MIPP) collaboration including physicists from Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. Our group is responsible for the E907 forward neutron/photon calorimeters. We are taking a leading role in obtaining and analyzing the forward production data and in helping to develop an optimal detector for proton radiography. With the support of our Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Grant DE-FG03-03NA00077, we were able to design, build, and commission the calorimeters on budget and ahead of schedule. E-907 officially started physics running at Fermilab in January 2005. We expect to continue data taking through October 2005. The analysis of the data, which we expect will be challenging because data from many different detector systems must be understood and merged, will take several years. Our group is in a unique position to complete the measurements, analyze the data, and help set up a database to be used by LLNL and LANL to make this information accessible for proton radiography. This work will be …

This report discusses the ongoing debate about whether or not to approve energy development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Current law forbids energy leasing in the Refuge. This report addresses several legislative options on the issue, as well as policymakers' arguments for and against development, especially in the wake of increasing terrorism since 2000-2001.

Recent research has shown that certain manganese oxides have the ability to sorb aqueous metal cations much more efficiently than any of the naturally occurring iron oxides when normalized to surface area. This ability is, at least in part, related to the internal sites available in many manganese oxide structures, including those within tunnels and between sheets. Additionally, a new naturally-occurring manganese oxide structurally related to vernadite ({delta}-MnO{sub 2}), collected along the Clark Fork River in western Montana, USA, has shown the ability to sorb arsenate, an anionic complex. The potential for manganese oxides to sorb anions has made it an attractive material as a radionuclide ''getter''. According to the US Department of Energy's Total Systems Performance Assessment, technetium and iodine are two major anionic radionuclides contributing to the list of potential contaminants released from Yucca Mountain repository, Nevada, USA. These two radionuclides are extremely problematic because they are very mobile in the environment. This project involves running flow-through sorption experiments using rhenium (a surrogate for technetium) and stable iodine as sorbates and several synthetic manganese oxides, including birnessite, vernadite, cryptomelane, and possibly the new vernadite-like phase mentioned earlier, as sorbants. For all synthesis reactions, manganese (VII) salts are reduced …

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