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Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the failing effort to stabilize Afghanistan. Specifically, the report points to Pakistan's inability to prevent Al Qaeda from entering Afghanistan and corruption in the new Afghan government. The future strategy of the U.S. in Afghanistan has been rendered unclear.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 110, No. 119, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 110, No. 119, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 355, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 355, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Clements, Clifford E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 103, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 103, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Cartwright, Brian
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbon Control in the U.S. Electricity Sector: Key Implementation Uncertainties (open access)

Carbon Control in the U.S. Electricity Sector: Key Implementation Uncertainties

This report discusses the congress's debate on a range of potential initiatives for reducing atmospheric CO2 from U.S. sources. It also points out the energy efficiency, Renewable energy, Advanced Coal Power and Carbon Capture and Sequestration.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Parfomak, Paul W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct-Cooled Power Electronics Substrate (open access)

Direct-Cooled Power Electronics Substrate

The goal of the Direct-Cooled Power Electronics Substrate project is to reduce the size and weight of the heat sink for power electronics used in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). The concept proposed in this project was to develop an innovative power electronics mounting structure, model it, and perform both thermal and mechanical finite-element analysis (FEA). This concept involved integrating cooling channels within the direct-bonded copper (DBC) substrate and strategically locating these channels underneath the power electronic devices. This arrangement would then be directly cooled by water-ethylene glycol (WEG), essentially eliminating the conventional heat sink and associated heat flow path. The concept was evaluated to determine its manufacturability, its compatibility with WEG, and the potential to reduce size and weight while directly cooling the DBC and associated electronics with a coolant temperature of 105 C. This concept does not provide direct cooling to the electronics, only direct cooling inside the DBC substrate itself. These designs will take into account issues such as containment of the fluid (separation from the electronics) and synergy with the whole power inverter design architecture. In FY 2008, mechanical modeling of substrate and inverter core designs as well as thermal and …
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Wiles, R.; Ayers, C. & Wereszczak, A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: Preliminary Analysis of Oversight Provisions (open access)

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: Preliminary Analysis of Oversight Provisions

This report provides a preliminary analysis of oversight provisions on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Copeland, Curtis W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Federal Deposit and Share Insurance: Proposals for Change (open access)

Federal Deposit and Share Insurance: Proposals for Change

This report contains the proposals for change on the federal deposit and share insurance.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Eubanks, Walter W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FINAL REPORT: A Study of the Abundance and 13C/12C Ratio of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide to Advance the Scientific Understanding of Terrestrial Processes Regulating the GCC (open access)

FINAL REPORT: A Study of the Abundance and 13C/12C Ratio of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide to Advance the Scientific Understanding of Terrestrial Processes Regulating the GCC

The main objective of this project was to continue research to develop carbon cycle relationships related to the land biosphere based on remote measurements of atmospheric CO2 concentration and its isotopic composition. The project continued time-series observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide and isotopic composition begun by Charles D. Keeling at remote sites, including Mauna Loa, the South Pole, and eight other sites. The program also included the development of methods for measuring radiocarbon content in the collected CO2 samples and carrying out radiocarbon measurements in collaboration with Tom Guilderson of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LLNL). The radiocarbon measurements can provide complementary information on carbon exchange rates with the land and oceans and emissions from fossil-fuel burning. Using models of varying complexity, the concentration and isotopic measurements were used to establish estimates of the spatial and temporal variations in the net CO2 exchange with the atmosphere, the storage of carbon in the land and oceans, and variable isotopic discrimination of land plants.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Keeling, R. F. & Piper, S. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 553, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 553, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 554, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 554, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Homeland Security Grant Program Risk-Based Distribution Methods: Presentation to Congressional Committees - November 14, 2008 and December 15, 2008 (open access)

Homeland Security Grant Program Risk-Based Distribution Methods: Presentation to Congressional Committees - November 14, 2008 and December 15, 2008

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This report formally transmits the briefing in response to P.L. 110-329, the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance and Continuing Appropriations Act, that required GAO for the fourth year to review the methodology the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) use to allocate Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) grants, including the risk assessment methodology they use to determine which urban areas are eligible to apply for grants. HSGP includes the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) and Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) grants. Our objective was to identify any changes in the methodology for risk assessment and grant allocation for 2009 and to assess the reasonableness of the methodology. We analyzed DHS and FEMA documents including the fiscal year 2008 and 2009 risk analysis models and grant guidance and interviewed DHS and FEMA officials about the changes in the 2009 model. We did our work between October and December 2008 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. We briefed the mandated reporting committees with two briefings in November 2008 and December 2008 on the results of our analysis."
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Standing Committee Chairs and Ranking Minority Members: Rules Governing Selection Procedures (open access)

House Standing Committee Chairs and Ranking Minority Members: Rules Governing Selection Procedures

This report summarizes those procedures and lists membership on each party's steering committee.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Schneider, Judy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Job Loss and Infrastructure Job Creation During the Recession (open access)

Job Loss and Infrastructure Job Creation During the Recession

The report examines trends in employment and job loss since the start of the latest recession then focuses on job creation estimates associated with increased spending on infrastructure, placing a heavy emphasis on explaining the limitations with the methodology that is often utilized to develop the estimates.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Levine, Linda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill: Structure, Content, and Process (open access)

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill: Structure, Content, and Process

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Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Low Carbon Fuel Standard: State and Federal Legislation and Regulations (open access)

A Low Carbon Fuel Standard: State and Federal Legislation and Regulations

This report examines the merit and potential issues of adopting a Low Carbon Fuel Standard. The report uses California as a point of reference to compare to proposed federal standards.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Low Carbon Fuel Standard: State and Federal Legislation and Regulations (open access)

A Low Carbon Fuel Standard: State and Federal Legislation and Regulations

This report analyzes the draft California standards, and discusses how those standards might work. Next, the report analyzes federal Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) legislation proposed in the 110th Congress. Finally, the report analyzes what effects an LCFS might have on state and national fuel supplies.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D.
Object Type: Report
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
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 116, No. 250, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 116, No. 250, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Physical limits for high ion charge states in pulsed discharges in vacuum (open access)

Physical limits for high ion charge states in pulsed discharges in vacuum

Short-pulse, high-current discharges in vacuum were investigated with the goal to maximize the ion charge state number. In a direct extension of previous work [Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 041502 (2008)], the role of pulse length, rate of current rise, and current amplitude was studied. For all experimental conditions, the usable (extractable) mean ion charge state could not be pushed beyond 7+. Instead, a maximum of the mean ion charge state (about 6+ to 7+ for most cathode materials) was found for a power of 2-3 MW dissipated in the discharge gap. The maximum is the result of two opposing processes that occur when the power is increased: (i) the formation of higher ion charge states, and (ii) a greater production of neutrals (both metal and non-metal), which reduces the charge state via charge exchange collisions.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Yushkov, Georgy & Anders, Andre
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Post-Closure Report for Closed Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Corrective Action Units, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, For Fiscal Year 2008 (October 2007-September 2008) (open access)

Post-Closure Report for Closed Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Corrective Action Units, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, For Fiscal Year 2008 (October 2007-September 2008)

This report is the first combined annual report for post-closure activities for the following closed Corrective Action Units (CAUs): • CAU 90, Area 2 Bitcutter Containment • CAU 91, Area 3 U-3fi Injection Well • CAU 92, Area 6 Decon Pond Facility • CAU 110, Area 3 WMD U-3ax/bl Crater • CAU 112, Area 23 Hazardous Waste Trenches The locations of the sites are shown in Figure 1. This report covers fiscal year (FY) 2008 (October 2007–September 2008). Because this is the first combined annual report for these CAUs, this report only covers the period not covered in the previous annual report for each CAU. For example, the last report submitted for CAU 91 covered the period January 2007–December 2007; therefore, this report only covers the remainder of FY2008 (January 2008–September 2008) for CAU 91. The post-closure requirements for these sites are described in Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Permit Number NEV HW0021 and summarized in each CAU-specific section in Section 1.0 of this report. Site inspections are conducted semiannually at CAUs 90 and 91 and quarterly at CAUs 92, 110, and 112. Additional inspections are conducted at CAU 92 if precipitation occurs in excess of 0.50 inches in a …
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: National Security Technologies, LLC
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008 (open access)

Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Emory, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Hill, Earl Clyde, Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report on the Depth Requirements for a Massive Detector at Homestake (open access)

Report on the Depth Requirements for a Massive Detector at Homestake

This report provides the technical justification for locating a large detector underground in a US based Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory. A large detector with a fiducial mass greater than 100 kTon will most likely be a multipurpose facility. The main physics justification for such a device is detection of accelerator generated neutrinos, nucleon decay, and natural sources of neutrinos such as solar, atmospheric and supernova neutrinos. The requirement on the depth of this detector will be guided by the rate of signals from these sources and the rate of backgrounds from cosmic rays over a very wide range of energies (from solar neutrino energies of 5 MeV to high energies in the range of hundreds of GeV). For the present report, we have examined the depth requirement for a large water Cherenkov detector and a liquid argon time projection chamber. There has been extensive previous experience with underground water Cherenkov detectors such as IMB, Kamioka, and most recently, Super-Kamiokande which has a fiducial mass of 22 kTon and a total mass of 50 kTon at a depth of 2700 meters-water-equivalent in a mountain. Projections for signal and background capability for a larger and deeper(or shallower) detectors of this …
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: Kadel, Richard W.; Bernstein, Adam; Blucher, Edward; Cline, David B.; Diwan, Milind V.; Fleming, Bonnie et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library