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The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 265, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 12, 2010 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 265, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 12, 2010

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 12, 2010
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 247, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 12, 2010 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 247, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 12, 2010

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 12, 2010
Creator: Halter Gray, Janie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Low and High Temperature Combustion Chemistry of Butanol Isomers in Premixed Flames and Autoignition Systems (open access)

Low and High Temperature Combustion Chemistry of Butanol Isomers in Premixed Flames and Autoignition Systems

Butanol is a fuel that has been proposed as a bio-derived alternative to conventional petroleum derived fuels. The structural isomer in traditional 'bio-butanol' fuel is n-butanol, but newer conversion technologies produce iso-butanol as a fuel. In order to better understand the combustion chemistry of bio-butanol, this study presents a comprehensive chemical kinetic model for all the four isomers of butanol (e.g., 1-, 2-, iso- and tert-butanol). The proposed model includes detailed high temperature and low temperature reaction pathways. In this study, the primary experimental validation target for the model is premixed flat low-pressure flame species profiles obtained using molecular beam mass spectrometry (MBMS). The model is also validated against previously published data for premixed flame velocity and n-butanol rapid compression machine and shock tube ignition delay. The agreement with these data sets is reasonably good. The dominant reaction pathways at the various pressures and temperatures studied are elucidated. At low temperature conditions, we found that the reaction of alphahydroxybutyl with O{sub 2} was important in controlling the reactivity of the system, and for correctly predicting C{sub 4} aldehyde profiles in low pressure premixed flames. Enol-keto isomerization reactions assisted by HO{sub 2} were also found to be important in converting enols …
Date: December 12, 2010
Creator: Sarathy, S M; Pitz, W J; Westbrook, C K; Mehl, M; Yasunaga, K; Curran, H J et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 96, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 12, 2010 (open access)

The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 96, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 12, 2010

Semiweekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 12, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 99, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 12, 2010 (open access)

Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 99, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 12, 2010

Semi-weekly newspaper from Livingston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 12, 2010
Creator: Reddell, Valerie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 64, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 12, 2010 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 64, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 12, 2010

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 12, 2010
Creator: Harmon, C. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Scaling Algebraic Multigrid Solvers: On the Road to Exascale (open access)

Scaling Algebraic Multigrid Solvers: On the Road to Exascale

Algebraic Multigrid (AMG) solvers are an essential component of many large-scale scientific simulation codes. Their continued numerical scalability and efficient implementation is critical for preparing these codes for exascale. Our experiences on modern multi-core machines show that significant challenges must be addressed for AMG to perform well on such machines. We discuss our experiences and describe the techniques we have used to overcome scalability challenges for AMG on hybrid architectures in preparation for exascale.
Date: December 12, 2010
Creator: Baker, A H; Falgout, R D; Gamblin, T; Kolev, T; Schulz, M & Yang, U M
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
SINGLE-MODE FIBER, VELOCITY INTERFEROMETRY (open access)

SINGLE-MODE FIBER, VELOCITY INTERFEROMETRY

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Date: December 12, 2010
Creator: Krauter, K. G.; Jacobson, G. F.; Patterson, J. R.; Nguyen, J. H. & Ambrose, W. P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 023, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 12, 2010 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 023, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 12, 2010

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 12, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance (open access)

Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance

This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, as well as the Afghan government. This report also discusses Afghanistan's relationship with the United States, particularly U.S. efforts to urge President Hamid Karzai, to address corruption within the Afghan government. The report also includes discussion of election fraud and corruption in Afghanistan.
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Benchmark Model for Parallel ns3 (open access)

A Benchmark Model for Parallel ns3

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Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: Barnes, P. D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
DART and TRE adjust service for Christmas holiday (open access)

DART and TRE adjust service for Christmas holiday

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule in observance of the Christmas holiday.
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drug Offenses: Maximum Fines and Terms of Imprisonment for Violation of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and Related Laws (open access)

Drug Offenses: Maximum Fines and Terms of Imprisonment for Violation of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and Related Laws

This is a chart of the maximum fines and terms of imprisonment that may be imposed as a consequence of conviction for violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and other drug supply and drug demand related laws. It lists the penalties for: heroin, cocaine, crack, PCP, LSD, marihuana (marijuana), amphetamine, methamphetamine, listed (precursor) chemicals, paraphernalia, date rape drugs, rave drugs, designer drugs, ecstasy, drug kingpins, as well as the other substances including narcotics and opiates assigned to Schedule I, Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, and Schedule V of the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (Title II and Title III of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Control Act).
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: Yeh, Brian T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Email from Evans Harris to UNT representatives, December 12, 2011] (open access)

[Email from Evans Harris to UNT representatives, December 12, 2011]

Email from Evans Harris to UNT representatives discussing the meeting between the University of North Texas and the Dallas Way.
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: Evans, Jack & Harris, George E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Email from Jack and George, December 12, 2011] (open access)

[Email from Jack and George, December 12, 2011]

Email from Jack and George discussing the meeting between the University of North Texas and the Dallas Way.
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: Evans, Jack & Harris, George E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimated United States Residential Energy Use in 2005 (open access)

Estimated United States Residential Energy Use in 2005

A flow chart depicting energy flow in the residential sector of the United States economy in 2005 has been constructed from publicly available data and estimates of national energy use patterns. Approximately 11,000 trillion British Thermal Units (trBTUs) of electricity and fuels were used throughout the United States residential sector in lighting, electronics, air conditioning, space heating, water heating, washing appliances, cooking appliances, refrigerators, and other appliances. The residential sector is powered mainly by electricity and natural gas. Other fuels used include petroleum products (fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gas and kerosene), biomass (wood), and on-premises solar, wind, and geothermal energy. The flow patterns represent a comprehensive systems view of energy used within the residential sector.
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: Smith, C. A.; Johnson, D. M.; Simon, A. J. & Belles, R. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
GAMA-LLNL Alpine Basin Special Study: Scope of Work (open access)

GAMA-LLNL Alpine Basin Special Study: Scope of Work

For this task LLNL will examine the vulnerability of drinking water supplies in foothills and higher elevation areas to climate change impacts on recharge. Recharge locations and vulnerability will be determined through examination of groundwater ages and noble gas recharge temperatures in high elevation basins. LLNL will determine whether short residence times are common in one or more subalpine basin. LLNL will measure groundwater ages, recharge temperatures, hydrogen and oxygen isotopes, major anions and carbon isotope compositions on up to 60 samples from monitoring wells and production wells in these basins. In addition, a small number of carbon isotope analyses will be performed on surface water samples. The deliverable for this task will be a technical report that provides the measured data and an interpretation of the data from one or more subalpine basins. Data interpretation will: (1) Consider climate change impacts to recharge and its impact on water quality; (2) Determine primary recharge locations and their vulnerability to climate change; and (3) Delineate the most vulnerable areas and describe the likely impacts to recharge.
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: Singleton, M J; Visser, A; Esser, B K & Moran, J E
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
GCAM 3.0 Agriculture and Land Use: Data Sources and Methods (open access)

GCAM 3.0 Agriculture and Land Use: Data Sources and Methods

This report presents the data processing methods used in the GCAM 3.0 agriculture and land use component, starting from all source data used, and detailing all calculations and assumptions made in generating the model inputs. The report starts with a brief introduction to modeling of agriculture and land use in GCAM 3.0, and then provides documentation of the data and methods used for generating the base-year dataset and future scenario parameters assumed in the model input files. Specifically, the report addresses primary commodity production, secondary (animal) commodity production, disposition of commodities, land allocation, land carbon contents, and land values.
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: Kyle, G. Page; Luckow, Patrick; Calvin, Katherine V.; Emanuel, William R.; Nathan, Mayda & Zhou, Yuyu
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hardrock Mining: BLM Needs to Revise Its Systems for Assessing the Adequacy of Financial Assurances (open access)

Hardrock Mining: BLM Needs to Revise Its Systems for Assessing the Adequacy of Financial Assurances

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Based on data reviewed from BLM's Bond Review Report, mine operators had provided financial assurances valued at approximately $1.5 billion to guarantee reclamation costs for 1,365 hardrock operations on federal land managed by BLM. We determined that 57 hardrock operations had inadequate financial assurances--amounting to about $24 million less than needed to fully cover estimated reclamation costs. Nevada had the largest number of hardrock mining operations and the largest number of inadequate financial assurances. As we have reported, BLM has taken some steps to strengthen and improve its management of hardrock financial assurances but has not yet addressed the issues we identified in 2008 regarding how the Bond Review Report calculates the total value of those financial assurances that are inadequate. To improve its management of hardrock financial assurances, BLM in 2009 issued IM 2009-153, which, among other things, directs periodic review of reclamation cost estimates for all ongoing operations to ensure the current cost estimate and the amount of the required financial assurance continue to meet applicable regulatory requirements. However, we found that only two BLM state offices--Montana and Wyoming--fully implemented IM 2009-153 by conducting timely reviews …
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Climate Change Financing: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) (open access)

International Climate Change Financing: The Green Climate Fund (GCF)

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, Treaty Number: 102-38, 1992), the Copenhagen Accord (2009), and the UNFCCC Cancun Agreements (2010), wherein the higher-income countries pledged jointly up to $30 billion of "fast start" climate financing for lower-income countries for the period 2010-2012, and a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020. The Cancun Agreements also proposed that the pledged funds are to be new, additional to previous flows, adequate, predictable, and sustained, and are to come from a wide variety of sources, both public and private, bilateral and multilateral, including alternative sources of finance.
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: Lattanzio, Richard K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Keystone XL Pipeline Project: Key Issues (open access)

Keystone XL Pipeline Project: Key Issues

This report describes the Keystone XL pipeline proposal and the process required for federal approval. It summarizes key arguments for and against the pipeline put forth by the pipeline's developers, federal agencies, environmental groups, and other stakeholders. The report discusses potential consistency challenges faced by the State Department in reviewing the pipeline application given its recent prior approvals of similar pipeline projects. Finally, the report reviews the constitutional basis for the State Department's authority to issue a Presidential Permit, and opponents' possible challenges to this authority.
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: Parfomak, Paul W.; Nerurkar, Neelesh; Luther, Linda & Vann, Adam
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long time mayor newest member of DART Board (open access)

Long time mayor newest member of DART Board

News release about the appointment of the former mayor of Richardson, Gary Slagel, to the DART board of directors, representing Richardson, Addison, Highland Park, and University Park.
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Partially resolved transition array model for atomic spectra (open access)

Partially resolved transition array model for atomic spectra

None
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: Iglesias, C & Sonnad, V
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Precision Measurement of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters with KamLAND (open access)

Precision Measurement of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters with KamLAND

This dissertation describes a measurement of the neutrino oscillation parameters #1;{Delta}m{sup 2}{sub 21}, θ{sub 12} and constraints on θ{sub 13} based on a study of reactor antineutrinos at a baseline of ∼ 180 km with the KamLAND detector. The data presented here was collected between April 2002 and November 2009, and amounts to a total exposure of 2.64 � 0.07 � 10{sup 32} proton-years. For this exposure we expect 2140 � 74(syst) antineutrino candidates from reactors, assuming standard model neutrino behavior, and 350�88(syst) candidates from background. The number observed is 1614. The ratio of background-subtracted candidates observed to expected is (N{sub Obs} − N{sub Bkg})/N{sub Exp} = 0.59 � 0.02(stat) � 0.045(syst) which confirms reactor neutrino disappearance at greater than 5σ significance. Interpreting this deficit as being due to neutrino oscillation, the best-fit oscillation parameters from a three-flavor analysis are #1;{Delta}m{sup 2}{sub 21} = 7.60{sup +0.20}{sub −0.19}�10{sup −5}eV{sup 2}, θ{sub 12} = 32.5 � 2.9 degrees and sin{sup 2} θ{sub 13} = 0.025{sup +0.035}{sub −0.035}, the 95% confidence-level upper limit on sin{sup 2} θ{sub 13} is sin{sup 2} θ{sub 13} < 0.083. Assuming CPT invariance, a combined analysis of KamLAND and solar neutrino data yields best-fit values: #1;{Delta}m{sup 2}{sub 21} …
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: KamLAND, & O'Donnell, Thomas
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library