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Analysis of AGS E880 polarimeter data at Gy = 12.5.
Data were collected with the AGS internal (E880) polarimeter at G{gamma} = 12.5 during the FY04 polarized proton run. Measurements were made with forward scintillation counters in coincidence with recoil counter telescopes, permitting an absolute calibration of the polarimeter for both nylon and carbon targets. The results are summarized and they will also be useful for an absolute calibration of the AGS CNI polarimeter at G{gamma} = 12.5.
Date:
February 23, 2012
Creator:
Cadman, R.; Huang, H.; Krueger, K.; Spinka, H.; Underwood, D. (High Energy Physics) & Laboratory), (Brookhaven National
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income
This report provides an analysis of the tax exclusion for canceled mortgage debt income.
Date:
February 23, 2018
Creator:
Keightley, Mark P. & Lunder, Erika
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory
This is a report about the Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory.
Date:
February 23, 2012
Creator:
Matthews, Christine M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
This report discusses the Implementation and issues related to Broadband Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Date:
February 23, 2010
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Budget Control Act: Frequently Asked Questions
This report addresses several frequently asked questions related to the Budget Control Act (BCA) and the federal annual budget.
Date:
February 23, 2018
Creator:
Driessen, Grant A. & Lynch, Megan S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Budget Reconciliation Process: Timing of Legislative Action
This report discusses the budget reconciliation process that has been one of the chief tools used by Congress during the period covering from 1980 to the present to implement major changes in budget policy. Following a brief overview of the budget reconciliation process, this report provides information on the timing of House and Senate action on reconciliation measures.
Date:
February 23, 2016
Creator:
Lynch, Megan S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
CHARACTERIZATION OF CYCLED SPHERICAL RESORCINOL-FORMALDEHYDE ION EXCHANGE RESIN
This report presents characterization data for two spherical resorcinol-formaldehyde (sRF) resin beds that had processed cesium in non-radioactive and radioactive cycles. All column cycle operations for the resin beds including loading, displacements, elution, regeneration, breakthroughs, and solution analyses are reported in Nash and Duignan, 2009a. That report covered four ion exchange (IX) campaigns using the two {approx}11 mL beds in columns in a lead-lag arrangement. The first two campaigns used Savannah River Site (SRS) Tank 2F nonradioactive simulant while the latter two were fed with actual dissolved salt in the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Shielded Cells. Both radioactive cycles ran to cesium breakthrough of the lead column. The resin beds saw in excess of 400 bed volumes of feed in each cycle. Resin disposal plans in tank farm processing depend on characterizations of resin used with actual tank feed. Following a final 30 bed volume (BV) elution with nitric acid, the resin beds were found to contain detectable chromium, barium, boron, aluminum, iron, sodium, sulfur, plutonium, cesium, and mercury. Resin affinity for plutonium is important in criticality safety considerations. Cesium-137 was found to be less than 10E+7 dpm/g of resin, similar to past work with sRF resin. Sulfur levels …
Date:
February 23, 2010
Creator:
Nash, C. & Duignan, M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of Glass-Like Fragments from the 3714 Building
This report describes characterization of a sample obtained from the 3714 building in the 300 Area. Characterization of this unknown material was required for the demonolition activities in the 300 Area. The object of the study was to dertermine the nature of the material, composition, possible structure, evidence for hazards components. The green material is a sodium alumino-silicate glass. This conclusion is based on the composition provided by SEM-EDS, and the images that suggest a glass-like morphology. Further analysis with Ramin and/or infrared could be used to determine the presence of any organics.
Date:
February 23, 2010
Creator:
Buck, Edgar C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Adaptation by Federal Agencies: An Analysis of Plans and Issues for Congress
This report reviews current actions (as of January 2015) of selected federal departments and agencies to adapt their own missions, infrastructure, operations, and personnel to projected climate change.
Date:
February 23, 2015
Creator:
Leggett, Jane A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Adaptation by Federal Agencies: An Analysis of Plans and Issues for Congress
This report reviews current actions (as of January 2015) of selected federal departments and agencies to adapt their own missions, infrastructure, operations, and personnel to projected climate change plans.
Date:
February 23, 2015
Creator:
Leggett, Jane A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cluster Munitions: Background and Issues for Congress
This report discusses the background of cluster munitions in the U.S. military, and the current Department of Defense (DOD) and Obama Administration stances on the topic. It also discusses the two major international initiatives to address cluster munitions: the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) and negotiations under the U.N. Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW).
Date:
February 23, 2010
Creator:
Feickert, Andrew & Kerr, Paul K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
CO (Carbon Monoxide Mixing Ratio System) Handbook
The main function of the CO instrument is to provide continuous accurate measurements of carbon monoxide mixing ratio at the ARM SGP Central Facility (CF) 60-meter tower (36.607 °N, 97.489 °W, 314 meters above sea level). The essential feature of the control and data acquisition system is to record signals from a Thermo Electron 48C and periodically calibrate out zero and span drifts in the instrument using the combination of a CO scrubber and two concentrations of span gas (100 and 300 ppb CO in air). The system was deployed on May 25, 2005.
Date:
February 23, 2011
Creator:
Biraud, S
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction
This report provides information about The Introduction of Congressional Appropriations Process. Congress has developed certain rules and practices for the consideration of appropriate measures, referred to as Congressional Appropriations Process.
Date:
February 23, 2012
Creator:
Streeter, Sandy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction
Congress annually considers several appropriations measures, which provide funding for numerous activities, for example, national defense, education, and homeland security, as well as general government operations. Congress has developed certain rules and practices for the consideration of appropriations measures, referred to as the congressional appropriations process. This report looks at this process as well as the three types of appropriates measures: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills.
Date:
February 23, 2012
Creator:
Tollestrup, Jessica
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Court-Ordered Access to Smart Phones: In Brief
This report specifically examines certain encryption issues that have been raised in the investigation of the December 2, 2015, terrorist attack in San Bernardino, CA. This report highlights certain issues that policymakers may examine as they follow the ongoing dispute between law enforcement and technology companies, and it focuses on questions related to the government's request.
Date:
February 23, 2016
Creator:
Finklea, Kristin; Thompson, Richard M., II & Jaikaran, Chris
System:
The UNT Digital Library
CRS Issue Statement on the Middle East
None
Date:
February 23, 2010
Creator:
Sharp, Jeremy M.; Zanotti, Jim; Addis, Casey L.; Migdalovitz, Carol; Katzmann, Kenneth; Blanchard, Christopher M. et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Highlighted Activities
A look at legislative reforms that have been passed and are in process in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on April 20, 2010.
Date:
February 23, 2012
Creator:
Ramseur, Jonathan L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Spending Under an Interim Continuing Resolution: In Brief
This report provides a basic overview of interim continuing resolutions (CRs) and highlights some specific issues pertaining to operations of the Department of Defense (DOD) under a CR.
Date:
February 23, 2018
Creator:
Williams, Lynn M. & Roscoe, Jennifer M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Depreciating Dollar: Economic Effects and Policy Response
This report discusses the trend of depreciation of the dollar since 2002. This raises concern among some in Congress and the public that the dollar's decline is a symptom of broader economic problems, such as a weak economic recovery, rising public debt, and a diminished standing in the global economy. However, a falling currency is not always a problem, but possibly an element of economic adjustments that are, on balance, beneficial to the economy.
Date:
February 23, 2012
Creator:
Elwell, Craig K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Disclosure of International Travel by Congress
None
Date:
February 23, 2015
Creator:
Petersen, R. Eric
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Domestic Human Trafficking Legislation in the 114th Congress
This report discusses domestic human trafficking-related issues that have received legislative action or are of significant interest in the 114th Congress.
Date:
February 23, 2015
Creator:
Finklea, Kristin; Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L. & Siskin, Alison
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Domestic Human Trafficking Legislation in the 114th Congress
This report discusses domestic human trafficking-related issues that have received legislative action or are of significant interest in the 114th Congress.
Date:
February 23, 2015
Creator:
Finklea, Kristin; Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L. & Siskin, Alison
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Balance Bowen Ratio Station (EBBR) Handbook
The energy balance Bowen ratio (EBBR) system produces 30-minute estimates of the vertical fluxes of sensible and latent heat at the local surface. Flux estimates are calculated from observations of net radiation, soil surface heat flux, and the vertical gradients of temperature and relative humidity (RH). Meteorological data collected by the EBBR are used to calculate bulk aerodynamic fluxes, which are used in the Bulk Aerodynamic Technique (BA) EBBR value-added product (VAP) to replace sunrise and sunset spikes in the flux data. A unique aspect of the system is the automatic exchange mechanism (AEM), which helps to reduce errors from instrument offset drift.
Date:
February 23, 2011
Creator:
Cook, DR
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Efficiency of Distributed Environmental Control Systems
In this report, we present an analytical evaluation of the potential of occupant-regulated distributed environmental control systems (DECS) to enhance individual occupant thermal comfort in an office building with no increase, and possibly even a decrease in annual energy consumption. To this end we developed and applied several analytical models that allowed us to optimize comfort and energy consumption in partitioned office buildings equipped with either conventional central HVAC systems or occupant-regulated DECS. Our approach involved the following interrelated components: 1. Development of a simplified lumped-parameter thermal circuit model to compute the annual energy consumption. This was necessitated by the need to perform tens of thousands of optimization calculations involving different US climatic regions, and different occupant thermal preferences of a population of ~50 office occupants. Yearly transient simulations using TRNSYS, a time-dependent building energy modeling program, were run to determine the robustness of the simplified approach against time-dependent simulations. The simplified model predicts yearly energy consumption within approximately 0.6% of an equivalent transient simulation. Simulations of building energy usage were run for a wide variety of climatic regions and control scenarios, including traditional “one-size-fits-all” (OSFA) control; providing a uniform temperature to the entire building, and occupant-selected “have-it-your-way” (HIYW) control …
Date:
February 23, 2011
Creator:
Khalifa, H. Ezzat; Isik, Can & Dannenhoffer, John F. III
System:
The UNT Digital Library