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Ballistic Missile Defense in the Asia-Pacific Region: Cooperation and Opposition (open access)

Ballistic Missile Defense in the Asia-Pacific Region: Cooperation and Opposition

This report presents background information and discusses potential issues for Congress relating to U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) efforts in the Asia-Pacific region. These efforts pose several potential policy, funding, and oversight issues for Congress. Decisions that Congress makes on these issues could affect U.S. defense funding requirements and military capabilities, and U.S. relations with countries in the Asia Pacific region, including China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and Australia.
Date: April 3, 2015
Creator: Rinehart, Ian E.; Hildreth, Steven A. & Lawrence, Susan V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production in Federal and Non-Federal Areas (open access)

U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production in Federal and Non-Federal Areas

This report examines U.S. oil and natural gas production data for federal and non-federal areas with an emphasis on the past five fiscal years of production.
Date: April 3, 2015
Creator: Humphries, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FutureGen: A Brief History and Issues for Congress (open access)

FutureGen: A Brief History and Issues for Congress

This report briefly summarizes the history of FutureGen, discusses why it has gained interest and support from some Members of Congress and the Administration while remaining in initial stages of development, and offers some policy considerations on barriers that challenge its further development as a model for a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) program.
Date: April 3, 2013
Creator: Folger, Peter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drones in Domestic Surveillance Operations: Fourth Amendment Implications and Legislative Responses (open access)

Drones in Domestic Surveillance Operations: Fourth Amendment Implications and Legislative Responses

This report first explores the potential uses of drones in the domestic sphere by federal, state, and local governments. It then surveys current Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, including cases surrounding privacy in the home, privacy in public spaces, location tracking, manned aerial surveillance, and those involving the national border. Next, it considers how existing jurisprudence may inform current and proposed drone uses. It then describes the various legislative measures introduced in the 113th Congress to address the legal and policy issues surrounding drones. Finally, it briefly identifies several alternative approaches that may constrain the potential scope of drone surveillance.
Date: April 3, 2013
Creator: Thompson, Richard M., II
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Amazon Laws" and Taxation of Internet Sales: Constitutional Analysis (open access)

"Amazon Laws" and Taxation of Internet Sales: Constitutional Analysis

This report focuses on the ways in which the states' efforts to impose requirements on out-of-state retailers are limited by the Constitution. The report discusses recent state legislation as well as legislation introduced in the two most recent Congresses.
Date: April 3, 2013
Creator: Lunder, Erika K. & Pettit, Carol A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: Technical Issues (open access)

North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: Technical Issues

This report summarizes what is known from open sources about the North Korean nuclear weapons program — including weapons-usable fissile material and warhead estimates — and assesses current developments in achieving denuclearization.
Date: April 3, 2013
Creator: Nikitin, Mary Beth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions (open access)

The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions

This report provides an overview of the New Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (START), including a comparison to the original START Treaty, the belief of the Obama Administration and outside analysts that New START will enhance U.S. national security, and the criticisms of those who say that New START is a distraction from more important items on the nonproliferation agenda.
Date: April 3, 2013
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Trade Facilitation, Enforcement, and Security (open access)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Trade Facilitation, Enforcement, and Security

This report describes and analyzes U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) role in the U.S. import process. (The report does not cover CBP's role in the U.S. export control system.)
Date: April 3, 2013
Creator: Jones, Vivian C. & Rosenblum, Marc R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Care for Rural Veterans: The Example of Federally Qualified Health Centers (open access)

Health Care for Rural Veterans: The Example of Federally Qualified Health Centers

This report discusses considerations that may arise during possible attempts to increase the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) collaboration with federally qualified health centers (FQHC), and describes policy levers Congress might use to encourage VA-FQHC collaboration.
Date: April 3, 2013
Creator: Heisler, Elayne J.; Panangala, Sidath Viranga & Bagalman, Erin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Peace Talks in Colombia (open access)

Peace Talks in Colombia

This report provides background on Colombia's armed conflict and describes its key players. It briefly analyzes prior negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the lessons learned from those efforts that apply to the current talks. It examines what has transpired in the talks that have now lasted for more than a year and a half, considers some of the constraints that could limit the success of the peace talks, and looks at the prospects for the current negotiations.
Date: April 3, 2014
Creator: Beittel, June S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Pay: Key Questions and Answers (open access)

Military Pay: Key Questions and Answers

This report uses a question and answer format to highlight key aspects of the military compensation system and to address topics of recurring congressional interest, including the following: compensation elements and rates, statutory formulas for increasing compensation elements, historical increases in basic pay, comparability with civilian pay, and additional compensation for those serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Date: April 3, 2017
Creator: Kapp, Lawrence & Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Climate Change Regulation and Litigation: Selected Legal Issues (open access)

U.S. Climate Change Regulation and Litigation: Selected Legal Issues

This report provides a brief history of U.S. climate change regulation, reviews the different types of regulation and legal actions that have been pursued in the national debate over greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, examines selected legal issues and next steps in related litigation, and addresses what these legal and regulatory developments mean for Congress. President Trump's Executive Order of March 28, 2017 requiring agencies to reconsider their policies related to climate change is also discussed.
Date: April 3, 2017
Creator: Tsang, Linda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Trump Administration's March 2017 Defense Budget Proposals: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

The Trump Administration's March 2017 Defense Budget Proposals: Frequently Asked Questions

This report answers seven frequently asked questions about President Trump's defense budget proposal for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 which was made on March 16, 2017. Additional funding for overseas contingency operations and a higher defense budget are major sections of the proposal discussed.
Date: April 3, 2017
Creator: Towell, Pat & Williams, Lynn M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Structure for Storing Properties of Particles (POP) (open access)

Structure for Storing Properties of Particles (POP)

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Date: April 3, 2013
Creator: Patel, N. R.; Mattoon, C. M.; Beck, B. R.; Summers, N. C. & Brown, D. A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brady Standard-Herald and Heart of Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 3, 2013 (open access)

Brady Standard-Herald and Heart of Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Brady, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 3, 2013
Creator: Stewart, James E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
East Bernard Express (East Bernard, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 2014 (open access)

East Bernard Express (East Bernard, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 2014

Weekly newspaper from East Bernard, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 3, 2014
Creator: Wallace, Bill
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crowley Star (Crowley, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 2014 (open access)

Crowley Star (Crowley, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Crowley, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 3, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 41, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 3, 2012 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 41, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 3, 2012
Creator: Gorman, Sean
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 066, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 3, 2012 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 066, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 3, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 120, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 3, 2011 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 120, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 3, 2011

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 3, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Al Shabaab (open access)

Al Shabaab

This report briefly examines Al Shabaab (aka Harakat Shabaab al Mujahidin, or Mujahidin Youth Movement) which is an insurgent and terrorist group that evolved out of a militant wing of Somalia’s Council of Islamic Courts in the mid-2000s.
Date: April 3, 2015
Creator: Ploch Blanchard, Lauren
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Biotechnology: Background, Regulation, and Policy Issues (open access)

Agricultural Biotechnology: Background, Regulation, and Policy Issues

This report discusses on going issues regarding biotechnology, which refers primarily to the use of recombinant DNA techniques to genetically modify or bioengineer plants and animals. Ongoing policy issues include the impacts of genetially engineered (GE) crops on the environment (e.g., pest and weed resistance), whether GE foods should be labeled, their potential contamination of conventionally raised and organic plants, and issues of liability.
Date: April 3, 2013
Creator: Cowan, Tadlock
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
In-Line Crack and Stress Detection in Silicon Solar Cells Using Resonance Ultrasonic Vibrations (open access)

In-Line Crack and Stress Detection in Silicon Solar Cells Using Resonance Ultrasonic Vibrations

Statement of Problem and Objectives. Wafer breakage in automated solar cell production lines is identified as a major technical problem and a barrier for further cost reduction of silicon solar module manufacturing. To the best of our knowledge, there are no commercial systems addressing critical needs for in-line inspection of the mechanical quality of solar wafers and cells. The principal objective of the SBIR program is to validate through experiments and computer modeling the applicability of the Resonance Ultrasonic Vibrations system, which ultimately can be used as a real-time in-line manufacturing quality control tool for fast detection of mechanically unstable silicon solar cells caused by cracks. The specific objective of Phase II is to move the technology of in-line crack detection from the laboratory level to commercial demonstration through development of a system prototype. The fragility of silicon wafers possessing low mechanical strength is attributed to peripheral and bulk millimeter-length cracks. The research program is based on feasibility results obtained during Phase I, which established that: (i) the Resonance Ultrasonic Vibrations method is applicable to as-cut, processed wafers and finished cells; (ii) the method sensitivity depends on the specific processing step; it is highest in as-cut wafers and lowest in …
Date: April 3, 2013
Creator: Ostapenko, Sergei
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of PET in the understanding of Addiction (open access)

Use of PET in the understanding of Addiction

The objective of this research is to understand the factors contributing to addiction in the human and to understand the effects of addiction on the brain.
Date: April 3, 2013
Creator: Schlyer, D. J. & Schlyer, D. J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library