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Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2012 (open access)

Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2012

Annual report of the Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) describing the program and data collection. It also presents information on air quality and recorded concentrations of pollutants such as ozone, sulfur, gases, and other elements of concern.
Date: April 2014
Creator: AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Healthcare Disparities Report 2013 (open access)

National Healthcare Disparities Report 2013

This report summarizes data gathered to address three key questions: what is the status of health care quality, access and disparities in the United States, How have health care quality; access and disparities changed over time; where are health care quality, access, and disparities improving and where are they getting worse.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
System: The UNT Digital Library
Socio-Economic Drivers of Change in the Arctic (open access)

Socio-Economic Drivers of Change in the Arctic

This report presents an overview of the potential directions of non-climate drivers affecting the Arctic, and explicitly excludes discussion of potential impacts and responses. The report splits these non-climate drivers into two perspectives: global and Arctic.
Date: 2014
Creator: Andrew, Robbie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arctic Ocean Acidification 2013: An Overview (open access)

Arctic Ocean Acidification 2013: An Overview

Report presenting a summary of the first comprehensive assessment of Arctic Ocean acidification (AOA) conducted by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP). It outlines the 10 key findings with background information, explanations of implications for the Arctic region, and future work.
Date: 2014
Creator: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trends in Stockholm Convention Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Arctic Air, Human media and Biota (open access)

Trends in Stockholm Convention Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Arctic Air, Human media and Biota

This report summarizes results of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (temporal) trend monitoring studies conducted under the auspices of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMP) that are relevant to the Stockholm Convention
Date: 2014
Creator: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Part B: Regional Aspects (open access)

Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Part B: Regional Aspects

A report about climate change as it effects various parts of the world such as Africa, Europe, Asia, and many other regions.
Date: 2014
Creator: Barros, Vicente R. & Field, Christopher B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Working Group III Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (open access)

Working Group III Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

A report which provides and assessment of relevant options for mitigating climate change through limiting or preventing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as activities that reduce their concentrations in the atmosphere.
Date: 2014
Creator: Edenhofer, Ottmar & Pichs-Madruga, Ramón
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects (open access)

Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects

A report that focuses on why climate change matters. It addresses impacts that have already occurred and risks of future impacts, especially the way those risks change with the amount of climate changes that cannot be avoided.
Date: 2014
Creator: Field, Christopher B. & Barros, Vicente R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paid Parental Leave in the United States (open access)

Paid Parental Leave in the United States

A report about paid family leave in specific states in the United States. It provides information about a few different acts about leave.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Gault, Barbara; Hartmann, Heidi; Hegewisch, Ariane; Milli, Jessica & Reichlin, Lindsey
System: The UNT Digital Library
Being LGBT in Asia: Vietnam Country Report (open access)

Being LGBT in Asia: Vietnam Country Report

Report based on regional discussions describing the legal and social environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Vietnam including background and contextual information, relevant organizations in the country, and associated reference information.
Date: 2014
Creator: Hanh, Dinh Hong & Tung, Tran Khac
System: The UNT Digital Library
Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap: A Job Half Done (open access)

Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap: A Job Half Done

A document which reviews trends in occupational segregation during the past several decades.
Date: January 2014
Creator: Hegewisch, Ariane
System: The UNT Digital Library
2014 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (open access)

2014 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

Report delineating the performance of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to President Obama's Executive Orders that commit Departments of the Federal Government to address the threats of climate change. Well defined goals and strategies promote sustainability and address ways to mitigate the impact of climate change on human health and well-being.
Date: July 17, 2014
Creator: Holland, E. J., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Women and Girls of Color: Addressing Challenges and Expanding Opportunity (open access)

Women and Girls of Color: Addressing Challenges and Expanding Opportunity

This report discusses the efforts and actions taken under President Obama's administration to address the struggles and biases women and girls of color face. It also discusses how much farther we as a nation have to progress.
Date: November 2014
Creator: Jarrett, Valerie & Tchen, Christina
System: The UNT Digital Library
Partially Nested Randomized Controlled Trials in Education Research: A Guide to Design and Analysis (open access)

Partially Nested Randomized Controlled Trials in Education Research: A Guide to Design and Analysis

A detailed guide showing the process of designing, conducting and analyzing results from Partially Nested Randomized Controlled Trials (PN-RCT) in education research. The guide includes a brief review of Individual-Level Randomized Controlled Trial (I-RCT) and Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials (C-RCT) in comparison with PN-RCT.
Date: July 2014
Creator: Lohr, Sharon
System: The UNT Digital Library
This POODLE Bites: Exploiting the SSL 3.0 Fallback (open access)

This POODLE Bites: Exploiting the SSL 3.0 Fallback

This document discusses how attackers can exploit the downgrade dance and break the cryptographic security of SSL 3.0.
Date: September 2014
Creator: Möller, Bodo; Duong, Thai & Kotowicz, Krzysztof
System: The UNT Digital Library
CDC-Funded HIV Testing: United States, Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands, 2012 (open access)

CDC-Funded HIV Testing: United States, Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands, 2012

This report includes HIV testing data from 61 CDC-funded health department jurisdictions and directly-funded community-based organizations (CBOs).
Date: November 2014
Creator: National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
System: The UNT Digital Library
Being LGBT in Asia: Nepal Country Report (open access)

Being LGBT in Asia: Nepal Country Report

Report based on regional discussions describing the legal and social environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Nepal including background and contextual information, relevant organizations in the country, and associated reference information.
Date: 2014
Creator: Pokhrel, Adheep & Shrestha, Bharat Man
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Impacts in the United States (open access)

Climate Change Impacts in the United States

The report summarizes the science of climate change and the impacts of climate change in the United States, now and in the future.
Date: 2014
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2014 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2014

Annual report of the U.S. Global Change Research Program documenting activities and research, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 2014.
Date: 2014
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program (2009- )
System: The UNT Digital Library
Being LGBT in Asia: The Philippines Country Report (open access)

Being LGBT in Asia: The Philippines Country Report

This report was technically reviewed by UNDP and USAID as part of the 'Being LGT in Asia' initiative. It is based on the observations of the author(s) of the Philippines National LGBT Community Dialogue held in Manila in June 2013, conversations with participants and a desk review of published literature.
Date: 2014
Creator: United Nations Development Programme
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patient Dumping (open access)

Patient Dumping

Report on the enforcement of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act ('EMTALA') which was passed by Congress to address the problem of 'patient dumping,' where hospitals fail to screen, treat, or appropriately transfer patients. Specifically, the report focuses on disabled individuals with a psychiatric medical condition.
Date: 2014
Creator: United States Commission on Civil Rights
System: The UNT Digital Library
Being LGBT in Asia: Thailand Country Report (open access)

Being LGBT in Asia: Thailand Country Report

A report which reviews the legal and social environment faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Thailand.
Date: 2014
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library
USAID 2014 Annual Conference Report (open access)

USAID 2014 Annual Conference Report

Report of the United States Agency for International Development's expenditures for conferences in excess of $100,000 for the year 2014. This information is presented in a chart format that includes the name of the conference, dates, location, number of attendees, cost, and a description of the conference. This report is in compliance with the Office of Management and Budget's memorandum Promoting Efficient Spending to Support Agency Operations.
Date: 2014
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library
USAID Health-Related Research and Development Progress Report: 2014 (open access)

USAID Health-Related Research and Development Progress Report: 2014

Annual progress report describing programs and funding for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) health-related research and development.
Date: December 2014
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library