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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: EcoSpatial Information Database (ESID)] (open access)

[Project Summary: EcoSpatial Information Database (ESID)]

Summary describing the work completed at AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. for the EcoSpatial Information Database (ESID). It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: May 2014
Creator: AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development and Evaluation of A Mash TL-3 31 Inch W-Beam Median Barrier (open access)

Development and Evaluation of A Mash TL-3 31 Inch W-Beam Median Barrier

Report on the results of a study testing W-beam median bars efficacy in vehicle crashes. The study used a pick-up truck to determine the most effective height of the guard rail to prevent the truck from climbing or flipping over the guard rail.
Date: 2014
Creator: Abu-Odeh, Akram Y.; Bligh, Roger P.; Mason, Melinda L. & Menges, Wanda L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Project Summary: Oil and Gas Infrastructure in the Mid-Atlantic] (open access)

[Project Summary: Oil and Gas Infrastructure in the Mid-Atlantic]

Summary describing the work completed at Acadian Consulting Group for the Oil and Gas Infrastructure in the Mid-Atlantic. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: July 2014
Creator: Acadian Consulting Group
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
First JAM results on the determination of polarized parton distributions (open access)

First JAM results on the determination of polarized parton distributions

The Jefferson Lab Angular Momentum (JAM) Collaboration is a new initiative to study the angular momentum dependent structure of the nucleon. First results on the determination of spin-dependent parton distribution functions at intermediate and large x from world data on polarized deep-inelastic scattering are presented. Different aspects of global QCD analysis are discussed, including the effects of nuclear structure of deuterium and {sup 3}He targets, target mass corrections and higher twist contributions to the g{sub 1} and g{sub 2} structure functions.
Date: January 1, 2014
Creator: Accardi, Alberto; Jimenez-Delgado, Pedro & Melnitchouk, Wally
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fundamental Studies of Recombinant Hydrogenases (open access)

Fundamental Studies of Recombinant Hydrogenases

This research addressed the long term goals of understanding the assembly and organization of hydrogenase enzymes, of reducing them in size and complexity, of determining structure/function relationships, including energy conservation via charge separation across membranes, and in screening for novel H2 catalysts. A key overall goal of the proposed research was to define and characterize minimal hydrogenases that are produced in high yields and are oxygen-resistant. Remarkably, in spite of decades of research carried out on hydrogenases, it is not possible to readily manipulate or design the enzyme using molecular biology approaches since a recombinant form produced in a suitable host is not available. Such resources are essential if we are to understand what constitutes a “minimal” hydrogenase and design such catalysts with certain properties, such as resistance to oxygen, extreme stability and specificity for a given electron donor. The model system for our studies is Pyrococcus furiosus, a hyperthermophile that grows optimally at 100°C, which contains three different nickel-iron [NiFe-] containing hydrogenases. Hydrogenases I and II are cytoplasmic while the other, MBH, is an integral membrane protein that functions to both evolve H2 and pump protons. Three important breakthroughs were made during the funding period with P. furiosus soluble …
Date: January 25, 2014
Creator: Adams, Michael W
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laboratory Evaporation Testing Of Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Low Activity Waste Off-Gas Condensate Simulant (open access)

Laboratory Evaporation Testing Of Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Low Activity Waste Off-Gas Condensate Simulant

The Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Low Activity Waste (LAW) vitrification facility will generate an aqueous condensate recycle stream, LAW Off-Gas Condensate, from the off-gas system. The baseline plan for disposition of this stream is to send it to the WTP Pretreatment Facility, where it will be blended with LAW, concentrated by evaporation and recycled to the LAW vitrification facility again. Alternate disposition of this stream would eliminate recycling of problematic components, and would enable de-coupled operation of the LAW melter and the Pretreatment Facilities. Eliminating this stream from recycling within WTP would also decrease the LAW vitrification mission duration and quantity of canistered glass waste forms. This LAW Off-Gas Condensate stream contains components that are volatile at melter temperatures and are problematic for the glass waste form. Because this stream recycles within WTP, these components accumulate in the Condensate stream, exacerbating their impact on the number of LAW glass containers that must be produced. Approximately 32% of the sodium in Supplemental LAW comes from glass formers used to make the extra glass to dilute the halides to be within acceptable concentration ranges in the LAW glass. Diverting the stream reduces the halides in the recycled Condensate and …
Date: January 27, 2014
Creator: Adamson, Duane J.; Nash, Charles A.; McCabe, Daniel J.; Crawford, Charles L. & Wilmarth, William R.
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extracting TMDs from CLAS12 data (open access)

Extracting TMDs from CLAS12 data

We present studies of double longitudinal spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering using a new dedicated Monte Carlo generator, which includes quark intrinsic transverse momentum within the generalized parton model based on the fully differential cross section for the process. Additionally we employ Bessel-weighting to the MC events to extract transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions and also discuss possible uncertainties due to kinematic correlation effects.
Date: January 1, 2014
Creator: Aghasyan, Mher M. & Avakian, Harut A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
CDMSlite: A Search for Low-Mass WIMPs using Voltage-Assisted Calorimetric Ionization Detection in the SuperCDMS Experiment (open access)

CDMSlite: A Search for Low-Mass WIMPs using Voltage-Assisted Calorimetric Ionization Detection in the SuperCDMS Experiment

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Date: February 19, 2014
Creator: Agnese, R.; Anderson, A. J.; Asai, M.; Balakishiyeva, D.; Thakur, R. Basu; Bauer, D. A. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Purdue Solar Energy Utilization Laboratory (open access)

Purdue Solar Energy Utilization Laboratory

The objective of this project is to establish and set-up a laboratory that will facilitate research and development of new low-cost and high-efficiency solar energy utilization technologies at Purdue University. The outcome will help spur the creation of solar energy start-up companies and eventually a solar energy industry in Indiana that can help fulfill the growing national demand for solar energy.
Date: January 21, 2014
Creator: Agrawal, Rakesh
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Enhanced Hydrogen Dipole Physisorption, Final Report (open access)

Enhanced Hydrogen Dipole Physisorption, Final Report

The hydrogen gas adsorption effort at Caltech was designed to probe and apply our understanding of known interactions between molecular hydrogen and adsorbent surfaces as part of a materials development effort to enable room temperature storage of hydrogen at nominal pressure. The work we have performed over the past five years has been tailored to address the outstanding issues associated with weak hydrogen sorbent interactions in order to find an adequate solution for storage tank technology.
Date: January 3, 2014
Creator: Ahn, Channing
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Multi-TeV Linear Collider Based on CLIC Technology : CLIC Conceptual Design Report (open access)

A Multi-TeV Linear Collider Based on CLIC Technology : CLIC Conceptual Design Report

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Date: February 13, 2014
Creator: Aicheler, M; Burrows, P.; Draper, M.; Garvey, T.; Lebrun, P.; Peach, K. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wills Road Map: Practical Considerations in Will Drafting (open access)

Wills Road Map: Practical Considerations in Will Drafting

From introduction: "The purpose of Wills Road Map is to pull together legal concepts from various areas that impact the preparation of wills, including wills, probate, and trust law. While it features a very basic discussion of estate tax planning, the primary focus is on the various state law issues [...] to provide practical help, so the emphasis is on addressing principles that can affect the will beyond the language used in the will itself" (p. xiii).
Date: 2014
Creator: Akers, Steve R.; Jones, Bernard E. & Watts, R. J., II
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) Reauthorization (open access)

Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) Reauthorization

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Date: December 23, 2014
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) Reauthorization (open access)

Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) Reauthorization

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Date: September 2, 2014
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank: Overview and Reauthorization Issues (open access)

Export-Import Bank: Overview and Reauthorization Issues

This report provides: (1) a general background of Ex-Im Bank; (2) a discussion of the international context of the Bank; (3) analysis of key issues that Congress may consider in a reauthorization debate; and (4) the congressional outlook on Ex-Im Bank.
Date: June 3, 2014
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank: Overview and Reauthorization Issues (open access)

Export-Import Bank: Overview and Reauthorization Issues

This report provides: (1) a general background of Ex-Im Bank; (2) a discussion of the international context of the Bank; (3) analysis of key issues that Congress may consider in a reauthorization debate; and (4) the congressional outlook on Ex-Im Bank.
Date: June 30, 2014
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Debate (open access)

Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Debate

This report discusses the ongoing debate regarding the Export-Import Bank of the United States, a federal government corporation which is the the official export credit agency (ECA) of the U.S. Government. The bank's statutory charter expires on September 30, 2014, meaning that its authority to obligations generally would cease and a wind-down of operations would be required. The report gives four possible scenarios for approaches Congress could take in regards to approaching the bank's future authorization status.
Date: August 18, 2014
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP): In Brief (open access)

Proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP): In Brief

This report provides a brief overview of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP), and discusses the congressional interest, market access, regulatory issues, and trade-related rules.
Date: June 11, 2014
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias & Jones, Vivian C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Negotiations (open access)

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Negotiations

This report provides: (1) context for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations; (2) analysis of possible trade and investment issues in the negotiations; and (3) discussion of issues for Congress. The U.S.-EU negotiations on TTIP are not public, however, the information and analysis in this report on issues in the negotiations are based on publicly-available information.
Date: February 4, 2014
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias & Jones, Vivian C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank Reauthorization: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Export-Import Bank Reauthorization: Frequently Asked Questions

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Date: December 22, 2014
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias; Carpenter, David H.; Levit, Mindy R. & Taylor, Julia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank Reauthorization: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Export-Import Bank Reauthorization: Frequently Asked Questions

This report addresses frequently asked questions about Ex-Im Bank, grouped in the following categories: congressional interest and the Ex-Im Bank reauthorization debate; market context; international context; organizational structure and management; programs; statutory requirements and policies; risk management; budget and appropriations; implications of a sunset in authority; and historical and current approaches to reauthorization.
Date: August 1, 2014
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias; Carpenter, David H.; Levit, Mindy R. & Taylor, Julia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank Reauthorization: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Export-Import Bank Reauthorization: Frequently Asked Questions

This report addresses frequently asked questions about Ex-Im Bank, grouped in the following categories: congressional interest and the Ex-Im Bank reauthorization debate; market context; international context; organizational structure and management; programs; statutory requirements and policies; risk management; budget and appropriations; implications of a sunset in authority; and historical and current approaches to reauthorization.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias; Carpenter, David H.; Levit, Mindy R. & Taylor, Julia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library