European Union Enlargement (open access)

European Union Enlargement

This report provides a brief overview of the European Union's (EU's) accession process and Turkey's path to EU membership. The U.S. Congress has had a long-standing interest in Turkey as a NATO ally and partner in regional foreign policy and energy security issues.
Date: February 19, 2014
Creator: Archick, Kristin & Morelli, Vincent L.
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Algeria: Current Issues (open access)

Algeria: Current Issues

Report discussing the Algeria's current political and social issues and the effects they have on United States and Algerian relations.
Date: July 29, 2014
Creator: Arieff, Alexis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crisis in the Central African Republic (open access)

Crisis in the Central African Republic

This report provides background on the evolving political, security, and humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), which began when a fractious rebel coalition seized control of the central government in March 2013. The report also describes U.S. policy responses and analyzes possible issues for Congress, including oversight of U.S. humanitarian assistance and support for international stabilization efforts in CAR.
Date: January 27, 2014
Creator: Arieff, Alexis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crisis in the Central African Republic (open access)

Crisis in the Central African Republic

This report provides background on the evolving political, security, and humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), which began when a fractious rebel coalition seized control of the central government in March 2013. The report also describes U.S. policy responses and analyzes possible issues for Congress, including oversight of U.S. humanitarian assistance and support for international stabilization efforts in CAR.
Date: May 14, 2014
Creator: Arieff, Alexis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Democratic Republic of Congo: Background and U.S. Policy (open access)

Democratic Republic of Congo: Background and U.S. Policy

This report reviews the status of the Democratic Republic of the Congo peace process, provides background on recent conflicts in the Congo, briefly summarizes the political history that led to these conflicts, and assesses prospects for the future. It also describes relevant U.S. policy and congressional involvement.
Date: February 24, 2014
Creator: Arieff, Alexis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guinea: In Brief (open access)

Guinea: In Brief

This report gives an overview of Guinea, its background, economy, and relations with the United States
Date: December 19, 2014
Creator: Arieff, Alexis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guinea: In Brief (open access)

Guinea: In Brief

This report provides background information on politics and economy of Guinea. The report discusses human rights and governance in Guinea, as well as the role of military, drug trafficking and mining sector.
Date: October 16, 2014
Creator: Arieff, Alexis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Western Sahara (open access)

Western Sahara

This report discusses how Morocco and the independence-seeking Popular Front for the Liberation of Saqiat al Hamra and Rio de Oro (Polisario) have been vying for control of the Western Sahara, a former Spanish territory, since the 1970s. The report discusses recent settlement attempts, as well as how the Western Sahara issue has affected Algerian-Moroccan bilaterial relations, Moroccan relations with the African Union, and regional cooperation on economic and security issues. The report also discusses the United States' involvement in and stance on the issue.
Date: October 8, 2014
Creator: Arieff, Alexis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Political Transition in Tunisia (open access)

Political Transition in Tunisia

This report discusses Tunisia's pro-democracy movement; concerns over potential instability in a previously secure, pro-Western area; and U.S.-Tunisian relations.
Date: October 22, 2014
Creator: Arieff, Alexis & Humud, Carla E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Political Transition in Tunisia (open access)

Political Transition in Tunisia

This report discusses Tunisia's pro-democracy movement; concerns over potential instability in a previously secure, pro-Western area; and U.S.-Tunisian relations.
Date: January 29, 2014
Creator: Arieff, Alexis & Humud, Carla E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of an Accessibility Formulation to Measure Customers’ Evaluations of Demand Responsive Transit (DRT) Systems (open access)

Development of an Accessibility Formulation to Measure Customers’ Evaluations of Demand Responsive Transit (DRT) Systems

Demand-responsive transit (DRT) is a critical mode of transportation for many population segments in Texas. Texas has 39 rural transit providers and all of them contend with area-specific challenges in responding to their respective DRT markets. Ensuring that these markets have affordable and reliable transit services is an important objective for transit providers.
Date: October 2014
Creator: Astroza, Sebastian; Hoklas, Megan; Wang, Tan; Loftus-Otway, Lisa; Castro, Marisol & Born, Katie
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semiconductor detectors with proximity signal readout (open access)

Semiconductor detectors with proximity signal readout

Semiconductor-based radiation detectors are routinely used for the detection, imaging, and spectroscopy of x-rays, gamma rays, and charged particles for applications in the areas of nuclear and medical physics, astrophysics, environmental remediation, nuclear nonproliferation, and homeland security. Detectors used for imaging and particle tracking are more complex in that they typically must also measure the location of the radiation interaction in addition to the deposited energy. In such detectors, the position measurement is often achieved by dividing or segmenting the electrodes into many strips or pixels and then reading out the signals from all of the electrode segments. Fine electrode segmentation is problematic for many of the standard semiconductor detector technologies. Clearly there is a need for a semiconductor-based radiation detector technology that can achieve fine position resolution while maintaining the excellent energy resolution intrinsic to semiconductor detectors, can be fabricated through simple processes, does not require complex electrical interconnections to the detector, and can reduce the number of required channels of readout electronics. Proximity electrode signal readout (PESR), in which the electrodes are not in physical contact with the detector surface, satisfies this need.
Date: January 30, 2014
Creator: Asztalos, Stephen J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurements in the Yucatan-Campeche Area in Support of the Loop Current Dynamics Study (open access)

Measurements in the Yucatan-Campeche Area in Support of the Loop Current Dynamics Study

A report detailing the measurements in the Yucatan-Campeche area in support of the Loop Current Dynamics Study.
Date: November 2014
Creator: Athie, Gabriela; Sheinbaum, Julio; Romero, Angelica; Ochoa, Jose & Candela, Julio
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design Parameters and Methodology for Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls (open access)

Design Parameters and Methodology for Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls

An evaluation and recommendation of design parameters for mechanically stabilized earth walls.
Date: October 2014
Creator: Aubeny, Charles P.; Biscontin, Giovanna; Huang, Jie; Dantal, Vishal S.; Sadat, Rafat & Bin-Shafique, Sazzad
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): A Primer on Eligibility and Benefits (open access)

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): A Primer on Eligibility and Benefits

This report focuses on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility and the form and function of benefits. SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program, is designed primarily to increase the food purchasing power of eligible low-income households to help them buy a nutritionally adequate low-cost diet.
Date: December 29, 2014
Creator: Aussenberg, Randy A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): A Primer on Eligibility and Benefits (open access)

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): A Primer on Eligibility and Benefits

This report focuses on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility and the form and function of benefits. SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program, is designed primarily to increase the food purchasing power of eligible low-income households to help them buy a nutritionally adequate low-cost diet.
Date: October 20, 2014
Creator: Aussenberg, Randy A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
SNAP and Related Nutrition Provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill (P.L. 113-79) (open access)

SNAP and Related Nutrition Provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill (P.L. 113-79)

This report discusses the Nutrition Title (Title IV) of the enacted 2014 farm bill. As Congress formulated the Nutrition provisions of the 2014 farm bill.
Date: April 24, 2014
Creator: Aussenberg, Randy Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget Control Act and Trends in Discretionary Spending (open access)

The Budget Control Act and Trends in Discretionary Spending

This report discusses the budget control act of 2011 that reintroduced statutory limits on spending by imposing a series of caps on discretionary BA from FY2012 through FY 2021.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget Control Act and Trends in Discretionary Spending (open access)

The Budget Control Act and Trends in Discretionary Spending

This report mostly discusses trends in outlays (disbursements from the U.S. Treasury).
Date: April 2, 2014
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Debt Limit Since 2011 (open access)

The Debt Limit Since 2011

This report discusses the federal debt increase. The accumulation of federal debt accelerated in the wake of the 2007-2008 financial crisis and subsequent recession. Rising debt levels, along with continued differences in views of fiscal policy, led to a series of contentious debt limit episodes in recent years.
Date: February 18, 2014
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discretionary Budget Authority by Subfunction: An Overview (open access)

Discretionary Budget Authority by Subfunction: An Overview

This report provides a graphical overview of historical trends in discretionary budget authority (BA) from FY1976 through FY2012, preliminary estimates for FY2013 spending, and the levels consistent with the President's proposals for FY2014 through FY2018 using data from President Obama's FY2014 budget submission that was released on April 10, 2013.
Date: January 24, 2014
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trends in Discretionary Spending (open access)

Trends in Discretionary Spending

This report provides a graphical overview of historical trends in discretionary budget authority (BA) from FY1976 through FY2011, enacted levels for FY2012 spending, and the levels consistent with President Obama's proposals for FY2013 through FY2017. It also includes a background on functional categories and a section discussing historical spending trends.
Date: January 24, 2014
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library