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DeSoto Canyon Eddy Intrusion Study, Final Report: Volume 1: Executive Summary (open access)

DeSoto Canyon Eddy Intrusion Study, Final Report: Volume 1: Executive Summary

A report of the results of a field measurement and synthesis study for the DeSoto Canyon.
Date: November 2000
Creator: Berger, Thomas J.; Hamilton, Peter; Singer, James J.; Waddell, Evans; Churchill, James H.; Leben, Robert R. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
DeSoto Canyon Eddy Intrusion Study, Final Report: Volume 2. Technical Report (open access)

DeSoto Canyon Eddy Intrusion Study, Final Report: Volume 2. Technical Report

A report of the results of a field measurement and synthesis study for the DeSoto Canyon.
Date: November 2000
Creator: Berger, Thomas J.; Hamilton, Peter; Singer, James J.; Waddell, Evans; Churchill, James H.; Leben, Robert R. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Two-Column Aerosol Project (TCAP) Science Plan (open access)

The Two-Column Aerosol Project (TCAP) Science Plan

The Two-Column Aerosol Project (TCAP) field campaign will provide a detailed set of observations with which to (1) perform radiative and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) closure studies, (2) evaluate a new retrieval algorithm for aerosol optical depth (AOD) in the presence of clouds using passive remote sensing, (3) extend a previously developed technique to investigate aerosol indirect effects, and (4) evaluate the performance of a detailed regional-scale model and a more parameterized global-scale model in simulating particle activation and AOD associated with the aging of anthropogenic aerosols. To meet these science objectives, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility will deploy the ARM Mobile Facility (AMF) and the Mobile Aerosol Observing System (MAOS) on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for a 12-month period starting in the summer of 2012 in order to quantify aerosol properties, radiation, and cloud characteristics at a location subject to both clear and cloudy conditions, and clean and polluted conditions. These observations will be supplemented by two aircraft intensive observation periods (IOPs), one in the summer and a second in the winter. Each IOP will deploy one, and possibly two, aircraft depending on available resources. The first aircraft will be equipped with a suite of in situ …
Date: July 27, 2011
Creator: Berkowitz, C. M.; Berg, L. K.; Cziczo, DJ; Flynn, C. J.; Kassianov, E. I.; Fast, J. D. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The San Antonio Conference: Bilingual--Bicultural Education --- Where do we go from here? (open access)

The San Antonio Conference: Bilingual--Bicultural Education --- Where do we go from here?

This booklet provides details of the San Antonio Conference on Bilingual--Bicultural Education held on March 28 and 29, 1969.
Date: [1969-03-28..1969-03-29]
Creator: Bernal, Ernest M., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Final Progress Report (open access)

Final Progress Report

The BIOMOL grant was for 'Local System Support for PDB Biological Unit Search and Display' to augment Rasmol's [Bernstein 2000] [Sayle, Milner-White 1995] existing macromolecular display functions with new capabilities by taking advantage of recent increases in local computing power in order to move functionality that is now scattered among various local and remote systems into one local package. Work included new algorithms for molecular surface display, an extended format for Protein Data Bank Entries, work on issues relating to the integration of multiple diffraction images formats.
Date: February 6, 2012
Creator: Bernstein, Herbert J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report (open access)

Final Report

The year 2008 resulted in 99 scans that were funded through NIH agencies. An additional 43 MRI scans were funded by industry. Over 250 scans were acquired by various investigators as �pilot� data to be used for future grant applications. While these numbers are modest in comparison to most busy research MRI Centers, they are in line with that of a newly established MRI research facility. The initial 12-18 months of operation were primarily dedicated to establishing new IRB approved research studies, and acquiring pilot data for future grant applications. During the year 2009 the MRI Center continued to show positive growth with respect to funded studies and the number of scan sessions. The number of NIH sponsored scans increased to 242 and the number of industry funded studies climbed to 81. This more than doubled our numbers of funded scans over the previous year. In addition, 398 scans were acquired as pilot data; most of which were fMRI�s. The MRI Center continued to expand with additional researchers who were interested in probing the brain�s response to chronic pain. Other studies looked at regions of brain activation in patients with impulsivity disorders; including smokers. A large majority of the imaging …
Date: August 15, 2013
Creator: Bernstein, Ira Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assuring Mechanical Integrity of Refinery Equipment Through Global ON-Stream Inspection (open access)

Assuring Mechanical Integrity of Refinery Equipment Through Global ON-Stream Inspection

The development of global on-stream inspection technology will have a dramatic effect on how refinery operations are managed in the U.S. in the future. Global on-stream inspection will provide assurance of the mechanical integrity of critical plant equipment and will allow refineries to operate more efficiently with less impact on our environment and with an increased margin of safety.
Date: February 22, 2006
Creator: Berthold, John W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bexar County Metropolitan Youth Agency: Youth Needs Survey (open access)

Bexar County Metropolitan Youth Agency: Youth Needs Survey

Survey report on the needs, problems, and attitudes of the Bexar County youth.
Date: 197X
Creator: Bexar County Metropolitan Youth Agency
System: The Portal to Texas History
RPM-SIM (Renewable Energy Power System Modular Simulator) user's guide (open access)

RPM-SIM (Renewable Energy Power System Modular Simulator) user's guide

Using the VisSimTM visual environment, researchers developed a modular simulation system to facilitate an application-specific, low-cost study of the system dynamics for wind-diesel hybrid power systems. This manual presents the principal modules of the simulator and, using case studies of a hybrid system, demonstrates some of the benefits that can be gained from understanding the effects of the designer's modifications to these complex dynamic systems.
Date: November 15, 1999
Creator: Bialasiewicz, J.T.; Muljadi, E.; Nix, G.R. & Drouilhet, S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Satellite Data Assimilation into Meteorological/Air Quality (open access)

Satellite Data Assimilation into Meteorological/Air Quality

A report directed at improving the specification of surface parameters such as insolation, soil moisture, and surface heat capacity.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Biazar, A. Pour; McNider, R. T. & Mackaro, S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Core-Based Integrated Sedimentologic, Stratigraphic, and Geochemical Analysis of the Oil Shale Bearing Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah (open access)

Core-Based Integrated Sedimentologic, Stratigraphic, and Geochemical Analysis of the Oil Shale Bearing Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah

An integrated detailed sedimentologic, stratigraphic, and geochemical study of Utah's Green River Formation has found that Lake Uinta evolved in three phases (1) a freshwater rising lake phase below the Mahogany zone, (2) an anoxic deep lake phase above the base of the Mahogany zone and (3) a hypersaline lake phase within the middle and upper R-8. This long term lake evolution was driven by tectonic basin development and the balance of sediment and water fill with the neighboring basins, as postulated by models developed from the Greater Green River Basin by Carroll and Bohacs (1999). Early Eocene abrupt global-warming events may have had significant control on deposition through the amount of sediment production and deposition rates, such that lean zones below the Mahogany zone record hyperthermal events and rich zones record periods between hyperthermals. This type of climatic control on short-term and long-term lake evolution and deposition has been previously overlooked. This geologic history contains key points relevant to oil shale development and engineering design including: (1) Stratigraphic changes in oil shale quality and composition are systematic and can be related to spatial and temporal changes in the depositional environment and basin dynamics. (2) The inorganic mineral matrix of …
Date: April 11, 2011
Creator: Birgenheier, Lauren P. & Michael D. Vanden Berg,
System: The UNT Digital Library
LLE Review, Quarterly Report: Volume 117, October-December 2008 (open access)

LLE Review, Quarterly Report: Volume 117, October-December 2008

This volume of the LLE Review, covering October-December 2008, features 'Demonstration of the Shock-Timing Technique for Ignition Targets at the National Ignition Facility' by T. R. Boehly, V. N. Goncharov, S. X. Hu, J. A. Marozas, T. C. Sangster, D. D. Meyerhofer (LLE), D. Munro, P. M. Celliers, D. G. Hicks, G. W. Collins, H. F. Robey, O. L. Landen (LLNL), and R. E. Olson (SNL). In this article (p. 1) the authors report on a technique to measure the velocity and timing of shock waves in a capsule contained within hohlraum targets. This technique is critical for optimizing the drive profiles for high-performance inertial-confinement-fusion capsules, which are compressed by multiple precisely timed shock waves. The shock-timing technique was demonstrated on OMEGA using surrogate hohlraum targets heated to 180 eV and fitted with a re-entrant cone and quartz window to facilitate velocity measurements using velocity interferometry. Cryogenic experiments using targets filled with liquid deuterium further demonstrated the entire timing technique in a hohlraum environment. Direct-drive cryogenic targets with multiple spherical shocks were also used to validate this technique, including convergence effects at relevant pressures (velocities) and sizes. These results provide confidence that shock velocity and timing can be measured in …
Date: May 28, 2009
Creator: Bittle, Wade A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
LLE Review, Quarterly Report: Volume 118, January-March 2009 (open access)

LLE Review, Quarterly Report: Volume 118, January-March 2009

This issue has the following articles: (1) Applied Plasma Spectroscopy: Laser-Fusion Experiments; (2) Relativistic Electron-Beam Transport Studies Using High-Resolution, Coherent Transition Radiation Imaging; (3) Pressure-Driven, Resistive Magnetohydrodynamic Interchange Instabilities in Laser-Produced, High-Energy-Density Plasmas; (4) Extended Model for Polymer Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Flake Reorientation and Relaxation; (5) Modeling the Effects of Microencapsulation on the Electro-Optic Behavior of Polymer Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Flakes; (6) Capillarity and Dielectrophoresis of Liquid Deuterium; and (7) A Stable Mid-IR, GaSb-Based Diode Laser Source for Cryogenic Target Layering at the OMEGA Laser Facility.
Date: August 3, 2009
Creator: Bittle, Wade A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
City of Runway Bay Water Distribution System Master Plan (open access)

City of Runway Bay Water Distribution System Master Plan

Report on a study to perform a water system evaluation and develop phased improvements for the City of Runway Bay water service area.
Date: October 8, 2013
Creator: Blackstone Engineering PLLC
System: The Portal to Texas History
The National Energy Policy Institute (NEPI) at The University of Tulsa (FINAL REPORT) (open access)

The National Energy Policy Institute (NEPI) at The University of Tulsa (FINAL REPORT)

NEPI, a non-profit organization located at The University of Tulsa (TU), was established to develop and disseminate national energy policy recommendations. Research under this grant covered a wide variety of projects, including research into the future of nuclear power, oil market pricing, and the feasibility of biofuels.
Date: October 31, 2013
Creator: Blais, Roger
System: The UNT Digital Library
Structure, Function and Reconstitution of Antenna Complexes of Green Photosynthetic Bacteria (open access)

Structure, Function and Reconstitution of Antenna Complexes of Green Photosynthetic Bacteria

Most chlorophyll-type pigments in a photosynthetic organism function as an antenna, absorbing light and transferring excitations to a photochemical reaction center where energy storage takes place by a series of chemical reactions. The green photosynthetic bacteria are characterized by large antenna complexes known as chlorosomes, in which pigment-pigment interactions are of dominant importance. The overall objective of this project is to determine the mechanisms of excitation transfer and regulation of this unique antenna system, including how it is integrated into the rest of the photosynthetic energy transduction apparatus. Techniques that are being used in this research include biochemical analysis, spectroscopy, microscopy, X-ray structural studies, and reconstitution from purified components. Our recent results indicate that the chlorosome baseplate structure, which is the membrane attachment site for the chlorosome to the membrane, is a unique pigment-protein that contains large amounts of carotenoids and small amounts of bacteriochlorophyll a. Reconstitution of directed energy transfer in chlorosomes will be carried out using purified baseplates and oligomeric pigments. The integral membrane B808-866 antenna complex from Chloroflexus aurantiacus and the Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein-reaction center complex from green sulfur bacteria will be characterized by spectroscopic and structural techniques.
Date: June 10, 2005
Creator: Blankenship, Robert E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Washington State University Energy Program Final Report (open access)

Washington State University Energy Program Final Report

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Date: January 1, 2004
Creator: Bloomquist, R. Gordon
System: The UNT Digital Library
TitleXII_Report_FY2013 (open access)

TitleXII_Report_FY2013

This report for the fiscal year 2013 highlights Title XII universities efforts to strengthen food security and fighting malnutrition.
Date: December 2014
Creator: Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Program: Literature Review, Environmental Risks of Chemical Products Used in Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Oil and Gas Operations, Volume 1: Technical Report (open access)

Deepwater Program: Literature Review, Environmental Risks of Chemical Products Used in Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Oil and Gas Operations, Volume 1: Technical Report

A report presenting the inventory of chemicals usually used in oil and gas exploration and production activities in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: February 2001
Creator: Boehm, Paul; Turton, David; Raval, Amar; Caudle, Dan; French, Deborah; Rabalais, Nancy et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Program: Literature Review, Environmental Risks of Chemical Products Used in Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Oil and Gas Operations, Volume 2: Appendices (open access)

Deepwater Program: Literature Review, Environmental Risks of Chemical Products Used in Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Oil and Gas Operations, Volume 2: Appendices

A report presenting the inventory of chemicals usually used in oil and gas exploration and production activities in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: February 2001
Creator: Boehm, Paul; Turton, David; Raval, Amar; Caudle, Dan; French, Deborah; Rabalais, Nancy et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Flywheel Composite Rotors (open access)

Advanced Flywheel Composite Rotors

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Grid-Scale Rampable Intermittent Dispatchable Storage (GRIDS) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses advanced flywheel composite rotors as part of the "Low-Cost, High-Energy Density Flywheel Storage Grid Demonstration" project.
Date: May 18, 2012
Creator: Boeing Aerospace Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coated Metal Articles and Method of Making (open access)

Coated Metal Articles and Method of Making

The method of protectively coating metallic uranium which comprises dipping the metallic uranium in a molten alloy comprising about 20-75% of copper and about 80-25% of tin, dipping the coated uranium promptly into molten tin, withdrawing it from the molten tin and removing excess molten metal, thereupon dipping it into a molten metal bath comprising aluminum until it is coated with this metal, then promptly withdrawing it from the bath.
Date: July 6, 2004
Creator: Boller, Ernest R. & Eubank, Lowell D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feasibility of Using Remote-Sensing Techniques for Shoreline Delineation and Coastal Habitat Classification for Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Mapping (open access)

Feasibility of Using Remote-Sensing Techniques for Shoreline Delineation and Coastal Habitat Classification for Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Mapping

Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) provides shoreline classification and a sensitivity ranking that is important for oil spill planning. This system has not been used in Louisiana due to the rapid changes of the shoreline, which is a potential threat due to high risk of oil spill in that region. This research paper's goal is to develop remote sensing classification procedures to create an ESI map for Louisiana and other areas that present similar issues.
Date: August 2005
Creator: Born-Phillips, Katherine; Locke, Chris; Michel, Jacqueline & Braud, DeWitt
System: The UNT Digital Library
In Silico Biology, Biological Networks: From Genomics to Epidemiology (open access)

In Silico Biology, Biological Networks: From Genomics to Epidemiology

Grant was issued to Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Georgia Tech} in 2003 to provide some travel funds for 20 grad students/post docs to attend the In Silico Biology International Conference. Conference name "Biological Networks: From Genomics to Epidemiology." Dates Nov 13- 16, 2003 Web site of the conference is as follows (DOE is shown as the Gold level sponsor) http://opal.biology.gatech.edu/GeneMark/conference03/
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Borodovsky, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library