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The Digital Lincoln: A Proposal Regarding the Future of the ALBC Web Site (open access)

The Digital Lincoln: A Proposal Regarding the Future of the ALBC Web Site

Paper envisions a role for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission website, proposes new and expanded content, and calls for feedback from Lincoln stakeholders.
Date: unknown
Creator: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
System: The UNT Digital Library
Women, Jobs and Opportunity in the 21st Century (open access)

Women, Jobs and Opportunity in the 21st Century

This paper discusses how women have surpassed men in obtaining under graduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees, yet they are choosing to limit their lifetime earnings. They also examine choices women make in school and the work place, and social pressures that cause women to gravitate toward certain occupations.
Date: unknown
Creator: Carnevale, Anthony P. & Smith, Nicole
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Forest Service and Climate Change (open access)

The U.S. Forest Service and Climate Change

A paper explaining the benefits, tasks, and strategies of the United States Forest Service to mitigate Climate Change.
Date: February 2012
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Safety Alert: Rupture Hazard from Liquid Storage Tanks (open access)

Chemical Safety Alert: Rupture Hazard from Liquid Storage Tanks

A report by the EPA about chemical accidents. It offers information about factors relating to chemical accidents and how to prevent their recurrence.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Women and Work: 50 Years of Change since the American Women Report (open access)

Women and Work: 50 Years of Change since the American Women Report

This paper examines how education has impacted women's work, continuous challenges women face in the work place, how women work to support their families, and finally assessing the policies written in the American Women report of 1963.
Date: unknown
Creator: Maatz, Lisa & Hedgepeth, Anne
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Next Frontier: Preventing and Litigating Family Responsibilities Discrimination (open access)

The Next Frontier: Preventing and Litigating Family Responsibilities Discrimination

A paper discussing the laws and legislation pertaining to Family Responsibilities Discrimination (FRD).
Date: unknown
Creator: Williams, Joan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Coastal Condition Report IV (open access)

The National Coastal Condition Report IV

A paper detailing the report of the National Coastal Condition Report IV. It explains that the report present 4 types of data: coastal monitoring data, coastal ocean/ offshore monitoring data, offshore fisheries data, and beach assessment and fish advisory data.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Results of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Organizational Review (open access)

Results of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Organizational Review

A letter about a memorandum that outlines the results of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Organizational Review recently concluded by former Secretary of the Air Force Mike Donley.
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Histories and Densities of Benzene-Acetic Acid Solutions Up to Their Normal Boiling Points (open access)

Histories and Densities of Benzene-Acetic Acid Solutions Up to Their Normal Boiling Points

Report on the physical properties of various binary liquid systems, including data for investigation, and to provide measurements of the viscosity and density of benzene-acetic acid solutions.
Date: 1958
Creator: Howard, K. S.; Hammond, L. W.; McAllister, R. A. & Pike, F. P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drumlins and Related Streamline Features in the Warwick-Tokio Area, North Dakota (open access)

Drumlins and Related Streamline Features in the Warwick-Tokio Area, North Dakota

Report discussing the northeast-trending drumlins and related streamline features of late Pleistocene age found in the Warwick-Tokio area of the Devils Lake region of North Dakota.
Date: 1959-04~
Creator: Aronow, Saul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Assessment of the Greenhouse Gas Emission Benefits of Heavy Duty Natural Gas Vehicles in the United States: Final Report (open access)

Assessment of the Greenhouse Gas Emission Benefits of Heavy Duty Natural Gas Vehicles in the United States: Final Report

A paper which presents a review of existing literature on emission factors, emission data collection techniques, and analytical approaches. It presents the results of SAIC's analysis of available CO2 and CH4 GHG emission data from chassis dynamometer tests of heavy-duty vehicle exhaust.
Date: September 22, 2005
Creator: Davies, Christina; Findsen, Jette & Pedraza, Lindolfo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Science White Paper (open access)

Climate Change Science White Paper

This is a white paper on climate change science. The white paper seeks to create a consensus around science-based evidence on climate change and increasing overall temperatures.
Date: July 24, 2012
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture. Research, Education and Economics.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Understanding Cost-Effectiveness of Energy Efficiency Programs: Best Practices Technical Methods and Emerging Issues For Policy-Makers (open access)

Understanding Cost-Effectiveness of Energy Efficiency Programs: Best Practices Technical Methods and Emerging Issues For Policy-Makers

"This paper reviews the issues and approaches involved in considering and adopting cost-effectiveness tests for energy efficiency."
Date: November 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Air Pollution Impacts from Ethanol Production Plants (open access)

Assessment of Air Pollution Impacts from Ethanol Production Plants

Summary: "This paper reviews ethanol production technology as it relates to air pollution potentials. Discussions of emission sources, control technologies, clean air regulations, and control costs are provided" (front cover).
Date: June 1981
Creator: Avant, Robert V., Jr. & Wallin, Gary I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Coming Downsizing in Real Estate: Implications of Technology (open access)

The Coming Downsizing in Real Estate: Implications of Technology

Brief paper outlining various implications of the rise of technology for the real estate business and lists various real estate related websites.
Date: 1996
Creator: Baen, John S. & Guttery, Randall S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
White Paper:  State of ITS Industry and Assessment of Project Types (open access)

White Paper: State of ITS Industry and Assessment of Project Types

"This report describes the state of the intelligent transportation system (ITS) industry and provides a reference for use in soliciting ITS strategic plan inputs from stakeholders in Texas."
Date: November 2011
Creator: Seymour, Edward J. (Edward James), 1951-; Chaudhary, Nadeem; Middleton, Dan; Brydia, Robert & Miller, Kristine
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Effect of Multiple Housing on Edgewood Independent School District (open access)

The Effect of Multiple Housing on Edgewood Independent School District

Paper focusing on the various problems Edgewood ISD has faced in offering quality education to its students, and to analyze the effect of multiple housing on the school district.
Date: 1971
Creator: Orr, Ron
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prefabricated Bridge National Implementation Initiative (open access)

Prefabricated Bridge National Implementation Initiative

Conference paper about the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Technology Implementation Group (TIG) and its activities related to implementation of three innovative prefabricated bridge elements and systems. Abstract: "This paper describes the recently created American Association of State Highway and transportation Officials (AASHTO) Technology Implementation Group (TIG) and its activities related to implementation of one of its first three innovative products -- prefabricated bridge elements and systems. Details include examples of various prefabricated bridge elements and systems constructed to date and a vision of the direction needed to address the significant challenges we face now and into the future to 'get in, get out, and stay out.'"
Date: 2002
Creator: Rall, Mary Lou; Medlock, Ronald D. & Slagle, Sharon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prefabricated Bridge Innovations (open access)

Prefabricated Bridge Innovations

"This paper describes advantages and recent innovations in the use of prefabricated bridge elements and systems, highlighting uses throughout the country." (p. 1).
Date: [2001..2004]
Creator: Freeby, Gregg; Medlock, Ronald & Slagle, Sharon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas' Use of Precast Concrete Stay-In-Place Forms for Bridge Decks (open access)

Texas' Use of Precast Concrete Stay-In-Place Forms for Bridge Decks

Paper addressing design, fabrication, construction, research, advantages, and limitation on use of the 1963 TxDOT developed bridge deck construction method.
Date: 2002
Creator: Merrill, Brian D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Water in the San Antonio River Valley (open access)

History of Water in the San Antonio River Valley

This document provides a history of the San Antonio River Valley, following the development of water use and control with the establishment of San Antonio in 1691 through 1920.
Date: September 1970
Creator: Wilson, William Feathergail
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electro-Magnetic Induction Damping of Vibratory Motion (open access)

Electro-Magnetic Induction Damping of Vibratory Motion

Paper discussing the use of damping to reduce metal fatigue in aircraft.
Date: October 2, 1958
Creator: Cherry, Lloyd B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bastrop State Park Golf Course Area Public Use Plan (open access)

Bastrop State Park Golf Course Area Public Use Plan

Document covering the direction of the expansion of public access and recreational use for the former Golf Course Area (GCA) at Bastrop State Park (Bastrop SP).
Date: December 2018
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poe's Political Satire (open access)

Poe's Political Satire

Paper examining Edgar Allen Poe's political satire and "speculat[ing] on whether Poe attempted political satire before 1839" (p. 81).
Date: 1957
Creator: Whipple, William
System: The Portal to Texas History