Multinational Corporations 1968-70: Selected References (open access)

Multinational Corporations 1968-70: Selected References

This report provides a bibliography of resources related to multinational corporations which were published from 1968 to 1970.
Date: June 15, 1970
Creator: Billings, Elden E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploration of the Planets: A History, A Prospect, and Some Issues (open access)

Exploration of the Planets: A History, A Prospect, and Some Issues

This report discusses the history and future of planetary exploration programs by the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Topics covered are motivations for planetary exploration, unmanned missions sent to Mars and Venus by the U.S. and Soviet Union, plans for manned missions to planets such as Mars, technical needs and costs for planetary space missions, and long-term plans and ideas.
Date: December 15, 1969
Creator: Devoe, Barbara M. & Sheldon, Charles S., II
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy conservation in citrus processing. Technical progress report, October 1, 1979-March 31, 1980 (open access)

Energy conservation in citrus processing. Technical progress report, October 1, 1979-March 31, 1980

The Sunkist Citrus Plant in Ontario, California, processes about 6 million pounds of citrus fruit per day to make products which include frozen concentrated juice; chilled, pasteurized, natural strength juice; molasses from peel; dried meal from peel; pectin; citrus oil; and bioflavonoids. The energy intensive operations at the plant include concentration, drying, and refrigeration. The objective of the two-year two-phase project is to identify an economically viable alternative to the existing method of meeting energy requirements. Progress on the technical work of Phase I is reported. The following are summarized: requirements (energy price projection, atmospheric emission requirements, citrus juice quality constraints, economic evaluations); characterization (basic citrus processing operations, energy consumption and fruit processed vs time, identification and measurement of energy uses, energy balance for a typical citrus juice evaporator); and thermodynamic analysis (heat pump model, thermal evaporator, and co-generation model).
Date: June 15, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theory and tests of two-phase turbines (open access)

Theory and tests of two-phase turbines

Two-phase turbines open the possibility of new types of power cycles operating with extremely wet mixtures of steam and water, organic fluids, or immiscible liquids and gases. Possible applications are geothermal power, waste-heat recovery, refrigerant expansion, solar conversion, transportation turbine engines, and engine bottoming cycles. A theoretical model for two-phase impulse turbines was developed. Apparatus was constructed for testing one- and two-stage turbines (using speed decrease from stage to stage). Turbines were tested with water-and-nitrogen mixtures and Refrigerant 22. Nozzle efficiencies were 0.78 (measured) and 0.72 (theoretical) for water-and-nitrogen mixtures at a water/nitrogen mixture ratio of 68, by mass; and 0.89 (measured) and 0.84 (theoretical) for Refrigerant 22 expanding from 0.02 quality to 0.28 quality. Blade efficiencies (shaft power before windage and bearing loss divided by nozzle jet power) were 0.63 (measured) and 0.71 (theoretical) for water-and-nitrogen mixtures and 0.62 (measured) and 0.63 (theoretical) for Refrigerant 22 with a single-stage turbine, and 0.70 (measured) and 0.85 (theoretical) for water-and-nitrogen mixtures with a two-stage turbine.
Date: March 15, 1982
Creator: Elliot, D.G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Key Issues for the 113th Congress (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Key Issues for the 113th Congress

This report provides an overview of U.S. policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean, including the Obama Administration's priorities; examines changes in the region's economic and political environment that affect U.S. relations with the region; and analyzes U.S. policy toward the region and various recommendations made by policy analysts and think tanks. The report then examines the role of Congress and congressional interests in Latin America, looking at selected regional and country issues, including key issues that the 113th Congress is facing. Appendices provide U.S.-Latin America trade statistics and a listing of hearings focused on Latin America.
Date: February 15, 2014
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Facility Security: Issues and Options for the 113th Congress (open access)

Chemical Facility Security: Issues and Options for the 113th Congress

This report provides a brief overview of the existing statutory authority and implementing regulation. It describes several policy issues raised in previous debates regarding chemical facility security and identifies policy options for congressional consideration.
Date: November 15, 2013
Creator: Shea, Dana A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP): Implementation and Status (open access)

Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP): Implementation and Status

This report provides a brief outline of the programs created under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), changes made by Congress, and a summary of the current status and estimated costs of the program. It also provides an Appendix that contains detailed discussions of the individual TARP programs.
Date: January 15, 2014
Creator: Webel, Baird
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Trade Situation for Fruit and Vegetable Products (open access)

The U.S. Trade Situation for Fruit and Vegetable Products

This report presents recent trends in U.S. fruit and vegetable trade and highlights some of the factors contributing to these trends. This summary excludes trade data for tree nuts and processed tree nut products.
Date: January 15, 2014
Creator: Johnson, Renée
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of Trade Secrets in Innovation Policy (open access)

The Role of Trade Secrets in Innovation Policy

This report provides an overview of the law and policy of trade secrets. It discusses the role of trade secrets in six sections: Trade Secrets and Innovation Policy, An Overview of Trade Secret Law (Basic Principles, and Sources of Law), The Economic Espionage Act, Trade Secrets and Patents (Introduction to the Patent System, Trade Secrets and Patents Compared, and The Prior Commercial User Defense), Congressional Issues and Options, and Concluding Observations.
Date: January 15, 2014
Creator: Thomas, John R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Reform: Current Issues and Legislation (open access)

Social Security Reform: Current Issues and Legislation

This report discusses The Social Security reform, which is an issue of interest to policy makers that arises in various contexts, from improving retirement security to reducing federal budget deficits. The report looks at the Social Security debate, Social Security future projections, and public opinion on Social Security reform. It also looks at past reform measures, from the 109th-112th Congress, none of which received congressional action.
Date: January 15, 2014
Creator: Nuschler, Dawn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Union: Questions and Answers (open access)

The European Union: Questions and Answers

This report provides a brief overview of the European Union (EU), an economic and political partnership between 27 sovereign member states. The report describes the formation of the EU, the three main institutions of the EU, and the EU's relationship with the United States.
Date: January 15, 2014
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Follow-On Biologics: The Law and Intellectual Property Issues (open access)

Follow-On Biologics: The Law and Intellectual Property Issues

This report reviews the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA), within the context of intellectual property and innovation issues. It provides an introduction to the biologics industry, introduces the regulatory and intellectual property provisions of the BPCIA, considers the potential market for biosimilars and possible industry responses that may arise in the wake of this legislation, and closes with concluding observations.
Date: January 15, 2014
Creator: Thomas, John R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: Major Decisions in the House and Senate Since 1935 (open access)

Social Security: Major Decisions in the House and Senate Since 1935

This report is a reference document on the major statutory decisions made by Congress on the Social Security program, including a summary table of all of the legislation discussed.
Date: January 15, 2014
Creator: Sidor, Gary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temporary Unemployment Insurance Provisions (open access)

Temporary Unemployment Insurance Provisions

This report discusses several key provisions related to extended federal unemployment benefits that are temporary and, therefore, scheduled to expire. This report describes the consequences of these expirations for the financing and availability of unemployment benefits in states. It also summarizes the last three laws that have extended these expiring provisions: P.L. 112-240, P.L. 112-96, and P.L. 112-78.
Date: August 15, 2013
Creator: Isaacs, K. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sex Trafficking of Children in the United States: Overview and Issues for Congress (open access)

Sex Trafficking of Children in the United States: Overview and Issues for Congress

Report concerning Congressional attention on the domestic sex trafficking of children.
Date: August 15, 2012
Creator: Finklea, Kristin M.; Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L. & Siskin, Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Keystone XL: Assessing the Proposed Pipeline's Impacts on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (open access)

Keystone XL: Assessing the Proposed Pipeline's Impacts on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

This report provides background information regarding the Keystone XL pipeline proposal and the process required for federal approval. The report discusses the state department's GHG emissions assessment and provides concluding observations.
Date: August 15, 2013
Creator: Lattanzio, Richard K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues (open access)

The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues

This report explains how employer-sponsored insurance can be used to address concerns about health insurance coverage and cost. Then, it summarizes the three ACA provisions most relevant to small businesses. Also, it analyzes these provisions for their potential effects on small businesses. Last, this report presents several approaches that could address some concerns associated with these provisions (particularly the employer penalty).
Date: August 15, 2013
Creator: Lowry, Sean & Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financing Natural Catastrophe Exposure: Issues and Options for Improving Risk Transfer Markets (open access)

Financing Natural Catastrophe Exposure: Issues and Options for Improving Risk Transfer Markets

This report opens with an examination of the current role of private insurers in managing disaster risk and their capacity and willingness to deal with the rising cost of financing recovery and reconstruction following natural disasters. The report then examines the current role of federal, state, and local governments in managing disaster risk.
Date: August 15, 2013
Creator: King, R. O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Presidential Records Act: Background and Recent Issues for Congress (open access)

The Presidential Records Act: Background and Recent Issues for Congress

Report discussing the Presidential Records Act (PRA) and examines policy options related to the capture, maintenance, and use of presidential records.
Date: November 15, 2012
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, July 15, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, July 15, 2005]

Memorandum of Meeting with community representatives from Clovis, New Mexico regarding recommendations to close Cannon Air Force Base.
Date: July 15, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Correspondence: Post-Hearing Questions Related to Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Recommendations (open access)

Executive Correspondence: Post-Hearing Questions Related to Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Recommendations

Executive Correspondence: Post-Hearing Questions Related to Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Recommendations GAO memorandum provides following to questions asked at the July 1, 2005 hearing
Date: August 15, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
545 letters from local citizens in support of Niagara USAF Reserve Base (open access)

545 letters from local citizens in support of Niagara USAF Reserve Base

Community Correspondence - 545 letters from local citizens in support of Niagara USAF Reserve Base
Date: August 15, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
538 letters from local citizens in support of Niagara USAF Reserve Base (open access)

538 letters from local citizens in support of Niagara USAF Reserve Base

Community Correspondence - 538 letters from local citizens in support of Niagara USAF Reserve Base
Date: August 15, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
603 letters from local citizens in support of Niagara USAF Reserve Base (open access)

603 letters from local citizens in support of Niagara USAF Reserve Base

Community Correspondence - 603 letters from local citizens in support of Niagara USAF Reserve Base
Date: August 15, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library