Enhancing the precision and accuracy within and among AmeriFlux site measurements (open access)

Enhancing the precision and accuracy within and among AmeriFlux site measurements

This is the final report for AmeriFlux QA/QC at Oregon State University. The major objective of this project is to contribute to the AmeriFlux network by continuing to build consistency in AmeriFlux measurements by addressing objectives stated in the AmeriFlux strategic plan and self evaluation, the North American Carbon Program, and the US Carbon Cycle Science Program. The project directly contributes to NACP and CCSP goals to establish an integrated, near-real time network of observations to inform climate change science.
Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Law, Bev
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exascale Co-Design Center for Materials in Extreme Environments (ExMatEx) Annual Report - Year 2 (open access)

Exascale Co-Design Center for Materials in Extreme Environments (ExMatEx) Annual Report - Year 2

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Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Germann, T; Richards, D; McPherson, A & Belak, J
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Measures Are Brought to the Senate Floor: A Brief Introduction (open access)

How Measures Are Brought to the Senate Floor: A Brief Introduction

This report discusses two basic methods that are used by the Senate to bring legislation to the floor for consideration. The Senate, at the majority leader's request, grants unanimous consent to take up a matter or agrees to his motion to proceed to consider it. Because the motion to proceed is subject to debate in most circumstances, it is less frequently used. Both methods are derived from the basic premise that the Senate as a body may decide what matters it considers.
Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Imaging of Phase Objects using Partially Coherent Illumination (open access)

Imaging of Phase Objects using Partially Coherent Illumination

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Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Ravizza, F. L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Invoking Cloture in the Senate (open access)

Invoking Cloture in the Senate

This report discusses cloture, the only procedure by which the Senate can vote to set an end to a debate without also rejecting the bill, amendment, conference report, motion, or other matter it has been debating.
Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Branch: FY2014 Appropriations (open access)

Legislative Branch: FY2014 Appropriations

This report provides an overview of the current status of FY2014 legislative branch appropriations as well as figures and tables detailing prior year funding, and more detailed information about legislative branch funding issues for the Senate, House of Representatives, and government agencies.
Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Brudnick, Ida A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Members' Representational Allowance: History and Usage (open access)

Members' Representational Allowance: History and Usage

This report provides a history and overview of the Members' Representational Allowance (MRA) and examines spending patterns over three years--2005, 2006, and 2007. The data exclude non-voting Members, including Delegates and the Resident Commissioner. Members who were not in Congress for all of the first session of a Congress, whether the Member left Congress prior to the end of the year or entered any time after the beginning of the session, were also excluded.
Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Brudnick, Ida A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Past Government Shutdowns: Key Resources (open access)

Past Government Shutdowns: Key Resources

This report provides an annotated list of historical documents and other resources related to several past government shutdowns. The report also includes links to full-text documents when available. There is limited information and guidance related to shutdowns, and it is difficult to predict what might happen in the event of one, but information about past events may help inform future deliberations.
Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Nagel, Jared Conrad & Murray, Justin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pathways, Networks and Systems Medicine Conferences (open access)

Pathways, Networks and Systems Medicine Conferences

The 6th Pathways, Networks and Systems Medicine Conference was held at the Minoa Palace Conference Center, Chania, Crete, Greece (16-21 June 2008). The Organizing Committee was composed of Joe Nadeau (CWRU, Cleveland), Rudi Balling (German Research Centre, Brauschweig), David Galas (Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle), Lee Hood (Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle), Diane Isonaka (Seattle), Fotis Kafatos (Imperial College, London), John Lambris (Univ. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia),Harris Lewin (Univ. of Indiana, Urbana-Champaign), Edison Liu (Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore), and Shankar Subramaniam (Univ. California, San Diego). A total of 101 individuals from 21 countries participated in the conference: USA (48), Canada (5), France (5), Austria (4), Germany (3), Italy (3), UK (3), Greece (2), New Zealand (2), Singapore (2), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Cuba (1), Denmark (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Netherlands (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1). With respect to speakers, 29 were established faculty members and 13 were graduate students or postdoctoral fellows. With respect to gender representation, among speakers, 13 were female and 28 were male, and among all participants 43 were female and 58 were male. Program these included the following topics: Cancer Pathways and Networks (Day 1), Metabolic Disease Networks (Day 2), Day 3 ? Organs, …
Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Nadeau, Joseph H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate Confirmation and Committees Handling Nominations (open access)

Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate Confirmation and Committees Handling Nominations

This report identifies, by Senate committee, presidentially appointed positions requiring Senate confirmation based on referrals as of the date of passage of S. 679, which became P.L. 112-166 on August 10, 2012.
Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Davis, Christopher M. & Mansfield, Jerry W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee and Floor Procedure (open access)

Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee and Floor Procedure

This report describes the process by which the Senate provides advice and consent on presidential nominations, including receipt and referral of nominations, committee practices, and floor procedure. The report was updated to reflect the changes resulting from Senate actions on November 21, 2013.
Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Rybicki, Elizabeth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
SUSY Simplified Models at 14, 33, and 100 TeV Proton Colliders (open access)

SUSY Simplified Models at 14, 33, and 100 TeV Proton Colliders

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Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Cohen, Timothy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1027 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1027

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether landowners may be liable for the actions of law enforcement officers that occur on the landowners' property or for livestock that escape due to actions over which the landowners have no control (RQ-1127-GA).
Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1028 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1028

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County is authorized to use the job order contracting method of procurement for construction projects, including civil works projects (RQ-1129-GA).
Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1029 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1029

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Local Government Code section 143.014 authorizes a municipality to appoint additional assistant municipal police chiefs (RQ-1130-GA).
Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda): U.S. and International Response to Philippines Disaster (open access)

Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda): U.S. and International Response to Philippines Disaster

This report examines the impact of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which struck the central Philippines on November 8, 2013, and the U.S. and international response.
Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Lum, Thomas & Margesson, Rhoda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Upper Limit on the Cosmological Gamma-ray Background (open access)

Upper Limit on the Cosmological Gamma-ray Background

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Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Inoue, Yoshiyuki & Ioka, Kunihito
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Volume Resistivity of Some Insulators at Cold Temperature and Electrodless TPCs (open access)

Volume Resistivity of Some Insulators at Cold Temperature and Electrodless TPCs

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Date: November 25, 2013
Creator: Va'vra, Jerry
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
2020 Census: Additional Actions Could Strengthen Future Census Test Designs (open access)

2020 Census: Additional Actions Could Strengthen Future Census Test Designs

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins ""
Date: October 25, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR TRITIUM RECOVERY FROM THE LIFELITHIUM BLANKET: FY13 FINAL REPORT (open access)

ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR TRITIUM RECOVERY FROM THE LIFELITHIUM BLANKET: FY13 FINAL REPORT

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Date: October 25, 2013
Creator: Bandhauer, T & Adler, J
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests (open access)

Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests

This report discusses the history and political background of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia since their breakaway from the former Soviet Union at the end of 1991. It looks at key issues for the 112th Congress including economies, energy, regional politics, local crime, and terrorism.
Date: October 25, 2013
Creator: Nichol, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Drawdown and Restructuring: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Army Drawdown and Restructuring: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the new defense strategy, which was unveiled by senior DOD leadership based on a review of potential future security challenges, current defense strategy, and budgetary constraints. This strategy will rebalance the Army's global posture and presence, emphasizing where potential problems are likely to arise, such as the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East
Date: October 25, 2013
Creator: Feickert, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
B0 Meson Decays to Rho0 K*0, f0 K*0, and Rho- K*+, Including Higher K* Resonances (open access)

B0 Meson Decays to Rho0 K*0, f0 K*0, and Rho- K*+, Including Higher K* Resonances

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Date: October 25, 2013
Creator: Lees, J. P.; Poireau, V.; Tisserand, V.; Garra Tico, J.; Grauges, E.; Martinelli, M. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bounds on Dark Matter Interactions with Electroweak Gauge Bosons (open access)

Bounds on Dark Matter Interactions with Electroweak Gauge Bosons

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Date: October 25, 2013
Creator: Cotta, R. C.; Hewett, J. L.; Le, M. P. & Rizzo, T. G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library