Artificial Intelligence: Background, Selected Issues, and Policy Considerations (open access)

Artificial Intelligence: Background, Selected Issues, and Policy Considerations

Report containing an overview of artificial intelligence (AI), recent growth in the field of AI, federal activity in AI (i.e., Executive Branch and Congress), and selected issues for congressional consideration to assist Congress in its work on AI.
Date: May 19, 2021
Creator: Harris, Laurie A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 3, Pages 189-298, January 19, 2024 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 3, Pages 189-298, January 19, 2024

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: January 19, 2024
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Dairying: Economics, Volume 19, Number 2, July 1999 (open access)

Balanced Dairying: Economics, Volume 19, Number 2, July 1999

Newsletter of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service discussing topics related to economic aspects of raising dairy cows, dairy production, and managing dairy operations.
Date: July 19, 1999
Creator: Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter, Volume 94, Number 3, April 1994 (open access)

Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter, Volume 94, Number 3, April 1994

Newsletter focusing on pecan disease and pest control in Texas, including prevention, identification, treatment, and educational opportunities.
Date: April 19, 1994
Creator: Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter, Volume 94, Number 4, May 1994 (open access)

Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter, Volume 94, Number 4, May 1994

Newsletter focusing on pecan disease and pest control in Texas, including prevention, identification, treatment, and educational opportunities.
Date: May 19, 1994
Creator: Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Parks & Wildlife News, March 19, 1980 (open access)

Texas Parks & Wildlife News, March 19, 1980

Weekly newsletter discussing natural resources, parks, hunting and fishing, and other information related to the outdoors in Texas.
Date: March 19, 1980
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Parks & Wildlife News, November 19, 1980 (open access)

Texas Parks & Wildlife News, November 19, 1980

Weekly newsletter discussing natural resources, parks, hunting and fishing, and other information related to the outdoors in Texas.
Date: November 19, 1980
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
On the Dynamic Design of Non-Regenerative Transistor Circuits : Report No. 94 (open access)

On the Dynamic Design of Non-Regenerative Transistor Circuits : Report No. 94

In this technical report, firstly, the transfer function of a non-regenerative, base-driven transistor circuit is derived by applying the linear equivalent circuit method. The results are experimentally verified. Secondly, the idea of the inverse-gain-bandwidth is introduced as the criterion of the dynamic design. Thirdly, the stability factor is explained. Finally, it is shown that a system constructed by various types of transistor switching circuits is reduced to a long train of unit chains formed by delay units and wave-shapers, and the maximum allowable number of delay units in a unit chain is discussed. The results given here are consistent with the design procedures for transistor switching circuits established in the Digital Computer Laboratory, i.e., the emitter-follower logical circuits associated with restorers and flip flops.
Date: November 19, 1959
Creator: Kunihiro, Toshiro
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reaction of Graphic with Sodium (open access)

Reaction of Graphic with Sodium

Most of the publications in the open literature available to us agree that sodium does not readily react with graphite, though potassium, rubidium, and cesium readily enter between the planes of the graphite lattice. In view of the conflicting evidence available, it seems inadvisable without very extensive further study to consider the use of graphite in direct contact with liquid sodium, except under very mild conditions of temperature and irradiation, and then only with very pure sodium and completely graphitized graphite.
Date: June 19, 1952
Creator: Montet, G. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sources and Availability of Helium (open access)

Sources and Availability of Helium

A review of helium sources, availability, consumption, and future production capacity indicates that the helium consumed in the operation of 100 helium-cooled reactors for 300-Mwe power plants over a 20-year period will run no more than a few per cent of the helium consumed in the U. S. in the next 25 years and less than 1% of the helium that is to be stored during that period under the helium conservation act of 1960 (Public Law 86-777).
Date: January 19, 1961
Creator: Fraas, A. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Heat Transfer Characteristics of ORR Fuel Elements (open access)

Some Heat Transfer Characteristics of ORR Fuel Elements

Analyses are generally made at the ORR with a view toward determining the surface temperatures of fuel plates.
Date: January 19, 1961
Creator: Wett, J. F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimation of Reaction and Heat Release Rates for Graphite Oxidation (open access)

Estimation of Reaction and Heat Release Rates for Graphite Oxidation

A literature study has been made of rates for the reaction of oxygen with high-purity artificial graphite. Values from a number of sources have been expressed on a common basis which provides approximate correction for the retarding effects of oxygen diffusion in the graphite pores. The corrected rates can be correlated by the equation k = 7.24 x 10^9 exp (-22 100/T), where k has units of weight fraction oxidized per hour and T as in °K. Effects of oxygen concentration, solid and gas-phase contaminants, and radiation on the observed rates are discussed. Methods for estimating rates and spatial distribution of heat release during graphite oxidation are presented. These should be of value in analyzing the hazard of a graphite fire following a coolant system rupture in a gas-cooled, graphite-moderated reactor.
Date: October 19, 1960
Creator: Prados, John W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theoretical Study of Single-Transfer Line Concatenated Pulse Column Systems (open access)

Theoretical Study of Single-Transfer Line Concatenated Pulse Column Systems

Calculations indicate that single-transfer line concatenated pulse column systems can be operated with static pressures that are not excessive if a sufficient number of vessels are employed in the system. The required number of vessels can be attained by using a series of short columns or by using holdup pots in conjunction with a limited number of columns.
Date: June 19, 1959
Creator: Johnson, H. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Power Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Process Wastes (open access)

Power Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Process Wastes

Data on waste volumes and heat generation of several reactor fuels which may be reprocessed in the Power Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Pilot Plant at ORNL are tabulated.
Date: June 19, 1959
Creator: Irvine, A. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determination of Thickness of Oxide Film on Phosphor Bronze (open access)

Determination of Thickness of Oxide Film on Phosphor Bronze

The thickness of an oxide film on phosphor bronze helices was determined by first establishing the oxygen content of the helix "as received" and after cleansing with nitric acid. Based on the assumption that the difference between these two values was the oxygen in the film, and that the film consisted entirely of cupric oxide, the thickness of the film was calculated from the density of cupric oxide, weight of the film, and surface area of film. A value of 1080 A was calculated as the thickness by this method.
Date: May 19, 1959
Creator: White, J. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Operation of the HRT Mockup with Boiling Fuel in a Titanium Pressurizer, Run CS-23 (open access)

Operation of the HRT Mockup with Boiling Fuel in a Titanium Pressurizer, Run CS-23

The 0.045m UO2SO4, 0.036m CuSO4, 0.025 m H2SO4 solution (HRT fuel composition) was chemically stable during 1, 866hr of operation at 280ºC and 1500 psi. The system was pressurized by boiling a 0.4 gpm stream of the fuel in a titanium heat exchanger at 313ºC.
Date: May 19, 1959
Creator: Korsmeyer, R. B. & Harley, P. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurement of the Friction Characteristics for Flow in the ART Fuel-to-NaK Heat Exchanger (open access)

Measurement of the Friction Characteristics for Flow in the ART Fuel-to-NaK Heat Exchanger

The friction characteristics of a full-scale straight-tube model of the ART fuel-to-NaK heat exchanger were determined experimentally. The presence of the spacers resulted in a transition to semi-turbulent flow at a Reynolds modulus of 350. this semi-turbulent flow persisted up to a Reynolds modulus of 5,000. The circumferential spacers were found to contribute slightly more than the radial spacers to the pressure loss in the heat exchanger.
Date: March 19, 1957
Creator: Cohen, S. I. & Jones, T. N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calculation of Wall-Scattered Gamma Radiation Escaping through a Shield Opening - Application to the HRT (open access)

Calculation of Wall-Scattered Gamma Radiation Escaping through a Shield Opening - Application to the HRT

A simplified method was developed for calculating wall-scatter gamma radiation escaping through a shield opening. The method was applied to the HRT and the results showed that next to the line of sight contribution, scattering of the wall of the shield opening was the main contribution to the dose at the rear edge of the shield. Design charts were prepared that give the dose as a function of the gamma source location with the reactor cell.
Date: February 19, 1957
Creator: Claiborne, H. C. & Fowler, T. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Symbols for Instrument Flowsheets and Drawings : a Recommended System for Application to ORNL Instrument Work (open access)

Symbols for Instrument Flowsheets and Drawings : a Recommended System for Application to ORNL Instrument Work

This report supersedes ORNL CF-57-2-1, which was an extension and revision of ORNL CF-54-6-72. Details concerning a recommended system of flow-plan symbols and drawing are given. The system is designed to identify the function of all major instrument components and to show schematically the operation of the instrument relative to the particular process. The system is used for identification and designation. The system is a modification of the Instrument Society of American Recommended Practice (RP 5.1).
Date: June 19, 1962
Creator: Adams, R. K.; Davis, D. G.; Hyland, R. G. & Lieberman, B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 20, Pages 2543-2638 May 19, 2023 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 20, Pages 2543-2638 May 19, 2023

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: May 19, 2023
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulletin on Worker's Comp Issues, 1988, Number 1 (open access)

Bulletin on Worker's Comp Issues, 1988, Number 1

Periodic bulletin analyzing issues related to Texas legislation. This issue focuses on workers' compensation issues.
Date: December 19, 1988
Creator: Texas Research League
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulletin on Texas State Finance: 1986, Number 4 (open access)

Bulletin on Texas State Finance: 1986, Number 4

Periodic bulletin analyzing issues related to Texas legislation. This issue focuses on state school aid.
Date: August 19, 1986
Creator: Texas Research League
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulletin on Texas State Finance: 1987, Number 1 (open access)

Bulletin on Texas State Finance: 1987, Number 1

Periodic bulletin analyzing issues related to Texas legislation. This issue focuses on revenue and spending assumptions.
Date: January 19, 1987
Creator: Texas Research League
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulletin on Texas State Finance: 1988, Number 2 (open access)

Bulletin on Texas State Finance: 1988, Number 2

Periodic bulletin analyzing issues related to Texas legislation. This issue focuses on the reversal of the "district court judge's ruling (Edgewood ISD v. Kirby), declaring Texas' public school funding system unconstitutional" (p. 1).
Date: December 19, 1988
Creator: Texas Research League
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History