Veterans' Medical Care: FY2013 Appropriations (open access)

Veterans' Medical Care: FY2013 Appropriations

This report focuses on the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The VHA is primarily a direct service provider of primary care, specialized care, and related medical and social support services to veterans through the nation's largest integrated health care system.
Date: May 6, 2013
Creator: Panangala, Sidath Viranga
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fabrication of Dispersed Uranium Fuel Elements Using Powder-Metallurgy Techniques (open access)

Fabrication of Dispersed Uranium Fuel Elements Using Powder-Metallurgy Techniques

Abstract: "Fabrication techniques for producing dispersion fuel elements with cores of 30 volume per cost of UC, U2Tl, U3Si, or U6Ni dispersed in Zircology 2 and 30 volume per cent of UC or UN dispersed in Type 18-8 stainless steel have been investigated. Roll-clad plate-type elements of all these compositions may be fabricated by powder-metallurgy methods in such a manner that good core-to-cladding bonds and cores with uniform dispersions of discrete uranium-composed particles are obtained. From the standpoint of fabricability, elements containing UC is Zircology 2, UC in stainless steel, and UN in stainless steel are the most promising. The UN in stainless steel has the best corrosion resistance in 680 F degassed water; however, UC in stainless steel has the best resistance to corrosion in 700 F NaK."
Date: May 6, 1957
Creator: Paprocki, Stan J.; Keller, Donald L. & Cunningham, G. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CAR - SEAT CLEANER. (open access)

CAR - SEAT CLEANER.

Patent for new and improved car-seat cleaners, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Ridd, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lantern. (open access)

Signal-Lantern.

Patent for a gas-burner signal lantern, instead of an oil-burner signal lantern, that indicates whether or not the track is all clear of trains; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Ruebel, C. A. Ernst
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Avalanche Transistor Switching (open access)

Avalanche Transistor Switching

Introduction. High voltage silicon mass transistors have the ability to perform circuit functions similar to the gas thyratron tube. Upon being triggered the transistor junction breaks down, or "avalanches", and can conduct a large current for a short time. The rise time of the avalanche breakdown pulse can be short, and the delay between triggering and avalanching can be short and very consistent. This avalanche action is non-destructive if the amount of peak and average power being dissipated at the junction is limited by the circuitry.
Date: May 6, 1960
Creator: Rufer, Richard P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Nanotechnology Initiative: Overview, Reauthorization, and Appropriations Issues (open access)

The National Nanotechnology Initiative: Overview, Reauthorization, and Appropriations Issues

This report provides an overview of nanotechnology, the National Nanotechnology Initiative, possible reauthorization of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-153), and appropriations issues.
Date: May 6, 2009
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce: Recent, Current, and Projected Employment, Wages, and Unemployment (open access)

The U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce: Recent, Current, and Projected Employment, Wages, and Unemployment

This report uses a modified version of the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) system to categorize scientists and engineers. The report taxonomy includes six science and engineering (S&E) S&E occupational groups, each composed of closely related detailed occupations.
Date: May 6, 2013
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
High Agricultural Commodity Prices: What Are the Issues? (open access)

High Agricultural Commodity Prices: What Are the Issues?

This report examines the causes, consequences and outlook for prices of the major U.S. program crops, and provides references for more detailed information.
Date: May 6, 2008
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a new and improved wrench, which is especially useful for machinists. The improvement to existing wrench technology is present in positions where a thin jaw wrench is necessary and in removing parts upon which an ordinary nut wrench, even thin jawed, would act.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Seale, Jefferson, W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tax Reform in the 113th Congress: An Overview of Proposals (open access)

Tax Reform in the 113th Congress: An Overview of Proposals

This report provides background information regarding tax reform and discusses ways to make the U.S. tax system simpler, fairer, and more efficient.
Date: May 6, 2013
Creator: Sherlock, Molly F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Disaster Assistance (open access)

Agricultural Disaster Assistance

This report has four sections. The first describes recent developments in weather and policy. The second provides an overview of the current USDA disaster assistance programs: federal crop insurance, NAP payments, and emergency disaster loans. The third section discusses the now expired disaster programs under the 2008 farm bill, specifically Supplemental Revenue, Assistance Payments Program (SURE), and four other smaller disaster programs. The fourth section briefly reviews the potential reauthorization of disaster programs proposed in both House and Senate versions of the 2013 farm bill. An appendix reviews the recent history of emergency supplemental farm disaster assistance and USDA administrative actions.
Date: May 6, 2014
Creator: Shields, Dennis A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coffee Roaster. (open access)

Coffee Roaster.

Patent for a coffee roaster, with key features such as electric heat and agitation of coffee beans during roasting, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1918
Creator: Shortt, Everett T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues (open access)

Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues

This report discusses the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and legal challenges to it. It reviews legal principles applied to determine the validity of a marriage contracted in another state and surveys the various approaches employed by states to address same-sex marriage. It also examines previous congressional resolutions proposing a constitutional amendment and limiting federal courts' jurisdiction to hear or determine any question pertaining to the interpretation of DOMA.
Date: May 6, 2013
Creator: Smith, Alison M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Excavators. (open access)

Improvement in Excavators.

Patent for improvement in earth excavators combining a plow, rotating cylinder, and helical plate.
Date: May 6, 1873
Creator: Smith, Amroy B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Oil-Tank (open access)

Safety Oil-Tank

Patent for improvements to safety oil tanks to prevent explosions, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Smith, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Higher Education Act: Reauthorization Status and Issues (open access)

The Higher Education Act: Reauthorization Status and Issues

This report discusses the funding authorizations for programs in the Higher Education Act (HEA). This legislation, administered by the U.S. Department of Education (ED), authorizes the federal government’s major student aid programs, as well as other significant initiatives.
Date: May 6, 2003
Creator: Stedman, James B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Refrigerating Apparatus (open access)

Refrigerating Apparatus

Patent for an improved refrigerating apparatus.
Date: May 6, 1919
Creator: Strange, P. A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Packing Compound for Eggs. (open access)

Packing Compound for Eggs.

Patent for a mixture of shale dust, gypsum, wood ash, sulfur, borax, saltpeter, and salicylic acid. This compound is to be layered around eggs, fruits, or vegetables for the purpose of preserving them.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The 2009 Influenza Pandemic: Selected Legal Issues (open access)

The 2009 Influenza Pandemic: Selected Legal Issues

Recent human cases of infection with a novel influenza A(H1N1) virus have been identified both internationally and in the United States. Since there has been human to human transmission and the new virus has the potential to become pandemic, it is timely to examine legal issues surrounding this emerging public health threat. This report will provide a brief overview of selected legal issues.
Date: May 6, 2009
Creator: Swendiman, Kathleen S. & Jones, Nancy L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tailor's-Goose Attachment. (open access)

Tailor's-Goose Attachment.

Patent for a tailor's goose which provides a "depressible and detachable dampening means for the goose for supplying water to the dampening means".
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Talley, Thurmon H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Fences.

Patent for improvement in fences using wire rails, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1879
Creator: Temby, Joseph W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending May 2, 1987 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending May 2, 1987

Weekly report of the Texas Agricultural Statistics Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending March 28 to the week ending May 2, during 1986 and 1987 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: May 6, 1987
Creator: Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report to the 85th Legislature,Texas Commission on Envronmental Quality, Fiscal Years 2015-2016 (open access)

Biennial Report to the 85th Legislature,Texas Commission on Envronmental Quality, Fiscal Years 2015-2016

Biennial report of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to the 85th Legislature of Texas describing the agency's goals, activities, and recommendations for further plans.
Date: May 6, 2016
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Agriculture, Volume 37, Number 11, May 2022 (open access)

Texas Agriculture, Volume 37, Number 11, May 2022

Monthly magazine issued by the Texas Farm Bureau for farmers and ranchers discussing current news and issues in agriculture.
Date: May 6, 2022
Creator: Texas Farm Bureau
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History