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Design of the Energy Partitioning Energy Coupling (EPEC) NIF Experiment
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Date:
May 10, 2013
Creator:
Kane, J. O.; Brooksby, C. A.; Brown, C. G.; Compton, S. M.; Dunlop, W. H.; Fournier, K. B. et al.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Efficient Inclusion Test for A Massive Point Distribution
None
Date:
May 10, 2013
Creator:
Yao, J
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Haiti Under President Martelly: Current Conditions and Congressional Concerns
This report gives an overview of the current government in Haiti and status of recovery efforts following the 2010 earthquake. The main priorities for U.S. policy regarding Haiti are to strengthen fragile democratic processes, continue to improve security, and promote economic development. Other concerns include the cost and effectiveness of U.S. aid; protecting human rights; combating narcotics, arms, and human trafficking; and alleviating poverty.
Date:
May 10, 2013
Creator:
Taft-Morales, Maureen
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid: Alternative Measures Could Be Used to Allocate Funding More Equitably
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO identified multiple data sources that could be used to develop measures to allocate Medicaid funding to states more equitably than the current funding formula--known as the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)--which is based solely on per capita income (PCI). To be equitable from the perspective of beneficiaries and allow states to provide a comparable level of services to each person in need, a funding allocation mechanism should take into account the demand for services in each state and geographic cost differences among states. To be equitable from the perspective of taxpayers, an allocation mechanism should ensure that taxpayers in poorer states are not more heavily burdened than those in wealthier ones, by taking into account state resources. To illustrate, GAO identified at least one federal data source that could be used to develop measures of each of these aspects, in order to allocate Medicaid funding more equitably."
Date:
May 10, 2013
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Multi-Fluid Geothermal Energy Production and Storage in Stratigraphic Reservoirs
None
Date:
May 10, 2013
Creator:
Buscheck, T A; Chen, M; Hao, Y; Bielicki, J M; Randolph, J B; Sun, Y et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A NMR-Based Carbon-Type Analysis of Diesel Fuel Blends From Various Sources
In collaboration with participants of the Coordinating Research Council (CRC) Advanced Vehicle/Fuels/Lubricants (AVFL) Committee, and project AVFL-19, the characteristics of fuels from advanced and renewable sources were compared to commercial diesel fuels. The main objective of this study was to highlight similarities and differences among the fuel types, i.e. ULSD, renewables, and alternative fuels, and among fuels within the different fuel types. This report summarizes the carbon-type analysis from 1H and 13C{1H} nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) of 14 diesel fuel samples. The diesel fuel samples come from diverse sources and include four commercial ultra-low sulfur diesel fuels (ULSD), one gas-to-liquid diesel fuel (GTL), six renewable diesel fuels (RD), two shale oil-derived diesel fuels, and one oil sands-derived diesel fuel. Overall, the fuels examined fall into two groups. The two shale oil-derived samples and the oil-sand-derived sample closely resemble the four commercial ultra-low sulfur diesels, with SO1 and SO2 most closely matched with ULSD1, ULSD2, and ULSD4, and OS1 most closely matched with ULSD3. As might be expected, the renewable diesel fuels, with the exception of RD3, do not resemble the ULSD fuels because of their very low aromatic content, but more closely resemble the gas-to-liquid sample (GTL) in this …
Date:
May 10, 2013
Creator:
Bays, J. Timothy & King, David L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An online application to measue the dispersion function in AGS
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Date:
May 10, 2013
Creator:
N., Tsoupas; Huang, H.; Meot, F.; Morris, J. & Nemesure, S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Peace Corps: Current Issues
The report discusses the President's annual funding request for the Peace Corps, efforts to reauthorize the Peace Corps, and related issues. Current issues include the extent to which there is available funding for Peace Corps expansion, whether the Peace Corps has the institutional capacity to expand, and whether volunteers are able to function in a safe and secure environment.
Date:
May 10, 2013
Creator:
Tarnoff, Curt
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Proposals to Eliminate Public Financing of Presidential Campaigns
This report discusses Presidential campaign funding and provides a brief policy overview and raises potential issues for congressional consideration.
Date:
May 10, 2013
Creator:
Garrett, R. S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Recruiting and Retention: An Overview of FY2011 and FY2012 Results for Active and Reserve Component Enlisted Personnel
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Date:
May 10, 2013
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Scharz Preconditioners for Krylov Methods: Theory and Practice
Several numerical methods were produced and analyzed. The main thrust of the work relates to inexact Krylov subspace methods for the solution of linear systems of equations arising from the discretization of partial di#11;erential equa- tions. These are iterative methods, i.e., where an approximation is obtained and at each step. Usually, a matrix-vector product is needed at each iteration. In the inexact methods, this product (or the application of a preconditioner) can be done inexactly. Schwarz methods, based on domain decompositions, are excellent preconditioners for thise systems. We contributed towards their under- standing from an algebraic point of view, developed new ones, and studied their performance in the inexact setting. We also worked on combinatorial problems to help de#12;ne the algebraic partition of the domains, with the needed overlap, as well as PDE-constraint optimization using the above-mentioned inexact Krylov subspace methods.
Date:
May 10, 2013
Creator:
Szyld, Daniel B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 38, Number 19, Pages 2807-2920, May 10, 2013
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 10, 2013
Creator:
Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians
This report collects statistics from a variety of sources on casualties sustained during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), which began on October 7, 2001, and is ongoing. OEF actions take place primarily in Afghanistan; however, OEF casualties also include American casualties in Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, the Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Yemen.
Date:
May 10, 2012
Creator:
Chesser, Susan G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aviation Security: Actions Needed to Address Challenges and Potential Vulnerabilities Related to Securing Inbound Air Cargo
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins ""
Date:
May 10, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Biofuels from Bacteria, Electricity, and CO2
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Electrofuels program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses combining ammonia and bacteria to produce liquid fuel as part of the "Biofuels from CO2 Using Ammonia or Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria in Reverse Microbial Fuel Cells" project.
Date:
May 10, 2012
Creator:
Columbia University
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Biofuels from E. coli
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Electrofuels program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses the modification of E. coli to consume carbon dioxide and produce liquid fuel as part of the "Engineering E. coli as an Electrofuels Chassis for Isooctane Production" project.
Date:
May 10, 2012
Creator:
Ginkgo Bioworks
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Biofuels from Solar Energy and Bacteria
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Electrofuels program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses the conversion of carbon dioxide into liquid fuels as part of the "Electrofuels Via Direct Electron Transfer from Electrodes to Microbes" project.
Date:
May 10, 2012
Creator:
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BLENDING ANALYSIS FOR RADIOACTIVE SALT WASTE PROCESSING FACILITY
Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) evaluated methods to mix and blend the contents of the blend tanks to ensure the contents are properly blended before they are transferred from the blend tank such as Tank 21 and Tank 24 to the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) feed tank. The tank contents consist of three forms: dissolved salt solution, other waste salt solutions, and sludge containing settled solids. This paper focuses on developing the computational model and estimating the operation time of submersible slurry pump when the tank contents are adequately blended prior to their transfer to the SWPF facility. A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics approach was taken by using the full scale configuration of SRS Type-IV tank, Tank 21H. Major solid obstructions such as the tank wall boundary, the transfer pump column, and three slurry pump housings including one active and two inactive pumps were included in the mixing performance model. Basic flow pattern results predicted by the computational model were benchmarked against the SRNL test results and literature data. Tank 21 is a waste tank that is used to prepare batches of salt feed for SWPF. The salt feed must be a homogeneous solution satisfying the acceptance criterion of …
Date:
May 10, 2012
Creator:
Lee, S.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Management: Actions Needed to Evaluate the Impact of Efforts to Estimate Costs of Reports and Studies
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "DOD is estimating and publishing approximate costs for selected types of internally and externally required reports, but in some cases its approach is not fully consistent with relevant cost estimating best practices and cost accounting standards. Specifically, DOD entities have been directed to use the cost estimating tool to capture marginal costs of activities associated with completing a report or study that would not have been performed otherwise. These costs consist of certain manpower costs (such as the prorated salaries of military and civilian personnel based on the time they spent) and nonlabor costs (such as contract services, travel, or printing). In comparing DODs approach to (1) GAOs Cost Estimating and Assessment Guidewhich states that high-quality, reliable cost estimates should be comprehensive, well documented, and accurateand (2) relevant accounting standards, we found the following."
Date:
May 10, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Electric Vehicle Batteries
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the 10 projects that are a part of the Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation (BEEST) program including project goals, innovation needs, and potential impacts.
Date:
May 10, 2012
Creator:
United States. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energetics and approximate quasiparticle electronic structure of low-index surfaces of SnO2
None
Date:
May 10, 2012
Creator:
Kuefner, S; Schleife, A; Hoeffling, B & Bechstedt, F
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Bacteria for Efficient Fuel Production
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Electrofuels program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses engineering a microorganism to create a liquid fuel from hydrogen and carbon dioxide as part of the "Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Free Fatty Acids" project.
Date:
May 10, 2012
Creator:
OPX Biotechnologies
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Extension of the Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle to Low Reactor Power Operation: Investigations Using the Coupled Anl Plant Dynamics Code-sas4a/Sassys-1 Liquid Metal Reactor Code System.
Significant progress has been made on the development of a control strategy for the supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO{sub 2}) Brayton cycle enabling removal of power from an autonomous load following Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) down to decay heat levels such that the S-CO{sub 2} cycle can be used to cool the reactor until decay heat can be removed by the normal shutdown heat removal system or a passive decay heat removal system such as Direct Reactor Auxiliary Cooling System (DRACS) loops with DRACS in-vessel heat exchangers. This capability of the new control strategy eliminates the need for use of a separate shutdown heat removal system which might also use supercritical CO{sub 2}. It has been found that this capability can be achieved by introducing a new control mechanism involving shaft speed control for the common shaft joining the turbine and two compressors following reduction of the load demand from the electrical grid to zero. Following disconnection of the generator from the electrical grid, heat is removed from the intermediate sodium circuit through the sodium-to-CO{sub 2} heat exchanger, the turbine solely drives the two compressors, and heat is rejected from the cycle through the CO{sub 2}-to-water cooler. To investigate the effectiveness …
Date:
May 10, 2012
Creator:
Moisseytsev, A. & Sienicki, J. J. (Nuclear Engineering Division)
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employees' Retirement System: Benefits and Financing
Report discussing the retirement systems in place for federal employees. Most civilian federal employees who were hired before 1984 are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System, and contribute 7.0% of their pay to a retirement fund. Federal employees hired in 1984 or later are covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System and contribute 0.8% of their pay to a retirement fund. Both require participants to contribute toward the cost of their pensions through a payroll tax. The taxable wage base is $110,100 in 2012. This report discusses both retirement funds.
Date:
May 10, 2012
Creator:
Isaacs, Katelin P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library