Alert Systems for Missing Adults in Eleven States: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Alert Systems for Missing Adults in Eleven States: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the emerging development of nationwide alert systems to recover missing adults, such as those with mental impairment (such as Alzheimer's disease), developmental disabilities, or suicidal tendencies. This report provides an overview of such alert systems in 11 states: Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas, and Virginia. This report also provides a discussion of issues for Congress to consider with respect to the federal role, if any, in developing state alert programs for missing adults.
Date: May 7, 2009
Creator: Fernandes, Adrienne L. & Colello, Kirsten J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) FEMP Technical Assistance U.S. General Services Administration – Project 195 John Seiberling Federal Office Building and U.S. Courthouse, Akron, Ohio (open access)

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) FEMP Technical Assistance U.S. General Services Administration – Project 195 John Seiberling Federal Office Building and U.S. Courthouse, Akron, Ohio

This report documents the findings from an onsite audit of the John Seiberling Federal building located in Akron, Ohio. The Federal landlord for this building is the General Services Administration (GSA). The focus of the audit was to identify various no-cost or low-cost energy efficiency opportunities that, once implemented, would reduce in either electrical and gas consumption and increase the operational efficiency of the building. This audit also provided an opportunity to identify potential capital cost projects that should be considered in the to acquire additional energy (electric and gas) and water savings to further increase the operational efficiency of the building.
Date: May 28, 2010
Creator: Arends, J. & Sandusky, William F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Car-Truck Bolster. (open access)

Car-Truck Bolster.

Patent for a car-truck bolster "made of cast steel or malleable iron, cast in one piece, and provided with a plurality of corrugations running longitudinally or in an approximately longitudinal direction along the girders which form the sides of the said bolster" (lines 15-20).
Date: May 28, 1895
Creator: Maher, John N. & Wheless, Thomas H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton, Corn, And Sorghum Planter (open access)

Combined Cotton, Corn, And Sorghum Planter

Patent for improvements to a previously made patent serial no. 287,764: the improvements would include adjustable feed disks, simple and adjustable means of regulating the feed of the seed, bracing rods for the drill, and improvements in construction of the frame and hopper.
Date: May 28, 1889
Creator: Schofield, Jake Drommond
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Lister Plow and Planter. (open access)

Combined Lister Plow and Planter.

Patent for a combined Lister plow and planter that both breaks the ground and plants seed. Appears to be a type of early tractor.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 9: 1966 (open access)

Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 9: 1966

The following progress report describes the examination of elements removed in comparison to a previous study on the power facility reactor operations.
Date: May 1969
Creator: North American Aviation. Atomics International Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance Search in Parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Virginia, and Ohio for Areas Where Uraniferous Black Shale May Be Mined by Stripping (open access)

Reconnaissance Search in Parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Virginia, and Ohio for Areas Where Uraniferous Black Shale May Be Mined by Stripping

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation aimed at finding a location with an abundance of black shale, and determining the amount of uranium in the shale.
Date: May 1951
Creator: Robeck, Raymond C. & Conant, Louis C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safety Evaluation of PNPF Modifications (open access)

Safety Evaluation of PNPF Modifications

"The purpose of this report is to examine the safety aspects of PNPF restart on continued operation, after completion of the core cleanup and system modifications."
Date: May 1, 1969
Creator: Huntsinger, M. & Hart, R. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library