Resource Type

Abundance and Distribution of Mangrove Landbirds in Florida (open access)

Abundance and Distribution of Mangrove Landbirds in Florida

Summary of extensive surveys on Florida mangrove landbirds conducted during 2008-2011, with results quantifying distribution and estimating breeding-season abundance of mangrove landbirds.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Lloyd, John D. & Slater, Gary L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aid Transparency Country Pilot Assessment (open access)

Aid Transparency Country Pilot Assessment

The primary goals of this report is to find how much demand partnering countries have for information the U.S. Government is making available for international aid, review how well partnering countries are able to access the information, inform partnering countries of the available international aid data, and recommend ways to improve data sharing and use.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Unites States. Agency International Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Audit Report on Incentive Compensation at the Teacher Retirement System, the Permanent School Fund, the General Land Office, and the Employees Retirement System (open access)

An Audit Report on Incentive Compensation at the Teacher Retirement System, the Permanent School Fund, the General Land Office, and the Employees Retirement System

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to whether incentive compensation at the Teacher Retirement System, the Permanent School Fund, the General Land Office, and the Employees Retirement System was calculated and paid in accordance with their policies and procedures.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Department of Aging and Disability Services (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Department of Aging and Disability Services

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Aging and Disability Services is accurately reporting its performance measures to ABEST and has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of its performance measures.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Characteristics of Texas Pedestrian Crashes and Evaluation of Driver Yielding at Pedestrian Treatments (open access)

Characteristics of Texas Pedestrian Crashes and Evaluation of Driver Yielding at Pedestrian Treatments

Research report on pedestrian fatalities and an experiment to add different kinds of signalling and beacons to pedestrian crossings to determine the most effective method for preventing vehicle crashes involving pedestrians.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Texas A & M Transportation Institute
System: The Portal to Texas History
Climate Change Indicators in the United States, 2014 Third Edition: Technical Documentation (open access)

Climate Change Indicators in the United States, 2014 Third Edition: Technical Documentation

This is a technical document in regards to climate change. The document covers measurements and calculation methods, explains how to obtaining data, estimates of variability and uncertainty, and provides references and sources.
Date: May 2014
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Definitions of "Rural" in Texas Statutes and the Texas Administrative Code as of March 2014 (open access)

Definitions of "Rural" in Texas Statutes and the Texas Administrative Code as of March 2014

Summary of differing definitions of "rural" by Texas state agencies and in Texas statutes.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Texas Legislative Council
System: The Portal to Texas History
Enhanced Adaptive Signal Control Using Dedicated Short-Range Communications (open access)

Enhanced Adaptive Signal Control Using Dedicated Short-Range Communications

A report on the use of dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) to aid in the flow of traffic at urban intersections.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Zhang, Yunlong & Tiaprasert, Kamonthep
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exploring Sustainable Transportation For Texas Southern University (open access)

Exploring Sustainable Transportation For Texas Southern University

A report on sustainable transportation options for Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas to make the campus "greener" and reduce the carbon footprint of commuters.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Goodwin, Gwen; Sabaroche, Sascha & Council, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forty Years of Research: Recovery Records of Green Turtles Observed or Originally Tagged at French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1973-2013 (open access)

Forty Years of Research: Recovery Records of Green Turtles Observed or Originally Tagged at French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1973-2013

Report that brings a 1983 NOAA Technical Memorandum titled "recovery records of adult green turtles observed or originally tagged at French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands" up to date. Report includes some novel ways to present information gathered in more than 40 years of systematic monitoring at FFS. (pg. iii)
Date: May 2014
Creator: Humburg, Irene Nurzia & Balazs, George H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Incorporation Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Long Range Transportation Planning - Final Report (open access)

Incorporation Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Long Range Transportation Planning - Final Report

Report on the transportation sector's contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG). It looks at how future regulation can address GHG emissions.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Kenney, Megan; Castro, Marisol; Ramani, Tara; Zietsman, Josias; Bhat, Chandra; Farzaneh, Reza et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: April 2014 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: April 2014

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2013 and FY2014 Appropriations (open access)

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2013 and FY2014 Appropriations

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Date: May 1, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inventory of Texas Felony Offenses by Category: Current Through the 83rd Legislature, 3rd Called Session (open access)

Inventory of Texas Felony Offenses by Category: Current Through the 83rd Legislature, 3rd Called Session

Table containing information on offenses in Texas statutory law punishable as felonies.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Texas Legislative Council
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Small Public Water Systems: Part B, Source Assessment and Planning (open access)

Managing Small Public Water Systems: Part B, Source Assessment and Planning

Guide to identifying water sources, measuring water levels, and developing best management practices to manage your source.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minimizing User Delay and Crash Potential Through Highway Work Zone Planning (open access)

Minimizing User Delay and Crash Potential Through Highway Work Zone Planning

This is a project that focus's on lane control solutions for intermediate and long-term highway work zones in order to evaluate network performance, driver behavior, driver operations, and impacts on safety.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Kurker, Michael; Fournier, Chris; Zhao, Qun; Hakimi, Shadi; Qi, Yi; Tang, Shoupeng et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
National Healthcare Disparities Report 2013 (open access)

National Healthcare Disparities Report 2013

This report summarizes data gathered to address three key questions: what is the status of health care quality, access and disparities in the United States, How have health care quality; access and disparities changed over time; where are health care quality, access, and disparities improving and where are they getting worse.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observation Method to Predict Meander Migration and Vertical Degradation of Rivers (open access)

Observation Method to Predict Meander Migration and Vertical Degradation of Rivers

Technical report observing and attempting to predict erosion methods of rivers, including meander migration and vertical degradation.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Texas A & M Transportation Institute
System: The Portal to Texas History
Performance Testing of Coagulants to Reduce Stormwater Runoff Turbidity (open access)

Performance Testing of Coagulants to Reduce Stormwater Runoff Turbidity

Report on use of coagulants to reduce the turbidity of stormwater runoff as per EPA regulations.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Texas A & M Transportation Institute
System: The Portal to Texas History
Procedures for the Installation and Quality Control of Anchored CFRP Sheets for Shear Strengthening of Concrete Bridge Girders (open access)

Procedures for the Installation and Quality Control of Anchored CFRP Sheets for Shear Strengthening of Concrete Bridge Girders

This is a study on the guidance for Installation of strengthening systems, provide training materials for personnel carrying out construction and inspection for shear strengthening of concrete beams, and design recommendation and specifications for projects.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Garcia, Jose; Sun, Wei; Kim, Changhyuk; Ghannoum, Wassim M. & Jirsa, James O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quantitative Relationship Between Crash Risks and Pavement Skid Reistance (open access)

Quantitative Relationship Between Crash Risks and Pavement Skid Reistance

Report to the Texas Department of Transportation on the possible reduction of funding spent on highway safety on Texas' aging infrastructure.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Long, Kan; Wu, Hui; Zhang, Zhanmin & Murphy, Mike
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Real-time Transit Signal Priority Control System that Considers Stochastic Bus Arrival Times (open access)

A Real-time Transit Signal Priority Control System that Considers Stochastic Bus Arrival Times

This report covers Transit Signal Priority (TSP) as an effective strategy as a treatment for transit vehicles to move through intersections without delays.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Zeng, Xiaosi; Balke, Kevin; Songchitruksa, Praprut & Zhang, Yunlong
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recently Expired Charitable Tax Provisions ("Tax Extenders"): In Brief (open access)

Recently Expired Charitable Tax Provisions ("Tax Extenders"): In Brief

This report briefly summarizes the temporary charitable tax provisions that expired at the end of 2013 and are being considered for extension. The report also discusses the economic impact of these charitable tax provisions.
Date: May 1, 2014
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G. & Sherlock, Molly F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strategic Transportation Fiance Clearinghouse (open access)

Strategic Transportation Fiance Clearinghouse

Report on the creation of a strategic transportation clearinghouse to fund projects through public-private partnerships.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Farley, Robert; Ellis, David & Weldon, Allison
System: The Portal to Texas History