Aviation and the European Union's Emission Trading Scheme (open access)

Aviation and the European Union's Emission Trading Scheme

This report looks at how the European Union Emission Trading Scheme's coverage of carbon emission from commercial flights affects air carriers from the United States and other countries.
Date: June 11, 2012
Creator: Leggett, Jane A.; Elias, Bart & Shedd, Daniel T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests (open access)

Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests

This report discusses political, economic, and security challenges facing Azerbaijan, including the unsettled conflict in the breakaway Nagorno Karabakh region. A table provides basic facts and biographical information. Related products include CRS Report RL33453, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests, by Jim Nichol.
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Nichol, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests (open access)

Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests

This report discusses political, economic, and security challenges facing Azerbaijan, including the unsettled conflict in the breakaway Nagorno Karabakh region.
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Nichol, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
B \to K(*)l l- from B-factories and Tevatron (open access)

B \to K(*)l l- from B-factories and Tevatron

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Date: June 11, 2013
Creator: Eigen, Gerald
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current state of Bahrain, which has undergone substantial political reforms since the late 1990s, but which still suffers from tension between the Shiite majority and the Sunni-led government. It focuses particularly on Bahrain's relationship with Iran and with the United States.
Date: June 11, 2014
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Benchmarking and Equipment and Controls Assessment for a 'Big Box' Retail Chain (open access)

Benchmarking and Equipment and Controls Assessment for a 'Big Box' Retail Chain

The paper describes work to enable improved energy performance of existing and new retail stores belonging to a national chain and thereby also identify measures and tools that would improve the performance of 'big box' stores generally. A detailed energy simulation model of a standard store design was developed and used to: (1) demonstrate the benefits of benchmarking the energy performance of retail stores of relatively standard design using baselines derived from simulation, (2) identify cost-effective improvements in the efficiency of components to be incorporated in the next design cycle, and (3) use simulation to identify potential control strategy improvements that could be adopted in all stores, improving operational efficiency. The core enabling task of the project was to develop an energy model of the current standard design using the EnergyPlus simulation program. For the purpose of verification of the model against actual utility bills, the model was reconfigured to represent twelve existing stores (seven relatively new stores and five older stores) in different US climates and simulations were performed using weather data obtained from the National Weather Service. The results of this exercise, which showed generally good agreement between predicted and measured total energy use, suggest that dynamic benchmarking …
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Haves, Philip; Coffey, Brian & Williams, Scott
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Blind Stop. (open access)

Blind Stop.

Patent for a new and improved blind stop. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a shutter provided with pivotal slats, of a flat spring-metal fastening-plate provided with a slot for clearing the slat-pivot, and projections upon its surface for engaging with the end of the slat, and having its rear end secured to the shutter-frame and its front end projecting beyond the plane of the shutter-frame and forming a thumb-piece for operating said spring-plate" (lines 59-67).
Date: June 11, 1889
Creator: Wesson, Miley B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator. (open access)

Boll-Weevil Exterminator.

Patent for a machine that exterminates boll weevils. This machine employs air suction for drawing boll weevils into a retaining box from which they may be removed for destruction.
Date: June 11, 1918
Creator: Stubs, Orace Virgil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Army Justification Book (open access)

BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Army Justification Book

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - RC Transformation in Washington - Impacted Sites: Everett; Fairchild; Yakima;
Date: June 11, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Army Justification Book (open access)

BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Army Justification Book

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - Red River Army Depot, TX- Impacted Sites: McAlester, OK; Anniston, AL; Blue Grass, KY; Letterkenny, PA; Red River, TX; Tinker, OK; Tobyhanna, PA; MCLB Albany, GA;
Date: June 11, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Army Justification Book (open access)

BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Army Justification Book

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - RC Transformation in Tennessee - Impacted Sites: AFRC Chattanooga, TN; AFRC Ft. Campbell, TN; AFRC Kingsport, TN
Date: June 11, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Intel JCSG Justification Book (open access)

BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Intel JCSG Justification Book

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Activities- Impacted Sites: NGA, NGA East - Bethesda, MD; NGA, NGA East - Reston, VA; NGA, NGA East - Washington Navy Yard (Southeast Federal Center); DCAA, Mid-Atlantic Region, Reston Branch, Herndon, VA; FORT BELVOIR INCLUDING THE ENGINEER PROVING GROUND, VA;
Date: June 11, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Intel JCSG Justification Book (open access)

BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Intel JCSG Justification Book

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - Defense Intelligence Agency- Impacted Sites: Bolling AFB, DC; DLA, Business Systems Modernization, Crystal Plaza 5, Arlington, VA; Rivanna, VA;
Date: June 11, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Early Bird 11 June 2005 (open access)

BRAC Early Bird 11 June 2005

Collection of news clippings and articles related to BRAC for June 11, 2005
Date: June 11, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests (open access)

Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests

this report mainly focuses on Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests in Central Asia.
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Nichol, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ceramic-Based Materials for High Temperature Service (open access)

Ceramic-Based Materials for High Temperature Service

The following report provides data that was discovered from a preliminary literature survey that was made to define the utility of the newer refractory ceramics or ceramic-based materials.
Date: June 11, 1951
Creator: Bates, W. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changing Concepts of Busing for Integration Pro and Con Selected References (open access)

Changing Concepts of Busing for Integration Pro and Con Selected References

This report discusses the changing concept of busing for integration pro and con. It also points out several references such as Achieving Racial Balance, Balancing Imbalance, Brown and Bussing etc.
Date: June 11, 1970
Creator: Miller, Helen A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization and Source Term Assessments of Radioactive Particles from Marshall Islands Using Non-Destructive Analytical Techniques (open access)

Characterization and Source Term Assessments of Radioactive Particles from Marshall Islands Using Non-Destructive Analytical Techniques

A considerable fraction of radioactivity entering the environment from different nuclear events is associated with particles. The impact of these events can only be fully assessed where there is some knowledge about the mobility of particle bound radionuclides entering the environment. The behavior of particulate radionuclides is dependent on several factors, including the physical, chemical and redox state of the environment, the characteristics of the particles (e.g., the chemical composition, crystallinity and particle size) and on the oxidative state of radionuclides contained in the particles. Six plutonium-containing particles stemming from Runit Island soil (Marshall Islands) were characterized using non-destructive analytical and microanalytical methods. By determining the activity of {sup 239,240}Pu and {sup 241}Am isotopes from their gamma peaks structural information related to Pu matrix was obtained, and the source term was revealed. Composition and elemental distribution in the particles were studied with synchrotron radiation based micro X-ray fluorescence (SR-{mu}-XRF) spectrometry. Scanning electron microscope equipped with energy dispersive X-ray detector (SEMEDX) and secondary ion mass spectrometer (SIMS) were used to examine particle surfaces. Based on the elemental composition the particles were divided into two groups; particles with plain Pu matrix, and particles where the plutonium is included in Si/O-rich matrix being …
Date: June 11, 2005
Creator: Jernstrom, J; Eriksson, M; Simon, R; Tamborini, G; Bildstein, O; Carlos-Marquez, R et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Facility Security: A Comparison of S. 157 and S. 994 (open access)

Chemical Facility Security: A Comparison of S. 157 and S. 994

The 108th Congress is considering legislation to reduce chemical facilities’ vulnerability to acts of terrorism, so as to protect critical sectors of the U.S. infrastructure and reduce risks to public health and the environment. Competing bills, S. 994 and S. 157, have been introduced into the Senate. Both would require chemical facilities to conduct vulnerability assessments and develop and implement site security plans, but the approaches of the bills differ with respect to the chemicals and facilities covered, planning requirements and mechanisms for federal and facility accountability.
Date: June 11, 2003
Creator: Schierow, Linda-Jo
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Facility Security: Issues and Options for the 112th Congress (open access)

Chemical Facility Security: Issues and Options for the 112th Congress

This report provides a brief overview of the existing statutory authority and the regulation implementing this authority. It describes several policy issues raised in previous debates regarding chemical facility security and identifies policy options for congressional consideration. Finally, legislation in the 112th Congress is discussed.
Date: June 11, 2012
Creator: Shea, Dana A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Technology Division, Unit Operations Section Monthly Progress Report for February 1959 (open access)

Chemical Technology Division, Unit Operations Section Monthly Progress Report for February 1959

A gamma scintillation spectrometer was used to measure diffusivity of uranyl nitrate in water during preliminary capillary experiments. During Fluorox run FBR-22, 90.4% of the theoretical amount of UF/sub 6/ formed was collected in cold traps and chemical traps. Toroid tests of flame calcined mixed Th-U oxide showed low corrosion rates, small changes in particle size and a low solubilization of uranium, while denitration of uranyl nitrate in a fluidized bed resulted in particle growth with uniform layers of uranium oxide. A half-time of 30 min for uranium anion exchange was measured in differential bed studies of uranium sorption on Dowex 21K. The Darex Reference flowsheet operation resulted in chloride removal to less than 50 ppm in solvent extraction feed from APPR head- end treatment. Unirradiated prototype Consolidated Edison pins were dejacketed with 6 M H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ with uranium losses to the dejacketing solution of approximately 0.2%. An optimum procedure was developed for clarifying large batches of solvent extraction feed by sand bed filtration. Sheared sections of stainless steel clad UO/sub 2/ were completely leached in onehalf the time required for equal lengths of stainless tubes containing uncrushed pellets. Abrasive disc wheel to metal removal ratios were measured at …
Date: June 11, 1959
Creator: Bresee, J. C.; Haas, P. A.; Watson, C. D.; Whatley, M. E. & Horton, R. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S.-Taiwan Economic Relations (open access)

China-U.S.-Taiwan Economic Relations

Recent political and military tensions between China and Taiwan have focused new attention on U.S. economic interests in the region. The volume of trade and investment between the United States and Taiwan and China has soared during the last 10 years. This trend has helped forge closer ties between the United States and the two economies, but has also been the source of friction. U.S. economic relations with China and Taiwan are likely to be of concern to Congress during the annual debate over U.S. renewal of China's most-favored-nation (MFN) status. This report analyzes U.S. economic ties with China and Taiwan, including trends, the major issues, and future prospects. It also examines the growing economic ties between China and Taiwan
Date: June 11, 1996
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a simple, efficient, and improved churn that thoroughly aerating and stirring the cream. It has a removable vertical dasher and two dasher cups.
Date: June 11, 1895
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
CIA Ethics Education: Background and Perspectives (open access)

CIA Ethics Education: Background and Perspectives

This report discusses the ethics education of CIA officers. Topics include baseline approaches to ethics education, perspectives on intelligence ethics, personal standards of conduct, and principles of professional ethics.
Date: June 11, 2018
Creator: DeVine, Michael E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library