Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children (open access)

Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children

Report evaluating seven Social and Character Development (SACD) programs designed to positively impact behavior and academic performance of a cohort of elementary students during their third through fifth grade years (2004-2007). The impact of each program is evaluated both together and separately.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Allen, Ruby & Doolittle, Emily
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment 2007: Oil and Gas Activities in the Arctic - Effects and Potential Effects. Volume 1. (open access)

Assessment 2007: Oil and Gas Activities in the Arctic - Effects and Potential Effects. Volume 1.

This assessment report details the results of the 2007 Assessment of Oil and Gas Activities in the Arctic conducted under the auspices of the Arctic Council and coordinated by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP).
Date: 2010
Creator: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Satellite Data Assimilation into Meteorological/Air Quality (open access)

Satellite Data Assimilation into Meteorological/Air Quality

A report directed at improving the specification of surface parameters such as insolation, soil moisture, and surface heat capacity.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Biazar, A. Pour; McNider, R. T. & Mackaro, S.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Stakeholder Meeting on Long-term Revision Issues

A presentation discussing the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) and how the EPA is in the process of developing revisions to the rule.
Date: November 4, 2010
Creator: Burneson, Eric.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Direct Observations of Ocean Currents over the Western Slope in the Gulf of Mexico] (open access)

[Project Summary: Direct Observations of Ocean Currents over the Western Slope in the Gulf of Mexico]

Summary describing the work completed at Centro de Investigación Cientifica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE) for 'Direct Observations of Ocean Currents over the Western Slope in the Gulf of Mexico.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Centro de Investigación Cientifica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Hydropower in Southeast Alaska: Planning for a robust Energy Future (open access)

Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Hydropower in Southeast Alaska: Planning for a robust Energy Future

This is a report on climate changes effect on planning the implementation of hydroelectric power infrastructures.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Cherry, J. E.; Walker, S.; Fresco, N.; Trainor, S. & Tidwell, A.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-Frequency Variability of Currents in the Deepwater Eastern Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Low-Frequency Variability of Currents in the Deepwater Eastern Gulf of Mexico

This is a study on the physical oceanography of the Gulf of Mexico. The study focuses on the Loop Current in the Gulf Stream as it connects to the Yucatan and Florida Currents.
Date: March 2010
Creator: Cole, K. L. & DiMarco, S. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) Use of the Ship/Trinity/TigerShoal Complex as a Nationally Important Spawning/Hatching/Foaraging Ground (open access)

Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) Use of the Ship/Trinity/TigerShoal Complex as a Nationally Important Spawning/Hatching/Foaraging Ground

This study examines the how coastal erosion effects offshore shoals role as spawning/hatching/foraging grounds for shrimp and blue crabs.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Condrey, Richard E. & Gelpi, Carey G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Correctional Populations in the United States, 2009 (open access)

Correctional Populations in the United States, 2009

A report providing summary data on the correctional population of those on probation or parole, and those incarcerated in prison during the year 2009.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Glaze, Lauren E.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change: Selecting Indicators and Integrating Observational Networks (open access)

Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change: Selecting Indicators and Integrating Observational Networks

Report documenting the proceedings of a workshop held in Washington D.C. during 2010 to discuss ecological monitoring in the Untied States. The workshop included plenary presentations, discussions, breakout groups, and other activities with the intention of determining indicators for climate change and identifying opportunities for collaboration among existing groups and programs.
Date: 2010-11-30/2010-12-01
Creator: ICF International
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A human Health Perspective on Climate Change: A report Outlining the Research Needs on the Human Health Effects of Climate Change (open access)

A human Health Perspective on Climate Change: A report Outlining the Research Needs on the Human Health Effects of Climate Change

The Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health (iWGCCH) is an ad hoc group formed by participating federal agencies and organizations at the invitation of the National institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following the January 2009 'Workshop on a Research Agenda for Managing the Health Risks of Climate Change, ' sponsored by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, research, and medicine. This report identifies gaps in knowledge of the consequences for human health of climate change, and suggests research to address them. The content, views, and perspectives presented in this report are solely those of the authors, and do not reflect the official views, policies, or implied endorsement of any of the individual participating federal agencies or organizations.
Date: April 22, 2010
Creator: Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Marginal Production in the Gulf of Mexico and Lost Production from Early Decommissioning (open access)

Assessment of Marginal Production in the Gulf of Mexico and Lost Production from Early Decommissioning

A report which provides a historical analysis of the marginal production of gas in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: April 2010
Creator: Kaiser, Mark J.; Yu, Yunke & Pulsipher, Allan G.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Platform Recruited Reef Fish, Phase 1: Do Platforms Provide Habitat That Increase the Survival of Juvenile Reef Fishes?] (open access)

[Project Summary: Platform Recruited Reef Fish, Phase 1: Do Platforms Provide Habitat That Increase the Survival of Juvenile Reef Fishes?]

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Coastal Studies Institute. for a study involving platform recruited reef fish. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: February 2010
Creator: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Coastal Studies Institute.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Marginal Production in the Gulf of Mexico - Economic, Environmental, and Regulatory Perspective] (open access)

[Project Summary: Marginal Production in the Gulf of Mexico - Economic, Environmental, and Regulatory Perspective]

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University Center for Energy Studies for Marginal Production in the Gulf of Mexico. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: January 2010
Creator: Louisiana State University, Center for Energy Studies
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2008 (open access)

Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2008

Annual report of the Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) describing the program and data collection. It also presents information on air quality and recorded concentrations of pollutants such as ozone, sulfur, gases, and other elements of concern.
Date: February 2010
Creator: MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coordination of Energy Efficiency and Demand Response (open access)

Coordination of Energy Efficiency and Demand Response

This report summarizes exiting research on the relationship between energy efficiency and demand responses. Using information gathered through interviews with program administrators, customers, and services providers, this report discusses the coordination of energy efficiency and demand response programs, with a particular focus on current practices and opportunities. It also discusses barriers to coordinating these two types of programs.
Date: January 2010
Creator: National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The United States National Climate Assessment (open access)

The United States National Climate Assessment

This document pertains to climate change and developing a strategic plan for protecting the environment.
Date: February 2010
Creator: National Climate Assessment Strategic Planning Workshop
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proof of Concept for Platform Recruited Fish, Phase I: Do Platforms Provide Habit for Subadult Red Snapper? (open access)

Proof of Concept for Platform Recruited Fish, Phase I: Do Platforms Provide Habit for Subadult Red Snapper?

"The objective of this study was to determine if a trace element isotope ratio fingerprint could be detected and described as unique to red snapper inhabiting the platforms."
Date: February 2010
Creator: Nowling, Lauren K.; Cowen, James H., Jr. & Shaw, Richard F.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paying for Health Insurance Reform (open access)

Paying for Health Insurance Reform

A report about paying for the health insurance reform. Half the cost of the bill is paid for by targeting waste, fraud, and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid.
Date: March 23, 2010
Creator: Office of the Speaker
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks] (open access)

[Project Summary: Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks]

Summary describing the work completed at PBS&J for 'Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: December 2010
Creator: PBS&J
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Key Provisions that Take Effect Immediately (open access)

Key Provisions that Take Effect Immediately

A paper about affordable health care in the united states. It pertains to changes taking place for small businesses, seniors, the privately insured, and the uninsured.
Date: May 3, 2010
Creator: Pelosi, Nancy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The President's Malaria Intiative Annual Report: 2009 (open access)

The President's Malaria Intiative Annual Report: 2009

Annual report describing activities and progress related to the President's Malaria Initiative; it "outlines the U.S. Government's (USG's) contributions to a dramatic scale-up of malaria prevention and treatment measures across 15 President's Malaria Initiative (PMI)-supported countries over the past four years" (p. 2).
Date: April 2010
Creator: President's Malaria Initiative (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Customer Incentives for Energy Efficiency Through Program Offerings (open access)

Customer Incentives for Energy Efficiency Through Program Offerings

This is a brief to summarize the approaches used by energy efficiency program adminstrators when assessing incentives to be used in energy efficiency programs (p. 1, para. 1).
Date: February 2010
Creator: Prindle, William
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ruby Pipeline Project Upland Erosion Control, Revegetation, and Maintenance Plan (open access)

Ruby Pipeline Project Upland Erosion Control, Revegetation, and Maintenance Plan

This report discusses upland erosion control, revegetation activities, and long-term maintenance plans for the Ruby Pipeline Project, a pipeline that extends from Wyoming to Oregon.
Date: June 2010
Creator: Ruby Pipeline LLC
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library