The Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Background and Key Issues (open access)

The Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Background and Key Issues

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Date: July 19, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Railroad Retirement Board: Retirement, Survivor, Disability, Unemployment, and Sickness Benefits (open access)

Railroad Retirement Board: Retirement, Survivor, Disability, Unemployment, and Sickness Benefits

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Date: July 17, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rising Above the Water: New Orleans Implements Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Practices Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (Fact Sheet) (open access)

Rising Above the Water: New Orleans Implements Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Practices Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (Fact Sheet)

This fact sheet describes the technical assistance that the U.S. Department of Energy, through its National Renewable Energy Laboratory, provided to New Orleans, Louisiana, which helped the city incorporate energy efficiency into its rebuilding efforts for K-12 schools and homes following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. NREL also provided support and analysis on energy policy efforts.
Date: July 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Russia’s Accession to the WTO and Its Implications for the United States (open access)

Russia’s Accession to the WTO and Its Implications for the United States

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Date: July 26, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Self-Employment Assistance (SEA) Program (open access)

The Self-Employment Assistance (SEA) Program

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Date: July 12, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sexual Abuse of Children: Federal Criminal Offenses (open access)

Sexual Abuse of Children: Federal Criminal Offenses

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Date: July 13, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Significant Increase in Hydrogen Photoproduction Rates and Yields by Wild-Type Algae is Detected at High Photobioreactor Gas Phase Volume (Fact Sheet) (open access)

Significant Increase in Hydrogen Photoproduction Rates and Yields by Wild-Type Algae is Detected at High Photobioreactor Gas Phase Volume (Fact Sheet)

This NREL Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Highlight describes how hydrogen photoproduction activity in algal cultures can be improved dramatically by increasing the gas-phase to liquid-phase volume ratio of the photobioreactor. NREL, in partnership with subcontractors from the Institute of Basic Biological Problems in Pushchino, Russia, demonstrated that the hydrogen photoproduction rate in algal cultures always decreases exponentially with increasing hydrogen partial pressure above the culture. The inhibitory effect of high hydrogen concentrations in the photobioreactor gas phase on hydrogen photoproduction by algae is significant and comparable to the effect observed with some anaerobic bacteria.
Date: July 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solar Technical Assistance Team (Fact Sheet) (open access)

Solar Technical Assistance Team (Fact Sheet)

The Solar Technical Assistance Team (STAT) is a team of solar technology and deployment experts who ensure that the best information on policies, regulations, financing, and other issues is getting into the hands of state government decision makers whey they need it. This fact sheet provides information about STAT and the STAT webinar series for the summer of 2012.
Date: July 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solution-Processable Transparent Conductive Hole Injection Electrode for OLED SSL (open access)

Solution-Processable Transparent Conductive Hole Injection Electrode for OLED SSL

An interconnected network of silver nanowires has been used as transparent anode in OLED devices. This layer was deposited by spin-coating and slot-die coating from an aqueous nanowire suspension. The sheet resistance of the film was 10ohms/sq with a transmission (including the glass substrate) of higher than 85%. The first phase of the project focused on the implementation of this nanowire layer with a hole-injection-layer (HIL) which has been developed at Plextronics and has been shown to provide good stability and efficiency in conventional OLED devices. We modified the HIL solution such that it coated reasonably well with suitable surface morphology so that actual devices can be manufactured. During the second phase we investigated the hole-injection and stability of hole-onlydevices. We determined that the use of the nanowire network as anode does not introduce an additional degradation mechanism since the observed device characteristics did not differ from those made with ITO anode. We then proceeded to make actual OLED devices with this nanowire / HIL stack and achieved device characteristics similar state-of-the-art OLED devices with a single junction. In order to gain traction with potential OLED manufacturers, we decided to contract Novaled to prepare large-area demonstrators for us. For these …
Date: July 15, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stormwater Permits: Status of EPA’s Regulatory Program (open access)

Stormwater Permits: Status of EPA’s Regulatory Program

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Date: July 30, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical Assistance Guide: Working with DOE National Laboratories (Brochure) (open access)

Technical Assistance Guide: Working with DOE National Laboratories (Brochure)

A fact sheet that provides an overview of FEMP's technical assistance through the Department of Energy's National Laboratories. The Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) facilitates the Federal Government's implementation of sound, cost-effective energy management and investment practices to enhance the nation's energy security and environmental stewardship. To advance that mission, FEMP fosters collaboration between Federal agencies and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories. This guide outlines technical assistance capabilities and expertise at DOE national laboratories. Any laboratory assistance must be in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 35.017 requirements and the laboratory's designation as Federal Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) facilities.
Date: July 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical Study Addresses a Key Challenge to Harmonizing U.S. and International PV Module Standards (Fact Sheet) (open access)

Technical Study Addresses a Key Challenge to Harmonizing U.S. and International PV Module Standards (Fact Sheet)

NREL builds community and industry support by addressing concerns voiced by key standards organizations. Photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers in the United States test the safety of their products using standards developed through consensus processes. Because U.S. PV module safety standards are not aligned with international standards, manufacturers must test their modules twice - and sometimes maintain separate product lines. By meeting with standards organizations such as the Solar ABCs and Underwriters Laboratories (UL), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) leaders have worked to identify different stakeholders priorities and concerns. UL, specifically, has expressed concern that the international standards do not address all possible risks. For example, new encapsulant materials could soften at high temperatures and frameless modules could slide apart, exposing live electrical parts or allowing glass to fall on a person below. The deformation of a solid material under the influence of mechanical stresses is known as 'creep.' Current module qualification tests are limited to 85 C, whereas modules can, for short times, reach 105 C outdoors. In response to UL's concern, NREL designed and executed an experiment to compare on-sun and accelerated rates of creep for modules fabricated with various encapsulants, including some that have low melting points. Objectives were …
Date: July 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wind Energy Education and Training Programs (Postcard) (open access)

Wind Energy Education and Training Programs (Postcard)

As the United States dramatically expands wind energy deployment, the industry is challenged with developing a skilled workforce to support it. The Wind Powering America website features a map of wind energy education and training program locations at community colleges, universities, and other institutions in the United States. The map includes links to contacts and program details. This postcard is a marketing piece that stakeholders can provide to interested parties; it will guide them to this online resource for wind energy education and training programs episodes.
Date: July 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library