Parameters for Paid Family and Medical Leave Legislation (open access)

Parameters for Paid Family and Medical Leave Legislation

A document that summarizes the various comprehensive paid family and medical leave provisions in states that have these programs or are proposing them.
Date: Spring 2015
Creator: Albelda, Randy & Clayton-Matthews, Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Direct Measurement Findings of Pneumatics and Compressor Seal Vents in Western Canada

Presentation related to greenhouse gas regulations in British Columbia, Canada
Date: 2015
Creator: Anhalt, Joshua
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
AMAP Assessment 2015: Black Carbon and Ozone as Arctic Climate Forcers (open access)

AMAP Assessment 2015: Black Carbon and Ozone as Arctic Climate Forcers

This assessment report presents the results of the 2015 AMAP Assessment of Black Carbon and Ozone as Arctic climate forcers. This assessment complements a separate 2015 AMAP assessment of methane as an Arctic climate forcer.
Date: 2015
Creator: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Policy-makers Summary: Arctic Pollution Issues 2015 (open access)

Policy-makers Summary: Arctic Pollution Issues 2015

This document presents the policy-makers summary of the 2015 AMAP Assessments of Pollution Issues (POPs Trends; Radioactivity in the Arctic; Human Health in the Arctic). More detailed information on the results of the assessments can be found in the related Scientific Assessment Reports.
Date: 2015
Creator: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Coverage in the Arrest-Related Deaths Program (open access)

Assessment of Coverage in the Arrest-Related Deaths Program

This technical report discusses the analysis of data on deaths that occurred in the process of arrest.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Banks, Duren; Couzens, Lance & Planty, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arrest-Related Deaths Program Assessment: Technical Report (open access)

Arrest-Related Deaths Program Assessment: Technical Report

This is a report that looks at the census of all deaths that occur during the process of arrest in the United States.
Date: March 2015
Creator: Banks, Duren; Couzens, Lance; Blanton, Caroline & Cribb, Devon
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paid Family Leave, Fathers' Leave-Taking, and Leave-Sharing in Dual-Earner Households' (open access)

Paid Family Leave, Fathers' Leave-Taking, and Leave-Sharing in Dual-Earner Households'

A report which provides quasi-experimental evidence on the impact of paid leave legislation on fathers' leave taking, as well as on the division of leave between mothers and fathers in dual-earner households.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Bartel, Ann; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher; Stearns, Jenna & Waldfogel, Jane
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Need and Options for Subnational Scale Land-Use and Land-Cover Scenarios for the United States (open access)

Need and Options for Subnational Scale Land-Use and Land-Cover Scenarios for the United States

"This report summarizes discussions during a workshop of users and producers of land use and land cover (LULC) scenarios convened by the Scenarios and Interpretive Science Coordinating Group of U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) on June 25-27, 2014."
Date: January 2015
Creator: Brown, Daniel; Delgado, Alison; Moss, Richard & Sedano, Fernando
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System (open access)

Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System

This report offers information on climate change as it relates to food security.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Brown, M. E.; Antle, J. M.; Backlund, P.; Carr, E. R.; Easterling, W. E.; Walsh, M. K. et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of Algal-Invertebrate Mats at Offshore Platforms and the Assessment of Methods for Artificial Substrate Studies (open access)

Characterization of Algal-Invertebrate Mats at Offshore Platforms and the Assessment of Methods for Artificial Substrate Studies

This report is about the composition of biofouling communities for three different offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Research methods included a video survey, high resolution photography, scrape samples, and settling plates.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Carney, R. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Framework for the U.S. - India Defense Relationship (open access)

Framework for the U.S. - India Defense Relationship

This document outlines the framework between the United States and India in relation to security and defense. Shared interests are discussed in the documents which include: maintaining peach and security; defeating terrorism and violent extremism; preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; supporting a rule-based order, protecting the free flow of commerce.
Date: June 3, 2015
Creator: Carter, Ashton & Parrikar, Manohar
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Albelda Clayton-Matthews Paid Family and Medical leave Simulator Model Documentation (open access)

The Albelda Clayton-Matthews Paid Family and Medical leave Simulator Model Documentation

This document is a report and simulations model that was presented to the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor.
Date: November 10, 2015
Creator: Clayton-Matthews, Alan & Albeda, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of CHP Technologies (open access)

Catalog of CHP Technologies

This is an appendix relating to CHP efficiency.
Date: March 2015
Creator: Darrow, Ken; Tidball, Rick & Hampson, Anne
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of CHP Technologies (open access)

Catalog of CHP Technologies

This report is a survey of technologies related to combined heat and power (CHP) which is an efficient and clean approach to generating electric power and useful thermal energy from a single fuel source.
Date: March 2015
Creator: Darrow, Ken; Tidball, Rick; Wang, James & Hampson, Anne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CASTNET Annual Report: 2013 (open access)

CASTNET Annual Report: 2013

This report offers findings from site measurements related to air quality. The Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) measures hourly averages of surface ozone concentrations and selected meteorological variables .
Date: February 2015
Creator: Environmental Engineering & Measurement Services, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessing Impacts of OCS Activities on Public Infrastructure, Services, and Population in Coastal Communities Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (open access)

Assessing Impacts of OCS Activities on Public Infrastructure, Services, and Population in Coastal Communities Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

A report examining the Impacts of OCS activities on public infrastructure, services, and population in coastal communities in the aftermaths of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Date: January 2015
Creator: Fannin, J. Matthew; Schafer, Mark & Keithly, Waiter
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Primer: A Handbook of Energy Market Basics (open access)

Energy Primer: A Handbook of Energy Market Basics

This primer explores the workings of the wholesale markets for natural gas, electricity and oil, which are forms of energy that are of particular interest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to its authority under the Natural Gas Act, the Federal Power Act, and the Interstate Commerce Act.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Montana's Labor Shortage and Paid Family Leave: Recruiting Workers by Supporting Families (open access)

Montana's Labor Shortage and Paid Family Leave: Recruiting Workers by Supporting Families

A report pertaining to Montana's labor force and how their may not exist enough workers in the economy within the next few years. The paper discusses ways to increase the labor force participation so businesses have enough employees.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Glover, Annie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recommended Binational Phosphorus Targets to Combat Lake Erie Algal Blooms (open access)

Recommended Binational Phosphorus Targets to Combat Lake Erie Algal Blooms

A report about algal blooms in Lake Erie.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Nutrients Annex Subcommittee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Adaptation in United States Federal Natural Resource Science and Management Agencies: A Synthesis (open access)

Climate Change Adaptation in United States Federal Natural Resource Science and Management Agencies: A Synthesis

This document helps federal agencies recognize the importance of addressing climate change.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Halofsky, Jessica E.; Peterson, David L. & Marcinkowski, Kailey W.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations and Dynamics of the Loop Current (open access)

Observations and Dynamics of the Loop Current

A report detailing the observations and dynamics of the Loop Current in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: February 2015
Creator: Hamilton, Peter; Donohue, Kathleen; Hall, Cody; Leben, Robert; Quian, Hui; Sheinbaum, Julio et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Costs and Benefits of Paid Family and Medical Leave in the District of Columbia (open access)

Costs and Benefits of Paid Family and Medical Leave in the District of Columbia

A report on the costs and benefits of paid family and medical leave for employees working in Washington, D.C.
Date: September 29, 2015
Creator: Hayes, Jeffrey
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report on the Costs and Benefits of Paid Family and Medical Leave in the District of Columbia (open access)

Final Report on the Costs and Benefits of Paid Family and Medical Leave in the District of Columbia

Report provides cost estimates for policy scenarios for private employers and other employers of District of Columbia residents based on existing policy ideas, eligibility criteria and benefit levels.
Date: November 12, 2015
Creator: Hayes, Jeffrey
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Towards Scenarios of U.S. Demographic Change: Workshop Report (open access)

Towards Scenarios of U.S. Demographic Change: Workshop Report

A report on a two-day workshop in July, 2014, that was organized by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Expert participants with backgrounds in climate change, demographics, and human health used data to predict potential demographic scenarios, projected outcomes, and resulting population needs/solutions caused by key factors such as climate change.
Date: July 2015
Creator: ICF International
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library