A Preliminary Improved Test of the Flavor Independence of Strong Interactions (open access)

A Preliminary Improved Test of the Flavor Independence of Strong Interactions

The authors present an improved comparison of the strong couplings of gluons to light (u, d, and s), c, and b quarks, determined from multijet rates in flavor-tagged samples of hadronic Z{sup 0} decays recorded with the SLC Large Detector at the SLAC Linear Collider between 1993 and 1995. Flavor separation on the basis of lifetime and decay multiplicity differences among hadrons containing light, c, and b quarks was made using the SLD precision tracking system, yielding tags with high purity and low bias against {ge} 3-jet final states. They find: {alpha}{sub s}{sup uds}/{alpha}{sub s}{sup all} = 0.997 {+-} 0.011(stat) {+-} 0.011(syst) {+-} 0.005(theory), {alpha}{sub s}{sup c}/{alpha}{sub s}{sup all} = 0.984 {+-} 0.042 {+-} 0.053 {+-} 0.022, {alpha}{sub s}{sup b}/{alpha}{sub s}{sup all} = 1.022 {+-} 0.019 {+-} 0.023 {+-} 0.012.
Date: June 1, 1997
Creator: Abe, K.; Abe, K.; Akagi, T. & Collaboration, SLD
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Production of {pi}{sup {+-}}, K{sup {+-}}, K{sup 0}, K*{sup 0}, {phi}, p and {Lambda}{sup 0} in Hadronic Z{sup 0} Decays (open access)

Production of {pi}{sup {+-}}, K{sup {+-}}, K{sup 0}, K*{sup 0}, {phi}, p and {Lambda}{sup 0} in Hadronic Z{sup 0} Decays

The authors have measured production rates as a function of momentum of the identified hadrons {pi}{sup +}, K{sup +}, K{sup 0}, K*{sup 0}, {phi}, p, {Lambda}{sup 0} and their antihadrons in inclusive hadronic Z{sup 0} decays, as well as separately in decays into light, c and b flavors. In addition they have compared hadron and antihadron production rates in light quark (rather than antiquark) jets. The SLD Cherenkov Ring Imaging Detector was used to identify charged hadrons. The vertex detector was used to tag high-purity samples of light- and b-flavor events. The electron beam polarization was used to tag samples of quark and antiquark jets. Clear flavor dependences are observed, consistent with expectations based upon measured production and decay properties of heavy hadrons. They use the light-flavor results to test the predictions of MLLA QCD and of various fragmentation models. Differences between hadron and antihadron production in light quark jets are observed at high momentum fraction, providing direct evidence that higher-momentum particles are more likely to contain a primary quark or antiquark, and they use these results to make a new direct measurement of strangeness suppression in the jet fragmentation process.
Date: June 1, 1997
Creator: Abe, K.; Abe, K.; Akagi, T. & Collaboration, SLD
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electricity Restructuring Background: The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 and the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (open access)

Electricity Restructuring Background: The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 and the Energy Policy Act of 1992

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Date: May 4, 1998
Creator: Abel, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Education Vouchers: The Constitutional Standards (open access)

Education Vouchers: The Constitutional Standards

This report sketches the constitutional standards that apply to public aid to sectarian schools and especially to programs of indirect assistance such as education vouchers.
Date: June 11, 1998
Creator: Ackerman, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol (open access)

Global Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol

This report discusses the Kyoto Protocol and whether the United States is now legally bound by the Protocol, the legal implications of signing it, whether it could be implemented as an executive agreement without submission to the Senate, and whether the Protocol could be used as the legal basis for regulation of emissions even prior to ratification.
Date: April 10, 1998
Creator: Ackerman, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Law of Church and State: The Proposed Religious Freedom Amendment, H.J. Res. 78 (open access)

The Law of Church and State: The Proposed Religious Freedom Amendment, H.J. Res. 78

This report summarizes legislative developments on the proposal and briefly analyzes its likely legal effect if added to the Constitution.
Date: April 20, 1998
Creator: Ackerman, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

ACIR (Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations) Home Page

The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR) is a permanent, independent, bipartisan intergovernmental agency established by Public Law 86-380 in 1959. As it was established, ACIR's mission is:To strengthen the American federal system and improve the ability of federal, state, and local governments to work together cooperatively, efficiently, and effectively.
Date: May 15, 1996
Creator: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library

Public Interest Obligations Advisory Committee Home Page

By Executive Order No. 13038, President Clinton established the Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters (PIAC). The Committee studied and recommended the public interest responsibilities that should accompany the broadcasters' receipt of digital television licenses. NTIA serves as the Secretariat for the Advisory Committee.
Date: January 4, 1999
Creator: Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perkins, Job Training Partnership Acts: Adequacy, Effectiveness, Coordination (open access)

Perkins, Job Training Partnership Acts: Adequacy, Effectiveness, Coordination

This evaluation report draws on the results of Council surveys of Texas school district and post-secondary institutions conducted in 1989 and 1990, of regional round table discussions held across Texas in 1991 with public and private sector individuals, and of an analysis of state level data and information on the vocational education and JTPA system.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vocational Education in Prisons: An Investment for Yesterday's At-Risk Youth (open access)

Vocational Education in Prisons: An Investment for Yesterday's At-Risk Youth

Evaluation report documenting a study by the Texas Council on Vocational Education to assess vocational education within the Texas prison systems. The Council concluded that anyone in Texas prisons should have access to vocational education and the report includes recommendations about changes or improvements going forward.
Date: December 20, 1992
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
LLW Notes, Volume 10, Number 3, April/May 1995 (open access)

LLW Notes, Volume 10, Number 3, April/May 1995

Newsletter distributed to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum members describing current news, policies, and legislation, as well as other information relevant to the management of low-level radioactive waste.
Date: May 5, 1995
Creator: Afton Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
LLW Notes, Volume 10, Number 4, June 1995 (open access)

LLW Notes, Volume 10, Number 4, June 1995

Newsletter distributed to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum members describing current news, policies, and legislation, as well as other information relevant to the management of low-level radioactive waste.
Date: June 28, 1995
Creator: Afton Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
LLW Notes, Volume 10, Number 5, July 1995 (open access)

LLW Notes, Volume 10, Number 5, July 1995

Newsletter distributed to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum members describing current news, policies, and legislation, as well as other information relevant to the management of low-level radioactive waste.
Date: July 31, 1995
Creator: Afton Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
LLW Notes, Volume 10, Number 6, August/September 1995 (open access)

LLW Notes, Volume 10, Number 6, August/September 1995

Newsletter distributed to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum members describing current news, policies, and legislation, as well as other information relevant to the management of low-level radioactive waste.
Date: September 18, 1995
Creator: Afton Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hawaiian Monk Seal Epidemiology Plan: Health Assessment and Disease Status Studies (open access)

Hawaiian Monk Seal Epidemiology Plan: Health Assessment and Disease Status Studies

The following document provides a framework for incorporation of health and information to enhance recovery of the Hawaiian monk seal.
Date: October 1999
Creator: Aguirre, A. Alonso; Reif, John S. & Antonelis, George A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caribbean Basin Enhancement Legislation (open access)

Caribbean Basin Enhancement Legislation

Legislation provides Caribbean countries similar tariff benefits as Mexico under the Caribbean and Central American Relief and Economic Stabilization Act. A senate bill provides relief to the hurricane affected countries of Central America. The senate bill is more restrictive than the House bill in the scope of tariff benefits offered.
Date: March 26, 1999
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mercosur: Formation, Status, Trade Effects, Policy Challenges, and U.S. Interests (open access)

Mercosur: Formation, Status, Trade Effects, Policy Challenges, and U.S. Interests

This report examines Mercosur, the third largest preferential trading group in the world. Since its inception in 1991, Mercosur has made considerable progress in integrating the economies of its members. The integration --- an almost complete free trade area and a partial customs union --- has been accompanied by a significant increase in U.S. exports and investment to the region. In the future, Mercosur face challenges affecting the size of its membership, the depth of its integration, and the strength of its institutions.
Date: May 6, 1998
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 6, Number 5, August/September 1999 (open access)

TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 6, Number 5, August/September 1999

Monthly bulletin issued to address topics related to law enforcement. This issue discusses "Family Violence Units" addressing the documented history of family violence and how to address it.
Date: August 1999
Creator: Ahmad, Janice & Mullings, Janet L.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region, Volume 17, Number 1, January/February 1990 (open access)

Region, Volume 17, Number 1, January/February 1990

Monthly newsletter of the Alamo Area Council of Governments describing news and events of relevance to the agencies.
Date: January 1990
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region, Volume 17 Number 2, February/March 1990 (open access)

Region, Volume 17 Number 2, February/March 1990

Monthly newsletter of the Alamo Area Council of Governments describing news and events of relevance to the agencies.
Date: February 1990
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 7, October 1994 (open access)

TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 7, October 1994

Monthly bulletin issued to address topics related to law enforcement. This issue discusses "Background Investigation and Psychological Screening of New Officers: Effect of the Americans With Disabilities Act" including the selection process, background investigators, and TCLEOSE standards.
Date: October 1994
Creator: Alarid, Leanne Fitfal
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eligibility of Indoor Plumbing Under Alaska Sanitation Infrastructure Grant Program (open access)

Eligibility of Indoor Plumbing Under Alaska Sanitation Infrastructure Grant Program

This is a memorandum to answer questions in regards to the Village Safe Water (VSW) Program,
Date: June 17, 1999
Creator: Albright, Richard
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Hawaiian Monk Seal on Laysan Island, 1986 (open access)

The Hawaiian Monk Seal on Laysan Island, 1986

This report is based on an observational study on the Hawaiian monk seal at Laysan Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, from May 4 to August 4 1986. Data includes population rates, reproductive rates, deaths, injuries, necropsies, and entanglements.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Alcorn, Doris J. & Westlake, Robin L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization Legislation: An Overview (open access)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization Legislation: An Overview

This report provides an overview of IDEA and its reauthorization and describes the IDEA Amendments of 1997.
Date: June 4, 1997
Creator: Aleman, Steven R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library