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Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2011 (open access)

Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2011

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 2013
Creator: AMEC Environement & Infrastucture, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2010 (open access)

Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2010

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: April 2012
Creator: AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2012 (open access)

Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2012

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: April 2014
Creator: AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Healthcare Disparities Report 2013 (open access)

National Healthcare Disparities Report 2013

This report summarizes data gathered to address three key questions: what is the status of health care quality, access and disparities in the United States, How have health care quality; access and disparities changed over time; where are health care quality, access, and disparities improving and where are they getting worse.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fate and Effects of Barium and Radium-Rich Fluid Emissions of Hydrocarbon Seeps on the Benthic Habitats of the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Louisiana (open access)

Fate and Effects of Barium and Radium-Rich Fluid Emissions of Hydrocarbon Seeps on the Benthic Habitats of the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Louisiana

An analysis of how barium and radium-laced fluid seeps affect the climate and habitats of the Gulf of Mexico offshore Louisiana.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Aharon, Paul; Gent, Dan Van; Fu, Baoshun & Scott, L. Max
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2014 (open access)

Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2014

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: December 2016
Creator: Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Harmonic Approach for Calculating Daily Temperature Normals Constrained by Homogenized Monthly Temperature Normals (open access)

A Harmonic Approach for Calculating Daily Temperature Normals Constrained by Homogenized Monthly Temperature Normals

A report offering a constrained harmonic technique that forces the daily temperature normals to be consistent with the monthly temperature normals that NOAA archived between 1981 and 2010.
Date: February 5, 2013
Creator: Arguez, Anthony & Applequist, Scott
System: The UNT Digital Library
2013 Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations Joint Communique (open access)

2013 Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations Joint Communique

Joint AUSMIN communique between the United States and Australia that celebrates the long-term partnership and outlines current matters of security and defense, economics, advancement of human rights, and the promotion of peace both regionally and globally.
Date: November 20, 2013
Creator: Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Part B: Regional Aspects (open access)

Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Part B: Regional Aspects

A report about climate change as it effects various parts of the world such as Africa, Europe, Asia, and many other regions.
Date: 2014
Creator: Barros, Vicente R. & Field, Christopher B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessing Rhode Island's Temporary Caregiver Insurance Act: Insights from a Survey of Employers (open access)

Assessing Rhode Island's Temporary Caregiver Insurance Act: Insights from a Survey of Employers

A report which provides evidence on Rhode Island's Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) law, which took effect in January 2014, based on a survey of small and medium-sized businesses in the food services and manufacturing sectors in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Bartel, Ann; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher & Waldfogel, Jane
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tracking Adaptation Efforts (open access)

Tracking Adaptation Efforts

A presentation about global warming and implementing changes to mitigate climate change.
Date: May 1, 2013
Creator: Burgess, Scott
System: The UNT Digital Library
The New Mexico Pay Equity Initiative: A Template for Narrowing the Gender Pay Gap (open access)

The New Mexico Pay Equity Initiative: A Template for Narrowing the Gender Pay Gap

A paper describes the New Mexico Pay Equity Initiative. The Initiative built on recommendations from an Equal Pay Task Force created by the New Mexico State legislature in 2003.
Date: October 2013
Creator: Burk, Martha
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tribal Consultation Comment Perspective (open access)

Tribal Consultation Comment Perspective

A document pertaining to Tribes of the Great Sioux Nation who put forth broad based comments/initiatives for change regarding the consultation process.
Date: October 17, 2016
Creator: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
System: The UNT Digital Library
CASTNET: Eye on Air Quality (open access)

CASTNET: Eye on Air Quality

A news briefing discussing CASTNET: Eye on Air Quality for Spring 2013. Discusses workshops, staff changes, and sequestration.
Date: 2013
Creator: Clean Air Status and Trends Network
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2011 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2011

Annual report of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program documenting activities and research, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 2011.
Date: 2011
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gender Pay Gap on the Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (open access)

The Gender Pay Gap on the Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

A report discussing the gender wage gap and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act intended to eliminate it. The paper discusses potential causes for the differences in pay.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Council of Economic Advisors
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Corp of Engineers Dakota Access Pipeline Public Meeting (open access)

Army Corp of Engineers Dakota Access Pipeline Public Meeting

A list of questions pertaining to the National Environmental Policy Act.
Date: March 28, 2016
Creator: DeVille, Lisa
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to use eGrid for Carbon Footprinting Electricity Purchases in Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (open access)

How to use eGrid for Carbon Footprinting Electricity Purchases in Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories

The purpose of this paper is to provide some recommendations (and caveats) regarding which year(S) of eGROD subregion GHG emissions factors to use for estimating Scopes 2 and 3 GHG emissions from electricity use under various conditions.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Diem, Art & Quiroz, Cristina
System: The UNT Digital Library