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Prediction of Concrete Bridge Deck Condition Ratting Based on Climate Data in Addition to Bridge Data: Five States as a Case Study (open access)

Prediction of Concrete Bridge Deck Condition Ratting Based on Climate Data in Addition to Bridge Data: Five States as a Case Study

Evaluating the impact of learning from climate data, in addition to bridge data, on the performance of concrete deck condition rating prediction is critical for identifying the right data needed to enhance bridge maintenance decision making. Few studies have considered such an evaluation and utilized a small size of samples that prevent revealing the knowledge hidden within the big size of data. Although, such evaluation over big data seems quite necessary, class imbalance problem makes it challenging. To alleviate such a problem, five states, including Alabama, Iowa, New York, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina, were selected as the case study. Not only are the states located in three different climatically consistent regions defined by the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), but also their concrete deck conditions ratings are somewhat balanced. To conduct the evaluation, this research developed the bridge data set pertaining to 56,288 bridges across the afore-mentioned states through employing the GIS technology. The bridge data set contains bridge data derived from National Bridge Inventory (NBI), and climate data derived from Parameter-elevation Relationships on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM) climate maps and NOAA. Then, two machine learning algorithms, including random forest and GBM, were trained - with and without climate …
Date: June 2022
Creator: Fard, Fariba
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Burnet, March 16, 2021 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Burnet, March 16, 2021

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Burnet. He discusses his childhood growing up during the Great Depression and what led him to join the chemical warfare service of the US Army. He describes all the different training camps he was sent to around the US and eventually being deployed in the Pacific Theatre during World War Two.
Date: March 16, 2021
Creator: Burnet, George & Misenhimer, Richard
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Burnet, March 16, 2021 transcript

Oral History Interview with George Burnet, March 16, 2021

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Burnet. He discusses his childhood growing up during the Great Depression and what led him to join the chemical warfare service of the US Army. He describes all the different training camps he was sent to around the US and eventually being deployed in the Pacific Theatre during World War Two.
Date: March 16, 2021
Creator: Burnet, George & Misenhimer, Richard
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

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Photograph of an individual holding up a sign that reads, "wash ur hands" at the University of Iowa campus.
Date: June 17, 2022
Creator: Robinson, Rita
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
What Climate Change Means for Iowa (open access)

What Climate Change Means for Iowa

Fact sheet describing state-specific impacts that global warming will have on the people, ecosystems, and wildlife in Iowa.
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Gerry Bryan, August 6, 2015

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Transcript of an interview with Gerry Bryan, homesteader and simple life advocate, concerning his childhood; early experiences with farming; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the Nearings.
Date: August 6, 2015
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A. & Bryan, Gerry, 1941-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Power Plan, State at a Glance: Iowa (open access)

Clean Power Plan, State at a Glance: Iowa

Document outlining state-specific goals for carbon dioxide emissions and energy efficiency through 2030 for the state of Iowa.
Date: August 3, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Iowa (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Iowa

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Eugene White, May 26, 2013

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Transcript of an interview with Eugene White, national recruiter and recurrent flight attendant trainer for Braniff International Airways. White discusses growing up in Iowa; career with Braniff Airways; being a part of the Braniff family; Braniff’s rise to the top of preferred airlines; personal reflections of Braniff’s impact on the DFW area and the airline industry as a whole with the “End of the Plain Plane” campaign brought in by Harding Lawrence; and its bankruptcy on May 12, 1982.
Date: May 26, 2013
Creator: Schnur, Abra & White, Eugene, 1950-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iowa: Iowa's Clean Energy Resources and Economy (Brochure) (open access)

Iowa: Iowa's Clean Energy Resources and Economy (Brochure)

This document highlights the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's investments and impacts in the state of Iowa.
Date: March 1, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Josephine Bermejo, February 16, 2013

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Interview with Josephine Bermejo, first generation of Bermejo women, for the Mexican American Women's Educational Experience Oral History Project. The interview includes Bermejo's recollections of schooling in Minnesota and Iowa, learning in English schools, leaving school for family obligations, and getting a GED in Fort Worth, Texas. Bermejo also talks about children's education and her thoughts on the future of Mexican American education. It includes an appendix with the Bermejo family tree.
Date: February 16, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Bermejo, Josephine
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Pierina E. Mercado Beckman, April 19, 2011

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Interview with University of North Texas Professor Dr. Pierina E. Mercado Beckman, Mexican-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, for the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Beckman's personal experiences about childhood in Mexico City, relocating to the U.S., her decision to attend Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, her culture shock and homesickness, marriage to Curt Beckman, the decision to earn a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the University of Iowa, being hired at UNT, and her efforts to remain in touch with family members in Mexico.
Date: April 19, 2011
Creator: Clower, John & Beckman, Pierina E. Mercado
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Green Jobs Training: A Catalog of Training Opportunities for Green Infrastructure Training (open access)

Green Jobs Training: A Catalog of Training Opportunities for Green Infrastructure Training

This catalog provides information on training and certification opportunities for jobs and careers categorized as part of the "green economy." The catalog includes federal and state listings.
Date: September 2010
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impacts of Comprehensive Climate and Energy Policy Options on the U.S. Economy (open access)

Impacts of Comprehensive Climate and Energy Policy Options on the U.S. Economy

This study compiles and updates the findings of 16 comprehensive state climate action plans and extrapolates the results to the nation. The study then takes those results and using a widely accepted econometric model projects the national impact of these policies on employment, incomes, gross domestic product (GDP) and consumer energy prices. Finally, using the bottom-up data developed by the states and aggregated here, the study models the national impact of major features of the Kerry-Lieberman climate bill under consideration in Congress in 2010. These state action plans and supporting assessments were proposed by over 1,500 stakeholders and technical work group experts appointed by 16 governors and state legislatures to address climate, energy and economic needs through comprehensive, fact-based, consensus-driven, climate action planning processes conducted over the past five years with facilitative and technical assistance by the Center for Climate Strategies. Findings show potential national improvements from implementation of a top set of 23 major sector-based policies and measures drawn from state plans.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Center for Climate Strategies
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Maurice Stamps, March 18, 2009 transcript

Oral History Interview with Maurice Stamps, March 18, 2009

Interview with Maurice Stamps, a serviceman in the U. S. Army during World War II. Stamps discusses growing up on a farm in Iowa, joining the army, going to Hawaii and staying at Schofield Barracks. He was assigned to the Classification/Assignment section at Fort Shafter without ever having basic training. He was later assigned to the Message Center at Ft. Shafter. He remembers his correspondence with his girlfriend Enid, whom he married upon his discharge in 1946.
Date: March 18, 2009
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Stamps, Maurice
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States (open access)

Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

This fact sheet describes climate change scenarios in Midwest region of the United States.
Date: 2009
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disaster Tax Relief for the Midwest (open access)

Disaster Tax Relief for the Midwest

The Midwestern Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008 is intended to assist with the recovery from the severe weather that affected the Midwest during the summer of 2008. The Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 includes some similar provisions, but these are not limited to the Midwest disaster. The disaster relief in the three bills is similar to that provided to assist with the recovery from the 2005 hurricanes and the 2007 Kansas tornadoes. This report broadly discusses the disaster relief provisions in other relevant legislation.
Date: August 20, 2008
Creator: Lunder, Erika
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008

Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, founder of James Avery Craftsman from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Avery discusses his childhood, education, service in World War II, and starting and developing his jewelry business. The interview includes photographs of Mr. Avery, on pages 35-41.
Date: August 14, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Avery, Homer James
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
2005 BRAC Commission Final COBRA Run - AFRC Camp Dodge, IA_QC_Checked (open access)

2005 BRAC Commission Final COBRA Run - AFRC Camp Dodge, IA_QC_Checked

AFRC Camp Dodge, IA_QC_Checked - 21 - RC Transformation in Iowa
Date: March 29, 2006
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
2005 BRAC Commission Final COBRA Run - AFRC Camp Dodge, IA_QC_Checked (open access)

2005 BRAC Commission Final COBRA Run - AFRC Camp Dodge, IA_QC_Checked

AFRC Camp Dodge, IA_QC_Checked - 21 - RC Transformation in Iowa\AFRC Camp Dodge
Date: March 29, 2006
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
2005 BRAC Commission Final COBRA Run - AFRC Cedar Rapids, IA_QC_Checked (open access)

2005 BRAC Commission Final COBRA Run - AFRC Cedar Rapids, IA_QC_Checked

AFRC Cedar Rapids, IA_QC_Checked - 21 - RC Transformation in Iowa
Date: March 29, 2006
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
2005 BRAC Commission Final COBRA Run - AFRC Cedar Rapids, IA_QC_Checked (open access)

2005 BRAC Commission Final COBRA Run - AFRC Cedar Rapids, IA_QC_Checked

AFRC Cedar Rapids, IA_QC_Checked - 21 - RC Transformation in Iowa\AFRC Cedar Rapids
Date: March 29, 2006
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
2005 BRAC Commission Final COBRA Run - AFRC Middletown, IA_QC_Checked (open access)

2005 BRAC Commission Final COBRA Run - AFRC Middletown, IA_QC_Checked

AFRC Middletown, IA_QC_Checked - 21 - RC Transformation in Iowa
Date: March 29, 2006
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
2005 BRAC Commission Final COBRA Run - AFRC Middletown, IA_QC_Checked (open access)

2005 BRAC Commission Final COBRA Run - AFRC Middletown, IA_QC_Checked

AFRC Middletown, IA_QC_Checked - 21 - RC Transformation in Iowa\AFRC Middletown
Date: March 29, 2006
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library