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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States

Description: Final report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, created to “examine the causes of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States.” This report outlines the findings of the Commission, including collected information broken down chronologically, conclusions and dissenting view statements, and relevant appendices regarding the investigation.
Date: January 2011
Creator: United States. Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.
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Ground vibration

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Date: January 1, 2011
Creator: Montag, C. & Rossbach, J.
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Nonlinear dynamics experiments

Description: The goal of nonlinear dynamics experiments is to improve the understanding of single particle effects that increase the particle amplitude and lead to loss. Particle motion in storage rings is nearly conservative and for transverse dynamics the Hamiltonian in action angle variables (I{sub x},I{sub y},{phi}{sub x},{phi}{sub y}) near an isolated resonance k{nu}{sub x} + l{nu}{sub y} {approx} p is H = I{sub x}{nu}{sub x0} + I{sub y}{nu}{sub y0} + g(I{sub x}, I{sub y}) + h(I{sub x}, I{sub y})cos(k{… more
Date: January 1, 2011
Creator: Fischer, W.
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Proceedings of the 7th Annual Workshop on Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research: Energy Infrastructure Cyber Protection

Description: The energy industry is embarking upon an infrastructure transformation that will result in a national power grid that is more intelligent, robust, resilient, and secure. While the final form will not be known for quite some time, clearly a smarter grid will make better use of information. Whether an electric utility is making real-time adjustments in response to changing load conditions, or commercial and private consumers are making better choices, the timely availability of this information w… more
Date: January 1, 2011
Creator: Sheldon, Frederick T; Abercrombie, Robert K & Krings, Axel
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Processing of Soybean Oil into Fuels

Description: Abundant and easily refined, petroleum has provided high energy density liquid fuels for a century. However, recent price fluctuations, shortages, and concerns over the long term supply and greenhouse gas emissions have encouraged the development of alternatives to petroleum for liquid transportation fuels (Van Gerpen, Shanks et al. 2004). Plant-based fuels include short chain alcohols, now blended with gasoline, and biodiesels, commonly derived from seed oils. Of plant-derived diesel feedstock… more
Date: January 1, 2011
Creator: McFarlane, Joanna
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The Role of Disturbance in Dry Tropical Forest Landscapes

Description: Disturbance can be defined as 'any relatively discrete event in time that disrupts ecosystem, community, or population structure and changes resources, substrate availability, or the physical environment'. This definition requires that the spatial and temporal scales of the system and disturbance be determined. Disturbances are typically characterized by their size, spatial distribution, frequency or return time, predictability, and magnitude (which includes both intensity and severity). These … more
Date: January 1, 2011
Creator: Dale, Virginia H.
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Stochastic Cooling

Description: Stochastic Cooling was invented by Simon van der Meer and was demonstrated at the CERN ISR and ICE (Initial Cooling Experiment). Operational systems were developed at Fermilab and CERN. A complete theory of cooling of unbunched beams was developed, and was applied at CERN and Fermilab. Several new and existing rings employ coasting beam cooling. Bunched beam cooling was demonstrated in ICE and has been observed in several rings designed for coasting beam cooling. High energy bunched beams have … more
Date: January 1, 2011
Creator: Blaskiewicz, M.
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Storage Rings

Description: Storage rings are circular machines that store particle beams at a constant energy. Beams are stored in rings without acceleration for a number of reasons (Tab. 1). Storage rings are used in high-energy, nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics, as well as for experiments in chemistry, material and life sciences. Parameters for storage rings such as particle species, energy, beam intensity, beam size, and store time vary widely depending on the application. The beam must be injected into a storag… more
Date: January 1, 2011
Creator: Fischer, W.
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Structure and Dynamics of Biological Systems: Integration of Neutron Scattering with Computer Simulation

Description: The combination of molecular dynamics simulation and neutron scattering techniques has emerged as a highly synergistic approach to elucidate the atomistic details of the structure, dynamics and functions of biological systems. Simulation models can be tested by calculating neutron scattering structure factors and comparing the results directly with experiments. If the scattering profiles agree the simulations can be used to provide a detailed decomposition and interpretation of the experiments,… more
Date: January 1, 2011
Creator: Smith, Jeremy C.; Krishnan, Marimuthu; Petridis, Loukas & Smolin, Nikolai
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TOXNET and Beyond-Using the National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal

Description: The purpose of this training is to familiarize participants with reliable online environmental health and toxicology information, from the National Library of Medicine and other reliable sources. Skills and knowledge acquired in this training class will enable participants to access, utilize, and refer others to environmental health and toxicology information. After completing this course, participants will be able to: (1) Identify quality, accurate, and authoritative online resources pertainin… more
Date: January 1, 2011
Creator: Templin-Branner, Wilma
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Vibration Control in Accelerators

Description: In the vast majority of accelerator applications, ground vibration amplitudes are well below tolerable magnet jitter amplitudes. In these cases, it is necessary and sufficient to design a rigid magnet support structure that does not amplify ground vibration. Since accelerator beam lines are typically installed at an elevation of 1-2m above ground level, special care has to be taken in order to avoid designing a support structure that acts like an inverted pendulum with a low resonance frequency… more
Date: January 1, 2011
Creator: Montag, C.
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Who's In The Dark: Satellite Based Estimates Of Electrification Rates

Description: A technique has been developed to estimate the percent population having electric power access based on the presence of satellite detected nighttime lighting. A global survey was conducted for the year 2006 using nighttime lights collected by the U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) in combination with the U.S. Department of Energy Landscan population dataset. The survey includes results for 229 countries and more than 2000 subnational units. The results are compared t… more
Date: January 1, 2011
Creator: Elvidge, Christopher D.; Baugh, Kimberly E.; Sutton, Paul S.; Bhaduri, Budhendra L; Tuttle, Benjamin T.; Ghosh, Tilottama et al.
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Financial Innovation Among the Community Wind Sector in the United States

Description: In the relatively brief history of utility-scale wind generation, the 'community wind' sector - defined here as consisting of relatively small utility-scale wind power projects that are at least partly owned by one or more members of the local community - has played a vitally important role as a 'test bed' or 'proving ground' for wind turbine manufacturers. In the 1980s and 1990s, for example, Vestas and other now-established European wind turbine manufacturers relied heavily on community wind … more
Date: January 19, 2011
Creator: Bolinger, Mark
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Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy: Applications in Atmospheric Aerosol Research

Description: Scanning transmission x-ray microscopy (STXM) combines x-ray microscopy and near edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS). This combination provides spatially resolved bonding and oxidation state information. While there are reviews relevant to STXM/NEXAFS applications in other environmental fields (and magnetic materials) this chapter focuses on atmospheric aerosols. It provides an introduction to this technique in a manner approachable to non-experts. It begins with relevant… more
Date: January 20, 2011
Creator: Moffet, Ryan C.; Tivanski, Alexei V. & Gilles, Mary K.
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NUCLEAR FORENSICS ANALYSIS CENTER FORENSIC ANALYSIS TO DATA INTERPRETATION

Description: The Nuclear Forensics Analysis Center (NFAC) is part of Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and is one of only two USG National Laboratories accredited to perform nuclear forensic analyses to the requirements of ISO 17025. SRNL NFAC is capable of analyzing nuclear and radiological samples from bulk material to ultra-trace samples. NFAC provides analytical support to the FBI's Radiological Evidence Examination Facility (REEF), which is located within SRNL. REEF gives the FBI the capability… more
Date: February 7, 2011
Creator: Nichols, T.
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