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Comparative Studies on the Carbohydrate Composition of Marine Macroalgae: Final Technical Report

Description: The purpose of this subcontract is to evaluate carbohydrates from macroalgae common to the Gulf of Mexico. Information from these analyses will be used to provide an indication of the feasibility of fermenting macroalgae to ethanol. Knowledge of the carbohydrates will allow for assessment of required pretreatments and utilization efficiencies in converting algal feedstocks to ethanol.
Date: January 1, 1985
Creator: Mack, R. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiation densitometry in tree-ring analysis: a review and procedure manual

Description: An x-ray densitometry of wood facility is being established by the Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge Natioanl Laboratory (ORNL). The objective is to apply tree-ring data to determine whether or not there is a fertilizer effect on tree growth from increased atmospheric carbon dioxide since the beginning of the industrial era. Intra-ring width and density data, including ring-mass will be detemined from tree-ring samples collected from sites located throughout the United States and Canad… more
Date: January 1, 1985
Creator: Parker, M.L.; Taylor, F.G.; Doyle, T.W.; Foster, B.E.; Cooper, C. & West, D.C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mirthful Laughter and Directed Relaxation: a Comparison of Physiological Response

Description: The differences among certain physiological changes occurring in response to mirthful laughter, directed relaxation, and verbal speech were investigated. These changes included amount of muscle tension, as measured with surface electromyography, in the forehead and in the upper body as recorded from the forearms bilaterally, peripheral surface skin temperature, heart rate, and respiration rate. The study sought to determine whether the net effect of laughter, as measured on these five variables… more
Date: August 1985
Creator: Woods, Barbara Jane Simmons
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1984

Description: This report includes statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the board, TAAC Chairman, and the director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The report discusses the year in review regarding the work in progress, organization and operations of OTA.
Date: March 1985
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aquatic Species Program Review: Proceedings of Principal Investigators Meeting

Description: The purpose of the Aquatic Species Program is to improve the productivity, conversion to fuels, and cost efficiency of aquatic plant culture technologies. The emphasis of the program is on developing a mass culture technology for cultivating oil-yielding microalgae in the American southwest. A technical and economic analysis indicated that such a concept would be feasible if (1) lipid yields from microalgae are improved, (2) there is sufficient saline water for large-scale development, and (3) … more
Date: June 1, 1985
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis and Development of a Project Evaluation Process.

Description: The Bonneville Power Administration has responsibility, assigned by the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-501; 16 USC 839), for implementing the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program of the Northwest Power Planning Council. One aspect of this responsibility is evaluation of project proposals and ongoing and completed projects. This report recommends formalized procedures for conducting this work in an accurate, professional, and widel… more
Date: January 1, 1985
Creator: Coutant, Charles C. & F., Cada Glenn
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Two-stage coal liquefaction process materials from the Wilsonville Facility operated in the nonintegrated and integrated modes: chemical analyses and biological testing

Description: This document reports the results from chemical analyses and biological testing of process materials sampled during operation of the Wilsonville Advanced Coal Liquefaction Research and Development Facility (Wilsonville, Alabama) in both the noncoupled or nonintegrated (NTSL Run 241) and coupled or integrated (ITSL Run 242) two-stage liquefaction operating modes. Mutagenicity and carcinogenicity assays were conducted in conjunction with chromatographic and mass spectrometric analyses to provide … more
Date: January 1, 1985
Creator: Later, D.W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Innovative Biological Technologies for Lesser Developed Countries

Description: Papers from a workshop hosted by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that was dedicated to innovative biological technologies that could be used "to help lesser developed countries (LDCs) enhance the productivity of their soils, reduce their need for costly chemical fertilizers, and increase food supplies" (p. iii).
Date: July 1985
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Catalog of North Texas State University, 1985-1986, Graduate

Description: The North Texas State University Graduate Bulletin includes information about class offerings as well as general information about the university (academic calendar, admissions and degree requirements, financial information, etc.) about research, and about the colleges and schools on campus. Index starts on page 199.
Date: June 1985
Creator: North Texas State University
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Catalog of North Texas State University, 1985-1986

Description: The North Texas State University General Bulletin includes information about class offerings as well as general information about the university (academic calendar, admissions and degree requirements, financial information, etc.) about research, and about the colleges and schools on campus. Index starts on page 189.
Date: May 1985
Creator: North Texas State University
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries
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