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A New Framework for Adaptive Sampling and Analysis During Long-Term Monitoring and Remedial Action Management

Description: DOE and other Federal agencies are making a significant investment in the development of field analytical techniques, nonintrusive technologies, and sensor technologies that will have a profound impact on the way environmental monitoring is conducted. Monitoring and performance evaluation networks will likely be base on suites of in situ sensors, with physical sampling playing a much more limited role. Designing and using these types of networks effectively will require development of a new par… more
Date: January 27, 2008
Creator: Minsker, Barbara; Valocchi, Albert & Bailey, Barbara
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Advanced Turbo-Charging Research and Development

Description: The objective of this project is to conduct analysis, design, procurement and test of a high pressure ratio, wide flow range, and high EGR system with two stages of turbocharging. The system needs to meet the stringent 2010MY emissions regulations at 20% + better fuel economy than its nearest gasoline competitor while allowing equivalent vehicle launch characteristics and higher torque capability than its nearest gasoline competitor. The system will also need to meet light truck/ SUV life requi… more
Date: February 27, 2008
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Atomic Physics in the Quest for Fusion Energy and ITER

Description: The urgent quest for new energy sources has led developed countries, representing over half of the world population, to collaborate on demonstrating the scientific and technological feasibility of magnetic fusion through the construction and operation of ITER. Data on high-Z ions will be important in this quest. Tungsten plasma facing components have the necessary low erosion rates and low tritium retention but the high radiative efficiency of tungsten ions leads to stringent restrictions on th… more
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Skinner, Charles H.
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Aza Cope Rearrangement of Propargyl Enammonium Cations Catalyzed By a Self-Assembled `Nanozyme

Description: The tetrahedral [Ga{sub 4}L{sub 6}]{sup 12-} assembly (L = N,N-bis(2,3-dihydroxybenzoyl)-1,5-diaminonaphthalene) encapsulates a variety of cations, including propargyl enammonium cations capable of undergoing the aza Cope rearrangement. For propargyl enammonium substrates that are encapsulated in the [Ga{sub 4}L{sub 6}]{sup 12-} assembly, rate accelerations of up to 184 are observed when compared to the background reaction. After rearrangement, the product iminium ion is released into solution … more
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Hastings, Courntey J.; Fiedler, Dorothea; Bergman, Robert G. & Raymond, Kenneth N.
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China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy

Description: This report examines the importance to the U.S. economy of China's investment in U.S. securities, as well as U.S. concerns over the possibility that China might unload a large share of those holdings, including the likelihood that this would occur, and the potential implications such action could have for the U.S. economy. The report concludes that a large sell-off of Chinese Treasury securities holdings could negatively affect the U.S. economy, at least in the short-run. As a result, such a mo… more
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M. & Labonte, Marc
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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China’s Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy

Description: This report examines the importance to the U.S. economy of China's investment in U.S. securities, as well as U.S. concerns over the possibility that China might unload a large share of those holdings, including the likelihood that this would occur, and the potential implications such action could have for the U.S. economy. The report concludes that a large sell-off of Chinese Treasury securities holdings could negatively affect the U.S. economy, at least in the short-run. As a result, such a mo… more
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M. & Labonte, Marc
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Combined low-temperature scanning tunneling/atomic force microscope for atomic resolution imaging and site-specific force spectroscopy

Description: The authors present the design and first results of a low-temperature, ultrahigh vacuum scanning probe microscope enabling atomic resolution imaging in both scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and noncontact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM) modes. A tuning-fork-based sensor provides flexibility in selecting probe tip materials, which can be either metallic or nonmetallic. When choosing a conducting tip and sample, simultaneous STM/NC-AFM data acquisition is possible. Noticeable characteristics … more
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Schwarz, Udo; Albers, Boris J.; Liebmann, Marcus; Schwendemann, Todd C.; Baykara, Mehmet Z.; Heyde, Markus et al.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission: Current Issues

Description: The Consumer Product Safety Commission, one of the agency's two current Commissioners stated recently, is at a crossroads. According to Commissioner Thomas Moore, either Congress will reverse the agency's steady decline or the Consumer Product Safety Commission will become so weakened as to be irrelevant. This report details a background of the commission, recent recalls, congressional concerns, and more as related to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Mulock, Bruce
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The Credit Card Market: Recent Trends, Funding Cost Issues, and Repricing Practices

Description: This report examines developments in the revolving credit market, including recent trends in usage, funding, and repricing practices. Descriptive data that document recent U.S. household experience with credit card usage and delinquency information is presented. It also provides a brief overview of credit card repricing practices is presented followed by a summary of possible policy responses.
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Getter, Darryl E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Development of a High Resolution X-Ray Imaging Crystal Spectrometer for Measurement of Ion-Temperature and Rotation-Velocity Profiles in Fusion Energy Research Plasmas

Description: A new imaging high resolution x-ray crystal spectrometer (XCS) has been developed to measure continuous profiles of ion temperature and rotation velocity in fusion plasmas. Following proof-of-principle tests on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak and the NSTX spherical tokamak, and successful testing of a new silicon, pixilated detector with 1MHz count rate capability per pixel, an imaging XCS is being designed to measure full profiles of Ti and vφ on C-Mod. The imaging XCS design has also been adopted f… more
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Hill, K. W.; Broennimann, Ch; Eikenberry, E. F.; Ince-Cushman, A.; Lee, S. G.; Rice, J. E. et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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DOD and VA: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Improve Care Management and Disability Evaluations for Servicemembers

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In February 2007, a series of Washington Post articles about conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center highlighted problems in the Army's case management of injured servicemembers and in the military's disability evaluation system. These deficiencies included a confusing disability evaluation process and servicemembers in outpatient status for months and sometimes years without a clear understanding about… more
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Federal Acquisition: Oversight Plan Needed to Help Implement Acquisition Advisory Panel's Recommendations

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "A growing portion of federal spending is related to buying services such as administrative, management, and information technology support. Services accounted for about 60 percent of total fiscal year 2006 procurement dollars. The Services Acquisition Reform Act (SARA) of 2003 established an Acquisition Advisory Panel to make recommendations for improving acquisition practices. In January 2007, the panel prop… more
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Final Technical Report

Description: During the contract period noted above, the Syracuse University Industrial Assessment Center conducted 97.5 assessment days for 98 different industrial clients. These assessments developed 818 assessment recommendations with an overall implementation rate of 51 % (AR’s). Total recommended dollar savings for the period was $17,386,758.00, with $8,893,212.00 actually implemented, for a dollar implementation rate of 57%. The Center employed a total of sixteen undergraduate interns throughout the c… more
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Frederick J. Carranti, P.E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Health Professions Programs in Title VII and Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act: Appropriations History (FY2002-FY2009)

Description: The health professions programs in Titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act provides grants, scholarships, and loans to support institutions and individuals in the education and training of health professional and the nursing workforce. This report contains information on Title VII Health Professional Education Appropriations, Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Appropriations, and related information.
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Reyes-Akinbileje, Bernice & Wright, Mary Vennetta
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF ESSENTIALLY SATURATED PEAT

Description: The Savannah River National Laboratory measured the hydraulic conductivity of peat samples using method ASTM D4511-00. Four samples of peat were packed into 73mm diameter plastic tubes and saturated from the bottom up with water. The columns were packed with Premier ProMoss III TBK peat to a dry density of approximately 0.16 gm/cc (10 lb/ft3). One column was packed using oven dried peat and the other 3 were packed using as delivered peat. The oven dried sample was the most difficult to saturate… more
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Nichols, R
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Insurance Guaranty Funds

Description: This report describes generally how state-based insurance guaranty funds operate currently. It also compares the extant insurance system to protections offered bank depositors, potential and current pensioners, and credit union participants.
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Webel, Baird
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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National Disaster Response: FEMA Should Take Action to Improve Capacity and Coordination between Government and Voluntary Sectors

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Using lessons from the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes, the federal government released the National Response Framework (NRF) in January 2008. This report examines (1) why the primary role for mass care in the NRF shifted from the Red Cross to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and potential issues with implementation, (2) whether National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD)--an … more
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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