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Evaluate and characterize mechanisms controlling transport, fate, and effects of army smokes in the aerosol wind tunnel: Transport, transformations, fate, and terrestrial ecological effects of hexachloroethane obscurant smokes

Description: The terrestrial transport, chemical fate, and ecological effects of hexachloroethane (HC) smoke were evaluated under controlled wind tunnel conditions. The primary objectives of this research program are to characterize and assess the impacts of smoke and obscurants on: (1) natural vegetation characteristic of US Army training sites in the United States; (2) physical and chemical properties of soils representative of these training sites; and (3) soil microbiological and invertebrate communitie… more
Date: September 1, 1989
Creator: Cataldo, D. A.; Ligotke, M. W.; Bolton Jr., H.; Fellows, R. J.; Van Voris, P.; McVeety, B. D. et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preparing a self-evaluation report for training program accreditation

Description: This document describes the process used by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Training/Procedures personnel at Experimental Breeder Reactor 2 (EBR-II) to develop a Self-Evaluation Report for the Nuclear Power Plant Operator training program. The document also describes problems encountered and lessons learned during development of the Self-Evaluation Report. 5 refs., 2 tabs.
Date: January 1, 1989
Creator: Driscoll, J.W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Training Management Information System

Description: The Training Management Information System (TMIS) is an integrated information system for all training related activities. TMIS is at the leading edge of training information systems used in the nuclear industry. The database contains all the necessary records to confirm the department's adherence to accreditation criteria and houses all test questions, student records and information needed to evaluate the training process. The key to the TMIS system is that the impact of any change (i.e., pro… more
Date: January 1, 1989
Creator: Rackley, M.P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Minimal Technologies Application Project: Planning and installation

Description: Intensive and continuous tactical training during the last 35 years at the Hohenfels Training Area in West Germany has caused the loss of vegetative ground cover and has accelerated soil erosion rates, resulting in extensive environmental damage, safety hazards, and unrealistic training habitats. The objectives of this project are to develop and evaluate revegetation procedures for establishing adequate vegetative cover to control erosion at minimal costs and disruption to training activities. … more
Date: March 1, 1989
Creator: Zellmer, S.D.; Hinchman, R.R.; Severinghaus, W.D.; Johnson, D.O. & Brent, J.J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Human factors survey of advanced instrumentation and controls

Description: A survey oriented towards identifying the human factors issues in regard to the use of advanced instrumentation and controls (I C) in the nuclear industry was conducted. A number of United States (US) and Canadian nuclear vendors and utilities were participants in the survey. Human factors items, subsumed under the categories of computer-generated displays (CGD), controls, organizational support, training, and related topics, were discussed. The survey found the industry to be concerned about t… more
Date: January 1, 1989
Creator: Carter, R.J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spoken commands control robot that handles radioactive materials

Description: Several robotic systems have been developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory to handle radioactive material. Because of safety considerations, the robotic system must be under direct human supervision and interactive control continuously. In this paper, we describe the implementation of a voice-recognition system that permits this control, yet allows the robot to perform complex preprogrammed manipulations without the operator's intervention. To provide better interactive control, we connected… more
Date: January 1, 1989
Creator: Phelan, P. F.; Keddy, C. & Beugelsdojk, T. J.
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A safeguards program to implement DOE requirements

Description: The Department of Energy issued a new Material Control and Accountability (MC A) Order 5633.3 in February of 1988. This Order contains all of the requirements for an effective MC A (safeguards) program for facilities that control and account for nuclear materials in their operations. All contractors were expected to come into compliance with the Order by April 30, 1989 or obtain approval for exception and/or extensions. The Order also contains various performance requirements that are not in ef… more
Date: January 1, 1989
Creator: Erkkila, B.H. (Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA))
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Competencies and In-Service Training of Functional Literacy Teachers in Northeastern Thailand

Description: This study was designed to determine (a) the most important knowledge and skills for functional literacy teachers; (b) the most important competencies to be covered in in-service training; (c) whether there were any differences between the perceptions of functional literacy teachers, supervisors, and administrators in terms of needed competencies or areas of training; and (d) whether there were any differences in the perceptions of teachers, supervisors and administrators regarding the need for… more
Date: December 1989
Creator: Pensri Saeteo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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Teacher Evaluation Processes and Professional Development Programs in Independent Schools

Description: The purposes of this study were to determine (a) what teacher evaluation processes or instruments are used in the 45 independent schools of the Southwest, (b) what types of professional development activities or programs are provided for teachers in these schools, and (c) how the development and implementation of the teacher evaluation process and professional development programs are perceived by the teaching faculty in selected schools. Questionnaires were administered to chief administrators… more
Date: December 1989
Creator: Gonsalves, Bronte B. (Bronte Blondina)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Police Academies at Community Colleges in Texas

Description: The problem of this study was selected aspects of public community college non-credit law enforcement training programs in Texas. Purposes of the study were: (a) to examine the development of police academies at community colleges in Texas; (b) to provide normative data describing the academies in terms of background, organization and administration, adequacy of facilities and equipment, personnel, student policies and practices, the program administrator's perceptions of internal and external … more
Date: December 1989
Creator: Wells, David A. (David Andrew)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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Developing and Administering a Nonmetropolitan Teachers Education Program in Northeastern Thailand

Description: The primary purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of the rural teachers preparation program in specific curriculum components, field experience and training, and preparation. A secondary purpose is to determine the need for these components and a limited evaluation of other delivery systems for rural teaching in eight nonmetropolitan teachers colleges in Northeast Thailand. The questionnaire of the Rural Education Association (REA) developed by Barbara Jean Jones was employed to co… more
Date: December 1989
Creator: Naowarath Yamsaengsung
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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The Reduction of Tension Headache Using EMG Biofeedback and Locus of Control as Predictors

Description: This study investigates the status of biofeedback treatment and locus of control (LOC) affiliation on the reduction of tension headache. Three LOC groups designated as internals, powerful-other externals and chance externals (using Wallston and Wallston's, 1978, Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale) were administered an eight week electromyogram (EMG) frontalis muscle biofeedback training program using an Autogen 1700 biofeedback unit. Subjects were 12 female and four male undergradua… more
Date: August 1989
Creator: Grier, Finlay
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Technological Thinking in American Teacher Education, 1970-1979: a Hermeneutical Study of Alienated Consciousness

Description: The research presented here is of a sort almost never seen in today's social science work. Attempted here is a hermeneutical examination of teacher education literature of the 1970's, with the goal of revealing what otherwise would and generally does go unseen by most who practice and study teacher education, the tacitly held and taken-for-granted pre-judgements or prejudices which make such teacher education the reality it is. That is to say, the aim of this research is to "go behind what is s… more
Date: May 1989
Creator: Zimmerman, Kenneth R. (Kenneth Ray)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Teacher Education Programs in Member Institutions of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI): a Comparison With NCATE Standards

Description: The problem of this study concerns the structure and content of teacher education programs in colleges and universities which are members of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). A questionnaire was developed and consisted of four sections: (1) general background information of the respondent; (2) questions relating to the live NCATE standards using a Likert scale of 1 to 3, regarding respondent's teacher education program; (3) general information concerning Bible credit h… more
Date: May 1989
Creator: Kivioja, Larry A. (Larry Albert)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Factors Affecting the Implementation of Inservice Information in the Secondary Classroom: a Case Study

Description: The purpose of this study was to describe factors affecting the use of instructional ideas by secondary teachers in the academic year following a series of staff development sessions designed to present information on effective teaching practices. The research questions addressed the characteristics of information selected for use in classroom practice and the characteristics and relative degree of influence of salient factors affecting the use of ideas. Ten teachers from a large suburban schoo… more
Date: May 1989
Creator: Sharpe, Frances Hollowell
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: Roadblocks]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story by reporter Marty Griffin about the Dallas Police Department getting people, or test subjects, drunk on purpose to see how they do in standardized field sobriety tests. This story aired at 10pm.
Date: November 30, 1989
Duration: 1 minute 51 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Job Training]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6pm.
Date: July 10, 1989
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Safety evaluation report related to the renewal of the facility license for the research reactor at the Dow Chemical Company

Description: This safety evaluation report for the application filed by the Dow Chemical Company for renewal of facility Operating License R-108 to continue to operate its research reactor at an increased operating power level has been prepared by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The facility is located on the grounds of the Michigan Division of the Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan. The staff concludes that the Dow Chemical Company can continue to op… more
Date: April 1, 1989
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Automation impact study of Army training management 2: Extension of sampling and collection of installation resource data

Description: This automation impact study of Army training management (TM) was performed for the Army Development and Employment Agency (ADEA) and the Combined Arms Training Activity (CATA) by the Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers and the Pacific Northwest Laboratory. The primary objective of the study was to provide the Army with information concerning the potential costs and savings associated with automating the TM process. This study expands the sample of units surveyed in Phase I of the automatio… more
Date: May 1, 1989
Creator: Sanquist, T. F.; McCallum, M. C.; Hunt, P. S.; Slavich, A. L.; Underwood, J. A.; Toquam, J. L. et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Training waste generators: The first responder in proper waste management

Description: Dealing with waste effectively requires a cradle to grave'' approach to waste management. The first step in that chain of custody is the waste generator. The waste generator plays the key role in the correct identification, packaging, and disposal of waste. The Technical Resources and Training Section at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has developed several short training programs for waste generators. This training presents a consistent approach to proper handling of waste within the … more
Date: January 1, 1989
Creator: Jones, E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mobile Energy Laboratory Use Plan

Description: This document provides a framework for the use of four Mobile Energy Laboratories (MELs) by federal agencies. These laboratories are made available by the US Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) to measure and analyze the efficiency of on-site energy conversion, distribution, and end-use application. The MELs are customized passenger buses converted to provide transportation and storage of sophisticated energy monitoring, auditing, and analysis equipment. The MELs also … more
Date: April 1, 1989
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Training course on nuclear material safeguards for enrichment plants, Vienna, Austria, November 14--18, 1988: Report of foreign travel

Description: J. N. Cooley, manager, Safeguards Studies Department; E. Von Halle, head, Technical Resources Section; and D. W. Swindle, Jr., director, International Technology Programs Division, Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., traveled to Vienna, Austria, November 9--20, 1988, to conduct a 5-day uranium enrichment safeguards training course for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The course was developed and conducted by Energy Systems for the IAEA through the US. Program for Technical Assis… more
Date: February 1, 1989
Creator: Cooley, J.N.; Swindle, D.W. Jr. & Von Halle, E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Implementation of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Elementary Science Study of Nature (LESSON) in North Alabama elementary and middle schools

Description: The Alabama A M University - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Elementary Science Study of Nature (ALALESSON) was designed to improve elementary and middle school science in North Alabama by involving teachers in two-week summer workshop as well as other follow-up activities. The purpose of the activities was to increase the science knowledge of the teachers and to provide them with materials and activities for hands-on science lessons. The summer workshops, conducted during the sum… more
Date: 1989~
Creator: McGuire, Saundra Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transferring generic SARA/OSHA training to US Department of Energy facilities

Description: The Technical Resources and Training Section staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed three extensive training programs for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility workers a required by SARA/OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.120. The ORNL program is widely recognized as one of the best in the DOE system. ORNL and ORAU, who manages the Training Resources and Data Exchange (TRADE) network for DOE, entered into as cooperative relationship to respond to the many requests from DOE con… more
Date: January 1, 1989
Creator: White, A. & McKinley, T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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