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Skyshine Contribution to Gamma Ray Background Between 0 and 4 MeV

Description: Natural gamma-ray background is composed of four components; which include cosmic rays, cosmic ray produced atmospheric activity, terrestrial sources, and skyshine from terrestrial sources. Skyshine is radiation scattered from the air above a source that can produce a signal in radiation detection instrumentation. Skyshine has been studied for many years but its contribution to the natural background observed in a detector has not been studied. A large NaI(Tl) detector was used to investigate e… more
Date: August 14, 2009
Creator: Mitchell, Allison L.; Borgardt, James D. & Kouzes, Richard T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparison of the Bills to Extend State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Funding

Description: This report discusses bills and their provisions related to extending funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) whose funding expired at the end of the 2017 fiscal year. The House passed the CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act on November 3, 2017, by a vote of 242 to 174. This report contains a table that provides an overview of the provisions in the KIDS Act and Division B of the CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act as baselined against current law. The section following the table prov… more
Date: November 3, 2017
Creator: Mitchell, Allison; Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Dabrowska, Agata; Davis, Patricia A.; Gopalan, Susannah V. & Sarata, Amanda K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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