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Indicators of Ecological Stress and Their Extent in the Population of Northeastern Lakes: A Regional-Scale Assessment

Description: Article reporting findings from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) conducted on a sample of lakes in the Northeastern United States from 1991 to 1996.
Date: March 2002
Creator: Whittier, Thomas R.; Paulsen, Steven G.; Larsen, David P.; Peterson, Spencer A.; Herlihy, Alan T. & Kaufmann, Philip R.
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Surface Remediation in the Aleutian Islands: A Case Study of Amchitka Island, Alaska

Description: Amchitka Island, Alaska, was at one time an integral player in the nation's defense program. Located in the North Pacific Ocean in the Aleutian Island archipelago, the island was intermittently inhabited by several key government agencies, including the U.S. Army, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (predecessor agency to the U.S. Department of Energy), and the U.S. Navy. Since 1993, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has conducted extensive investigations on Amchitka to determine the nature and… more
Date: February 25, 2002
Creator: Giblin, M. O.; Stahl, D. C. & Bechtel, J. A.
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Remote Sensing Analysis of the Sierra Blanca (Faskin Ranch) Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site, Hudspeth County, Texas

Description: Remote sensing images provide useful physical information, revealing such features as geological structure, vegetation, drainage patterns, and variations in consolidated and unconsolidated lithologies. That technology has been applied to the failed Sierra Blanca (Faskin Ranch) shallow burial low-level radioactive waste disposal site selected by the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority. It has been re-examined using data from LANDSAT satellite series. The comparison of the earlie… more
Date: February 26, 2002
Creator: LeMone, D. V.; Dodge, R.; Xie, H.; Langford, R. P. & Keller, G. R.
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["RUC Files Amicus Brief in Lawrence v. Texas" article, September 17, 2002]

Description: An article draft covering the filing of an amicus brief by the Republican Unity Coalition. The brief is being applied to the Lawrence v. Texas Supreme Court case that has to do with "homosexual conduct" and its legality.
Date: September 17, 2002
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["Bush to name conservative, gays to AIDS panel" article, April 1, 2002]

Description: An article, written by Lou Chibbaro Jr. for the Washington Blade, about the new group of advisors who will be tackling the HIV/AIDS issue with President George W. Bush. The article lists out the new members and also points to supporters and raises concerns that some have over what the group's outcome will be.
Date: April 1, 2002
Creator: Chibbaro, Lou, Jr.
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["Mary Cheney joins 'gay-straight' GOP group" article, April 26, 2002]

Description: An article written for the Washington Blade about Mary Cheney joining the Republican Unity Coalition's advisory board. The piece includes comments from RUC Co-Chairman Charles C. Francis and also mentions another newer member President Gerald R. Ford.
Date: April 26, 2002
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Changes in Heart Transplant Recipients That Parallel the Personalities of Their Donors

Description: Study evaluating whether changes following heart transplant surgery parallel the history of the donors, based on the systemic memory hypothesis which predicts that all dynamical systems that contain recurrent feedback loops store information and energy to various degrees.
Date: Spring 2002
Creator: Pearsall, Paul; Schwartz, Gary E. R. & Russek, Linda G. S.
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A Prospective Analysis of Near-Death Experiences in Cardiac Arrest Patients

Description: Study assessing prospectively the frequency of near-death experiences (NDEs) in patients suffering a cardiac arrest, characterizing these experiences, and assessing their impact on psychosocial and spiritual attitudes.
Date: Summer 2002
Creator: Schwaninger, Janet; Eisenberg, Paul R.; Schechtman, Kenneth B. & Weiss, Alan N.
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Who's Afraid of Life After Death?

Description: Article discussing the academy's refusal to examine the evidence for an afterlife, and tendency to cling to materialism as if it were a priori true, instead of a posteriori false. The author suggests several explanations for the monumental failure of curiosity on the part of academia.
Date: Autumn 2002
Creator: Grossman, Neal
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The Resistance to Belief

Description: Article exploring situations, using a recent near-death experience (NDE) example, in which there are reasonable evidence and logic, and yet belief seems to be withheld. The author postulates and discusses nonrational influences producing resistance to belief, including the fear of being in error, the fear of rejection from the scientific community, irrational requirements of logicality, avoidance of consequences, and paradigm fixation, as well as discussing issues in philosophy of science and e… more
Date: Winter 2002
Creator: Hastings, Arthur
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Multicultural Center in the News, October 12, 2005

Description: A document about a story in the NT Daily that covers a UNT Multicultural Center Event. It is titled "'Celebración' showcases Hispanic Heritage month with banquet". There is also a picture of two students at the event.
Date: February 22, 2002
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
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[Christine C. Quinn press release]

Description: Press release from Christine C. Quinn re: Lesbian and Gay Community Organizations / envelope press release was mailed in addressed to Dennis Myrick.
Date: July 1, 2002
Creator: Quinn, Christine C.
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