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Nursing Homes: Despite Increased Oversight, Challenges Remain in Ensuring High-Quality Care and Resident Safety

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since 1998, GAO has issued numerous reports on nursing home quality and safety that identified significant weaknesses in federal and state oversight. Under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), states conduct annual nursing home inspections, known as surveys, to assess compliance with federal quality and safety requirements. States also investigate complaints filed by family … more
Date: December 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Multiple Walkers in the Wang-Landau Algorithm

Description: The mean cost for converging an estimated density of states using the Wang-Landau algorithm is measured for the Ising and Heisenberg models. The cost increases in a power-law fashion with the number of spins, with an exponent near 3 for one-dimensional models, and closer to 2.4 for two-dimensional models. The effect of multiple, simultaneous walkers on the cost is also measured. For the one-dimensional Ising model the cost can increase with the number of walkers for large systems. For both the … more
Date: December 28, 2005
Creator: Brown, G
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Salvadorian Committee of Dallas-Fort Worth standing in front of banner]

Description: The Salvadorian Committee of Dallas-Fort Worth wants to create substantial change to assist their community in the Metroplex. To make this a reality, Committee President Victor Marroquin (center) with the participation of the board of directors will present their organizational plan for 2006 this Saturday. From left to right: Ana Quezada, Hermilio Morales, Dora Alicia Orellano (secretary), Julio Crus, Yesenia Watters (secretary), Oscar Lopez, Luis Gutierrez (treasurer), Maria Eugenia Morataya… more
Date: December 28, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Side view of Salvadorian Committee of Dallas-Fort Worth]

Description: The Salvadorian Committee of Dallas-Fort Worth wants to create substantial change to assist their community in the Metroplex. To make this a reality, Committee President Victor Marroquin (center) with the participation of the board of directors will present their organizational plan for 2006 this Saturday. From left to right: Ana Quezada, Hermilio Morales, Dora Alicia Orellano (secretary), Julio Crus, Yesenia Watters (secretary), Oscar Lopez, Luis Gutierrez (treasurer), Maria Eugenia Morataya… more
Date: December 28, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The United States and Europe: Current Issues

Description: The United States and Europe share a long and intertwined history. Despite the end of the Cold War, both sides of the Atlantic continue to face a common set of international concerns, have few other comparable partners, and share a huge economic relationship. Nevertheless, numerous foreign policy and trade conflicts have seriously challenged U.S.-European relations in recent years. This report examines the current state of the transatlantic relationship and key issues in Europe and beyond that … more
Date: December 28, 2005
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design of Radiation-Tolerant Structural Alloys for Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems

Description: The objective of this program is to improve the radiation tolerance of both austenitic and ferritic-martensitic (F-M) alloys projected for use in Generation IV systems. The expected materials limitations of Generation IV components include: creep strength, dimensional stability, and corrosion/stress corrosion compatibility. The material design strategies to be tested fall into three main categories: (1) engineering grain boundaries; (2) alloying, by adding oversized elements to the matrix; and … more
Date: December 28, 2005
Creator: Allen, T. R.; Was, G. S.; Bruemmer, S. M.; Gan, J. & Ukai, S.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hybrid Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems for Highly Reliable and Selective Characterization of Tank Waste

Description: The main objective of this research program is to develop robust and reliable micro-electro-mechanical sensing systems, based on microcantilevers (MCs), that can operate in liquid environments with high levels of sensitivity and selectivity. The chemical responses of MCs result from analyte-induced differential stress at the cantilever surfaces. We aim to employ various surface nanostructuring strategies that enhance these stresses and hence the degree of static bending of the cantilevers. Rece… more
Date: December 28, 2005
Creator: Datskos, Panos G.; Sepaniak, Michael J.; Lavrik, Nickolay; Dutta, Pampa & Culha, Mustafa
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Selective NOx Recirculation for Stationary Lean-Burn Natural Gas Engines

Description: Selective NOx Recirculation (SNR) involves cooling the engine exhaust gas and then adsorbing the oxides of nitrogen (NOx) from the exhaust stream, followed by the periodic desorption of NOx. By returning the desorbed, concentrated NOx into the engine intake and through the combustion chamber, a percentage of the NOx is decomposed during the combustion process. An initial study of NOx decomposition during lean-burn combustion was concluded in 2004 using a 1993 Cummins L10G 240hp natural gas engi… more
Date: December 28, 2005
Creator: Clark, Nigel; Thompson, Gregory; Atkinson, Richard; Turton, Richard; Tissera, Chamila; Tatli, Emre et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the enigmatic bigheadedturtle (Platysternon): description of unusual genomic features and there conciliation of phylogenetic hypotheses based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA

Description: The big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) from east Asia is the sole living representative of a poorly-studied turtle lineage (Platysternidae). It has no close living relatives, and its phylogenetic position within turtles is one of the outstanding controversies in turtle systematics. Platysternon was traditionally considered to be close to snapping turtles (Chelydridae) based on some studies of its morphology and mitochondrial (mt) DNA, however, other studies of morphology and nuclear … more
Date: December 28, 2005
Creator: Parham, James F.; Feldman, Chris R. & Boore, Jeffrey L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Google Book Search Project: Is Online Indexing a Fair Use Under Copyright Law?

Description: This report provides background on the pending litigation. Google, Inc. is digitally scanning the collections of several prominent libraries in order to create a vast searchable database of literary works. Copyright holders who have not authorized and object to the digitization have filed suit against the company.
Date: December 28, 2005
Creator: Jeweler, Robin
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 3199): A Side-by-Side Comparison of Existing Law, H.R. 3199 (Conference) and H.R. 3199 (Senate Passed)

Description: The Uruguay Round Agreements Act, which legislatively approved the United States' membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO), also contains provisions setting out the legislative procedure for revoking such approval, potentially leading to the withdrawal of the United States from the WTO. This report sets out the functional timetable and requirements for taking legislative action for United States withdrawal from the WTO.
Date: December 28, 2005
Creator: Yeh, Brian T. & Doyle, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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