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A prototype decision aid for evaluating and selecting R&D proposals

This report describes a prototype decision aid which has been developed to assist the Institutional Research and Development (IR&D) Committee in selecting proposals for funding. This tool was requested to help address the following concerns about the IR&D proposal selection process: Some good proposals might be overlooked simply because no one on the Committee advocates them forcefully. The process takes a lot of time. The final portfolio of proposals selected may not maximize the long-run bene… more

Date: May 1, 1992

Creator: Al-Ayat, R. A.; Lamont, A. & Sicherman, A.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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The SM and NLO Multileg Working Group: Summary Report

After years of waiting, and after six Les Houches workshops, the era of LHC running is finally upon us, albeit at a lower initial center-of-mass energy than originally planned. Thus, there has been a great sense of anticipation from both the experimental and theoretical communities. The last two years, in particular, have seen great productivity in the area of multi-parton calculations at leading order (LO), next-to-leading order (NLO) and next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO), and this producti… more

Date: April 10, 2012

Creator: Andersen, J. R.; Archibald, J.; Badger, S.; Ball, R. D.; Bevilacqua, G.; Bierenbaum, I. et al.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Magnetic Measurement Results of the LCLS Undulator Quadrupoles

This note details the magnetic measurements and the magnetic center fiducializations that were performed on all of the thirty-six LCLS undulator quadrupoles. Temperature rise, standardization reproducibility, vacuum chamber effects and magnetic center reproducibility measurements are also presented. The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) undulator beam line has 33 girders, each with a LCLS undulator quadrupole which focuses and steers the beam through the beam line. Each quadrupole has main qua… more

Date: August 18, 2011

Creator: Anderson, Scott; Caban, Keith; Nuhn, Heinz-Dieter; Reese, Ed & Wolf, Zachary

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Test procedures and protocols: Their relevance to the figure of merit for thermal distribution systems. Volume 1: Informal report

A conceptual framework is developed that categorizes measurement protocols for forced-air thermal distribution systems in small buildings. This framework is based on the distinction between two generic approaches. The {open_quote}system-comparison{close_quote} approach seeks to determine, via a pair of whole-house energy-use measurements, the difference in energy use between the house with the as-found duct system and the same house with no energy losses attributable to the thermal distribution… more

Date: September 1, 1993

Creator: Andrews, J. W.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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US Army Weapon Systems Human-Computer Interface (WSHCI) style guide, Version 1

A stated goal of the U.S. Army has been the standardization of the human computer interfaces (HCIS) of its system. Some of the tools being used to accomplish this standardization are HCI design guidelines and style guides. Currently, the Army is employing a number of style guides. While these style guides provide good guidance for the command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) domain, they do not necessarily represent the more unique requirements of the Army`s real time… more

Date: September 30, 1996

Creator: Avery, L.W.; O`Mara, P.A. & Shepard, A.P.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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U.S. Army weapon systems human-computer interface style guide. Version 2

A stated goal of the US Army has been the standardization of the human computer interfaces (HCIs) of its system. Some of the tools being used to accomplish this standardization are HCI design guidelines and style guides. Currently, the Army is employing a number of HCI design guidance documents. While these style guides provide good guidance for the command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) domain, they do not necessarily represent the more unique requirements of the A… more

Date: December 31, 1997

Creator: Avery, L.W.; O`Mara, P.A.; Shepard, A.P. & Donohoo, D.T.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Beryllium Sampling and Analysis Within the DOE Complex and Opportunities for Standardization

Since the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) published the DOE Beryllium Rule (10 CFR 850) in 1999, DOE sites have been required to measure beryllium on air filters and wipes for worker protection and for release of materials from beryllium-controlled areas. Measurements in the nanogram range on a filter or wipe are typically required. Industrial hygiene laboratories have applied methods from various analytical compendia, and a number of issues have emerged with sampling and analysis practices. A… more

Date: January 25, 2005

Creator: BRISSON, MICHAEL

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Trace-level beryllium analysis in the laboratory and in the field: State of the art, challenges, and opportunities

Control of workplace exposure to beryllium is a growing issue in the United States and other nations. As the health risks associated with low-level exposure to beryllium are better understood, the need increases for improved analytical techniques both in the laboratory and in the field. These techniques also require a greater degree of standardization to permit reliable comparison of data obtained from different locations and at different times. Analysis of low-level beryllium samples, in the f… more

Date: March 30, 2006

Creator: BRISSON, MICHAEL

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Evaluating intensified camera systems

This paper describes image evaluation techniques used to standardize camera system characterizations. Key areas of performance include resolution, noise, and sensitivity. This team has developed a set of analysis tools, in the form of image processing software used to evaluate camera calibration data, to aid an experimenter in measuring a set of camera performance metrics. These performance metrics identify capabilities and limitations of the camera system, while establishing a means for compar… more

Date: July 1, 2000

Creator: Baker, S. A.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Evaluating intensified camera systems

This paper describes image evaluation techniques used to standardize camera system characterizations. The authors group is involved with building and fielding several types of camera systems. Camera types include gated intensified cameras, multi-frame cameras, and streak cameras. Applications range from X-ray radiography to visible and infrared imaging. Key areas of performance include sensitivity, noise, and resolution. This team has developed an analysis tool, in the form of image processing … more

Date: June 30, 2000

Creator: Baker, S. A.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Papers on the nuclear regulatory dilemma

The four papers contained in this report are titled: (1) From Prescriptive to Performance-Based Regulation of Nuclear Power; (2) Nuclear Regulatory Reform: A Technology-Forcing Approach; (3) Improving the Regulation of Nuclear Power; and (4) Science and Its Limits: The Regulators' Dilemma. These four papers investigate issues relating to the long-term regulation of nuclear energy. They were prepared as part of the Institute for Energy Analysis' project on Nuclear Regulation funded by a grant fr… more

Date: October 1, 1985

Creator: Barkenbus, J.N.; Freeman, S.D. & Weinberg, A.M.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Definition and Compositions of Standard Wastestreams for Evaluation of Buried Waste Integrated Demonstration Treatment Technologies

The Buried Waste Integrated Demonstration (BWID) Project was organized at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory to support research, development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation of emerging technologies that offer promising solutions to remediation of buried waste. BWID will identify emerging technologies, screen them for applicability to the identified needs, select technologies for demonstration, and then evaluate the technologies based on prescribed performance objectives. The tec… more

Date: June 1993

Creator: Bates, Steven O.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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SLAC Next-Generation High Availability Power Supply

SLAC recently commissioned forty high availability (HA) magnet power supplies for Japan's ATF2 project. SLAC is now developing a next-generation N+1 modular power supply with even better availability and versatility. The goal is to have unipolar and bipolar output capability. It has novel topology and components to achieve very low output voltage to drive superconducting magnets. A redundant, embedded, digital controller in each module provides increased bandwidth for use in beam-based alignmen… more

Date: June 11, 2010

Creator: Bellomo, P. & MacNair, D.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Calibration of a large hyperpure germanium array for in-vivo detection of the actinides with a tissue-equivalent torso phantom

For calibration of the array for internally deposited /sup 238/Pu, /sup 239/Pu, and /sup 241/Am, a tissue-equivalent anthropomorphic phantom, was used for efficiency determinations at the ORNL facility. This phantom consists of a tissue-equivalent torso into which is imbedded an adult male skeleton, interchangeable organs containing a homogeneous distribution of various radionuclides, and two sets of chest overlay plates for simulation of progressively thicker tissue over the chest, as well as … more

Date: January 1, 1983

Creator: Berger, C.D. & Lane, B.H.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Monitor and Evaluate the Genetic Characteristics of Supplemented Salmon and Steelhead, 2006-2007 Progress Report.

This progress report offers a summary of genetic monitoring and evaluation research related to artificial propagation of Chinook salmon and steelhead in the Snake River basin. Our principal goal has been to characterize the relative (and net) reproductive success of hatchery fish spawning in the wild in multiple sub-basins. We address a critical uncertainty identified in essentially all tribal, state, and federal recovery planning efforts. Beyond simple description of those patterns of differen… more

Date: November 20, 2008

Creator: Berntson, Ewann; Waples, Robin S. & Moran, Paul

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Piping benchmark problems for the ABB/CE System 80+ Standardized Plant

To satisfy the need for verification of the computer programs and modeling techniques that will be used to perform the final piping analyses for the ABB/Combustion Engineering System 80+ Standardized Plant, three benchmark problems were developed. The problems are representative piping systems subjected to representative dynamic loads with solutions developed using the methods being proposed for analysis for the System 80+ standard design. It will be required that the combined license licensees… more

Date: July 1, 1994

Creator: Bezler, P.; DeGrassi, G.; Braverman, J. & Wang, Y. K.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Specialized Research Datasets in the CiteSeer˟ Digital Library

This article provides an overview of some of the specialized datasets that were created for various projects related to the CiteSeer˟ digital library.

Date: June 14, 2012

Creator: Bhatia, Sumit; Caragea, Cornelia; Chen, Hung-Hsuan; Wu, Jian; Treeratpituk, Pucktada; Wu, Zhaohui et al.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT College of Engineering

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A Review of Sub-Scale Test Methods to Evaluate the Friction and Wear of Ring and Liner Materials for Spark- and Compression Ignition Engines

A review was conducted of past laboratory-scale test methods and to assess their validity for ranking materials and lubricants for use as piston and liner materials in compression-ignition (CI) and spark-ignition (SI) engines. Most of the previous work was aimed at simulating SI engine environments. This report begins with a discussion of the numerous factors that can affect the validity of an approach to simulating engine conditions in a laboratory. These include not only mechanical, chemical … more

Date: January 22, 2002

Creator: Blau, P.J.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Final report : PATTON Alliance gazetteer evaluation project.

In 2005 the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) proposed that the PATTON Alliance provide assistance in evaluating and obtaining the Integrated Gazetteer Database (IGDB), developed for the Naval Space Warfare Command Research group (SPAWAR) under Advance Research and Development Activity (ARDA) funds by MITRE Inc., fielded to the text-based search tool GeoLocator, currently in use by NGIC. We met with the developers of GeoLocator and identified their requirements for a better gazetteer. … more

Date: August 1, 2007

Creator: Bleakly, Denise Rae

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Requirements and standards for organelle genome databases

Mitochondria and plastids (collectively called organelles)descended from prokaryotes that adopted an intracellular, endosymbioticlifestyle within early eukaryotes. Comparisons of their remnant genomesaddress a wide variety of biological questions, especially when includingthe genomes of their prokaryotic relatives and the many genes transferredto the eukaryotic nucleus during the transitions from endosymbiont toorganelle. The pace of producing complete organellar genome sequences nowmakes it un… more

Date: January 9, 2006

Creator: Boore, Jeffrey L.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Telemetry test methods. Final report

A flexible test system is studied and proposed to provide an extensive evaluation and testing capability for telemetry products. A distributed computer controlled, modular unit test system using Computer Automated Measurement and Control (CAMAC) standard hardware and compatible software is selected because of its flexibility of application and long term cost effectiveness.

Date: April 1, 1978

Creator: Bowers, J. L.; Bullard, D. L. & Schelp, T. R.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Human-computer interface design

Modern military forces assume that computer-based information is reliable, timely, available, usable, and shared. The importance of computer-based information is based on the assumption that {open_quotes}shared situation awareness, coupled with the ability to conduct continuous operations, will allow information age armies to observe, decide, and act faster, more correctly and more precisely than their enemies.{close_quotes} (Sullivan and Dubik 1994). Human-Computer Interface (HCI) design stand… more

Date: April 1, 1995

Creator: Bowser, S. E.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Leach test methodology for the Waste/Rock Interactions Technology Program

Experimental leach studies in the WRIT Program have two primary functions. The first is to determine radionuclide release from waste forms in laboratory environments which attempt to simulate repository conditions. The second is to elucidate leach mechanisms which can ultimately be incorporated into nearfield transport models. The tests have been utilized to generate rates of removal of elements from various waste forms and to provide specimens for surface analysis. Correlation between constitu… more

Date: May 1, 1980

Creator: Bradley, D. J.; McVay, G. L. & Coles, D. G.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Core + modules approach to Fortran standardization

In January 1978, ANSI X3J3 voted to adopt a framework consisting of a core and modules for developing the next revision of the ANSI Fortran standard. There are at least three reasons for adopting the core + modules approach: to provide a mechanism to interface with collateral standards and implementations in major applications areas; to provide a mechanism for having optional functional areas described within the standard; and to specify a smaller, more elegant language than Fortran 77 without … more

Date: January 1, 1979

Creator: Brainerd, W.S.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department