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Conference Committee and Related Procedures: An Introduction

Description: Conference committees generally are free to conduct their negotiations as they choose, but they are to address only the matters on which the House and Senate have disagreed. Moreover, they are to propose settlements that represent compromises between the positions of the two houses. When they have completed their work, they submit a conference report and joint explanatory statement, and the House and Senate vote on accepting the report without amendments. Sometimes conference reports are accomp… more
Date: July 29, 1996
Creator: Bach, Stanley
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Flat Tax and Other Proposals: Effects on Housing

Description: Several proposals for major reform of the Federal income tax system, including replacement of the current tax with a new type of tax, have been introduced or considered in the 104th Congress. Among the most widely discussed are the flat tax, a value-added tax, a national sales tax, a proposal for a direct consumption tax (called the USA tax), and income tax reform. Most of these new taxes convert the tax base from an income to a consumption base, most eliminate deductions for mortgage interest … more
Date: April 29, 1996
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.
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Feasability of Optimizing Recovery and Reserves from a Mature and Geological Complex Multiple Turbidite Offshore California Reservoir Through the Drilling and Completion of a Trilateral Horizontal Well

Description: The main objective of this project is to devise an effective redevelopment strategy to combat producibility problems related to the Repetto turbidite sequences of the Carpinteria Field. The lack of adequate reservoir characterization, high-water cut production, and scaling problems have in the past contributed to the field's low productivity. To improve productivity and enhance recoverable reserves, the following specific goals are proposed: ° Develop an integrated database of all existing data… more
Date: October 29, 1996
Creator: Coombs, Steven F.
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PCR detection of groundwater bacteria associated with colloidal transport

Description: Colloidal transport may increase the amount of contaminant material than that which could be transported by water flow alone. The role of colloids in groundwater contaminant transport is complicated and may involve many different processes, including sorption of elements onto colloidal particles, coagulation/dissolution, adsorption onto solid surfaces, filtration, and migration. Bacteria are known to concentrate minerals and influence the transport of compounds in aqueous environments and may a… more
Date: February 29, 1996
Creator: Cruz-Perez, Patricia; Stetzenbach, L. D. & Alvarez, A. J.
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Continued support of the Natural Resources Information System (NRIS) for the State of Oklahoma: Inclusion of a Native American focused effort. Final technical report

Description: The objective of this research program was to continue developing, editing, maintaining, utilizing and making publicly available the Oil and Gas Well History file portion of the Natural Resources Information System (NRIS) for the State of Oklahoma, with a special emphasis on the Osage County records through the Osage Tribal council. The NRIS Well history file contains historical and recent completion records for oil and gas wells reported to the Oklahoma Corporation commission on Form 1002-A, a… more
Date: February 29, 1996
Creator: Mankin, C. J. & Banken, M. K.
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Time, temperature, and compositional study of Am/Cm target glass durability

Description: Vitrification has been identified as a viable choice in the disposition of actinide materials such as americium (Am), curium (Cm), neptunium (Np), and plutonium (Pu). At the Westinghouse Savannah River Company near Aiken, South Carolina, a process is being developed to safely vitrify all of the highly radioactive americium/curium material and a portion of the other fissile actinide materials stored on site. This vitrification will allow safe transportation of the Am/Cm as well as easy storage a… more
Date: February 29, 1996
Creator: Daniel, W. E. & Best, D. R.
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Large GMR values of sputtered Co/Cu multilayer structures with Co-Cu buffer layers

Description: We demonstrate large giant magnetoresistance (GMR) values of Co/Cu multilayers (MLs) sputtered on combined Co18{angstrom}/Cu48{angstrom} buffer layer. GMR values at room temperature reach 62% at the first antiferromagnetically (AF) coupling peak and 33% at the 2nd AF coupled peak, which are very close to those found in Co/Cu MLs sputtered on a Fe buffer layer. The large GMR effect is attributed to the superior superlattice structure of these samples, as evidenced by the x-ray reflectivity data … more
Date: February 29, 1996
Creator: Huai, Y.; Vernon, S.P.; Stearns, D.G.; Cerjan, C. & Kania, D.R.
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Hydrodynamic model for ultra-short pulse ablation of hard dental tissue

Description: A computational model for the ablation of tooth enamel by ultra-short laser pulses is presented. The role of simulations using this model in designing and understanding laser drilling systems is discussed. Pulses of duration 300 fsec and intensity greater than 10{sup 12} W/cm{sup 2} are considered. Laser absorption proceeds via multi-photon initiated plasma mechanism. The hydrodynamic response is calculated with a finite difference method, using an equation of state constructed from thermodynam… more
Date: February 29, 1996
Creator: London, R. A.; Bailey, D. S.; Young, D. A.; Alley, W. E.; Feit, M. D.; Rubenchik, A. M. et al.
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Recovery of bypassed oil in the Dundee formation using horizontal drains. Quarterly progress report, October 1, 1995--December 31, 1995

Description: The principal objective of this project is to demonstrate the feasibility and economic success of producing oil from abandoned or nearly abandoned fields in the Dundee Formation of Central Michigan using horizontal drilling technology. A site for a horizontal well was selected in Crystal Field, a nearly-abandoned Dundee oil field in Michigan. This field had produced over 8 million barrels of oil, mostly in the 1930`s and 1940`s. At the height of development, Crystal Field produced from 193 well… more
Date: January 29, 1996
Creator: Wood, J.R.
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Economic recovery of oil trapped at fan margins using high-angle wells and multiple hydraulic fractures. [Quarterly report], January 1--March 31, 1996

Description: This project attempts to demonstrate the effectiveness of exploiting thin, layered, low-energy, deposits at the distal margin of a prograding turbidite complex through use of fractured horizontal or high-angle wells. The combination of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling will allow greater pay exposure than conventional vertical wells while maintaining vertical communication between thin interbedded layers and the wellbore. A high-angle well will be drilled in the fan margin portion of… more
Date: April 29, 1996
Creator: Niemeyer, B.L.
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XUV radiography measurements of direct drive imprint in thin aluminum foils using a Ge x-ray laser on Vulcan

Description: One key aspect for high gain direct drive inertial confinement fusion is the imprint of perturbations in the outer surface of a capsule due to nonuniformities in the direct laser illumination of the capsule. Direct drive implosions are achieved by uniformly irradiating the outside surface of a hollow spherical capsule that contains a layer of fusionable D-T on its inner surface. The intensity of laser irradiation is down with a low intensity ``foot`` at 10{sup 13} W/cm{sup 2} for several nanose… more
Date: March 29, 1996
Creator: Kalantar, D.H.; Demir, A. & Key, M.H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quantification of seismic liquefaction risk

Description: Explicit goals of acceptable risk for natural phenomena hazards (earthquake, extreme wind, and flood) have been established by the Department of Energy (DOE) 1994. Closely associated to the earthquake risk is the issue of seismically-induced liquefaction. Because deterministic methods currently available to answer the question to whether a site is liquefiable or not are incapable of providing a clue as to the likelihood or risk of liquefaction, the application of the criteria to a given facilit… more
Date: February 29, 1996
Creator: Arango, I.; Ostadan, F.; Lewis, M. R. & Gutierrez, B. J.
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Annual progress report on the development of a 2 MW/10 second battery energy storage system for power disturbance protection

Description: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), acting for the US Department of Energy (DOE), contracts for and administers programs for the purpose of promoting the development and commercialization of large scale, transportable battery energy storage systems. Under DOE Co-Op Agreement No. DE-FC04-94AL99852, SNL has contracted for the development and delivery of an initial prototype 250 kW bridge that becomes an integral subsystem of a 2 MW/10 Second System that can be used by utility customers to protect… more
Date: January 29, 1996
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Audit of the US Department of Energy`s consolidated statement of financial position as of September 30, 1995

Description: In preparation for fulfilling our responsibilities under the Government Management Reform Act of 1994, we planned to conduct an audit of the Department of Energy`s FY 1995 Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. As discussed in the accompanying reports, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) could not express an opinion on the reasonableness of the value of assets and liabilities of the Department because of matters outside the control of the auditors that restricted the scope of their wor… more
Date: February 29, 1996
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Computational modeling of ultra-short-pulse ablation of enamel

Description: A computational model for the ablation of tooth enamel by ultra-short laser pulses is presented. The role of simulations using this model in designing and understanding laser drilling systems is discussed. Pulses of duration 300 sec and intensity greater than 10{sup 12} W/cm{sup 2} are considered. Laser absorption proceeds via multi-photon initiated plasma mechanism. The hydrodynamic response is calculated with a finite difference method, using an equation of state constructed from thermodynami… more
Date: February 29, 1996
Creator: London, R. A.; Bailey, D. S. & Young, D. A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Demonstration of a vapor density monitoring system using UV radiation generated from quasi-phasematched SHG waveguide devices

Description: Many industrial applications require non-intrusive diagnostics for process monitoring and control. One example is the physical vapor deposition of titanium alloys. In this paper we present a system based on laser absorption spectroscopy for monitoring titanium vapor. Appropriate transitions for monitoring high rate vaporization of titanium require extension of available IR diode technology to the UV. The heart of this vapor density monitoring system is the 390nm radiation generated from quasi-p… more
Date: January 29, 1996
Creator: Galanti, S. A.; Berzins, L. V.; Brown, J. B.; Tamosaitis, R. S.; Bortz, M. L.; Day, T. et al.
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Career information in the mathematical sciences (CIMS). Final report, November 1, 1992--October 31, 1995

Description: This report documents the preparation and distribution of materials designed to aid students is assessing their interests in and prospects for a career in the mathematical sciences. Activities included the preparation of two books, two videos, a world wide web home page, and a workshop meeting on ``Math in Careers`` held at the University of California at Berkeley in January, 1995.
Date: January 29, 1996
Creator: Sterrett, A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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