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Bankruptcy Reform in the 108th Congress

Description: On March 19, 2003, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 975, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2003. H.R. 975, as introduced, was substantially similar to the legislation (H.R. 333) approved by both the House and the Senate during the 107th Congress, but omitted the Schumer Amendment which would have prevented the discharge of liability for willful violation of protective orders and violent protests against providers of “lawful services,” including reproductive … more
Date: January 29, 2004
Creator: Welborn, Angie A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Commonly Used Motions and Requests in the House of Representatives

Description: This report identifies the most commonly used motions and requests available to Members during proceedings in the House of Representatives. This report divides the motions and requests into seven broad categories, based on when the motion or request is in order and who can make the motion or request.
Date: January 29, 2004
Creator: Palmer, Betsy
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CT Scans of NASA BSTRA Balls 5f5, f2, f3, sr2c, nb2a, hb2b

Description: At the request of Jose Hernandez we performed some feasibility DR/CT scanning of BSTRA Balls of different sizes. To this point we have scanned all the specimens on a single system, HECAT. This particular system employs a 9 meV LINAC as the x-ray source and a THALES 12 x 16 inch 14-bit Amorphous Silicon panel as the detector. In this report we describe the system, detail some of its properties, describe the scans performed and present the data. Figure 1 contains a couple of images of the system … more
Date: January 29, 2004
Creator: Gross, J; Thompson, R; Perry, R & Schneberk, D
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Acquisitions: Risks Posed by DOD's New Space Systems Acquisition Policy

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "On November 18, 2003, we testified before Congress on the Department of Defense's (DOD) new acquisition policy for space systems. The new acquisition policy, issued in October 2003, sets the stage for decision making for DOD's investment in space systems, which currently stands at more than $18 billion annually and is expected to grow considerably over the next decade. Congress requested that we provide additio… more
Date: January 29, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FIELD TEST PROGRAM FOR LONG-TERM OPERATION OF A COHPAC SYSTEM FOR REMOVING MERCURY FROM COAL-FIRED FLUE GAS

Description: With the Nation's coal-burning utilities facing the possibility of tighter controls on mercury pollutants, the U.S. Department of Energy is funding projects that could offer power plant operators better ways to reduce these emissions at much lower costs. Sorbent injection technology represents one of the simplest and most mature approaches to controlling mercury emissions from coal-fired boilers. It involves injecting a solid material such as powdered activated carbon into the flue gas. The gas… more
Date: January 29, 2004
Creator: Bustard, Jean; Lindsey, Charles; Brignac, Paul; Starns, Travis; Sjostrom, Sharon; Taylor, Trent et al.
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In situ freeze-capturing of fracture water using cryogenic coring

Description: Current methods do not allow for sampling of in situ water from unsaturated fractures in low-moisture environments. A novel cryogenic coring technique based on the method developed by Simon and Cooper (1996) is used to collect in situ water in unsaturated fractures. This method uses liquid nitrogen as the drilling fluid, which can freeze the fracture water in place while coring. Laboratory experiments are conducted to demonstrate that water in an unsaturated fracture can be frozen and collected… more
Date: January 29, 2004
Creator: Su, Grace W.; Wang, Joseph S.Y. & Zacny, Kris
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Modification to the Monte N-Particle (MCNP) Visual Editor (MCNPVised) to read in Computer Aided Design (CAD) files

Description: Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code (MCNP) (Reference 1) is the code of choice for doing complex neutron/photon/electron transport calculations for the nuclear industry and research institutions. The Visual Editor for Monte Carlo N-Particle (References 2 to 11) is recognized internationally as the best code for visually creating and graphically displaying input files for MCNP. The work performed in this grant enhanced the capabilities of the MCNP Visual Editor to allow it to read in a 2D Comp… more
Date: January 29, 2004
Creator: Schwarz, Randy A. Carter, Leeland L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mono and Multivalency In Tethered Protein-Carbohydrate Bonds

Description: Molecular recognition in biological systems typically involves large numbers of interactions simultaneously. By using a multivalent approach, weak interactions with fairly low specificity can become strong highly specific interactions. Additionally, this allows an organism to control the strength and specificity of an interaction simply by controlling the number of binding molecules (or binding sites), which in turn can be controlled through transcriptional regulation.
Date: January 29, 2004
Creator: Ratto, T V; Langry, K C; Rudd, R E; Balhorn, R L & McElfresh, M W
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Paul Trap Simulator Experiment to Model Intense Beam Propagation in Alternating-gradient Transport Systems

Description: The results presented here demonstrate that the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment (PTSX) simulates the propagation of intense charged particle beams over distances of many kilometers through magnetic alternating-gradient (AG) transport systems by making use of the similarity between the transverse dynamics of particles in the two systems. Plasmas have been trapped that correspond to normalized intensity parameters s = wp2 (0)/2wq2 * 0.8, where wp(r) is the plasmas frequency and wq is the average t… more
Date: January 29, 2004
Creator: Gilson, Erik P.; Davidson, Ronald C.; Efthimion, Philip C. & Majeski, Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Report FY04 Quarter 1

Description: In this quarter, a simulation has been carried out to validate the FEM model for a production facility mill configuration, focusing on the shape change evolution of the slab. Results of ingot shape evolution for a 13 pass rolling simulation are given in Figure 1. It was observed that the rollover of the slab is strongly dependent on friction. More studies on friction laws may be necessary for more accurate prediction. Another important feature is the mesh dependence of the result. More frequent… more
Date: January 29, 2004
Creator: Couch, R G & Wang, P
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RP-5 Renewable Energy Efficiency Project

Description: This is the sixth quarterly technical report for the RP-5 Renewable Energy Efficiency Project. The report summarizes the work progress, effort and activities that took place during the period from October 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003. The report has been prepared in accordance with the Department of Energy (DOE) Guidelines. In coordination with the DOE, IEUA has revised the original Cooperative Agreement to reflect the actual and current project scope of work. The original Agreement statem… more
Date: January 29, 2004
Creator: Clifton, Neil; Whitman, Eliza Jane & Zughbi, Jamal A.
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Subextensive Scaling in the Athermal, Quasistatic Limit of Amorphous Matter in Plastic Shear Flow

Description: We present the results of numerical simulations of an atomistic system undergoing plastic shear flow in the athermal, quasistatic limit. The system is shown to undergo cascades of local re-arrangements, associated with quadrupolar energy fluctuations, which induce system-spanning events organized into lines of slip oriented along the Bravais axes of the simulation cell. A finite size scaling analysis reveals subextensive scaling of the energy drops and participation numbers, linear in the lengt… more
Date: January 29, 2004
Creator: Maloney, C & Lemaitre, A
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Telemarketing: Dealing with Unwanted Telemarketing Calls

Description: This report provides summaries of the federal laws and regulations particular to telemarketing, the establishment of a national do-not-call registry, and the options that are available to consumers to limit the calls that they receive from telemarketers and to report questionable telemarketing practices to local or federal authorities. The report also lists sources of additional information with addresses, phone numbers, and Internet sites (if available).
Date: January 29, 2004
Creator: Riehl, James R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Faculty Recital: 2004-02-29 - Lynn Eustis, soprano, Lyle Nordstrom, lute and theorbo, and Lenora McCroskey, harpsichord

Description: Recital performed at UNT College of Music Recital Hall on February 29, 2004 at 5:00 pm.
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Date: February 29, 2004
Duration: 41 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Eustis, Lynn; Nordstrom, Lyle & McCroskey, Lenora
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Oleds for General Lighting

Description: The goal of this program was to reduce the long term technical risks that were keeping the lighting industry from embracing and developing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology for general illumination. The specific goal was to develop OLEDs for lighting to the point where it was possible to demonstrate a large area white light panel with brightness and light quality comparable to a fluorescence source and with an efficacy comparable to that of an incandescent source. it was recognized… more
Date: February 29, 2004
Creator: Duggal, Anil; Foust, Don; Heller, Chris; Nealon, Bill; Turner, Larry; Shiang, Joe et al.
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Radon Reduction Experience at a Former Uranium Processing Facility

Description: Approximately 6,200 cubic meters of waste containing about 2.0E8 MBq of radium-226 are stored in two large silos at the Fernald Site in southwest Ohio. The material is scheduled for retrieval, packaging, off site shipment and disposal by burial. Air in the silos above the stored material contained radon-222 at a concentration of 7.4 E5 Bq/L. Short-lived daughters formed by decay in these headspaces generated dose rates at contact with the top of the silos up to 1.05 mSv/hr and there complicate … more
Date: February 29, 2004
Creator: Eger, K. J.; Rutherford, L.; Rickett, K.; Fellman, R. & Hungate, S.
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Toxicological Evaluation of Realistic Emissions of Source Aerosols (TERESA): Application to Power Plant-Derived PM2.5

Description: This report documents progress made on the subject project during the period of September 1, 2003 through February 28, 2004. The TERESA Study is designed to investigate the role played by specific emissions sources and components in the induction of adverse health effects by examining the relative toxicity of coal combustion and mobile source (gasoline and/or diesel engine) emissions and their oxidative products. The study involves on-site sampling, dilution, and aging of coal combustion emissi… more
Date: February 29, 2004
Creator: Rohr, Annette
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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