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Office of Technology Assessment Semi-Annual Report, July 1994

Description: This report includes information on technological products released during FY1994, legislation in the 103rd Congress related to the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), and background information on OTA itself, among other things.
Date: July 1994
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of the Tenth Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Description: The Panel at its tenth session called on partnerships and collaboration to address climate change, and stress the importance of involving experts from developing countries and countries with economies in transition in the activities of the Panel. The panel discussed and adopted various draft reports, and identified the following three areas on which IPCC needed to focus in its future work: Identification of gaps and uncertainties, preparations for the Third Assessment Report, and the developme… more
Date: November 1994
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion: 1994 Assessment

Description: A change in the composition of the stratosphere becomes relevant to society only if it has noticeable effects. This places the assessment of effects in a pivotal role in the problem of ozone depletion. Decreases in the quantity of total-column ozone, as now observed in many places, tend to cause increased penetration of solar UV-B radiation (290-315 nm) to the Earth's surface. UV-B radiation is the most energetic component of sunlight reaching the surface. It has profound effects on human healt… more
Date: November 1994
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Our Changing Planet: The FY 1995 U.S. Global Change Research Program

Description: The U.S. GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM (USGCRP) supports activities that provide information and policy-relevant understanding about the coupling of human activities and the environment across a broad range of issues, perspectives, and interactions. Global change research focuses on providing scientific insight into critical global change issues and policy choices facing the nation and the world community. Global change research to address these issues is organized into a flexible multidiscipl… more
Date: 1994
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Information Office
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Bioremediation of contaminated groundwater

Description: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for in situ remediation of contaminated subsurface soil or groundwater contaminated by chlorinated hydrocarbons. A nutrient fluid (NF) is selected to simulated the growth and reproduction of indigenous subsurface microorganisms capable of degrading the contaminants; an oxygenated fluid (OF) is selected to create an aerobic environment with anaerobic pockets. NF is injected periodically while OF is injected continuously and both are extracted so that both are… more
Date: January 1, 1994
Creator: Hazen, T.C. & Fliermans, C.B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Release: Second Opinion on Yokohama AIDS Conference]

Description: Commentary on a dispatch released by the Associated Press. The dispatch reported that the conference determined "there is no cure for AIDS, no effective treatment, no vaccine. Nor will there be anytime soon." The author of the commentary comments that this is only a partial view from the conference.
Date: September 7, 1994
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Announcement: Dallas Gay Pride Week]

Description: Photocopy of an announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services inviting its employees to attend the Dallas Gay Pride Week to continue to celebrate the diversity of the Department.
Date: September 19, 1994
Creator: Department of Health & Human Services
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Job Protection For Gays

Description: A scan of a news article from the Washington Post discussing proposed legislation that would protect LGB individuals from being fired for their sexual orientation.
Date: July 13, 1994
Creator: Barry Goldwater
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994]

Description: A document from the Human Rights Campaign Fund that explains the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994 and why supporting this piece of legislation is not only important but necessary.
Date: July 5, 1994
Creator: Human Rights Campaign Fund
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Family and Medical Leave Program]

Description: A document that specifies the details of the Departmental policy relative to a provision of Public Law 103-3, The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
Date: June 21, 1994
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Research Notes: Ann Richards Campaign]

Description: Research notes, a press release, and a list labeled the Truth Squad all concerning Ann Richards and her campaign.
Date: October 25, 1994
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Press Release and Abstract: McCaster Brain Study]

Description: A series of press releases and an abstract form all discussing the recent study that found that sexual orientation is most likely linked with biological factors.
Date: November 17, 1994
Creator: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Birth Outcomes Following Zidovudine Therapy in Pregnant Women

Description: A published article by Morbidity and Mortality about the birth outcomes after treating HIV positive pregnant women with zidovudine (ZDV).
Date: June 10, 1994
Creator: Massachusetts Medical Society
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)]

Description: A surveillance report from the Dallas County AIDS Cases tracking the spread of the disease by categorizes of disease, age, cases, and patient groups.
Date: August 1, 1994
Creator: Dallas County AIDS Cases
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Long-Term Follow-Up of Zidovudine Therapy in Asymptomatic HIV Infection: Results of Multicenter Cohort Study

Description: Research published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes that explained that zidovudine (AZT) is only beneficial to people with HIV/AIDS within the first year of treatment and that after three years there were no sustained clinical benefit.
Date: 1994
Creator: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Executive Summary: Health Benefits for Domestic Partners]

Description: A briefing of the health benefits for domestic partners in response to two council members seeking to expand the domestic partner benefits offered by the city.
Date: April 25, 1994
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Media Release: AIDS Action Council HUD Initiative]

Description: A media release from the AIDS Action Council discussing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's recent announcement that they would launch a new initiative that would provide federally funded housing for peoples with HIV/AIDS.
Date: August 12, 1994
Creator: AIDS Action Council
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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