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U.S. Economic Sanctions Through 1996

Description: Since the early 1960s, the United States has imposed a range of economic sanctions on Cuba, the most prominent of which is a comprehensive embargo prohibiting trade with Cuba. This Congressional Research Service report first provides an overview of U.S.-Cuba relations and U.S. policy toward Cuba. It then examines the history and current legislative and executive authorities of the various components of U.S. sanctions against Cuba, including aid, trade, and other restrictions.
Date: November 21, 1996
Creator: Rennack, Dianne E. & Sullivan, Mark P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of Head Burns in Adult Salmonids : Phase 1, Examination of Fish at Lookingglass Hatchery in 1996 : Addendum to Final Report.

Description: This information is an addendum to the report 'Investigation of Head Burns in Adult Salmonids, Phase 1: Examination of Fish at Lower Granite Dam, July 2, 1996' by Ralph Elston because there may be relevant observations included here. The author of this document participated in the examinations at Lower Granite Dam described in that report. Because of Endangered Species Act issues, the Rapid River stock of spring chinook salmon reared at Lookingglass Hatchery on the Grande Ronde River in northea… more
Date: November 1, 1996
Creator: Groberg, Warren J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Underground Test Area Subproject Phase I Data Analysis Task. Volume VI - Groundwater Flow Model Documentation Package

Description: Volume VI of the documentation for the Phase I Data Analysis Task performed in support of the current Regional Flow Model, Transport Model, and Risk Assessment for the Nevada Test Site Underground Test Area Subproject contains the groundwater flow model data. Because of the size and complexity of the model area, a considerable quantity of data was collected and analyzed in support of the modeling efforts. The data analysis task was consequently broken into eight subtasks, and descriptions of ea… more
Date: November 1, 1996
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of Combined S02/N0x Removal by Ceria Sorbents

Description: This final report describes the work done under the sponsorship of the U.S. DOE for the support of advanced fossil resource utilization research at historically black colleges and universities, Grant No. DE-Ps22-92MT920 on "Investigation of Combined S02/NOx Removal by Ceria Sorbents". The work was conducted at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Hampton University. The industrial partner was Malcolm Pirnie,Inc. Environmental Engineers, Scientists and Planners, who handled the metal analys… more
Date: November 1, 1996
Creator: Akyurtlu, Ates & Akyurtlu, Jale F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Modeling a set of heavy oil aqueous pyrolysis experiments

Description: Aqueous pyrolysis experiments, aimed at mild upgrading of heavy oil, were analyzed using various computer models. The primary focus of the analysis was the pressure history of the closed autoclave reactors obtained during the heating of the autoclave to desired reaction temperatures. The models used included a means of estimating nonideal behavior of primary components with regard to vapor liquid equilibrium. The modeling indicated that to match measured autoclave pressures, which often were we… more
Date: November 1, 1996
Creator: Thorsness, Charles B. & Reynolds, John G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final construction quality assurance report for the Y-12 Industrial Landfill V, Area 2, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Description: Lockheed Martin Energy Systems (LMES) has finished construction of Area 2 of the Y-12 Plant Industrial Landfill (ILF-V), classified as a Class 2 Landfill. This final Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) Report provides documentation that Area 2 was constructed in substantial compliance with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) approved design, as indicated and specified in the permit drawings, approved changes, and specifications. This report applies specifically to t… more
Date: November 1, 1996
Creator: Bessom, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Rapid scanning mass spectrometer

Description: Mass spectrometers and residual gas analyzers (RGA) are used in a variety of applications for analysis of volatile and semi-volatile materials. Analysis is performed by detecting fragments of gas molecules, based on their mass to charge ratio, which are generated in the mass spectrometer. When used as a detector for a gas chromatograph, they function as a means to quantitatively identify isolated volatile species which have been separated from other species via the gas chromatograph. Vacuum Tec… more
Date: November 25, 1996
Creator: Leckey, John H. & Boeckmann, Mark D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Casework in a Congressional Office

Description: This report and its appendices present a general overview of congressional office procedures associated with handling casework and the assistance by a Member of Congress to help constituents in their dealings with federal agencies.
Date: November 19, 1996
Creator: Pontius, John S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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D0 Silicon Upgrade: Gas Helium Storage Tank Pressure Vessel Engineering Note

Description: This is to certify that Beaird Industries, Inc. has done a white metal blast per SSPC-SP5 as required per specifications on the vessel internal. Following the blast, a black light inspection was performed by Beaird Quality Control personnel to assure that all debris, grease, etc. was removed and interior was clean prior to closing vessel for helium test.
Date: November 11, 1996
Creator: Rucinski, Russ
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fiscal year 1996 laboratory scale studies of the WVNS flowsheet for remediation of Tank 8D-1 and Tank 8D-2

Description: These tests simulated the West Valley (WV) tank heel removal flowsheet in which oxalic acid solution (OAS) is used to elute Cs from zeolite in tank 8D-1 for 28 h. The eluent is then transferred to tank 8D-2, to dissolve the waste sludge heel. Sequence for the tests were: elute 10 g of Cs-loaded zeolite for 28 h at 50 C at 40 L/kg- zeolite, using 8 wt% OAS; decant used OAS and add 240 g waste slurry simulant, which was washed to <2g/L dissolved solids and containing 120-140 g total oxides/L; let… more
Date: November 1, 1996
Creator: Smith, H. D.; Smith, G. L.; Russell, R. L. & Patello, G. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Separation of gases with solid electrolyte ionic conductors

Description: The authors have developed a novel method of gas separation based on electrolyte ionic membrane technology. Separation of one gas from another occurs through an ion-conducting membrane by the passage of selected ions. Most systems studied have focused on oxygen ion conduction for the separation of oxygen from air, although protonic and halide-conducting solid materials also exist. As an example of this system, this paper concentrates on a study of a membrane reactor used in the production of sy… more
Date: November 1, 1996
Creator: Balachandran, U.; Dusek, J. T.; Maiya, P. S.; Mieville, R. L.; Ma, B.; Kleefisch, M. S. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Self-similarity and transport in the standard map

Description: Anomalous transport is investigated for the Standard Map. A chain of exact self similar islands in the vicinity of the period 5 accelerator island is found for a particular value of the map parameter. The transport is found to be superdiffusive with an anomalous exponent related to the characteristic temporal and spatial scaling parameters of the island chain. The value of the transport exponent is compared to the theory. The escape time distribution and Poincare recurrence distribution are fou… more
Date: November 1996
Creator: Benkadda, S.; Kassibrakis, S.; White, R. B. & Zaslavsky, G. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of surface chemistry on the porous structure of coal. Quarterly technical progress report, April 1996--June 1996

Description: Objective is to use {sup 129}Xe NMR to study the microporous structure of coals. During this quarter, we have: performed a presaturation experiment on Wyodak subbituminous coal, monitored the progress of Xe adsorption in an anthracite, focusing on the changes observed in the external-surface adsorbed gas signal, used an echo sequence to obtain {sup 129}Xe NMR spectra of Blind Canyon hvAb coal, and improved and repeated the successive oxygen adsorption and desorption experiment on a microporous … more
Date: November 1, 1996
Creator: Anderson, Stasia A.; Radovic, Ljubisa R. & Hatcher, Patrick G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mechanisms of stability of armored bubbles: FY 1996 Final Report

Description: Theoretical and experimental studies examine how a coating, or {open_quotes}armor,{close_quotes} of partially wetted solid particles can stabilize tiny bubbles against diffusion of gas into the surrounding liquid, in spite of the high capillary pressures normally associated with such bubbles. Experiments with polymethylmethacrylate (PNMA) beads and carbonated water demonstrate that armored bubbles can persist for weeks in liquid unsaturated with respect to the gas in the bubbles. This question … more
Date: November 1, 1996
Creator: Rossen, W. R. & Kam, S. I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ion irradiation damage in ilmenite under cryogenic conditions

Description: A natural single crystal of ilmenite was irradiated at 100 K with 200 keV Ar{sup 2+}. Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy and ion channeling with 2 MeV He{sup +} ions were used to monitor damage accumulation in the surface region of the implanted crystal. At an irradiation fluence of 1 {times} 10{sup 15} Ar{sup 2+} cm{sup {minus}2}, considerable near-surface He{sup +} ion dechanneling was observed, to the extent that ion yield from a portion of the aligned crystal spectrum reached the yield … more
Date: November 1, 1996
Creator: Mitchell, J. N.; Yu, N.; Devanathan, R.; Sickafus, K. E.; Nastasi, M. A. & Nord, G. L., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The 1995 Farm Bill: Research, Education, and Extension Issues

Description: The House Agriculture Committee has proposed extending Title XVI of the 1990 farm act (P.L. 101-624) for two years. Currently, the title will expire at the end of 1995. The title includes funding authority for the U.s. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) in-house research programs, as well as federal support for cooperative research, higher education, extension programs in the States, and several research grant programs. This report discusses efforts underway to extend this title and reform futu… more
Date: November 30, 1996
Creator: Rawson, Jean M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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