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Science And Technology: Air Force's Planning Process Meets Statutory Requirement

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Congress and the scientific community are concerned that the Air Force's investment in science and technology may be too low to meet the challenges presented by new and emerging threats. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 requires the Air Force to review its science and technology programs to assess the budgetary resources currently used and those needed to adequately address the chall… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Medicare Physician Payments: Spending Targets Encourage Fiscal Discipline, Modifications Could Stabilize Fees

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Congress implemented a physician fee schedule and a fee update formula to moderate spending growth relative to specified Medicare spending targets. These spending targets increase annually to reflect higher costs for physician services, the growth in the overall economy, and changes in the number of Medicare beneficiaries. Physician fees are adjusted for changes in the costs of providing services and on actual cumul… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Identity Theft: Available Data Indicate Growth in Prevalence and Cost

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Identity theft involves "stealing" another person's personal identifying information, such as their Social Security Number (SSN), date of birth, or mother's maiden name, and using it to fraudulently establish credit, run up debt, or take over existing financial accounts. The prevalence and cost of identity theft seem to be increasing. Recently introduced bills seek to prevent identity theft and enforce laws prohibit… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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WIPP Facility Work Plan for Solid Waste Management Units

Description: This 2002 Facility Work Plan (FWP) has been prepared as required by Module VII, Permit Condition VII.U.3 of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Hazardous Waste Facility Permit, NM4890139088-TSDF (the Permit) (New Mexico Environment Department [NMED], 1999a), and incorporates comments from the NMED received on December 6, 2000 (NMED, 2000a). This February 2002 FWP describes the programmatic facility-wide approach to future investigations at Solid Waste Management Units (SWMU) and Areas of Con… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Westinghouse TRU Solutions LLC
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Committee Types and Roles

Description: This report contains information on the general structure of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate committee structure, types of committees, and subcommittees.
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Carr, Thomas P.
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Design and simulation of a multi-beamlet injector for a highcurrent accelerator

Description: A multi-beamlet approach to a high current ion injector, whereby a large number of beamlets are accelerated and then merged to form a single beam, offers a number of potential advantages over a monolithic single beam injector. These advantages include a smaller transverse footprint, more control over the shaping and aiming of the beam, and more flexibility in the choice of ion sources. A potential drawback however is a larger emittance. In this paper, we seek to understand the merging of the be… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Grote, David P.; Henestroza, Enrique & Kwan, Joe W.
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Development of Fine Particulate Emission Factors and Speciation Profiles for Oil and Gas Fired Combustion Systems

Description: This report provides results from the second year of this three-year project to develop dilution measurement technology for characterizing PM2.5 (particles with aerodynamic diameter smaller than 2.5 micrometers) and precursor emissions from stationary combustion sources used in oil, gas and power generation operation. Detailed emission rate and chemical speciation tests results for a gas turbine, a process heater, and a commercial oil/gas fired boiler are presented. Tests were performed using a… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: England, Glenn; Chang, Oliver & Wien, Stephanie
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Study of the radiation damage of Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets.

Description: Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets are highly desirable for use in the insertion devices of synchrotron radiation sources due to their high remanence, or residual magnetic induction, and intrinsic coercivity. However, the radiation environment within high-energy electron storage rings necessitates the determination of the degree of radiation sensitivity as well as the mechanisms of radiation-induced demagnetization. A 0.5% change in the residual induction due to radiation damage cannot be tolerated in t… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Job, P. K.; Alderman, J. M.; Martin, R. C. & Simmons, C. M.
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Present and future electroweak precision measurements and the indirect determination of the mass of the Higgs boson

Description: We discuss the experimental and theoretical uncertainties on precision electroweak observables and their relationship to the indirect constraints on the Higgs boson mass, MH, in the Standard Model (SM). The critical experimental measurements (M{sub W}, sin{sup 2}{theta}{sub eff}, m{sub t},...) are evaluated in terms of their present uncertainties and their prospects for improved precision at future colliders, and their contribution to the constraints on MH. In addition, the current uncertaintie… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: al., U. Baur et
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Feasibility of natural circulation heat transport in the ENHS.

Description: An analysis has been carried out of natural circulation thermal hydraulics in both the primary and intermediate circuits of the Encapsulated Nuclear Heat Source (ENHS). It is established that natural circulation enhanced by gas injection into the primary coolant above the core, or the intermediate coolant above the heat exchange zone, is effective in transporting the nominal core power to the steam generators without the attainment of excessive system temperatures. Uncertainties in thermophysic… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Sienicki, J. J.
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Improving Hiroshima Air-Over-Ground Thermal/Epithermal Activation Calculations Using a MUSH Model to Show the Importance of Local Shielding

Description: Achieving agreement between measured and calculated neutron activation data resulting from Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb detonations has been a major problem since the early 1980's. This has been particularly true for the materials that are activated by thermal and epithermal neutrons. Since thermal and epithermal neutrons are not transported very far from the weapon, the local shielding environment around the measurement location can be very important. A set of calculations incorporating an av… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Pace, J.V.
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Crystallization of Beryllium-Boron Metallic Glasses

Description: Prior studies of evaporation and sputter deposition show that the grain size of pure beryllium can be dramatically refined through the incorporation of metal impurities. Recently, the addition of boron at a concentration greater than 11% is shown to serve as a glassy phase former in sputter deposited beryllium. Presently, thermally induced crystallization of the beryllium-boron metallic glass is reported. The samples are characterized during an in-situ anneal treatment with bright field imaging… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Jankowski, Alan Frederic; Wall, M. A. & Nieh, T. G.
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APDS: Autonomous Pathogen Detection System

Description: An early warning system to counter bioterrorism, the Autonomous Pathogen Detection System (APDS) continuously monitors the environment for the presence of biological pathogens (e.g., anthrax) and once detected, it sounds an alarm much like a smoke detector warns of a fire. Long before September 11, 2001, this system was being developed to protect domestic venues and events including performing arts centers, mass transit systems, major sporting and entertainment events, and other high profile si… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Langlois, R. G.; Brown, S.; Burris, L.; Colston, B.; Jones, L.; Makarewicz, T. et al.
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The Railway Labor Act: Dispute Resolution Procedures and Congressional Authority to Intervene

Description: This report provides an overview of the dispute resolution procedures under the Railway Labor Act, including the President's authority to appoint an Emergency Board; and discusses Congress' authority to intervene in railway and airline strikes.
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Welborn, Angie A.
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Grants Work in a Congressional Office

Description: This report provides information about the Grants Work in a Congressional Office. An internal grant manual is a valuable tool for grants staff to develop. It can also outline office proceedings and policies.
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Gerli, Merete F.
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Performance Enhancement of the Automated Concrete Evaluation System (ACES)

Description: The objective of this proposed research is to improve and expand the detection and analysis capabilities of the automated, concrete evaluation (ACE) system. MoDOT and Honeywell jointly developed this system. The focus of this proposed research will be on the following: Coordination of concrete imaging efforts with other states, Validation and testing of the ACE system on a broad range of concrete samples, and Identification and development of software and hardware enhancements. These enhancemen… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Baumgart,C.W.; Cave,S.P. & Linder,K.E.
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Studies of vibrational properties in Ga stabilized delta-Pu by extended X-ray absorption fine structure

Description: Temperature dependent extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra were measured for a 3.3 at. % Ga stabilized Pu alloy over the range T= 20 - 300 K. EXAFS data were acquired at both the Ga K-edge and the Pu L{sub III} edge. Curve-fits were performed to the first shell interactions to obtain pair-distance distribution widths, {sigma}, as a function of temperature. The temperature dependence of {sigma}(T) was accurately modeled using a correlated-Debye model for the lattice vibration… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Allen, P. G.; Henderson, A. L.; Sylwester, E. R.; Turchi, P. E. A.; Shen, T. H.; Gallegos, G. F. et al.
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Dynamic Group Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange under standard assumptions

Description: Authenticated Diffie-Hellman key exchange allows two principals communicating over a public network, and each holding public-private keys, to agree on a shared secret value. In this paper we study the natural extension of this cryptographic problem to a group of principals. We begin from existing formal security models and refine them to incorporate major missing details (e.g., strong-corruption and concurrent sessions). Within this model we define the execution of a protocol for authenticated … more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Bresson, Emmanuel; Chevassut, Olivier & Pointcheval, David
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Campaign Financing

Description: This is one report in the series of reports that discuss the campaign finance practices and related issues. Concerns over financing federal elections have become a seemingly perennial aspect of our political system, centered on the enduring issues of high campaign costs and reliance on interest groups for needed campaign funds. The report talks about the today’s paramount issues such as perceived loopholes in current law and the longstanding issues: overall costs, funding sources, and competi… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Cantor, Joseph E.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Grants Work in a Congressional Office

Description: Members of Congress often get requests from constituents for information and help in obtaining funds for projects. Many state and local governments, nonprofit social service and community action organizations, private research groups, small businesses, and individuals approach congressional offices to find out about funding, both from the federal government and from the private sector. The success rate in obtaining federal assistance is not high, given the competition for federal funds. A grant… more
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Gerli, Merete F.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Committee Types and Roles

Description: There are three main types of committees—standing, select, and joint. Most committees form subcommittees to share specific tasks within the jurisdiction of the full committee.
Date: February 14, 2002
Creator: Carr, Thomas P.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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