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Social Security Administration: Systems Support Could Improve Processing Attorney Fee Payments in the Disability Program

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "To ensure that people claiming disability insurance program benefits can obtain legal representation at a fair price, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is required to regulate the fees that attorneys charge people to represent their disability claims before the agency. Balancing the needs of the claimants with those of their attorneys, the law limits the amount of fees that attorneys can charge claimants, but… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Health Care: Lessons Learned from TRICARE Contracts and Implications for the Future

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses lessons learned from the Department of Defense's (DOD) TRICARE contracts and their implications for the future. TRICARE's successes and maturity reflect the ability of the DOD and its contractors to work within the current contract structure. However, it has not been easy, and there are important lessons from current contract shortcomings that need to be addressed in designing future TRICARE… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nursing Workforce: Recruitment and Retention of Nurses and Nurse Aides Is a Growing Concern

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the recruitment and the retention of nursing staff, including both nurses and nurses aides, and concerns about the future supply of these workers. The health and long-term care systems in the United States rely heavily on the services of both nurses and nurses aides, the two largest groups of health care workers. GAO found that the recruitment and the retention of both nurses and nurses aide… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Spectrum Management: New Procedures Could Help Reduce Interference Problems

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) has become increasingly aware that the use of more commercial and military electronic systems aboard ships, aircraft, and vehicles can cause unintended electromagnetic interactions among systems and harm operations. Such unintended interactions, called electromagnetic environmental effects, have already undermined mission effectiveness on many occasions. The new procurement proc… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Information Technology: Architecture Needed to Guide Modernization of DOD's Financial Operations

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) does not have a financial management enterprise architecture, and it does not have the management structures in place to effectively develop, implement, and maintain one. DOD has not applied recognized best practices--particularly support and sponsorship by the head of the enterprise and assignment of accountability and commensurate authority--to develop, implement, and maintain… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Former Soviet Union: U.S. Rule of Law Assistance Has Had Limited Impact and Sustainability

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the U.S. government's rule of law assistance efforts in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union. GAO found that these efforts have had limited impact so far, and results may not be sustainable in many cases. U.S. agencies have had some success in introducing innovative legal concepts and practices in these countries. However, the U.S. assistance has not often had a major, long-… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wet-Etch Figuring: Optical Surfacing by Controlled Application of Etchant Solution Using the marangoni Effect

Description: Wet-etch figuring (WEF), a computer-controlled method for generating arbitrarily shaped optical surfaces using wet chemical etching, has been developed. This method uses applicator geometry and surface tension gradients (the Marangoni Effect) to define and confine the footprint of a wetted etchant zone on the surface. Capillary forces attach the flowing etchant solution to the underside of the optic being figured. No mechanical or thermal stresses or residues are applied to the optic by this pr… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Rushford, M. C.; Britten, J. A.; Hoaglan, C. R.; Thomas, I. M.; Summers, L. J. & Dixit, S. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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HORIZONTAL LIFTING OF 5 DHLW/DOE LONG, 12-PWR LONG AND 24-BWR WASTE PACKAGES

Description: The objective of this calculation was to determine the structural response of a 12-Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Long, a 24-Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) and a 5-Defense High Level Waste/Department of Energy (DHLW/DOE)--Long spent nuclear fuel waste packages lifted in a horizontal position. The scope of this calculation was limited to reporting the calculation results in terms of maximum stress intensities in the trunnion collar sleeves. In addition, the maximum stress intensities in the inner … more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Brosse, V. de la
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Multiple Peaks in the Angular Power Spectrum of the CosmicMicrowave Background: Significance and Consequences for Cosmology

Description: Three peaks and two dips have been detected in the power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background from the BOOMERANG experiment, at {ell} {approx} 210, 540, 840 and {ell} {approx} 420, 750, respectively. Using model-independent analyses, we find that all five features are statistically significant and we measure their location and amplitude. These are consistent with the adiabatic inflationary model. We also calculate the mean and variance of the peak and dip locations and amplitudes in a la… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: de Bernardis, P.; Ade, P. A. R.; Bock, J. J.; Bond, J. R.; Borrill, J.; Boscaleri, A. et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Shipping Cask Studies with MOX Fuel

Description: Tasks of nuclear safety assurance for storage and transport of fresh mixed uranium-plutonium fuel of the VVER-1000 reactor are considered in the view of 3 MOX LTAs introduction into the core. The precise code MCU that realizes the Monte Carlo method is used for calculations.
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Pavlovichev, A.M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final report (Grant No. DOE DE-FG02-97ER62366) [Retrieval of cloud fraction and type using broadband diffuse and total shortwave irradiance measurements]

Description: The primary research effort supported by Grant No. DOE DEFG02-97ER62366 titled ''Retrieval of Cloud Fraction and Type Using Broadband Diffuse and Total Shortwave Irradiance Measurements'' was application of clear-sky identification and cloud fraction estimation algorithms developed by Charles N. Long and Thomas P. Ackerman to the downwelling total, direct and diffuse shortwave irradiance measurements made at all of the central, boundary, and extended facilities of the DOE Atmospheric Radiation … more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Clothiaux, Eugene
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Critical Experiments With Aqueous Solutions of {sup 233}UO{sub 2}(NO{sub 3}){sub 2}

Description: This report provides the critical experimenter's interpretations and descriptions of informal critical experiment logbook notes and associated information (e.g., experimental equipment designs/sketches, chemical and isotopic analyses, etc.) for the purpose of formally documenting the results of critical experiments performed in the late 1960s at the Oak Ridge Critical Experiments Facility. The experiments were conducted with aqueous solutions of 97.6 wt % {sup 233}U uranyl nitrate having uraniu… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Thomas, J.T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oral History Interview with Donald Boots, May 17, 2001

Description: Interview with building contractor and Marine Corps veteran Donald Boots. The interview includes Boots' personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, childhood, boot camp, camouflage school, training in beachhead organization with the 4th Pioneer Battalion, mopping-up operations on Kwajalein, rest and retraining on Maui, being assigned as a BAR man, invading Saipan, and assaulting enemy caves on Saipan. Boots also talks about the stress of battle, returning to Maui for res… more
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Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Boots, Donald
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Clip: Sex slaves now]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: May 17, 2001, 4:00 p.m.
Duration: 49 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Intercomparison and Evaluation of Cumulus Parameterizations under Summertime Midlatitude Continental Conditions

Description: Parameterization of cumulus convection in general circulation model (GCM) has been recognized as one of the most important and complex issues in the model physical parameterizations. In earlier studies, most cumulus parameterizations were developed and evaluated using data observed over tropical oceans, such as the GATE (the Global Atmospheric Research Program's Atlantic Tropical Experiment) data. This is partly due to inadequate field measurements in the midlatitudes. In this study, we compare… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Xie, S.; Cederwall, R. T.; Yio, J. & Xu, K. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Risk Reduction With a Fuzzy Expert Exploration Tool

Description: Incomplete or sparse information on types of data such as geologic or formation characteristics introduces a high level of risk for oil exploration and development projects. ''Expert'' systems developed and used in several disciplines and industries have demonstrated beneficial results. A state-of-the-art exploration ''expert'' tool, relying on a computerized database and computer maps generated by neural networks, is being developed through the use of ''fuzzy'' logic, a relatively new mathemat… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Weiss, William W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Intercomparison and Evaluation of Cumulus Parameterizations under Summertime Midlatitude Continental Conditions

Description: Parameterization of cumulus convection in general circulation model (GCM) has been recognized as one of the most important and complex issues in the model physical parameterizations. In earlier studies, most cumulus parameterizations were developed and evaluated using data observed over tropical oceans, such as the GATE (the Global Atmospheric Research Program's Atlantic Tropical Experiment) data. This is partly due to inadequate field measurements in the midlatitudes. In this study, we compare… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Xie, S.; Cederwall, R. T.; Yio, J. J. & Xu, K. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Critical Experiments With Aqueous Solutions of {sup 233}UO{sub 2}(NO{sub ;3}){sub 2}

Description: This report provides the critical experimenter's interpretations and descriptions of informal critical experiment logbook notes and associated information (e.g., experimental equipment designs/sketches, chemical and isotopic analyses, etc.) for the purpose of formally documenting the results of critical experiments performed in the late 1960s at the Oak Ridge Critical Experiments Facility. The experiments were conducted with aqueous solutions of 97.6 wt % {sup 233}U uranyl nitrate having uraniu… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Thomas, J.T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chloride Analysis of RFSA Second Campaign Dissolver Solution

Description: The dissolver solution from the second RFSA campaign was analyzed for chloride using the recently-developed turbidimetric method. Prior to chloride removal in head end, the solution contained 1625 ppm chloride. After chloride removal with Hg(I) and prior to feeding to solvent extraction, the solution contained only 75 ppm chloride. This report discusses those analysis results.
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Holcomb, H.P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of RFSA Campaign No.2 Dissolver Solution for Hg(I) and Hg(II)

Description: TA 2-1083, under which RFSA processing is conducted, calls for a nominal mercuric ion concentration in the dissolver solution of 0.006M with a maximum of 0.01 M. The second RFSA campaign operated according to these guidelines with the initial Hg(II) concentration being 0.0068 M. Part of this study is to ascertain optimum excess Hg(I) for chloride removal.
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Holcomb, H.P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of {sup 235}U, {sup 238}U, {sup 6}Li, and {sup 27}Al Cross Sections

Description: Good nuclear data are essential for accurate prediction of reactor parameters. Several cross section libraries are currently available for use with GLASS physics calculations. In recent Mark 15 and Mark 22 studies, cross section data were developed to provide more accurate buckling calculations for Mark 15 and Mark 22 charges. This report documents evaluation of these new data for universal application.
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Chandler, J. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemical Resistivity of Silver Mordenite and Berl Sadles

Description: This report discusses results of testing to determine the chemical resistance of pellets of silver mordenite and silver mordenite, reduced form. For comparison Berl saddles were tested under similar conditions. Silver mordenite has been proposed as a replacement for the saddles that remove iodine in the off-gas treatment system from the canyon dissolvers.
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Holcomb, H.P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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AXAIR: A Computer Code for SAR Assessment of Plume-Exposure Doses from Potential Process-Accident Releases to Atmosphere

Description: This report describes the AXAIR computer code which is available to terminal users for evaluating the doses to man from exposure to the atmospheric plume from postulated stack or building-vent releases at the Savannah River Plant. The emphasis herein is on documentation of the methodology only. The total-body doses evaluated are those that would be exceeded only 0.5 percent of the time based on worst-sector, worst-case meteorological probability analysis. The associated doses to other body orga… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Pillinger, W.L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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