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Syria: Overview of the Humanitarian Response

Description: This report examines the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria and the U.S. and international response. It discusses the use of chemical weapons in Syria on August 21, 2013 that triggered an intense debate over possible U.S. military intervention.
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: Margesson, Rhoda & Chesser, Susan G.
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Health Care for Veterans: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Description: This report provides responses to frequently asked questions about health care provided to veterans through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). It is intended to serve as a quick reference to provide easy access to information. Where applicable, it provides the legislative background pertaining to the question.
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: Panangala, Sidath Viranga & Bagalman, Erin
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Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Description: This report provides background information and potential issues for Congress on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), a relatively inexpensive Navy surface combatant equipped with modular "plug-and-fight" mission packages for countering mines, small boats, and diesel-electric submarines, particularly in littoral (i.e., near-shore) waters.
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
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The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues

Description: This report explains how employer-sponsored insurance can be used to address concerns about health insurance coverage and cost. Then, it summarizes the three ACA provisions most relevant to small businesses. Also, it analyzes these provisions for their potential effects on small businesses. Last, this report presents several approaches that could address some concerns associated with these provisions (particularly the employer penalty).
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: Lowry, Sean & Gravelle, Jane G.
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Offender Reentry: Correctional Statistics, Reintegration into the Community, and Recidivism

Description: This report provides background information regarding the prison population in the United States that has been growing steadily for more than 30 years. The report presents correctional system statistics and discusses the federal government's involvement in offender reentry programs and the Second Chance Act (P.L. 110-199) that was enacted on April 9, 2008.
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: James, Nathan
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Credit Cards: Marketing to College Students Appears to Have Declined

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Trends associated with college affinity card agreements include fewer agreements and cardholders and declining payments, according to data GAO analyzed from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB). The number of affinity card agreements declined from 1,045 in 2009 to 617 in 2012 (41 percent). More than 70 percent of th… more
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Supporting Material for: Thermochemical Investigations of Solute Transfer into Ionic Liquid Solvents: Updated Abraham Model Equation Coefficients for Solute Activity Coefficient and Partition Coefficient Predictions

Description: This document includes supplemental material to an article titled "Thermochemical Investigations of Solute Transfer into Ionic Liquid Solvents: Updated Abraham Model Equation Coefficients for Solute Activity Coefficient and Partition Coefficient Predictions," published in Physics and Chemistry of Liquids.
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: Stephens, Timothy W.; Chou, Vicky; Quay, Amanda N.; Shen, Connie; Dabadge, Nishu; Tian, Amy et al.
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Thermochemical Investigations of Solute Transfer into Ionic Solvents: Updated Abraham Model Equation Coefficients for Solute Activity Coefficient and Partition Coefficient Predictions

Description: Article on thermochemical investigations of solute transfer into ionic liquid solvents and updated Abraham model equation coefficients for solute activity coefficient and partition coefficient predictions.
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: Stephens, Timothy W.; Chou, Vicky; Quay, Amanda N.; Shen, Connie; Dabadge, Nishu; Tian, Amy et al.
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Chemical Facility Security: Issues and Options for the 113th Congress

Description: This report provides a brief overview of the existing statutory authority and implementing regulation. It describes several policy issues raised in previous debates regarding chemical facility security and identifies policy options for congressional consideration.
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: Shea, Dana A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA): Background and Funding

Description: The focus of this report is on the federal response to domestic violence under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA). "Domestic violence" is used in the report to describe violence among intimate partners, including those involved in dating relationships.
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
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Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations

Description: This report discusses the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill that provides funding for civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), for the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies.
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
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A rich Internet application for automated detection of road blockage in post-disaster scenarios

Description: This paper presents the development of a rich Internet application for automated detection of road blockage in post-disaster scenarios using volunteered geographic information from OpenStreetMap street centerlines and airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data.
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: Liu, W.; Dong, Pinliang; Liu, S. & Liu, J.
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Ion Beam Materials Analysis and Modifications At keV to MeV Energies at the University of North Texas

Description: This paper provides an overview of the Ion Beam Modification and Analysis Laboratory facilities and some of the current research projects.
Date: February 25, 2014
Creator: Rout, Bibhudutta; Dhoubhadel, Mangal; Poudel, Prakash R.; Kummari, Venkata C.; Lakshantha, Wickramaarachchige J.; Manuel, J. E. et al.
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