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Public Transportation: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Communication and Transparency of Changes Made to the New Starts Program

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) and subsequent legislation authorized about $13.5 billion in guaranteed funding for the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) New Starts program, which is used to select fixed guideway transit projects, such as rail and trolley projects, and to award full funding grant agreements (FFGA). GAO assessed the New Starts process for the fiscal year … more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicaid Financing: States' Use of Contingency-Fee Consultants to Maximize Federal Reimbursements Highlights Need for Improved Federal Oversight

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Medicaid--the federal-state health care financing program covering nearly 54 million low-income people at a cost of $276 billion in fiscal year 2003--is by its size and structure at risk of waste and exploitation. Because of challenges inherent in overseeing the program, administered federally by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), GAO in 2003 added Medicaid to its list of high-risk fede… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicaid: States' Efforts to Maximize Federal Reimbursements Highlight Need for Improved Federal Oversight

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Medicaid--the federal-state health care financing program covering almost 54 million low-income people at a cost of $276 billion in fiscal year 2003--is by its size and structure at significant risk of waste and exploitation. Because of challenges inherent in overseeing the program, which is administered federally by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), GAO added Medicaid to its list of high-ri… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Research: Observations on the Small Business Innovation Research Program

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since it was established in 1982, GAO has consistently reported on the success of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program in benefiting small, innovative companies, strengthening their role in federal research and development (R&D), and helping federal agencies achieve their R&D goals. However, through these reviews GAO has also identified areas where action by participating agencies or the Cong… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicaid Fraud and Abuse: CMS's Commitment to Helping States Safeguard Program Dollars Is Limited

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Today's hearing addresses fraud and abuse control in Medicaid, a program that provides health care coverage for eligible low-income individuals and is jointly financed by the federal government and the states. In fiscal year 2003, Medicaid covered nearly 54 million people and the program's benefit payments totaled roughly $261 billion, of which the federal share was about $153 billion. States are primarily re… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Electronic Properties of LiFePO4 and Li doped LiFePO4

Description: The potential use of different iron phosphates as cathodematerials in lithium-ion batteries has recently been investigated.1 Oneof the promising candidates is LiFePO4. This compound has severaladvantages in comparison to the state-of-the-art cathode material incommercial rechargeable lithium batteries. Firstly, it has a hightheoretical capacity (170 mAh/g). Secondly, it occurs as mineraltriphylite in nature and is inexpensive, thermally stable, non-toxic andnon-hygroscopic. However, its low ele… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: Zhuang, G.V.; Allen, J.L.; Ross, P.N.; Guo, J.-H. & Jow, T.R.
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Up-to-date p-p Interaction Modeling and Secondary gamma, e+/- and Neutrino Spectra in Astronomical Environment

Description: We have calculated spectra of stable secondary particles ({gamma}, e{sup {+-}}, {nu}{sub e}, {bar {nu}}{sub e}, {nu}{sub {mu}}{bar {nu}}{sub {mu}}) produced in high energy p-p interactions in astrophysical environment. The calculation has incorporated the up-to-date rising inelastic cross-sections, the diffraction dissociation process, and the Feynman scaling violation for the first time. We then found that the diffractive process makes secondary particle spectra harder than that of the inciden… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: Abe, T.; Kamae, T.; Karlsson, N.; Koi, T. & Mizuno, T.
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Molecular Medicine: Synthesis and In Vivo Detection of Agents for use in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. Final Report

Description: The primary objective of the project was the development of in vivo methods for the detection and evaluation of tumors in humans. The project was focused on utilizing positron emission tomography (PET) to monitor the distribution and pharamacokinetics of a current boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) agent, p-boronophenylalanine (BPA) by labeling it with a fluorine-18, a positron emitting isotope. The PET data was then used to develop enhanced treatment planning protocols. The study also involv… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: Kabalka, G. W.
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Understanding and Controlling Metal-Support Interactions in Nanocrystalline Bimetallic Catalysts

Description: The objectives of this research are to: 1) determine the catalytic behavior of model Pd and Rh catalysts on unpromoted and ceria-promoted supports, for the reduction of NO and N2O with CO, 2) determine the microstructures of the catalysts both before and after reaction in order to understand the catalytic behavior, and 3) understand the role of the metal/support interface in the catalytic process. The research examined the influence of Pd particle size and ceria loading on catalytic reaction fo… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: Howe, James M. & Davis, Robert J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Report for CORBA for Fourth Generation Language

Description: The standard for object based networking is the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA). However, CORBA is not available for Fourth Generation Languages (4GL's) such as Visual Numerics? PV-WAVE or Research Systems? Interactive Data Language (RSI-IDL), which are widely used by scientists and engineers for data visualization and analysis. The proposed work would provide a set of tools to allow 4GL's to interoperate with CORBA.
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: Shasharina, Svetlana
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Technical Report

Description: The long term goal of this laboratory is to elucidate a detailed molecular description of the process of initiation of protein synthesis and its regulation. The specific goals of the project were: (1) development of an in vivo [{sup 32}P]- and/or [{sup 35}S]-labeling system for proteins using Arabidopsis suspension cells; (2) develop an in vitro protein synthesis assay from Arabidopsis suspension cells; (3) develop an assay for locating Arabidopsis kinases that phosphorylate the initiation fact… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: Browning, Karen S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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LIFETIME PREDICTIONS OF TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL AND REMEDIATION SCHEMES

Description: Nuclear power production epitomizes the need for predictive geoscience (Ewing, 2004). Current global carbon emissions of {approx}7 Gt/y, largely from fossil fuel consumption, are expected to grow and result in a variety of adverse global effects, including acid rain, toxic smog, and hypothetically, sea level rise and increased frequency and severity of adverse weather conditions. One of the most reliable and sufficiently large alternative sources of energy is nuclear power, which currently prov… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: Wesolowski, D.J.; Ewing, R.C. & Bruno, J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A preliminary assessment of the electron cloud effect for the FNALmain injector upgrade

Description: We present results from a preliminary assessment, via computer simulations, of the electron cloud density for the FNAL main injector upgrade at injection energy. Assuming a peak value for secondary emission yield {delta}{sub max} = 1.3, we find a threshold value of the bunch population, N{sub b,th} {approx} 1.25 x 10{sup 11}, beyond which the electron-cloud density {rho}{sub e} reaches a steady-state level that is {approx}10{sup 4} times larger than for N{sub b} < N{sub b,th}, essentially ne… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: Furman, M. A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Semiconductor Nanocrystals for Biological Imaging

Description: Conventional organic fluorophores suffer from poor photo stability, narrow absorption spectra and broad emission feature. Semiconductor nanocrystals, on the other hand, are highly photo-stable with broad absorption spectra and narrow size-tunable emission spectra. Recent advances in the synthesis of these materials have resulted in bright, sensitive, extremely photo-stable and biocompatible semiconductor fluorophores. Commercial availability facilitates their application in a variety of unprece… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: Fu, Aihua; Gu, Weiwei; Larabell, Carolyn & Alivisatos, A. Paul
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DOD Personnel Clearances: Some Progress Has Been Made but Hurdles Remain to Overcome the Challenges That Led to GAO's High-Risk Designation

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Threats to national security--such as the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and high-profile espionage cases--underscore the need for timely, high-quality determinations of who is eligible for a personnel security clearance which allows an individual to access classified information. The Department of Defense (DOD) needs an effective and efficient clearance program because it is responsible for about 2 mi… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Optimization of RNA Purification and Analysis for Automated, Pre-Symptomatic Disease Diagnostics

Description: When diagnosing disease, time is often a more formidable enemy than the pathogen itself. Current detection methods rely primarily on post-symptomatic protein production (i.e. antibodies), which does not occur in noticeable levels until several weeks after infection. As such, a major goal among researchers today is to expedite pre-symptomatic disease recognition and treatment. Since most pathogens are known to leave a unique signature on the genetic expression of the host, one potential diagnost… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: Vaidya, A; Nasarabadi, S & Milanovich, F
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Animal Identification and Meat Traceability

Description: This report focuses on animal ID and meat traceability. However, traceability, and the somewhat different but related concepts of “identity preservation” and “product segregation,” also pertain to other agricultural products (e.g., grains) and issues (e.g., genetically modified, or GM, crops; the labeling of GM foods; and the production and labeling of organic foods)
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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