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Retiree Health Benefits: Examples of Employer-Reported Obligations in Selected Industries

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In addition to providing an overview of a company's business operations, the annual reports submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission present important information on an employer's estimated obligations for postemployment benefits, including retiree health benefits. However, the assumption used to estimate obligations for postemployment benefits vary across companies and are not comparable. Financial … more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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VA Health Care: Implementation of Prescribing Guideline for Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs Generally Sound

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides health care services to veterans who have been diagnosed with psychosis--primarily schizophrenia, a disorder that can substantially limit their ability to care for themselves, secure employment, and maintain relationships. These veterans also have a high risk of premature death, including suicide. Effective treatment, especially antipsychotic drug therapy, has r… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Library of Congress: Status of Retail Activities

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report evaluates the use of profits from the Library of Congress' retail activities to support other Library activities. GAO found that the Library has not yet developed an overall plan, specific business plans, pricing policies, or the accounting procedures to generate profits to support other activities. Although it has policies and procedures to control the use of its logo, the Library has not yet defi… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Paperwork Reduction Act: Changes Needed to Annual Report

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) prepares an annual report on the implementation of the Paperwork Reduction Act. OIRA's fiscal year 2002 report differed from the agency's previous reports in two important respects. First, the report provided agency-specific information on paperwork burden-hour estimates and violations only for the cabinet department… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Social Security Numbers: SSNs Are Widely Used by Government and Could Be Better Protected

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Social Security numbers (SSN), originally created in 1936 to track workers' earnings and eligibility for Social Security benefits is now used for many other purposes by both government and private sectors. The growth in electronic record keeping and the availability of information over the Internet, combined with the rise in identity theft, have heightened public concern about how their SSNs are being used. Fede… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Design Evolution Study Thermal Operating Methodology

Description: This study provides results supporting the conclusion that the repository can be operated over a varying range of thermal modes and therefore temperatures. In particular, this work focused on limiting the peak, postclosure waste package surface temperature to less than 85 degrees Celsius, a possible limit due to corrosion considerations. These operating modes were compared by varying the waste package in drift spacing (0.1-2.83 meters), drift pitch (drift spacing centerline to centerline of 40-… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: Mitchell, T.L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Cryogenic Treatment of Production Components in High-Wear Rate Wells

Description: Deep Cryogenic Tempering (DCT) is a specialized process whereby the molecular structure of a material is ''re-trained'' through cooling to -300 F and then heating to +175-1100 F. Cryocon, Inc. (hereafter referred to as Cryocon) and RMOTC entered an agreement to test the process on oilfield production components, including rod pumps, rods, couplings, and tubing. Three Shannon Formation wells were selected (TD about 500 ft) based on their proclivity for high component wear rates. Phase 1 of the t… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: Milliken, M.
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CAPACITIVE TOMOGRAPHY FOR THE LOCATION OF PLASTIC PIPE

Description: Throughout the utility industry, there is high interest in subsurface imaging of plastic, ceramic, and metallic objects because of the cost, reliability, and safety benefits available in avoiding impacts with the existing infrastructure and in reducing inappropriate excavations. Industry interest in locating plastic pipe has resulted in funding available for the development of technologies that enable this imaging. Gas Technology Institute (GTI) proposes to develop a compact and inexpensive cap… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: Huber, Brian J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Savannah River Site Approved Site Treatment Plan, 2002 Annual Update (Volumes I and II)

Description: The Compliance Plan Volume (Volume I) identifies project activity schedule milestones for achieving compliance with Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR). Information regarding the technical evaluation of treatment options for SRS mixed wastes is contained in the Background Volume (Volume II) and is provided for information.
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: Lawrence, B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Semiannual Progress Report for Stimuli-Responsive Polymers with Enhanced Efficiency in Reservoir Recovery Processes

Description: To date, our synthetic research efforts have been focused on the development of stimuli-responsive water-soluble polymers designed for use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications. These model systems are structurally tailored for potential application as viscosifiers and/or mobility control agents for secondary and tertiary EOR methods. The following report discloses the progress of our ongoing research of polyzwitterions, polymers derived from monomers bearing both positive and negative ch… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: McCormick, Charles & Hester, Roger
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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METHANE de-NOX FOR UTILITY PC BOILERS

Description: The project seeks to develop and validate a new pulverized coal combustion system to reduce utility PC boiler NOx emissions to 0.15 lb/million Btu or less without post-combustion flue gas cleaning. Work during previous reporting periods completed the design, installation, shakedown and initial PRB coal testing of a 3-million Btu/h pilot system at BBP's Pilot-Scale Combustion Facility (PSCF) in Worcester, MA. Based on these results, modifications to the gas-fired preheat combustor and PC burner … more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: Rabovitser, Joseph; Bryan, Bruce; Nester, Serguei & Wohadlo, Stan
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FURNACE INJECTION OF ALKALINE SORBENTS FOR SULFURIC ACID CONTROL

Description: This document summarizes progress on Cooperative Agreement DE-FC26-99FT40718, Furnace Injection of Alkaline Sorbents for Sulfuric Acid Control, during the time period October 1, 2001 through March 31, 2002. The objective of this project is to demonstrate the use of alkaline reagents injected into the furnace of coal-fired boilers as a means of controlling sulfuric acid emissions. The coincident removal of hydrochloric acid and hydrofluoric acid is also being determined, as is the removal of ars… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: Blythe, Gary M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF GAS-LIQUID CYLINDRICAL CYCLONE COMPACT SEPARATORS FOR THREE-PHASE FLOW

Description: This report presents a brief overview of the activities and tasks accomplished during the first half year (October 1, 2001--March 31, 2002) of the fifth project year budget period (October 1, 2001--September 30, 2002). An executive summary is presented initially followed by the tasks of the current budget period. Then, detailed description of the experimental and modeling investigations are presented. Subsequently, the technical and scientific results of the activities of this project period ar… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: Mohan, Dr. Ram S. & Shoham, Dr. Ovadia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Guide to Microsoft Active Directory (AD) Design

Description: The goal of this paper is to facilitate the design process for those DOE sites that are currently engaged in designing their Active Directory (AD) network. It is a roadmap to enable analysis of the complicated design tradeoffs associated with Active Directory Design. By providing discussion of Active Directory design elements which are permanent and costly to change once deployed, the hope is to minimize the risks of sponsoring failed designs, or joining existing infrastructures not suitable to… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: Dias, J
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Probabilities of a Grid of Rectangular Transects of Positive Width Intersecting an Elliptical Target

Description: This paper develops a methodology of finding the probability of the grid traversing an elliptical target of a specified size when a rectangular grid is used for sampling and the transects have a specified width. This probability can then be used to determine the parameters of the rectangular grid that is necessary to find a specified elliptical target with a specified probability. This methodology was developed for the situation in which a nondestructive assay device such as a magnetometer or g… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: O'Brien, Robert F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of Large-Aperture, Light-Weight Fresnel Lenses for Gossamer Space Telescopes

Description: In order to examine more distant astronomical objects, with higher resolution, future space telescopes require objectives with significantly larger aperture than presently available. NASA has identified a progression in size from the 2.4m aperture objective currently used in the HUBBLE space telescope[l,2], to 25m and greater in order to observe, e.g., extra-solar planets. Since weight is a crucial factor for any object sent into space, the relative weight of large optics over a given area must… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: Sham, D; Hyde, R; Weisberg, A; Early, J; Rushford, M & Britten, J
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Characterization of a New Family of Metal Transporters

Description: Metal ions are critical nutrients, yet overaccumulation of these same metals can also be toxic. To maintain appropriate intracellular levels, cells require specific metal uptake systems that are subject to precise homeostatic regulation. The long-range goal of our research is to define the molecular mechanism(s) and regulation of metal ion uptake in eukaryotic cells. Integrating genetic, molecular biological and biochemical approaches, we have examined these processes in the yeast Saccharomyces… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: Geurinot, Mary Lou & Eide, David
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Model compound study of the pathways for aromatic hydrocarbon formation in soot.

Description: To explore the mechanisms for formation of aromatic hydrocarbons as precursors to soot, a model system using combustion of biphenyl in a fuel rich flame is studied. The soots acquired at three different temperatures are solvent extracted and the extract characterized by both GCMS and high resolution mass spectrometry. A description of the NMR results for the whole soots has been published (1). The production of most products could be rationalized from the coupling of biphenyls and subsequent ar… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: Tomczyk, N. A.; Hunt, J. E.; Winans, R. E.; Solum, M. S.; Pugmire, R. J. & Fletcher, T. H.
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ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT CEMENT

Description: The objective of this project is to develop an improved ultra-lightweight cement using ultra-lightweight hollow glass spheres (ULHS). This report includes results from laboratory testing of ULHS systems along with other lightweight cement systems, including foamed and sodium silicate slurries. During this project quarter, comparison studies of the three cement systems examined several properties: tensile strength, Young's modulus, and shear bond. Testing to determine the effect of temperature c… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: Sabins, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of nondestructive evaluation methods for ceramic coatings.

Description: Various nondestructive evaluation (NDE) technologies are being developed to study the use of ceramic coatings on components in the hot-gas path of advanced low-emission gas-fired turbines. The types of ceramic coatings include thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) and environmental barrier coatings (EBCs). TBCs are under development for vanes, blades, and combustor liners to allow hotter gas-path temperatures, and EBCs are under development to reduce environmental damage to high-temperature component… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: Ellingson, W. A.; Deemer, C.; Sun, J. G.; Erdman, S.; Muliere, D. & Wheeler, B.
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Numerical Modeling of Table-Top X-Ray Lasers

Description: In this work we report numerical modeling results of laser-generated transient inversion and capillary discharge X-ray lasers. We have found the importance of plasma kinetics approaches in transient X-ray lasers physics by expanding the physical model beyond hydrodynamics approximation. Using Particle and Fokker-Planck codes the clear evidence of the Langdon effect was inferred from the recent experimental data obtained with the Ni-like Pd X-ray laser. In the search for more efficient X-ray las… more
Date: April 29, 2002
Creator: Shlyaptsev, V. N.; Dunn, J.; Moon, S.; Osterheld, A. L.; Rocca, J. J.; Detering, F. et al.
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