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Veterans Benefits: Training for Claims Processors Needs Evaluation

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) developed a computer-assisted training program, known as the Training and Performance Support System (TPSS), to help its employees become more accurate in processing disability compensation and pension claims. The program seeks to provide uniform and consistent training to employees in 57 regional offices. Although VBA's long-term goal is to attain a 96 percent accura… more
Date: May 31, 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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Military Personnel: Higher Allowances Should Increase Use of Civilian Housing, but Not Retention

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Increasing the housing allowance should help satisfy servicemembers' demand for civilian housing. Of those servicemembers who receive an allowance or live in military housing, about 72 percent said that they would prefer civilian housing if the costs were the same, but only about two-thirds now live in civilian housing. Thus, if military members' housing preferences were satisfied, thousands of additional pers… more
Date: May 31, 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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National Personnel Records Center: Plan Needed to Show How Timeliness Goal Will Be Achieved

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) is responsible for maintaining the official military personnel records of discharged members of the military services. Veterans frequently need their records for a variety of reasons, such as obtaining disability compensation, health benefits, GI bill education benefits, home loan guarantees, and burial in national cemeteries. However, access to these benefits has b… more
Date: May 31, 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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Energy Consumption and Expenditure Projections by Population Group on the Basis on the Annual Energy Outlook 2000 Forecast.

Description: The changes in the patterns of energy use and expenditures by population group are analyzed by using the 1993 and 1997 Residential Energy Consumption Surveys. Historically, these patterns have differed among non-Hispanic White households, non-Hispanic Black households, and Hispanic households. Patterns of energy use and expenditures are influenced by geographic and metropolitan location, the composition of housing stock, economic and demographic status, and the composition of energy use by end-… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Poyer, D. A. & Sciences, Decision and Information
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Measurement of Low Level Explosives Reaction in Gauged Multi-Dimensional Steven Impact Tests

Description: The Steven Test was developed to determine relative impact sensitivity of metal encased solid high explosives and also be amenable to two-dimensional modeling. Low level reaction thresholds occur at impact velocities below those required for shock initiation. To assist in understanding this test, multi-dimensional gauge techniques utilizing carbon foil and carbon resistor gauges were used to measure pressure and event times. Carbon resistor gauges indicated late time low level reactions 200-540… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Niles, A M; Garcia, F; Greenwood, D W; Forbes, J W; Tarver, C M; Chidester, S K et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of MOSFETS and IGBTS for Pulsed Power Applications

Description: Single solid-state devices or arrays of solid-state devices are being incorporated into many pulsed power applications as a means of generating fast, high-power, high repetition-rate pulses and ultimately replacing hard tubes and thyratrons. While vendors' data sheets provide a starting point for selecting solid-state devices, most data sheets do not have sufficient information to determine performance in a pulsed application. To obtain this relevant information, MOSFET's and IGBT's from a numb… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Hickman, B. & Cook, E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Authentication Procedures - The Procedures and Integration Working Group

Description: Authentication is how we establish trust in monitoring systems and measurements to verify compliance with, for example, the storage of nuclear weapons material. Authentication helps assure the monitoring party that accurate and reliable information is provided by any measurement system and that any irregularities are detected. The U.S. is developing its point of view on the procedures for authentication of monitoring systems now planned or contemplated for arms reduction and control application… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Kouzes, Richard T.; Bratcher, Leigh; Gosnell, Tom; Langner, Diana; MacArthur, D.; Mihalczo, John T. et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transient Inverse Calibration of Hanford Site-Wide Groundwater Model to Hanford Operational Impacts - 1943 to 1996

Description: This report describes a new initiative to strengthen the technical defensibility of predictions made with the Hanford site-wide groundwater flow and transport model. The focus is on characterizing major uncertainties in the current model. PNNL will develop and implement a calibration approach and methodology that can be used to evaluate alternative conceptual models of the Hanford aquifer system. The calibration process will involve a three-dimensional transient inverse calibration of each nume… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Cole, Charles R.; Bergeron, Marcel P.; Wurstner, Signe K.; Thorne, Paul D.; Orr, Samuel & Mckinley, Mathew I.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PRODUCTION AND SCREENING OF CARBON PRODUCTS PRECURSORS FROM COAL

Description: The authors have examined effects of blending a raw coal extract (EXT) with an extracted coal-tar pitch (ECTP). Previous reports were concerned with the addition of 15 wt% EXT, or less, on the physical characteristics of the blend and on the development of optical texture following carbonization. Two additional blends of ECTP and EXT were prepared at the 30 and 50 wt% EXT content using a procedure already described. The characteristics of the blends are presented. The density for these blended … more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Irwin, Caulton L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The China Motor Systems Energy Conservation Program: A major national initiative to reduce motor system energy use in China

Description: Electric motor systems are widely used in China to power fans, pumps, blowers, air compressors, refrigeration compressors, conveyers, machinery, and many other types of equipment. Overall, electric motor systems consume more than 600 billion kWh annually, accounting for more than 50 percent of China's electricity use. There are large opportunities to improve the efficiency of motor systems. Electric motors in China are approximately 2-4 percent less efficient on average than motors in the U.S. … more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Nadel, Steven; Wang, Wanxing; Liu, Peter & McKane, Aimee T.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Speciation, Mobility and Fate of Actinides in the Groundwater at the Hanford Site (Sept. 1999-Sept. 2002)

Description: The objectives of this project are: (1) the determination of the speciation of plutonium and other actinides (Np, U) in groundwater at the 100 and 200 areas at the Hanford Site. This includes the separation of Pu into particulate, colloidal and <1 kilo-Dalton dissolved phases and the determination of redox states and isotopic composition in each fraction; (2) the characterization of groundwater colloids, which includes submicron-sized inorganic particles and organic macromolecules (3) the pr… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Buesseler, K. O.; Dai, M. & Repeta, D. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED CATALYSTS FOR THE SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION OF NITROGEN OXIDES WITH HYDROCARBONS

Description: Significant work has been done by the investigators on the cerium oxide-copper oxide based sorbent/catalysts for the combined removal of sulfur and nitrogen oxides from the flue gases of stationary sources. A relatively wide temperature window was established for the use of alumina-supported cerium oxide-copper oxide mixtures as regenerable sorbents for SO{sub 2} removal. Preliminary evaluation of these sorbents as catalysts for the selective reduction of NO{sub x} gave promising results with a… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Akyurtlu, Dr. Ates & Akyurtlu, Dr. Jale F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Export Controls: Regulatory Change Needed to Comply with Missile Technology Licensing Requirements

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The United States and several major trading partners created the Missile Technology Control Regime in 1987 to control the spread of missile technology. To carry out the U.S. commitment to the agreement, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1991, which amended two U.S. export control statutes: the Export Administration Act and the Arms Export Control Act. Two federal agencies, t… more
Date: May 31, 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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Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: May 31, 2001, 4:00 p.m.
Duration: 53 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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A Load Balanced Domain Decomposition Method Using Wavelet Analysis

Description: Wavelet Analysis provides an orthogonal basis set which is localized in both the physical space and the Fourier transform space. We present here a domain decomposition method that uses wavelet analysis to maintain roughly uniform error throughout the computation domain while keeping the computational work balanced in a parallel computing environment.
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Jameson, L; Johnson, J & Hesthaven, J
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconstruction of FXR Beam Conditions

Description: Beam-envelope radius, envelope angle, and beam emittance can be derived from measurements of beam radius for at least three different transport conditions. We have used this technique to reconstruct exit parameters from the FXR injector and accelerator. We use a diamagnetic loop (DML) to measure the magnetic moment of the high current beam. With no assumptions about radial profile, we can derive the beam mean squire radius from the moment under certain easily met conditions. Since it is this pa… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Nexen, W E; Scarpetti, R D & Zentler, J
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pressure Wave Measurements from Thermal Cook-Off of an HMX Based High Explosive PBX 9501

Description: A better understanding of thermal cook-off is important for safe handling and storing explosive devices. A number of safety issues exist about what occurs when a cased explosive thermally cooks off. For example, violence of the events as a function of confinement are important for predictions of collateral damage. This paper demonstrates how adjacent materials can be gauged to measure the resulting pressure wave and how this wave propagates in this adjacent material. The output pulse from the t… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Garcia, F.; Forbes, J. W.; Tarver, Craig M.; Urtiew, P. A.; Greenwood, D. W. & Vandersall, K. S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Review of Proposed Upgrades to the High Flux Isotope Reactor and Potential Impacts to Reactor Vessel Integrity

Description: The High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) was scheduled in October 2000 to implement design upgrades that include the enlargement of the HB-2 and HB-4 beam tubes. Higher dose rates and higher radiation embrittlement rates were predicted for the two beam-tube nozzles and surrounding vessel areas. ORNL had performed calculations for the upgraded design to show that vessel integrity would be maintained at acceptable levels. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Simonen, Fredric A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CYP1B1 expression, a potential risk factor for breast cancer

Description: CYP1B1 expression in non-tumor breast tissue from breast cancer patients and cancer-free individuals was determined to test the hypothesis that high CYP1B1 expression is a risk factor for breast cancer. Large interindividual variations in CYP1B1 expression were found with CYP1B1 levels notably higher in breast cancer patients than cancer-free individuals. The results indicate that CYP1B1 might play a role in breast cancer either through increased PAH activation or through metabolism of endogeno… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Goth-Goldstein, Regine; Erdmann, Christine A. & Russell, Marion
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Making industrial energy efficiency mainstream and profitable: Where public benefit and private interests intersect

Description: In 1996, the US Department of Energy s Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) Motor Challenge program began a unique collaboration with industry called the Allied Partner program. Partnerships were sought with equipment suppliers and manufacturers, utilities, consultants, and state agencies that had extensive existing relationships with industrial customers. Partners were neither paid nor charged a fee for participation. The assumption was that these relationships could serve as the foundation… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: McKane, Aimee T.; Tutterow, Vestal & Cockrill, Chris
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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WindPACT Turbine Design Scaling Studies Technical Area 3 -- Self-Erecting Tower and Nacelle Feasibility: March 2000--March 2001

Description: The United States Department of Energy (DOE), through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has implemented the Wind Partnerships for Advanced Component Technologies (WindPACT) program to explore advanced technologies for improving the reliability and cost-effectiveness of wind energy technology. Global Energy Concepts (GEC) prepared this report on self-erecting towers as part of the WindPACT program. The objectives of the work were to identify potential methods for erecting wind tur… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Global Energy Concepts, LLC
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FUELS IN SOIL TEST KIT: FIELD USE OF DIESEL DOG SOIL TEST KITS

Description: Western Research Institute (WRI) is commercializing Diesel Dog Portable Soil Test Kits for performing analysis of fuel-contaminated soils in the field. The technology consists of a method developed by WRI (U.S. Patents 5,561,065 and 5,976,883) and hardware developed by WRI that allows the method to be performed in the field (patent pending). The method is very simple and does not require the use of highly toxic reagents. The aromatic components in a soil extract are measured by absorption at 25… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Understanding the Irregular Data from the Large Block Test

Description: The Large Block Test (LBT) is one of three thermal tests at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. While two of those three tests (the Single Heater Test and the Drift Scale Test) were large underground tests, the LBT was above ground. The test block, with a size of 3 x 3 x 4.5 m, has a highly heterogeneous permeability field, with at least four orders of magnitude variation in permeability. Some of the temperature data from the LBT appear irregular at first glance, but on closer examination can be attributed… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Mukhopadhyay, Sumit
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Simulating Infiltration at the Large-Scale Ponded Infiltration Test, INEEL

Description: This work involved using ITOUGH2 to simulate the Large-Scale Ponded Infiltration Test (LPIT) at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) in order to calibrate parameters controlling the infiltration of water in fractured basalt using a dual-permeability modeling approach. This supports the higher objective of building confidence in the use of the dual-permeability approach for modeling flow and transport in unsaturated fractured rock systems. In particular, the objective … more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: Unger, Andre & Ardyth Simmons, Gudmundur Bodvarsson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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