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Author
Series
General technical report SRS volume 192
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research & Development, Southern Research Station
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Stratified random sampling (SRS) provides a scientifically based estimate of a population comprising mutually exclusive, homogenous subgroups. In the National Visitor Use Monitoring (NVUM) program, SRS is used to estimate recreation visitation and visitor characteristics across activities on National forests. However, with rising costs and declining budgets, carrying out an annually established SRS poses challenges in how and where to reduce sampling...
Author
Publisher
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Since the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiated the Wind Powering America (WPA) program in 1999, installed wind power capacity in the United States has increased from 2,500 MW to more than 11,000 MW. In 1999, only four states had more than 100 MW of installed wind capacity; now 16 states have more than 100 MW installed. In addition to WPA's [Wind Powering America] efforts to increase deployment, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is building...
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Acidic deposition is one of the most serious environmental problems affecting Shenandoah National Park in north-central Virginia. The park is the third most contaminated park in the National Park System because of the deposition of acid rain. Acid rain affects headwater streams in the park by temporarily reducing the acid-neutralizing capacity (ANC) of the water, a process termed episodic acidification. In turn, the increase in acidic components in...
Author
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
On October 3, 2008, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act was signed into law. The act established the Office of Financial Stability (OFS) within the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and authorized the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Every 60 days, the U.S. Comptroller General is required to report on a variety of areas associated with oversight of TARP. This report reviews (1) the activities that have been undertaken through TARP as...
Author
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Surface fuel deposition and decomposition rates are important to fire management and research because they can define the longevity of fuel treatments in time and space and they can be used to design, build, test, and validate complex fire and ecosystem models useful in evaluating management alternatives. We determined rates of surface fuel litterfall and decomposition for a number of major forest types that span a wide range of biophysical conditions...
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In 1998 the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Park Service formed the Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative (CEMRI) to test strategies for integrated environmental monitoring among the agencies. The initiative combined monitoring and research efforts of the participating Federal programs to evaluate health and sustainability of forest and freshwater aquatic systems in the Delaware River Basin....
Series
NIH publication volume no. 07-6095
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Proceedings from enhancing interactions to reduce cancer health disparities evolved from an NCI-wide workshop held November 17 and 18, 2005 on the NIH campus involving more than 250 participants from virtually every NCI division, office, and center. The purpose of the workshop was to convene representatives from the entire Institute to take stock of the health disparities programs, studies, and initiatives that are being implemented across NCI; encourage...
2010) National forests on the edge: development pressures on America's national forests and grasslands
Series
General technical report PNW volume 728
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Many of America's national forests and grasslands--collectively called the National Forest System--ace increased risks and alterations from escalating housing development on private rural lands along their boundaries. National forests and grasslands provide critical social, ecological, and economic benefits to the American public. This study projects future housing density increases on private rural lands at three distances--, 3, and 10 miles--from...
Author
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Since 2001, the Department of Defense's (DOD) spending on goods and services has more than doubled to $388 billion in 2008, while the number of civilian and military acquisition personnel has remained relatively stable. To augment its in-house workforce, DOD relies heavily on contractor personnel. If it does not maintain an adequate workforce, DOD places its billion-dollar acquisitions at an increased risk of poor outcomes and vulnerability to fraud,...
Author
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In the United States, most nonprescription drugs are available over-the-counter (OTC) in pharmacies and other stores. Experts have suggested that drug availability could be increased by establishing an additional class of nonprescription drugs that would be held behind the counter (BTC) but would require the intervention of a pharmacist before being dispensed; a similar class of drugs exists in many other countries. Although the Food and Drug Administration...
Author
Series
Conference paper) volume NREL/CP-500-49004
Publisher
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The ocean-energy industry is still in its infancy and device developers have provided their own equipment and procedures for testing. Currently, no testing standards exist for ocean energy devices in the United States. Furthermore, as prototype devices move from the test tank to in-water testing, the logistical challenges and costs grow exponentially. Development of a common instrumentation package that can be moved from device to device is one means...
Series
ARL-TR volume 2164
Publisher
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
TSLIB is a C application programming interface (API) for a flat-panel, touch screen in manufactured by MicroTouch. Unlike most software drivers for this device, the TSL is not designed to be a transparent replacement for a mouse input pointer. The TSLIB supports not only single-point input, but also continuous-point input to facilitate support for gesture-type input data in a multimodal, interactive environment. Also, unlike most drivers for this...
2015) Iraq's new political map
Author
Series
Special report volume 179
Publisher
U.S. Institute of Peace
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
This report concludes a two-year study on Iraq's new political leaders and their visions for the future, based on extensive background data and personal interviews with over seventy top leaders since 2003. This portion of the study focuses on leaders brought to power by the election of December 2005 and the formation of a permanent government in 2006. The study finds that rapid and continuous change in political leaders is making it difficult for...
2016) Saints Row
Publisher
Koch Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the heart of the American Southwest. In a world rife with crime, where lawless factions fight for power, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made. As the future Boss, with Neenah, Kevin, and Eli by your side, you'll form The Saints - and take on Los Panteros, The Idols, and Marshall as you build your empire across the...
Author
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The Medical Surge Capacity and Capability (MSCC) Management System describes a management methodology based on valid principles of emergency management and the Incident Command System (ICS). The MSCC Management System emphasizes responsibility rather than authority alone for assigning key response functions and advocates a management-by-objectives approach. In this way, the MSCC Management System describes a framework of coordination and integration...
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2016?].
Language
English
Description
"Body and Soul - The State of the Jewish Nation" presents a comprehensive examination of the broad and deep connections between the Jewish people and the land of Israel. World-renowned historians, archaeologists, political scientists, religious leaders, and experts in international law and media trace the evocative evolution of the relationship between the Jewish people and their homeland that is over 3,000 years old. Designed to refute the still...
2019) Bonnie & Clyde
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were the most famous criminal couple in U.S. history. Newsreels in movie theaters across the country flashed images of a pixyish Bonnie and handsome Clyde, turning them into the underworld's dark prince and princess of crime. In reality, as this film reveals, Bonnie and Clyde grew up in the slums of West Dallas and had little in common with their glamorous media images.
Author
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Personnel security clearances are used to verify that national security information, which in some cases could cause exceptionally grave damage to national security if disclosed, is entrusted only to those who have proven reliability and loyalty to the nation. In response to long-standing problems with timeliness and backlogs, Congress mandated clearance reforms as part of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA), and since...