Published By Social Security Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly (PACE) uses SSA's assistance in verifying income & eligibility factors in the State-administered program. SSA provides assistance in identifying SSA recipients who reside in Pennsylvania and would be eligible for this program. This ensures that PACE has accurate information upon which to base its income entitlement decisions.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation study deliverables depict and quantify the flood risks for the study area. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual- chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation flood risk boundaries are derived from the engineering information Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Published By Department of Education
Issued over 9 years ago
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The National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Technical Assistance Centers (CTAC Evalution) is a study of the National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Technical Assistance Centers (CTAC Evaluation) program. CTAC Evaluation (http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/projects/evaluation/other_techcenters.asp) includes cross-sectional surveys, cross-sectional interviews, and ratings of Center products that are designed to examine the Comprehensive Technical Assistance Centers (CTAC) program, a Federally funded program that provides technical assistance to states in connection with the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Specifically, the study examines Center objectives and activities and assesses the quality of Center products. The study was conducted using surveys and interviews of State Education Agencies (SEAs), project participants, and Center staff. The study includes a sample of Center projects for review, a sample of project participants (response rate between 73% and 76%), and a census of SEAs (response rate of 90%). Key statistics produced from CTAC Evaluation are about the quality, relevance, and usefulness of Center projects and descriptive statistics about Center operations.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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This annual narrative report for Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge outlines Refuge accomplishments during the 1975 fiscal year. The report begins by summarizing the weather conditions, habitat conditions, water conditions, and food and cover conditions during the year. Wildlife including migratory birds, upland game birds, big game animals, predators, rodents, mammals, and diseases is also covered. The Refuge development and maintenance section discusses physical developments and plantings. Resource management is outlined; topics include grazing. A progress report on field investigations and applied research is also provided. The public relations section of the report describes recreational uses, Refuge visitors, hunting, violations, and safety. Items of interest and NR forms are attached
Published By Federal Laboratory Consortium
Issued over 9 years ago
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The long term goals of the Center for Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment are to examine how exposures to environmental pollutants and allergens may relate to airway inflammation and respiratory morbidity in children with asthma living in the inner city of Baltimore, and to search for new ways to reduce asthma morbidity by reducing exposure to these agents.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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There is a paucity of knowledge on the population dynamics of the giant clams of the family Tridacnidae. Such information on population dynamics is necessary for responsible management and conservation of giant clam resources. In the present study data were analyzed to provide ecological information on the giant clam Tridacna maxima community in the undisturbed reef ecosystem of the Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Data from field surveys, marking experiments, and age determination studies were coupled to provide a model of population dynamics of an unperturbed giant clam community. This study includes information on growth, mortality, and potential yield. The resultant information provides significant knowledge of giant clam ecology and will have a profound effect upon critical conservation decisions at local and world levels.
HABITAT, WATER TEMPERATURE, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, cloud amount/frequency and other trawl data collected in the Gulf of Alaska and North Pacific Ocean on the CHARTER/FISHING BOATS cruises GP0108, GP0207-01 and others as part of the NEP project from 2001-
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued over 9 years ago
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NODC Accession 0115261 includes meteorological, biological, physical and trawl data collected aboard the CHARTER/FISHING BOATS during cruises GP0108, GP0207-01, GP0207-02, GP0401-01, GP0401-02 and MF0310 in the Gulf of Alaska and North Pacific Ocean from 2001-07-18 to 2004-11-08. These data include HABITAT, WATER TEMPERATURE, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, cloud amount/frequency, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE and WIND SPEED. The instruments used to collect these data include ADCP, CTD and trawl. These data were collected by Edward D. Cokelet of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Jamal Hasan Moss of University of Washington and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Alaska Fisheries Science Center as part of NEP. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NODC on 2013-10-31. The following is the text of the abstract provided by BCO-DMO: GLOBEC 2000: Factors Affecting the Distribution of Juvenile Salmon in the Gulf of Alaska J. Helle (NMFS/AFSC, Auke Bay Laboratory) E. D. Cokelet (Pacific Marine Environmentla Laboratory), E. V. Farley, Jr. (NMFS/AFSC, Auke Bay Laboratory), A. B. Hollowed (NMFS/AFSC), P. J. Stabeno (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory) "Remarkable changes in atmospheric, oceanic and biological conditions have occurred in recent decades in the North Pacific Ocean including declines in the marine survival of some salmon stocks. Fishery scientists generally agree that in the first few months after leaving freshwater, salmon survival and growth are linked to oceanic variability. The purpose of this research is to focus National Marine Fisheries Service studies on the GLOBEC region, augment oceanographic measurements and determine what biological and physical factors influence the distribution of juvenile salmon. Three general hypotheses are explored in this proposal: (1) juvenile salmon prefer the buoyancy-driven Alaska Coastal Current (ACC) at the head of the Gulf of Alaska, (2) they associate with oceanic temperature, salinity, current and prey fields, and (3) they migrate landward of Kodiak Island in the ACC rather than seaward in the Alaskan Stream. Annual, summer cruises aboard a chartered fishing vessel will catch juvenile salmon on 10 transects between Yakutat Bay and Kodiak Island. The vessel will be outfitted with a thermosalinograph to measure sea-surface temperature and salinity, and with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) - each operating continuously for fine-scale resolution. Modeled tidal currents will be removed from ADCP measurements to reveal the mean flow fields. At each trawl site, temperature and salinity profiles will provide water-column properties, and bongo-net hauls will give zooplankton distributions. Stomach samples from juvenile salmonids will be analyzed in the laboratory for diet composition and compared with zooplankton distributions. Analysis of salmon otoliths for hatchery thermal marks and Genetic Stock Identification techniques will be used to determine the home stream of hatchery and wild stocks in the Gulf of Alaska and their distribution with respect to oceanographic regimes. Retrospective analysis of catch per unit effort versus oceanographic and prey factors will reveal what affects the distribution of pink, chum, coho and sockeye salmon in the study region. Proxies for bio-physical factors will be developed and compared with salmon-run size."(project proposal) Data Collection Details: Types: CTD profiles, ADCP profiles of ocean current, juvenile salmonid catch statistics from trawls, salmonid stomach samples analyzed for diet composition, salmonid otolith analyses, Genetic Stock Identification, zooplankton distributions from bongo-net hauls. Platform: Chartered fishing vessel Spatial extent: 10 transects perpendicular to the coast between Yakutat Bay and Kodiak Island Temporal extent: ~2 weeks each July-August of 2001-2004.
Published By US Agency for International Development
Issued over 9 years ago
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MTB-USDH Compensation Tracking System: is the USDH Compensation Tracking System (MTB-CTS) to assist managers in monitoring their payroll costs for U.S. direct hires. The MTB-CTS (Manage to Budget -Compensation Tracking System) application was developed as a prototype used in the interim for a limited number of users until the total Manage-to-Budget requirements are defined.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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The proposed innovation is to use the refrigerant capabilities of nitrous oxide (N2O) to provide the cooling required for reusable operation of an aerospike nozzle in conjunction with an N2O-HTPB? hybrid rocket motor. The phase change cooling as liquid N2O is flashed into a vapor is crucial to limiting to acceptable levels the erosion of both the nozzle throat and spike, thereby enabling reusable operation and/or long burn times. The N2O used for cooling the nozzle throat will be reintroduced into the combustion chamber, and the N2O used for cooling the spike will be used to provide base bleed, virtually eliminating any performance penalty associated with using a severely truncated, and therefore significantly lighter, spike. Because of its high vapor pressure, N2O can be self-pumping, thereby making it an ideal choice of oxidizer for simple, low-cost applications. As a simple, practical nozzle, the proposed innovation fits well with N2O-HTPB hybrid rocket designs, which tend toward simpler, less expensive design alternatives. Because of their high efficiency due to altitude compensation, aerospike nozzles could play an important role in bringing to fruition inexpensive access to low Earth orbit. In addition, these altitude compensating nozzles could provide significantly increased performance for a wide array of tactical missiles. Although a few rocket flights powered by liquid propellant rocket engines and two flights powered by solid propellant rocket motors have used aerospike nozzles in the last several years, the lack of a comprehensive flight test database has precluded the use of these nozzles in current as well as next-generation space vehicles. The simple, low-cost, reusable, oxidizer-cooled aerospike nozzle for operation on an N2O-HTPB hybrid rocket motor that is proposed herein is a device that will enable much-needed flight research of aerospike nozzles.
Published By Department of Transportation
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Air Carrier Statistics database, also known as the T-100 data bank, contains domestic and international airline market and segment data. certificated U.S. air carriers report monthly air carrier traffic information using Form T-100. Foreign carriers having at least one point of service in the United States or one of its territories report monthly air carrier traffic information using Form T-100(f). The data is collected by the Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Research and Innovative Technology Administration.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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The document summarizes the location, funding, goals, returning fish, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ARRA, and visitor facilities at Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery.
Published By US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
Issued over 9 years ago
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The TIGER/Line Files are shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) that are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The purpose of this file is to provide the geography for the 2010 Census Blocks along with their 2010 housing unit count and population. Census Blocks are statistical areas bounded on all sides by visible features, such as streets, roads, streams, and railroad tracks, and/or by nonvisible boundaries such as city, town, township, and county limits, and short line-of-sight extensions of streets and roads. Blocks are the smallest geographic areas for which the Census Bureau publishes data from the decennial census. A block may consist of one or more faces.
Published By U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Population online databases contain data from the US Census Bureau. The Census Estimates online database contains contains county-level population counts for years 1970 - 2000. The data comprise the April 1st Census counts for years 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000, the July 1st intercensal estimates for years 1971-1979 and 1981-1989, and the July 1st postcensal estimates for years 1991-1999. The Census Projections online database contains population projections for years 2004-2030 by year, state, age, race and sex, prodyced by teh Cenus Bureau in 2005. The data are produced by the United States Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division.
Published By Department of Veterans Affairs
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Office of Construction & Facilities Management (CFM) is located in Washington DC with regional offices in Silver Spring MD, North Chicago IL, and Mare Island (Vallejo) CA. CFM provides design, major construction, and lease project management, design and construction standards, and historic preservation services and expertise to the Department of Veterans Affairs to delivery high quality and cost effective facilities in support of our Nation's veterans.
Dolphin age, reproductive history, milk and blood contaminant levels (The Dynamics of Persistent Organic Pollutant (POP) Transfer from Female Cetaceans to their Offspring During Gestation and Lactation)
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued over 9 years ago
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This is the first study that concurrently measured POPs in milk and blood of delphinid mother/calf pairs during lactation. Specifically, POPs (PCBs, PBDEs, DDTs) and lipid content were quantified in milk and blood serum collected from captive female bottlenose dolphins and their calves at four time intervals up to 15 months post-partum. POPs were also quantified in placentas from females. These data will provide information on the dynamics of contaminant transfer during gestation and lactation in delphinids. This project was funded by the NWFSC Internal Grants Program. Dawn Noren is the principal investigator, and Daryle Boyd and Gina Ylitalo are collaborators. Veterinarian staff at the SPAWAR U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program in San Diego, CA are also collaborators. Dawn Noren is responsible for project oversight, while Daryle Boyd and Gina Ylitalo are responsible for the analysis of samples, and the staff at SPAWAR are responsible for the collection of samples. The specific work that will be done includes experimental design, data collection, data analysis, and writing for submission to peer-reviewed journals. This is a one-time project that addresses a key data gap related to contaminant exposure in young marine mammals, including Southern Resident killer whales. Dolphin age, reproductive history, milk and blood contaminant levels
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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ALICE, LEISA, LORRI, MVIC, PEPSSI, SDC, SWAP
Data tables of well locations, perforated intervals, and time series of hydraulic-head observations for the Central Valley Hydrologic Model (CVHM)
Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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This digital dataset defines the well locations, perforated intervals, and time series of hydraulic-head observations used in the calibration of the transient hydrologic model of the Central Valley flow system. The Central Valley encompasses an approximate 50,000 square-kilometer region of California. The complex hydrologic system of the Central Valley is simulated using the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) numerical modeling code MODFLOW-FMP (Schmid and others, 2006b). This simulation is referred to here as the Central Valley Hydrologic Model (CVHM) (Faunt, 2009). Utilizing MODFLOW-FMP, the CVHM simulates groundwater and surface-water flow, irrigated agriculture, land subsidence, and other key processes in the Central Valley on a monthly basis from 1961-2003. The USGS and CA-DWR maintain databases of key wells in the Central Valley that are web-accessible (http://waterdata.usgs.gov and http://www.water.ca.gov/waterdatalibrary/, respectively). These data were combined to form a database of available water levels throughout the Central Valley from 1961 to 2003. More than 850,000 water-level altitude measurements from more than 21,400 wells have been compiled by the USGS or CA-DWR and have been entered into their respective databases. However, only a small portion of these wells have both sufficient construction information to determine the well-perforation interval and water-level measurements for the simulation period. For model calibration, water-level altitude data were needed that were (1) distributed spatially (both geographically and vertically) throughout the Central Valley; (2) distributed temporally throughout the simulation period (years 1961-2003); and (3) available during both wet and dry climatic regimes. From the available wells records, a subset of comparison wells was selected on the basis of perforation depths, completeness of record, climatic intervals, and locations throughout the Central Valley. Water-level altitude observations (19,725) for 206 wells were used as calibration targets during parameter estimation. The CVHM is the most recent regional-scale model of the Central Valley developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The CVHM was developed as part of the USGS Groundwater Resources Program (see "Foreword", Chapter A, page iii, for details).
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) Database depicts flood risk information and supporting data used to develop the risk data. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual-chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The DFIRM Database is derived from Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The file is georeferenced to earth's surface using the UTM projection and coordinate system. The specifications for the horizontal control of DFIRM data files are consistent with those required for mapping at a scale of 1:12000.
Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Sea Level Hazard Intensity Level in the coastal zone of Hawaii, Hawaii
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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ASTER Global Emissivity Database, 1 kilometer, HDF5
Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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A two-week field operation was conducted in the John Day Reservoir on the Columbia River to image the floor of the pool, to measure the distribution and thickness of post-impoundment sediment, and to verify these geophysical data with video photography and bottom sediment samples. The field program was a cooperative effort between the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Team of the Geologic Division and the USGS Columbia River Research Laboratory of the Biological Resources Division. The data collection was completed aboard the R/V ESTERO during September 13-27, 2000. The interest in sediment accumulation in the reservoir was two-fold. First, it was unknown how effective this reservoir was as a sediment trap to material that otherwise would have been transported down-river to the estuary and eventually to the ocean. The recent erosion of beaches along the Washington coast has been attributed to a decreased contribution of sediment from the Columbia River to the coastal system due to the damming of the river. Second, sediment accumulation on the floors of reservoirs along the Columbia River has been suggested to be diminishing salmon spawning grounds. The extent of changes in habitat since construction of the John Day Dam, however, had not been documented. Common data sets were needed to address both of these questions, and for these reasons this geophysical and sampling program was undertaken. For more information on the seismic surveys see http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2000-030-FA These data are also available via GeoMapApp (http://www.geomapapp.org/) and Virtual Ocean (http://www.virtualocean.org/) earth science exploration and visualization applications.
2009 Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) Lidar: Southwest Washington Study Area
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) contracted with Watershed Sciences, Inc. to collect high resolution topographic LiDAR data for multiple areas within the State of Oregon. The areas for LiDAR collection have been designed as part of a collaborative effort of state, federal, and local agencies in order to meet a wide range of project goals. This LiDAR data set was collected between July 26 - October 10, 2009 (in four separate dates of acquisition) and encompasses the coastal areas of Grays Harbor and Pacific counties in Oregon. This data set consists of bare earth and unclassified points. The average pulse density is 8.91 pulses per square meter over terrestrial surfaces. The area of interest (AOI) encompasses approximately 463 square miles (296,307 acres) and the total area flown (TAF) covers 492 square miles (315,012 acres). The TAF acreage is greater than the original AOI acreage due to buffering and flight planning optimization. In some areas of heavy vegetation or forest cover, there may be relatively few ground points in the LiDAR data. Elevation values for open water surfaces are not valid elevation values because few LiDAR points are returned from water surfaces. LiDAR intensity values were also collected. The dates of acquisition for this data set are: July 26 - August 1, 2009 September 20 - 26, 2009 September 27 - October 3, 2009 October 4 - 10, 2009
Published By U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Issued over 9 years ago
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Listing of Illinois Regional Mass Transit Authorities
Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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Cell maps for each oil and gas assessment unit were created by the USGS as a method for illustrating the degree of exploration, type of production, and distribution of production in an assessment unit or province. Each cell represents a quarter-mile square of the land surface, and the cells are coded to represent whether the wells included within the cell are predominantly oil-producing, gas-producing, both oil and gas-producing, dry, or the type of production of the wells located within the cell is unknown. The well information was initially retrieved from the IHS Energy Group, PI/Dwights PLUS Well Data on CD-ROM, which is a proprietary, commercial database containing information for most oil and gas wells in the U.S. Cells were developed as a graphic solution to overcome the problem of displaying proprietary PI/Dwights PLUS Well Data. No proprietary data are displayed or included in the cell maps. The data from PI/Dwights PLUS Well Data were current as of October 2001 when the cell maps were created in 2003.
Published By Department of Education
Issued over 9 years ago
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The 1992-93 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:93) is a study that is part of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) program; program data is available since 1989-90 at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/getpubcats.asp?sid=013. NPSAS:93 (http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/npsas/about.asp) is a cross-sectional survey that is designed to compile a comprehensive research dataset, based on student-level records, on financial aid provided by the federal government, the states, postsecondary institutions, employers, and private agencies along with student demographic and enrollment data. The study was conducted using multiple sources, including institutional records, government databases, and student interviews. NPSAS:93 contains the data on a sample of about 66,000 eligible postsecondary students who were enrolled at any time between July 1, 1992 and June 30, 1993 in about 1,100 postsecondary institutions. The data are representative of all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in postsecondary institutions in the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico that were eligible to participate in the federal financial aid programs in Title IV of the Higher Education Act. After adjusting for institutional nonresponse and for attendance at more than one institution, the overall weighted study response rate was 85 percent. Statistics produced from the NPSAS:93 provide reliable national estimates of characteristics related to financial aid for postsecondary students.