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The Public Access National Technical Reports Library… Expands Free Access to Federal S&T Publications

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The Public Access National Technical Reports Library… Expands Free Access to Federal S&T Publications

Free public access to a searchable online database of more than 3 million federal publications is now available to users located in the U.S. from the National Technical Reports Library. NTIS is also offering a range of premium subscription based services to individuals, universities, corporations, and other institutions for varying levels of access to all documents in its collection (see NTRL Access Chart). Access outside the U.S. is also available via individual and institutional subscriptions.

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Ebola: Basics About the Disease, October 3, 2014

In March 2014, global health officials recognized an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Guinea, West Africa. In retrospect, officials determined that the outbreak began in December 2013, and spread to the adjacent countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone. In September 2014, Go to Cart the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed...

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Hot Mix Asphalt Research Investigation for Connecticut, Part D: Evaluate the Feasibility of Using Permeability for In-place Density Dispute Resolution on Bridge Decks

The presence of water in asphalt pavements is detrimental to the life of the pavement. Most construction specifications require Go to Cartthe pavement to be compacted to a specific air void content...

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Repair of Cracked Prestressed Concrete Girders, I-565, Huntsville, Alabama

Wide cracks were discovered in prestressed concrete bridge girders shortly after their construction in Huntsville, Alabama. Previous investigations of these continuous-for-live-load girders revealed that Go to Cartthe cracking resulted from restrained thermal deformations and ...

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Evaluation of Streambed Scour at Bridges over Tidal Waterways in Alaska

This report describes (1) the techniques developed to evaluate streambed scour at 41 bridges over tidal waterways in Alaska; (2) the results of these analyses; and (3) Go to Cartpotential mitigating factors at high risk sites and recommendations for further analysis ...

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