http://www.ntis.gov/rss/RSSNTISCategoryList.aspxNational Technical Reports Libraryen(c) 2008, National Technical Information Service. All rights reserved.5http://www.ntis.gov/images/logoRSS.jpghttp://www.ntis.govThis study evaluates the performance of traffic control systems based on reinforcement learning (RL), also called approximate dynamic programming (ADP). Two algorithms have been selected for testing: 1) Q-learning and 2) approximate dynamic programmi ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107950The Alaska Interagency Coordination Center (AICC) is the Geographic Area Coordination Center for Alaska. Located on Ft. Wainwright (near Fairbanks), AICC serves as the focal point for initial attack resource coordination, logistics support, and predi ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013108030Motor vehicle collisions are the leading cause of death for individuals between the ages of 15-20 years old in the United States. Top safety concerns involving teen drivers include; safety belt use, impaired driving, and distracted driving. Rules tha ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107118On July 11, 2011, StarMetro, the local public transit agency in Tallahassee, Florida, restructured its entire bus network from a downtown-focused radial system to a decentralized, grid-like system that local officials and agency leaders believed woul ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107932In February 1978, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) formed the arson and explosives National Response Team (NRT). Federal, state, and local investigators can request the activation of the NRT to investigate significant fir ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013108027The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, Audit Division, has completed an audit of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant, number 2005-JG-FX-0259, including one supplement, ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107215The OVWs mission is to provide federal leadership in developing the nations capacity to reduce violence against women and administer justice for and strengthen services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. T ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107216Despite increased attention to the value of implementing evidence-based programs, there are many issues for which no programs have been proven effective. Evidence-informed prevention strategies can be used to develop effective programs to fill these ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107633Across the nation, headlines tell the story of evidence that has been mishandled, misplaced, lost, or destroyed. Often the blame for these mishaps is directed toward property and evidence custodians housed in law enforcement agencies nationwide. Many ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107625In many regions throughout the world, freight models are used to aid infrastructure investment and policy decisions. Since freight is such an integral part of efficient supply chains, more realistic transportation models can be of greater assistance. ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107695In-vehicle distraction mitigation systems are designed to provide feedback to drivers about their level of distraction and associated driving performance. There are two main types of distraction mitigation methods: real-time feedback and post-drive f ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107937Drivers may experience intermittent congestion and moving queue conditions in work zones due to several reasons such as presence of lane closure, roadway geometric changes, higher demand, lower speed, and reduced capacity. The congestion and queue ha ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107949From 2008 to 2010, an estimated average of 164,500 cooking fires in residential buildings occurred in the United States each year and resulted in an estimated annual average of 110 deaths, 3,525 injuries, and $309 million in property loss. The term c ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107600This study established an empirically based ranking of skeletal elements according to each bones capacity to provide usable genetic material for a DNA identification and assessed how these results varied over longer post mortem intervals (PMI). Curre ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107614In the past 10 years, several algorithms for detecting distraction have emerged. However, there has been no uniform method for assessing and comparing these algorithms to identify which algorithms are most promising and what interventions each algori ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107936This interim report summarizes the findings from the first phase of the NCHRP 20-83 project. The objectives of phase 1 were to identify, categorize, and rank the driving forces and critical uncertainties that will influence the future freight transpo ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107624This report analyzes the potential economic impacts in Colorado and Wyoming of a 225 MW natural gas fired electricity generation facility and a 900 MW wind farm constructed in Wyoming as well as a 180 mile, 345 kV transmission line that runs from Wyo ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE20131069153State highway departments and transportation agencies have a continuing need to keep abreast of operating practices and legal elements of specific problems in highway law. This report continues NCHRP's practice of keeping departments up-to-date on la ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107627On November 11, 2012, a 61-year-old male career driver/operator ('D/O') and his truck company (Truck 40) were dispatched at 2205 hours to a three-story apartment building for a report of a burning odor. At the scene, the D/O set up the ladder and car ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107696The Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative is a focused strategy to address the unique cultural, linguistic, demographic, and socioeconomic needs of a growing population of Hispanic children and families in the United States. The Administration for Chi ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107636From 2008 to 2010, an estimated 194,000 highway vehicle fires occurred in the United States each year resulting in an annual average of approximately 300 deaths, 1,250 injuries and $1.1 billion in property loss. These highway vehicle fires accounted ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107601This document is designed to provide service providers, government employees, and community organizations with a summary of research-supported best practices and promising strategies for serving high-needs populations living in poverty. It is part of ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107638The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) entered into a contract with the Urban Institute and its subcontractor the University of Memphis to foster effective delivery of services to current and former recipients of housing assistance in ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107653After September 11, 2001, the United States made significant investments to strengthen its homeland security organizations and systems. The common purpose of these investments was to increase preparedness. To better prepare our Nation, this new homel ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106718Fathers are critical to their children's well-being and development. Unfortunately, some fathers are not able to provide the consistent care and financial support their children need. Low-income fathers, in particular, are less likely to live with an ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107635The two-dimensional traffic model of Biham, Middleton and Levine (Phys. Rev. A, 1992) is a simple cellular automaton that exhibits a wide range of complex behavior. It consists of both northbound and eastbound cars traveling on a rectangular array of ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107101Researchers developed a software system called CrashHelp to improve the information exchange from emergency medical services (EMS) practitioners to emergency room/trauma center providers. The system combines mobile smartphone, multimedia, Web server, ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106572In April 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) hosted a Forum, Emphasizing Evidence-Based Programs for Children and Youth, to convene the nation's leading pra ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107643Motor vehicle traffic crashes are the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death in the United States, resulting in 33,687 deaths in 2010. Pedestrian travel makes up 10.5% of all trips (i.e., any travel from one address to another) taken in ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107631The Natural Gas Monthly (NGM) highlights activities, events, and analyses of interest to public and private sector organizations associated with the natural gas industry. Volume and price data are presented each month for natural gas production, dist ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107226In 2008 Governor Schwarzenegger of California issued an executive order requiring that 33 percent of all electricity in the state in the year 2020 should come from renewable resources such as wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and small hydroelectric ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE20121030201In response to the developments in inspection technologies, infrastructure decision-making methods evolved whereby the optimum combination of inspection decisions on the one hand and maintenance and rehabilitation decisions on the other are determine ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107697For the 2005-2009 period, there was an estimated annual average of 38,660 firefighter fireground injuries in the U.S. Of these, an average of 27,920 were minor, and 10,740 were moderate or severe. The leading types of minor injuries were: strain or s ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107596The Petroleum Marketing Monthly (PMM) provides information and statistical data on a variety of crude oils and refined petroleum products. The publication presents statistics on crude oil costs and refined petroleum products sales for use by industry ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107227A major focus of OPREs welfare and family self-sufficiency research is the TANF program, the primary program for the Federal Government to provide temporary cash assistance to poor families. TANF, created in 1996 by the Personal Responsibility and Wo ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107927Many federally funded transportation programs are developed and managed by local agencies and administered by state transportation agencies (DOTs). In 2006, an estimated $6 billion to $8 billion in federal-aid contracts was administered by local publ ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107623The goal of this study is to establish statistically significant classifications of blood spatter patterns resulting from the interactions between a weapon, suspect and victim. Specifically, a medium velocity spatter pattern is usually attributed to ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107612This study examines the travel behaviour and attitudes of recently resettled refugees in Chittenden County, Vermont, with particular attention to distinctions based on gender and age. It is based on an earlier project conducted between 2008-2012 that ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107102This report examines several potential revenue enhancement alternatives for ALDOT. To provide specific, useful information, it focuses on three areas: A survey of Alabama citizens to determine their attitude toward several revenue. enhancement altern ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107931In 1985, carbon tetrachloride was discovered in the groundwater at Agra, Kansas, during routine sampling of public water supply wells. Two of Agras four public water supply wells contained low but detectable levels of carbon tetrachloride; the concen ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE20121056788The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) touches the lives of millions of people in the United States in good and particularly in bad economic times. Over the last decade participation in the program has increased from less than 20 millio ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107609The occlusion method is one of the verification test alternatives allowed under the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers guidelines to manage visual demand of certain in-vehicle devices. Since the time those guidelines were published, additional rese ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107940Motor vehicle travel is the primary means of transportation in the United States, providing an unprecedented degree of mobility. Yet for all its advantages, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for age 4 and every age 11 through 27 (b ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107939In 2011, there were 61 million children age 14 and younger in the United States, 20 percent of the total U.S. resident population in 2011. Motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death for children age 4 and every age 11 through 14 (based on ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107945In 2011, 4,612 motorcyclists were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashesan increase of 2 percent from the 4,518 motorcyclists killed in 2010. There were 81,000 motorcyclists injured during 2011, a slight decrease from 82,000 in 2010. The following d ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107944This fact sheet contains estimates of driver alcohol involvement in fatal crashes for the United States and individually for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in 2011. For comparison, data from 10 years ago (2002) are also pres ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107947Travel on all roads and streets changed by +0.5% (1.2 billion vehicle miles) for January 2013 as compared with January 2012. Travel for the month is estimated to be 226.9 billion vehicle miles. Cumulative Travel for 2013 changed by +0.5% (1.2 billion ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106567As part of its ongoing mission, the United States Sentencing Commission provides Congress, the judiciary, the executive branch, and the general public with data extracted from and based on sentencing documents submitted by courts to the Commission. D ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106568As part of its ongoing mission, the United States Sentencing Commission provides Congress, the judiciary, the executive branch, and the general public with data extracted and analyzed from sentencing documents submitted by courts to the Commission. D ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013106586Federal wildland management agencies often bear several important fire management responsibilities within Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas. The role of Federal agencies in the Wildland Urban Interface includes wildland firefighting, hazard fuels ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013108017Federal wildland management agencies often bear several important fire management responsibilities within Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas. The role of Federal agencies in the Wildland Urban Interface includes wildland firefighting, hazard fuels ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013108022Federal wildland management agencies often bear several important fire management responsibilities within Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas. The role of Federal agencies in the Wildland Urban Interface includes wildland firefighting, hazard fuels ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013108023Federal wildland management agencies often bear several important fire management responsibilities within Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas. The role of Federal agencies in the Wildland Urban Interface includes wildland firefighting, hazard fuels ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013108020Federal wildland management agencies often bear several important fire management responsibilities within Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas. The role of Federal agencies in the Wildland Urban Interface includes wildland firefighting, hazard fuels ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013108018Federal wildland management agencies often bear several important fire management responsibilities within Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas. The role of Federal agencies in the Wildland Urban Interface includes wildland firefighting, hazard fuels ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013108019Federal wildland management agencies often bear several important fire management responsibilities within Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas. The role of Federal agencies in the Wildland Urban Interface includes wildland firefighting, hazard fuels ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013108024Federal wildland management agencies often bear several important fire management responsibilities within Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas. The role of Federal agencies in the Wildland Urban Interface includes wildland firefighting, hazard fuels ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013108021The conference provided a forum for participants to share experiences with the use of census data in transportation planning and decision making. Participants also learned about recent and forthcoming census products. The conference further provided ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107622Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107258Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107259Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107257Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107255Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107256Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107263Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107262Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107260Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107261This report presents the analytical results and quality-assurance data for water-quality, bed-sediment, and biota samples collected at sites from October 2010 through September 2011. Water-quality data include concentrations of selected major ions, t ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2013107912