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DEVELOPMENT OF A PLAN AND ITS DEMONSTRATION IN PRODUCING MODERN DATABASE FOR RV TECHNOLOGIES IS PROPOSED BY USING CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL DATA SETS COLLECTED SINCE 1985 OVER THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT AND U.S. ARMY KWAJALEIN ATOLL. THE PLAN INCLUDES THE USE OF AIRBORNE RADAR, MODELING, AND SATELLITE ADDITIONS TO THE PARTICLE SIZE DATA TO CORRELATE PARTICLE SIZE AND LIQUID WATER CONTENT OVER AN EXTEN ...

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THE ANALYSIS OF AEROBALLISTIC RANGE DATA IS A TEDIOUS AND TECHNICALLY CHALLENGING TASK. THE SOPHISTICATED ANALYSIS PROCEDURES AND REQUIRED SOFTWARE (COMPUTER PROGRAMS) HAVE BEEN REFINED EXTENSIVELY DURING THE PAST FIFTEEN TO TWENTY YEARS WITH THE ADDITION OF THE SIX-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM CODES EMPLOYING THE MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD. THE REQUIRED PROFICIENCY TAKES BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE YEARS UNDER TH ...

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY (BNCT) HAS A CLEAR THEORETICALADVANTAGE OVER OTHER TECHNIQUES AS A METHOD OF DELIVERING CELL KILLING RADIATION TO TUMORS. NEW BORON COMPOUNDS ARE NEEDED THAT CAN SELECTIVELY LOCALIZE IN TUMORS AND, UPON CAPTURE OF THERMAL OR EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS, PRODUCE RADIATIONTO KILL TUMOR CELLS BUT SPARE NORMAL TISSUE AND BLOOD. BNCTEFFECTIVENESS WOULD BE GREATEST IF THE BORON TAR ...

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SILICON CARBIDE POSSESSES A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF PROPERTIES THAT ALLOW SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH POWER OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES MADE FROM THIS MATERIAL. THE CUBIC FORM OF SIC (BETA) HAS A WIDE BANDGAP (2.2 EV @ 27 DEG C), WHICH THEORETICALLY GIVES A MAXIMUM OPERABLE TEMPERATURE OF 925 DEG C. ALPHA SIC (6H) HAS AN EVEN WIDER BANDGAP OF 2.86 EV @ 27 DEG C, GIVING A MAXIMUM OPERA ...

THERE IS A NEED IN THE POULTRY INDUSTRY FOR AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM THAT WILL RELIABLY DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN LIVE AND DEADEGGS DURING INCUBATION TO ALLOW REMOVAL OF DEAD AND INFERTILE EGGS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE USE VALUABLE SPACE AND SERVE AS A SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION IN INCUBATORS. THE INCUBATION AND INJECTION OF DEAD, CONTAMINATED EGGS CAN CONTAMINATE INCUBATIORS AND IN OVO INJECTION SYSTEMS AND SPREA ...

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MAINTAINING COMMAND-AND-CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS CONNECTIVITY CONTINUOUSLY THROUGH PRE-, TRANS-, AND POST-ATTACK PERIODS IS ESSENTIAL. COMMUNICATION LINKS FOR THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE NONDENIABLE (BY NUCLEAR DETONATION) AND NONINTERRUPTABLE, AND SHOULD ALSO ALLOW COMMUNICATIONS WHILE IN MOTION AND HIGH DATA RATES. HOWEVER, CONVENTIONAL COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES ARE ILL SUITED FOR USE IN THIS APPLIC ...

THE MAJORITY OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES OFFER TIME-OF-USE PRICING, TOGETHER WITH OTHER DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, TO THEIR RESIDENTIAL / COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS. PROJECTIONS BY EPRI (EN-4815-SR) SUGGEST A PEAK REDUCTION OFABOUT 45 GIGAWATTS BY THE YEAR 2000, AS A RESULT OF THESE DSM PROGRAMS. PIVOTAL IN ACHIEVING THIS TARGET, IS THE 23 GIGAWATTS PEAK DEMAND REDUCTION TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO TIME-OF-USE ...