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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 ...

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 ...

EXPLORE TO WHAT EXTENT THE EXISTING MICRO REACTION RATE KINETIC THEORY OF THERMALLY ACTIVATED FRACTURE CAN BE USED TO RELATE THE PARAMETERS OF PROBABILISTIC MACRO ENGINEERING MODELS OF CUMULATIVE DAMAGE (FATIGUE, FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH) TO THE USUAL PARAMETERS OF ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE SO THAT ACCURATE PREDICTION OF CRACK GROWTH CAN BE ACHIEVEDWITH MINIMUM TESTING FOR A SPECIFIC SET OF ENGINEERING ...

PRESENT TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL WATER USE MODIFIED VERSIONS OF LABORATORY PROCEDURES. THEREFORE, THEY REQUIRE SKILLED LABOR, INSTRUMENTATION AND OFTEN MULTI-STEP SAMPLE PREPARATION WORKOUT. IN PRELIMINARY STUDIES, WHICH STEMMED FROM OUR WORK ON GAS ANALYSIS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, WE ESTABLISHED THAT AN ACCURATE ANALYSIS OF WATER CAN BE DONE USING A VERY S ...

REUTERIN IS A NATURAL SPBSTANCE PRODUCED FROM GLYCEROL BY LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI -- A BACTERIAL SPECIES RESIDENT IN THESMALL INTESTINES OF HEALTHY HUMANS AND ANIMALS. RERTERIN HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE A POTENT, BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIBACTERIAL,ANTIMYCOTIC AND ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT. THE LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI-REUTERIN DISCOVERY IS UNDER INTERNATIONAL PATENT APPLICATION AND RIGHTS TO THIS SYSTEM HAVE BEEN ASSIG ...

SINGLE SPINDLE SCREW MACHINES HAVE REMAINED ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED IN DESIGN AND OPERATION SINCE EARLY IN THE CENTURY. CAMS AND LEVERS ARE STILL THE PRINCIPAL MEANS OF OPERATING THE SLIDES. ALTHOUGH VERY PRODUCTIVE ONCE SET UP, THE TREND TOWARD SMALLER LOT SIZES, SETUP TIME REQUIREMENTS, AND SUPPORT SKILLS REQUIREMENTS HAVE COMBINED TO SUPPLANT THE USE OF THESE MACHINES WITH GENERAL PURPOSE CNC MAC ...