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We propose to develop DIALOG, an environment for collaborative decision making that will enable health care providers and administrators to model, learn, and reason about their business enterprise. DIALOG will utilize a user-friendly, pen- and gesture-based graphical interface, and will enable "any time/any place" collaboration over shared digital libraries and dynamic "microworld" simulations. ...

Hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI), in the usual form of oxo species, is used in manyindustrial processes and products. As a consequence, Cr(VI)= containingcompounds are often found in wastewater and contaminated sites. Since Cr(VI) isconsidered highly toxic and carcinogenic, it is extremely important to have areliable, easy-to-use, sensitive monitor for determining Cr(VI) concentrationsin process, on ...

The optical pumping of helium at 1083 nm is proving useful in applications involving magnetometry, polarized electron sources and neutron spin filters, but existing sources at 1083 nm are limited in efficiency, lifetime, reliability, compactness and power. The crystal laser material Nd:LuAlO3 (neodymium doped lutetium orthoaluminate) has ideal spectroscopic properties, but previous growths have d ...