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MANY DISABLED INDIVIDUALS ARE CURRENTLY BENEFITTING FROM THEFIELD OF THERAPY CALLED THERAPEUTIC RECREATION. EVERY MAJORREHABILITATION CENTER HAS A SEPARATE AND GROWING RECREATION THERAPY DEPARTMENT AS THIS FIELD OF THERAPY GAINS RECOGNI- HAVE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE. THE DIFFICULTY IN FINDING SUCH EQUIPMENT IS PERSONALLY UNDERSTOOD BY THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, WHO WAS PARALYZED ...

THE EMERGING IMPORTANCE OF NUCLEAR-WEAPON AND DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON (DEW) EFFECTS TESTING IN THE SOFT X-RAY REGIME HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR A ROBUST, ACCURATE AND RELIABLE SOFT X-RAY SPECTROMETER THAT WILL MEASURE FLUENCE INCIDENT ON UGT TEST-ARTICLES. THE NEW LAYERED SYNTHETIC MICROSTRUCTURE (LSM) X-RAY INTERFERENCE MIRROR TECHNOLOGY IS PROPOSED AS THE BASIS FOR A SPECTROMETER RESPONSIVE TO ...

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HIGH ALTITUDE NUCLEAR THREATS GENERALLY REQUIRE THE USE OF OVERLAYS/UNDERLAYS TO ACHIEVE THE NUCLEAR SURVIVABILITY REQUIREMENTS OF ADVANCED REENTRY VEHICLES (RVS). MATERIALS AND FABRICATION PROCESSES EXIST THAT WITH SOME MINOR VARIATIONS SHOULD PRODUCE A HEATSHIELD MATERIAL THAT CAN EITHER ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR, OR REDUCE THE REQUIREMENTS OF, OVERLAYS/UNDERLAYS. THE PROPOSED MATERIAL, RELATIVE TO ...

BPA HAS IDENTIFIED THREE POTENTIAL AUDIENCES FOR RESPITE GUIDE MATERIALS:1)THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY 2)RESPITE PROVIDERS, AND 3) REFERRAL SOURCES. IN THIS PROJ- ECT, WE PROPOSE TO INVESTIGATE THE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT NEEDS OF THESE THREE GROUPS. WE'LL CLASSIFY THE MODELS OF RESPITE SERVICE CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE, FOCUSING PARTICULAR LY ON EFFECTIVE AND INNOVATIVE PRACTICES. THROU ...

ABOUT 28 MILLION POUNDS OF SPENT HYDROTREATING CATALYST CONTAINING $23,000,000 IN RECOVERABLE CHEMICALS WAS DIS POSED OF IN THE UNITED STATES DURING 1985. ONLY 20% OF THE SPENT CATALYST UNDERWENT SOME FORM OF RECLAMATION PROCESS- ING. THE AMOUNT OF SPENT HYDROTREATING CATALYST REQUIRING DISPOSAL IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE BY 1994 WITH THE EX DISPOSAL IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE BY 1994 WITH THE HYDRODESUL- F ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO ACHIEVE GREATER SENSITIVITY, RUGGEDNESS AND EASE OF USE OF ALPHA MEASURING DEVICES IN POTENTIALLY HARSH FIELD ENVIRONMENTS BY APPLYING THIN FILM DIAMOND TO THE INSTRUMENT DETECTOR FACE. TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE WE WILL ATTEMPT TO COAT SILVER ACTIVATED ZINC SULPHIDE WITH DIAMOND USING CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED BY THE COMPANY AND APPLY AN AP ...

THE EXTENSION OF A PHYSICAL MODELING TECHNIQUE UTILIZING ROCK-SIMULANTS AND SIMULATED BLAST LOADING TO MODEL PROPAGATION OF DILATIONAL WAVES THROUGH FLUID-SATURATED FRACTURED ROCK MASSESS WILL BE EVALUATED. ROCK-SIMULANTS, WITH NEGLIGIBLE MATRIX PERMEABILITY, WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR SPECIMEN PREPARATION. A STEP-BY-STEP CASTING PROCEDURE WILL BE EMPLOYED TO SIMULATE JOINTING AND BEDDING PLANES. ATTEM ...

ALTHOUGH INCINERATION IS AN ATTRACTIVE MEANS FOR DESTROYING ORGANIC HAZARDOUS WASTE, TWO POTENTIAL PROBLEMS ARE (1) THE INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION OF WASTE COMPOUNDS DUE TO NON-OPTIMAL OR IMPROPER OPERATION (E.G., INADEQUATE ATOMIZATION, POOR MIXING, OR QUENCHING) AND (2) VOLATILIZATION AND RELEASE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT OF TOXIC METALS (E.G., AS, CD, HG, PB) CONTAINED IN THE WASTE. ADDING TO THE CONCERN ...