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THE RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE THE TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING COMPOSTING AS AN ALTERNATIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE FOR TREATING, DETOXIFYING, AND BIOSTABILIZING ORGANIC CHEMICAL WASTES. SELECTED BIODEGRADABLE HAZARDOUS WASTES WILL BE SUBJECTED TO THE COMPOST PROCESS TO ASCERTAIN THE DEGREE OF DETOXIFICATION AND THE RESPONSIBLE MICROORGANISM. CONCEPTUAL DESIGN ...

PRESENT TECHNOLOGY FOR SOLVENT RECOVERY AND RECYCLE OR FOR THE SOLIDIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS LIQUID ORGANIC WASTE CANNOT BE APPLIED TO ALL WASTE STREAMS. MATERIALS CONTAINING CORROSIVE, HIGHLY REACTIVE, OR ACIDIC COMPONENTS ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE DISTILLATION/SEPARATION EQUIPMENT OF SOLVENT RECOVERY OPERATIONS. NOR ARE THESE MATERIALS OR THOSE WITH HIGHLY TOXIC AND/OR CORROSIVE VAPOR CONSTITUEN ...

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AN INVESTIGATION OF THE CONCEPT OF A NEW APPROACH TOWARDS A HIGHLY EFFICIENT ELECTROCHEMICAL OZONE GENERATOR IS PROPOSED. THIS APPROACH IS BASED ON THE UTILIZATION OF AN OXYGEN REDUCTION CATHODE INSTEAD OF A HYDROGEN EVOLUTION RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT LOWERING OF REQUIRED CELL VOLTAGE. THIS APPROACH ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY SIMPLIFIES THE MASS BALANCE IN THE ELECTROLYZER. AN ENERGY REQUIREMENT OF 7.8K ...

ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE AND WIDE SPREAD USE OF COMPUTERS BY NON-COMPUTER-SPECIALISTS IS THE NEED FOR USERS TO INTERACT WITH COMPUTERS IN "COMPUTERESE" RATHER THAN ENGLISH. ADDITIONALLY, THE LACK OF STANDARD SOFTWARE MODULES THAT "UNDERSTAND" NATURAL LANGUAGE HAMPERS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOFTWARE FOR TRANSLATING LANGUAGE AND FOR MONITORING LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SKILLS. THE PROPOSED EF ...

THE PURPOSE OFTHIS RESEARCH EFFORT IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING BILINGUAL TEXT ANALYSIS SOFTWARE AS A TOOL TO ASSIST IN TEACHING ENGLISH WRITING SKILLS TO NON -NATIVE SPEAKERS. SINCE SPANISH IS THE VATIVE LANGUAGE PREDOMINANTLY SPOKEN BY STUDENTS ENROLLED IN BILINGUAL PRL PROGRAMS IN GRADES 1-12 IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA, IT HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE TARGET LANGUAGE IN PHASE I. THIS EFFORT ...

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THE PROJECT WILL EXAMINE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF ENH ENHANCING THE THERMAL DESTRUCTION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE SLUDGE S, TARS, AND WATERY WASTES BY IMPROVING THE DISPERSION AND BURNOUT OF THESE MATERIALS IN INCINERATORS AND OTHER COMBUSTBUSTION EQUIPMENT. THE PRIMARY FOCUS WILL BE ON THE EVALUALUATION OF PROPRIETARY MICROWAVE TECHNIQUES, SINGLY OR POT POTENTIALLY IN COMBINATION WITH PROPRIETARY AD ...