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PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL ESTABLISH THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF A COMBINED COMBUSTION/VITRIFICATION PROCESS FOR THE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF SPENT ALUMINUM POTLININGS. RE- SEARCH RESULTS WILL BE EVALUATED AGAINST PREDETERMINED CRITERIA TO VERIFY THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF THE PROCESS. SPENT ALUMINUM POTLININGS ARE PRIMARILLY GRAPHITIZED CAR- BON AND REFRACTORY MATERIALS, CONTAINING FLUORIDE, ALUM ...

THE FUTURE ECONOMIC APPROACHES TOWARD ELECTROCHEMICAL OZONE GENERATION DEPENDS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW COST, STABLE, ANODE MATERIALS WITH LONG OPERATING TIMES. IN A PRIOR EPA SBIR PROGRAM (NOW IN PHASE II) ELECTROCHIMICA CORP. HAS DEMONSTRATED VERY SUCCESSFUL ELECTROCHEMICAL OZONE GENERATION METHODS FROM A VARIETY OF ELECTROLYTES OBTAINING HIGHER EFFICIENCIES AND OZONE CONCENTRATION LEVELS. PLAT ...

THE LONG-TERN GOAL OF PHASE I AND PHASE II RESEARCH IS TO PROVIDE A NEW TOOL FOR SPEECH THERAPY BASED ON THE DISPLAY OF VOCAL TRACT CROSS-SECTIONS. THE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPROACHES UNDER INVESTIGATION ARE BASED ON SPEECH RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES. THIS SYSTEM WOULD PERMIT USERS TO SEE IN A CONCRETE, GRAPHIC WAY HOW CLOSELY THEY APPROACH A TARGET SPEECH PATTERN AND WOULD PROVIDE SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT ...

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INCREASED EMPHASIS ON THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS AND UNDERGROUND POLLUTION IN GENERAL HAS CREATED A NEED FOR TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE OR ELIM-INATE THE ASSOCIATED CONTAMINATION. TO DATE, PACKAGE AIR GENERAL HAS CREATED A NEED FOR TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE ASSOCIATED CONTAMINATION. TO DATE, PACKAGE AIR STRIPPING UNITS SEEM TO HAVE RECEIVED THE BROADEST AC- CE ...

REHAB SOFTWARE PROPOSES TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING VOICE ENTRY TECHNOLOGY (VET) TO ADAPT WORK TASKS IN HIGH LABOR DEMAND JOBS FOR ACCESS BY HANDICAPPED PERSONS.HIGH DEMAND JOBS OBTAINED FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WILL BE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE APPLICABILITY OF EXISTING VOICE ENTRY TECHNOLOGY. FROM THIS ANALYSIS TEN OCCUPATIONS WILL BE SELECTED FOR WHICH SPECIFIC VOICE ENTRY TECHNO ...

PHASE 1 OF THIS PROJECT WILL INTEGRATE THE USE OF WORD-PROCESSING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, PEER-TUTORING, AND COMMUNITY/BUSINESS INVOLVEMENT. PEER DIADS OF BILLINGUAL AND LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL BE INSTRUCTED IN THE USE OF A WORD-PROCESSING PROGRAM AND HOW TO UTILIZE THOSE SKILLS IN READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES AND CREATIVE WRITING. STUDENT DIADS ...

ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AREAS IN ASSISTING THE DEAF TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIBLE LANGUAGE IS IN TEACHING PROPER PRONUNCIATION OF SPOKEN WORDS. IN THIS AREA, THE DEAF STUDENT REQUIRES CONSIDERABLE PRACTICE AND FEEDBACK AS HE/SHE ATTEMPTS TO LEARN TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE PROPERLY. SOME AREAS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING CAN BE TAUGHT IN A CLASSROOMENVIRONMENT. THESE INCLUDE VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR AND WRITING.HO ...