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BPA WILL INVESTIGATE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING A FULLMANAGEMENT SUPPORT STRUCTURE TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPPORTED WORK PROGRAMS, AND TO ASSIST IN THE WIDESSPREADUSE OF THIS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TRAINING MODEL. WE WILL INDEN- TIFY THE KEY DIMENSION OF THE MODEL AND STUDY BEST PRACTICES. WE WILL TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THE PROGRAM CAN BE OPERATED COST-EFFECTIVELY ENOUGH AND IN A WAY T ...

STUDENTS IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS COME FROM DIVERSE LANGUAGE BACKGROUNDS, WITH SPANISH AND COMBINED ASIAN LANGUAGES REPRESENTING OVER 90% OF THOSE BACKGROUNDS. WRITING, THE MOST DAUNTING ASPECT OF LEARNING ANOTHER LANGUAGE, IS A SKILL THAT DEMANDS INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTIONAND PRACTICE. PHASE I RESEARCH RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 64K APPLE SOFTWARE PACKAGE, SE ESCRIBE INGLES ...

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AS COMPUTERS BECOME MORE AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TEACHERS NEED QUALITY SOFTWARE FOR TUTORING STUDENTS. PRESENTLY THERE IS LITTLE SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS WITH COGNITIVE OR LEARNING DISORDERS BECAUSE IT IS NOT COMMERCIALLY FEASIBLE TO DEVELOP THE TYPE OF SOFTWARE NEEDED. THIS MEANS THAT TEACHERS OR LOCAL CURRICULUM PERSONNEL WILL HAVE TO DEVELOP THE SOFTWARE. IN ORDER TO DO THIS, THE TE ...

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MICROCOSM PROPOSES TO CONSTRACTS PROTOTYPE VERSION OF A SOFTWARE SYSTEM TO WRITE COURSEWARE. A PROTOTYPE MATH MODELING CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND MATH MODEL EXECUTION PROGRAM WILL BE DEVELOPED. THIS WORK IS AN EXTENSION OF MICROSOSM R&D ON MATH MODELING SOFTWARE FOR SCIENCE AND ENG INEERING. WITH THIS SYSTEM THE NUMBER OF LINES OF CODE TO BEWRITTEN AND TESTED TO CREATE A FLEXIBLE, STUDENT-FRIENDLY, ...

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL DEMONSTRATE THE APPLICATION OF A NOVEL NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION TECHNIQUE KNOWN AS SHEAROGRAPHY IN FLAW DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION IN STUCTURAL MATERIALS. THIS NOVEL TECHNIQUE EMPLOYS A MONO CHROMATIC LIGHT SOURCE (E.G. A LASER) AND AN OPTICAL DE DETECTION SCHEME TO REVEAL, DISCERN AND CHARATERIZE ANY ST STRESS AND STRAIN CONCENTRATION INDUCED BY DEFECTS IN MA MATE ...

A HIGH RATE DOWNFLOW SPARGED BIOLOGICAL FIXED FILM REACTOR DESIGN HAS BEEN PROPOSED. THIS SYSTEM OFFERS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER PREVIOUS DESIGNS IN THAT INSTEAD OF CONSTANT AIR S SPARGING, THE AIR SPARGING TO THE PACKED SEED IS PULSED TO OFFER MORE EFFICIENT OXYGEN UTILIZATION. ANOTHER IMPROVEMENTIS THAT BECAUSE OF THE PULSING AIR, THE AIR HEADER SUPPLY C CAN BE LOCATED BELOW THE MEDIA TO PERMIT FULL ...

REHAB SOFTWARE PROPOSES TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING AUTOMATIC ACCESS TO ASSISTIVE DEVICES (REHABILI TATION ENGINEERING DEVICES) THROUGH A MULTIMEDIA CAREER GUIDANCE PRODUCT FOR SPECIAL-NEEDS STUDENTS. THE PRODUCT CONSISTS OF A COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAM WORKBOOK. THE CAR EER GUIDANCE SYSTEM WILL OPERATE ON A LOW COST MULTI-USER MICROCOMPUTER ALLOWING CONCURRENT USE BY SEVERAL STUDENTS ...

THE PROPOSED PHASE I PROGRAM IS A FEASIBILITY STUDY MERCIAL SHIPS. SENSOR SYSTEMS TO BE ASSESSED WILL BE BASED ON THE INNOVATIVE METHOD OF S&S ASSOCIATES. IN THIS METHOD, TORQUESTRANSMITTED OVER A ROTATING SHAFT IN THE POWER SYSTEM ARE DETERMINED DIRECTLY FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES IN TERMS OF QUANTITIES MEASURED DURING THE SYSTEM'S NORMAL OPERATION. THE ENGINE PUTPUT TORQUE, LOAD TORQUE, ADN CHANGES I ...