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THE PROJECT THRUST IS TO INVESTIGATE TECHNIQUES AND TE TECHNOLOGY TO MODIFY REGIONAL SATELLITE-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL AUDIO/VIDEO DELIVERY SYSTEMS TO ACCOMODATE AUDIO AND DATA RESPONSES FROM HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS. PRESENTLY, THE REG REGIONAL MODEL INCORPORATES AUDIO TALKBACK VIA TERRESTRIAL TELEPHONE LINES FOR INTERACTION. WHILE THIS SYSTEM IS ADEQ UATE FOR NON-HANDICAPPED STUDENTS, A MORE FLEXIBLE ...

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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WHILE EDUCATORS READILY ACKNOWLEDGE THE POTENTIAL VALUE OF INTEGRATING VOICE AND SOUND INTO COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUCTION, APPLICATIONS OF SPEECH HAVE BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP. EARLY ATTEMPTS AT CREATING MULTIPLE MODALITY ENVIRONMENTS HAVE BEEN EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF THE NEED FOR SPECIAL ADD-ON EQUIPMENT AND FOR THE MOST PART, THE QUALITY OF THE SPEECH OFFERED BY THESE PRODUCTS HAS NOT MET EDUCATORS EXPECT ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A SYSTEM THAT WILL PRODUCE A FAITHFUL TACTUAL IMAGE IN THE FORM OF A RAISED LD LINE COPY ON PAPER OR FOIL OF ANY DISPLAY PRODUCED ON THE SCREEN OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER. THIS SYSTEM WILL ADDRESS PARTOF A VOID REMAINING IN THE ADEQUACY OF EXISTING SYSTEMS TO MORE FULLY ALLOW BLIND PERSONS TO INTERACT WITH COM ...

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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 ...

RADON DAUGHTERS IN INDOOR AIR REPRESENT A GREATER RADIOLO LOGICAL HAZARD TO THE POPULATION THAN ANY OTHER NATURALLY OCCURRING OR MAN-MADE RADIATION SOURCE. A SYSTEM TO DETECT THE ALPHA PARTICLES EMITTED BY THESE RADIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE RADON DAUGHTERS IS PROPOSED. A KEY ELEMENT OF THIS WORK IS TO PROVIDE A SUITABLE CALIBRATION BETWEEN DETECTED ALPH A ENERGY AND INDOOR RADIOLOGICAL HAZARD. THE INSTRU ...