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Vegetated roof (ecoroofs) offer diverse benefits, including energy savings and stormwater runoff reductions. Installation of ecoroofs in both new and existing buildings has expanded significantly during the past five years, with several local jurisdictions providing incentives for their installation and the LEED green building rating system offering multiple credits for them. However, discussion ...

Vegetated roofs (ecoroofs) offer diverse benefits, including energy savings and stormwater runoff reductions. Installation of ecoroofs in both new and existing buildings has expanded significantly during the past 5 years, with several local jurisdictions providing incentives for their installation and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system offering multiple ...

We hypothesize that lightweight infrared (IR) and video cameras mounted on a unmanned tethered helium balloon and accessed via a wireless network can remotely sense water quality at site scales. We will demonstrate the technical feasibility of a ground based network to monitor and control balloon mounted IP-enabled wireless IR and video cameras for measurement of the spatial distribution of surfa ...

MixZon, Inc., hypothesizes that lightweight infrared (IR) and video cameras mounted on an unmanned tethered helium balloon accessible via a wireless network can remotely sense water quality at site scales. MixZon will demonstrate the technical feasibility of a ground-based network to monitor and control balloon-mounted, IP-enabled wireless IR and video cameras for measurement of the spatial distri ...

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MODERN DREDGES, PARTICULARLY HYDRAULIC CUTTERHEAD PIPELINE DREDGES, ARE AMONGST THE MOST EFFICIENT EXCAVATION TOOLS DEVISED AND OPERATED BY MAN. THEY ARE USED TO MAINTAIN NAVIGATION FOR MANY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MILES OF WORLD WATER WAYS. THESE DREDGES COULD BE EVEN MORE EFFICIENT IF OPERATIONAL TECHNIQUES WERE EMPLOYED WHICH WOULD OPTIMIZE THE SOIL MOVEMENT ALONG WITH MODIFYING THE SUCTION ENTRAN ...

MICROCOMPUTERS HAVE MATURED FROM PERSONAL COMPUTERS USED BY ONE PERSON TO MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS. USED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE.THIS DEVELOPMENT CREATES A NEED FOR EACH USER TO HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW (USER VIEW) OF THE SAME DATA. USER VIEWS ARENOT COMMONLY AVAILABLE IN MICROCOMPUTER DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION MAY BE SENSITIVE TO THE MICROCOMPUTER LIMITATINS OF SMALL INTERNAL/EXTER ...

THE OCEAN SCIENCE COMMUNITY HAS NO ECONOMICAL MEANS FOR TAKING DEEP CORES FROM BARE ROCK SEAFLOORS. IN THE ABSENCE OF DEEP SEDIMENTARY OVERBURDEN THE DRILL BIT AT THE END OF ALONG PIPE STRING "WALKS" FROM THE POINT OF INTENDED ENTRY ONTHE ROCK SURFACE, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE BIT. A PROMINENT, ADVANCED CONCEPT FOR SEAFLOOR ROCK CORING REPLACES THE DRILL PIPE WITH AN ELECTRO-MECHANICAL CABLE. TH ...

The project is developing and evaluating a proof-of concept American Sign Language and Signed English dictionary for held hand computer and media player devices. The dictionary includes signed animations of English terms that can be difficult for learners who are deaf to master including: idioms, scientific terms, and multi-sense words. Based on Vcom3D signing software, the Mobile Language Refere ...