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IT IS A RECOGNIZED PROBLEM THAT CURRENT COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (CAD) AND COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING (CAE) INTERFACES(1) LIMIT PRODUCTIVITY OF HUMAN DRAFTSPERSONS, (2) DENY CONCEPT SUPPORT TO PRODUCT DEFINERS, AND (3) INHIBIT USE OF THESE SYSTEMS FOR DELIVERY OF KNOWLEDGE BASED CONCURRENT ENGINEERING SUPPORT. THESE PROBLEMS LIMIT INITIATIVES TO BOTH PRODUCE BETTER FIRST DESIGNS AND TO REDUCE THE PRO ...

FUSION SYSTEMS HAS FABRICATED ULTRAVIOLET REFLECTORS USING ALUMINUM BASED DIELECTRIC MULTILAYERS. THE RESULTING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MULTILAYER ASSEMBLY DISPLAY PHENOMENA CHARACTERISTIC OF ANOMALOUS, METALLIC-LIKE OPTICALPROPERTIES, WHILE RETAINING THE BASIC DIELECTRIC CHARACTER OF THE MATERIALS. THE DESCRIPTIVE TERM "TRANSPARENT ALUMINUM" HAS BEEN APPLIED TO THIS PHENOMENA. THE PHENOMEN ...

THE NUMBER OF FREQUENCY CHANNELS WHICH MAY BE ASSIGNED WITHIN A GIVEN GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IS LIMITED BY INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE CHANNELS. THIS GREATLY REDUCES THE NUMBER OF CHANNELS WHICH MAY BE ALLOCATED AND THUS LEADS TO AN INEFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF THE RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM. RECENTLY CONSIDERABLE INTEREST HAS ARISEN IN DEVELOPING MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS FOR THE CONSUMER. SO-CALLED "CEL ...

EDVOTEK CURRENTLY OFFERS A WIDE SELECTION OF EXPERIMENT MODULES IN THE AREA OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY (MOLECULAR BIOLOGY) HAS BEEN THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF CURRENTLY EXISTING TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS, AS WELL AS THE FOCUS OF RECENT PUBLICITY FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY. ITIS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN OTHER AREAS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FOR T ...

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THE CONCEPT OF USING RECURSIVE ESTIMATION METHODS FOR GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MODELING WAS DEMONSTRATED (BY BTS) IN A PREVIOUS LIMITED INVESTIGATION. THE RESEARCH PROPOSED HERE ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN THAT STUDY SO THAT THE FULL POTENTIAL OF THE RECURSIVE ESTIMATION APPROACH MAY BE DEMONSTRATED. SPECIFICALLY, WE PROPOSE TO ESTABLISH EFFICIENT ALGORITHMS FOR COMPUTING THE OP ...

DETERMINATION OF URANIUM IN THE URINE OF WORKERS IS REQUIRED BY THE NRC AT NUCLEAR FACILITIES. EXTREMELY LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF URANIUM, ESPECIALLY IN SMALL SAMPLES, ARE DIFFICULT TO MEASURE USING EXISTING TECHNOLOGY. FUTURE NRC PLANS TO CHARACTERIZE BIOAVAILABLE URANIUM FRACTIONS COMPRISING THE URANIUM BODY BURDEN WILL REQUIRE EVEN HIGHER SENSITIVITIES. HIGH SENSITIVITY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED FOR UR ...

THE PROPOSED WORK REPRESENTS A NEW, INNOVATIVE APPROACH IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED HIGH RESOLUTION DISPLAYS. THE CORE FEATURE OF THIS NEW DISPLAY CENTERS ON CONSTRUCTION OF A REVOLUTIONARY NEW LIGHT VALVE WHICH COMBINES STATE-OF-THE-ART CAPABILITIES IN VLSI AND LIQUID CRYSTAL (LC) TECHNOLOGIES. WITH THIS NEW LIGHT VALVE, IT IS, IN PRINCIPLE, POSSIBLE TO CONSTRUCT DISPLAYS WHICH WOULD HAVE PIXE ...