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Temperature is the critical signal that allows monitoring of a myriad of Earth’s processes. From direct measurements of wildfire and urban heat to more complex relationships with drought, agriculture, aquaculture, and biodiversity, maintaining a steady pulse on Earth’s surface temperature enables us to mitigate for and adapt to the impacts of extreme events and increasingly variable water avai ...

The brevetoxins (PbTx) produced by Karenia brevis cause harmful algal blooms (HAB) or "red tide" in seawater. Currently, the only available ways of detecting PbTx are laboratory tests such as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, which are expensive and slow, and require complex instrumentation and multiple processing steps. In previous work Intelligent Optical Systems (IOS) demonstrated a compact l ...

Special Operations Forces (SOF) require an intuitive LCNC platform and tailored trainings to enable members of its operational units to prep field data for decision making. SOF are charged with conducting military missions of high significance on behalf of the United States and its allies. SOF encounter a diverse and nuanced series of data during missions and during preceding ISR operations; as su ...

Research conducted in Phase I identified a range of data sources providing vehicle related information to consumers shopping around or interested in knowing more about vehicles. Majority of the commercial data sources focused on vehicle features, new/used/CPO pricing, and vehicles listings. Such data sources lacked safety as their central focus, which is a concern for U.S. Department of Transporta ...

Synoptic approach to harmonize discrete data streams in application development 3/20/2018 Purchasing a new or used vehicle can be an exciting, but overwhelming experience. Numerous websites contain information on vehicle safety features, makes and models, cost, history, recalls, and crash and repair records. This large amount of data and its dispersed nature makes for a daunting consumer expe ...

ALTHOUGH TECHNOLOGY IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL AIRCRAFT TO EQUIP WITH TCAS, GENERAL AVIATION (GA) IS NOT EAGER TO EQUIP FOR ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL REASONS. CURRENT SYSTEMS ARE SIMPLY TOO EXPENSIVE FOR GA, AND GA OPPOSES ANYTHING REMINISCENT OF "BIG BROTHER" TRACKING MOVEMENTS THROUGH TERMINAL AREAS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE A SYSTEM AVAILABLE TO GA THAT IS LOW-COST, THAT WILL APEAL TO GA USERS, AND IMPR ...

A VITAL PART OF ANY EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CATASTROPHIC OIL AND CHEMICAL SPILL RESPONSE IS IMPROVING RESPONSE PERSONNEL TRAINING. SEVERAL ISSUES THAT ARE UNIQUETO SPILL RESPONSE TRAINING LIMIT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A CLASSROOM APPROACH TO MEET NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING THE RAPID PACE OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN SPILL RESPONSE, THE NUMBER AND GEOGR ...

URBAN TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS ENHANCE THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY THEY SERVE. TRADITIONAL URBAN TRANSIT FINANCING TECHNIQUES NEGLECT THIS POTENTIAL SOURCE OF REVENUE. BENEFIT ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS AND IMPACT MITIGATION FEES, BASED ON CONCEPTS ORIGINALLY DEVISED FOR MINOR IMPROVEMENTS (EG. SIDEWALKS), HAVE BEEN APPLIED EXPERIMENTALLY TO URBAN TRANSIT, BUT DO NOT GENERATE THE MAJOR FUNDING URBAN TRANSIT R ...

FEASIBILITY OF USING MICROPROCESSOR BASED PERSONAL TOKEN DEVICES INDUCTIVELY COUPLED FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION FLOW WILL BE STUDIED FOR TRANSIT FARE COLLECTION AND ACCOUNTING. A SIMPLE MICROPROCESSOR BASED USER TOKEN WILL BE DEVELOPED PRINCIPALLY TO TEST COUPLING AND SOFTWARE CONCEPTS. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE INTERFACES TO EXISTING TURNSTILE EQUIPMENT WILL BE STUDIED. RESEARCH ON APPROPRIATE RE ...

OF REACTOR THERMAL-HYDRAULICS CODES. THESE CODES HAVE INTERNATIONAL APPLICABILITY. TRADING THESE CODES, WITH APPROPRIATE SUPPORT, TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN EXCHANGE FOR USEFUL DATA OR OTHER RESOURCES WOULD ENHANCE THEIR UTILITY AND REDUCE THE COST TO THE U.S. OF GENERATING EQUIVALENT DATA. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS TO PROVIDE A SOUND TECHNICAL BASIS FOR SUCH AN EXCHANGE BY: IDENTIFYING C ...