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RESEARCHERS ARE DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING A REAL-TIME VIDEO AND SPEECH ENCODER/DECODER SYSTEM THAT COMBINES THE FEATURES OF A HIGH QUALITY, LOW BIT-RATE, FULL COLOR VIDEO CODER WITH A HIGH QUALITY, VERY LOW BIT-RATE SPEECH CODER. THE TARGET BIT-RATE FOR THE COMBINED VIDEO AND SPEECH RANGES FROM 19.2 KBPS TO 64 KBPS. THE REAL-TIME HARDWARE ENVIRONMENT IS BASED ON A MULTIPROCESSOR CONFIGURATION USING ...

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THE FOLLOWING PROPOSAL PROVIDES THE RATIONALE AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GEOGRAPHICALLY DETAILED VISUAL DATABASE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THE INTERMODAL PLANNING REQUIREMENTS OF ISTEA. CURRENTLY, STATES AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ACCESS TO LIMITED AND INCONSISTENT FREIGHT INFORMATION RESOURCES WITH WHICH TO INTEGRATE INTO INTERMODAL PERFORMANCE SY ...

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) IS A GROWING NATIONAL PROBLEM WITHOUT A GOOD SOLUTION. THIS PROJECT TARGETS MSW AS A LOW GRADE/HAZARDOUS FUEL AND REPRESENT A DISTINCT IMPROVEMENT OVER CURRENT COMBUSTION/INCINERATION METHODS. ALTHOUGH CURBSIDE RECYCLING HAS REDUCED THE QUANTITY OF MSW, LANDFILLS ARE REACHING CAPACITY. AQUEOUS RUNOFF IS A INCREASING CONCERN. THE MAIN ALTERNATIVE, MASS BURN (OFTEN REFERR ...

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT, THERE BECAME A HEIGHTENED AWARENESS THAT OUR UNDERSTANDING OF INTERMODAL AND MULTIMODAL FACILITIES WAS LIMITED. PRIVATE ENTERPRISE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR MANY YEARS ON APPLICATIONS WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR A PACKAGE TO MOVE FROM POINT A TO POINT B BY THE MOST EFFICIENT MODE, WITH THE PURCHASER OF THE SERVICE ONLY BEING AWARE OF A ...

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THE RESEARCH EXAMINES THE DESIGN OF PEAK STRAIN AND DEFLECTION-BASED INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS FOR THE POST-EARTHQUAKE HEALTH MONITORING OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES. THE INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS ARE INTENDED TO EVALUATE THE LOCAL MATERIAL DAMAGE AT SPECIFIC POINTS WITHIN A STRUCTURE, AND USED TO ESTIMATE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE LEVEL OF DAMAGE A STRUCTURE HAS SUFFERED AND ITS CONDITION. THE ...

SUBSOILS FOR SUPPORT OF ROADWAY, AIRFIELD, AND PARKING AREA PAVEMENTS ARE BEING IMPROVED AND REINFORCED BY THE INCORPORATION OF A GRID OF SMALL DIAMETER, SHORT, STABILIZED, VERTICAL, GRANULAR COLUMNS. THE METHOD IS A SMALLER-SCALE VARIATION OF A PATENTED PROCESS TO REINFORCE BEARING SOILS BENEATH BUILDING FOUNDATIONS. THE COLUMNAR MATERIAL CAN CONSIST OF SOIL, SOIL WITH CHEMICAL AGENTS, SOIL WIT ...