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THE NEED FOR SENSITIVE, SELECTIVE,STABLE, AND LOW COST GAS SENSORS WHICH CAN BE USED FOR IN SITE MONITORING OF AN ENVIRONMENT HAS NEVER BEEN ADEQUATELY FULFILLED. TO MEET THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GAS SENSORS, APA OPTICS WILL UTILIZE INTEGRATED OPTICS TECHNOLOGY TO IMPLEMENT INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY ON A MICROSCOPIC SCALE. THE PRIMARY TECHNOLOGY ISSUE CONCERNIN ...

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A PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR STABILIZATION OF PROTEINS BY COVALENT CROSSLINKING. WE PLAN TO USE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY SPECIFIC FOR T-2 TOXIN AS THE PRIMARY PROTEIN TO USE FOR DEVELOPING STABILIZATION TECHNOLOGY. USING LIGAND STABILIZATION TO DECREASE INACTIVATION DURING THE CROSSLINKING, WE PROPOSE TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRAMOLECULAR CROSSLINKING BETWEEN BOTH HYDROPHIL ...

MUCH ATTENTION HAS BEEN FOCUSED UPON THE POSSIBLE USE OF TOXIC BIOLOGICAL AGENTS IN BOTH SOUTHEAST ASIA AND AFGANISTAN. SUCH INCIDENTS INDICATE A NEED FOR IMPROVING THE UNITED STATES CAPABILITY TO ACCURATELY DETECT THESE TOXINS AT LEVELS WELL BELOW THOSE LETHAL TO HUMANS.ONE OF THE MOST COMMON GROUPS OF NATURALLY OCCURING TOXINS IS THE TRICHOTHECENE (E.G., T-2 TOXIN) WHICH ARE HIGHLY TOXIC SECONDA ...

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THE DEEP-BASING CONCEPT REQUIRES THE CAPABILITY FOR FAST EGRESS FROM THE UNDERGROUND FACILITY. THIS EGRESS REQUIRES THE USE OF INCLINED RAISE BORERS, THE UTILITY OF WHICH DEPENDS, TO AN EXTENT, ON THE FLOW OF MUCK IN THE INCLINED RAISE. THREE METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE FLOW PROPERTIES OF MUCK ARE THE EMPIRICAL, THE ANALYTICAL, AND THE NUMERICAL. THE WORK PROPOSED HERE OFFERS A COMBINED EMPIRICALN ...

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THIS PROJECT IS TO PRODUCE A SHORT SECTION OF A DC PAR- TICLE ACCELERATOR TUBE INCORPORATING SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS. THE ELECTRODES WILL HAVE A CONTINUOUS CURVATURE OF LARGE RADIUS, SO AS TO PROVIDE ELECTROSTATIC SHIELDING FOR THE SEPARATING INSULATOR WITHOUT PRODUCING THE LARGE, LOCAL ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENTS TYPICAL OF DISHED ELECTRODES. THE ACCELERATING APERTURE OF THESE ELECTRODES WILL BE CHO ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS THE FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT OF AN INTEGRATED SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT FOR THE COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN, ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF IMAGE UNDERSTANDING ALGORITHMS FOR THE RECOGNITION OF MAN-MADE OBJECTS FROM IR OR SIMILAR ELECTROOPTICAL SENSORS. IF SUCCESSFUL, THIS RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE A BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SEMI-AUTOMATED SYSTEM BY WHICH 3-D DESCRIPTIONS ...

RECENT VLSI ADVANCES IN THE DOD VHSIC PROGRAM HAVE RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODULAR MULTIPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURES WHICH CAN BE "MIXED AND MATCHED" TO DESIGN EMBEDDED MILITARY ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS FOR NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS. TO DESIGN WITH THESE MODULES, IT IS NECESSARY TO DO EXTENSIVE TRADEOFF ANALYSES REQUIRING THE DESIGNER TO BE AN EXPERT ON THE DESIGN PROCESS AS WELL AS THE AVAILABLE MODULES ...