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A MEMBRANE TYPE WAFER PROBE IS PROPOSED WHICH, AT THE END OF PHASE II, WILL ACHIEVE TRANSMISSION OF SIGNALS FROM TESTER TO DIE WITH LOW ABBRATIONS FOR A 100 PS RISETIME. CAPABILITIES WILL INCLUDE LOW-IMPEDANCE GROUND AND POWER CONTACTS, WITH LSI-LEVEL NUMBERS AND DENSITIES OF SIGNAL LINES. PHASE I WORK WILL DETERMINE THE DESIGN PARAMETERS NECESSARY FOR THESE GOALS THROUGH A SEQUENCE OF CALCULATION ...

ENZYMES OF INTEREST IN CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE, PARTICULALY OXIDASES AND PEROXIDASES, WOULD BE MORE USEFUL IF THEY COULD WITHSTAND HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HAD A LONGER SHELF LIFE. THERMALLY LABILE FORMS NOW AVAILABLE COULD BE SYNTHETICALLY STABILIZED BUT THIS WOULD BE EXPENSIVE. MICROORGANISMS EXISTING IN HIGH TEMPERATURE HABITATS SURVIVE SUCH CONDITIONS BECAUSE THEY PRODUCE HEAT STABLE ENZYMES. ...

PERSONNEL WORKING IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS OR WEARING BALLISTIC AND/OR NUCLEAR/BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL (NBC) PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE SUBJECT TO THE HAZARDS OF OVERHEATING. THESE HAZARDS INCLUDE PHYSICAL DISCOMFORT, DECREASED PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES, DEHYDRATION, AND EVENTUALLY DEATH FROM HEAT STRESS. THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL VULNERABLE TO THESE HAZARDS IS ALREADY QUITE LARGE AND IS STEADILY INCREA ...

SCATTER FROM GROUND-BASED LASER PORTS (WEAPONS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, RANGE FINDERS) CAN BE LARGE ENOUGH THAT THE LASER LOCATION MAY BE DETERMINED BY DETECTORS POSITIONED WELL AWAY FROM THE BEAM. PORT SCATTER CAN BE REDUCED, BUT NOT ELIMINATED, THROUGH THE USE OF BAFFLES TO LIMIT DIRECT VIEWING OF THE LASER OPTICS. THIS DOCUMENT PROPOSES DEVELOPING A METHOD TO PREDICT THE SCATTER SIGNAL FROM LASE ...