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BIOMAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS CAN NOW MAKE UNIQUE AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF ACTIVITY IN THE HUMAN BODY. MOST MEASUREMENTS ARE MADE WITH THE SQUID MAGNETOMETER WHICH HAS SEVERAL MAJOR DISADVANTAGES. THE LONG TERM TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY IN THIS PROPOSAL IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPACT, SENSITIVE, ROOM TEMPERATURE BIOMAGNETIC SENSOR BASED ON A LASER-STIMULATED FIBER OPTIC INTERFEROMETER ...

ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTATION, INC.(AMC) PROPOSES TO CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS OF THE ACTUAL AND PERCEIVED AUDIO VISUAL NEEDS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) PROVIDERS IN THEIR NETWORKING EFFORTS WHICH CURRENTLY REVOLVE AROUND ACURRICULUM ENTITLED "OCCUPANT SAFETY SYSTEMS, LESSON PLANS AND INSTRUCTOR GUIDE FOR EMS PERSONNEL". WHILE THE CURRICULUM AND THE STRATEGIES WHICH IT DETAILS HAVE ME ...

THIN-WALLED TUBULAR STRUCTURES ARE EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR STRUTS AND JOINTS IN LIGHTWEIGHT TRUSSES FOR SPACE PLATFORMS, FOR ANTENNA SUPPORT SYSTEMS, AND, PERHAPS, EVEN FOR WAVEGUIDES. ON THE BASIS OF MASS-SPECIFIC PROPERTIES, GRAPHITE-FIBER-REINFORCED MAGNESIUM (GR/MG) COMPOSITES HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL TO SATISFY AEROSPACE STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR STRENGTH AND DIMENSIONAL STABILITY (STIFFNES ...

SAR (SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR) IS A RADAR IMAGING TECHNIQUE THAT PRODUCES HIGH RESOLUTION MAPS OF THE RADAR CROSS SECTION OF A SCENE BY PROCESSING THE COHERENT PHASE HISTORY OF THE RETURN SIGNAL OVER MULTIPLE PULSES. SAR SYNTHESIZES AN ANTENNA THE LENGTH OF WHICH IS TWICE THE DISTANCE THE SAR PLATFORM FLIES DURING ONE COHERENT DWELL; SINCE THE AZIMUTH RESOLUTION IS INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO ANTENN ...

THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IS SEEKING A SIMPLE, LOW COST METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LARGE SOLID ROCKET MOTORS. LOW COST CONTINUOUS PROCESSING EMPLOYED IN THE COMMERCIAL PLASTICS INDUSTRY SHOULD OFFER THIS POTENTIAL. HOWEVER, THERE ARE UNIQUE PROBLEMS AND REQUIREMENT IN MANUFACTURING PROPELLANTS AND COMMERCIAL CONTINUOUS PROCESSING TECHNIQUES HAVE NOT YET FOUND THEIR WAY INTO PROPELLANT MANUFACTURIN ...

HIGH POWER ELECTROTHERMAL DISCHARGE TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES AN ATTRACTIVE APPROACH FOR ACCELERATING SDI KEW PROJECTILES AND FOR SDI SPACE PROPULSION. STORED ENERGY IS USED TO HEAT SUITABLE PLASMA MATERIALS IN A LARGE L/D TUBE ON MICROSECOND TIME SCALES, CREATING A HIGH PRESSURE,LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT JET. REPETITIVE OPERATION OF THESE JETS REQUIRESDEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH STRESS INSULATOR, RESISTANT TO THE ...

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATES THE ENHANCEMENT OF AIRCRAFT MUNITIONS LOADING PROCEDURES. PRESENTLY, MUNITIONS ARE TRANSPORTED FROM THE FLIGHT LINE TO THE AIRCRAFT ON A BOMB LIFT TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH A ONE DEGREE OF FREEDOM (DOF) LIFTING ARM. THE ARM CAN RAISE THE MUNITIONS TO THE CORRECT HEIGHT, BUT THE REMAINING FIVE POSITION DOF ARE ACHIEVED MANUALLY THROUGH THE FLEXURE OF THE ARM OR BY REPOSITIONING TH ...

MODERN TACTICAL AIRCRAFT FLYING AT HIGH ANGLES OF ATTACK ENCOUNTER VISCOUS SEPARATION, VORTEX FLOWS, VORTEX BREAKDOWN, UNSTEADY FLOW SITUATIONS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE LIFTING SURFACES DOWNSTREAM. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ANALYZE THESE FLOWS IN ORDER TO PREDICT THE STABILITY DERIVATIVES ACCURATELY AND ALSO IT IS HIGHLY DESIRABLE THAT IN THE METHODS PREDICTING THE STABILITY DERIVATIVE OF THESE AIRC ...

THE HYPERSONIC VEHICLES FLYING AT HIGH ALTITUDES OPERATE IN A FLOW REGIME WHERE THE NONCONTINUUM EFFECTS NEAR THE SURFACE AND FINITE SHOCK THICKNESS DUE TO LOW-DENSITY MAKE THE CONVENTIONAL CONTIMUUM TECHNIQUES GROSSLY INADEQUATE. CHEMICAL NONEQUILIBRIUM IS ALSO IMPORTANT UNDER THE LOW-DENSITY FLOW CONDITIONS. UNTIL RECENTLY NOT MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO EVALUATE DEFICIENCIES OF THE EXISTING CONT ...

ABSTRACT:Echo Ridge and partner Wright State University (WSU) propose to prototype and evaluate the Phase I-developed novel performance enhancing signal processing algorithms enabled by dynamic spectrum access (DSA)-based cognitive radio (CR) and GPS navigation functionality operating on a common software defined radio (SDR) platform in a cognitive network (CN) (Elemental SDR-hosted Cross Applicat ...