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An interactive application that employs social interactions to teach key social conventions, including appropriate responses, reacting to body language and facial expressions, and the ability to ask for help to facilitate functioning in society

ALUMINUM COATED GLASS FIBERS HAVE FOUND BROAD BASED USE AS RADAR CHAFF, HOWEVER, EXISTING METHODS OF MANUFACTURE ARE GENERALLY HIGH COST AND DO NOT OPTIMIZE ADHESION BETWEEN METAL AND GLASS WHICH MAY LEAD TO PERFORMANCE LOSS DURING HANDLING OR PROCESSING. BY UTILIZING A HIGH SPEED, LOW CAPITAL COST PROCESS SUCH AS CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD) IN COMBINATION WITH NOVEL INTERLAYER TECHNOLOGY, A P ...

THIS PROGRAM ADDRESSES THE KEY PROBLEM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITE WAVEGUIDES, NAMELY THE SELECTION OF SUITABLE PROCESS\MATERIAL TO PROVIDE IF THE NECESSARY INTERIOR CONDUCTIVE COATING. A SURVEY OF THE WIDE VARIETY OF ABALABLE MEHTODS IS PERFORMED WITH THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF WAVEGUIDES IN MIND. TWO CONDUCTIVE COATING METHODS ARE THEN

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO PROVIDE A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF EXISTING AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SHELTER STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS AND MOBILE HEATING/COOLING SYSTEMS. ONE ATTRACTIVE APPROACH IS TO REFINE PRIOR WORK ON THE LOCARCH SHELTER PROGRAM IN A TEAMING EFFORT WITH LOCKHEED GEORGIA COMPANY, THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER. SHOULD NO EXISTING SHELTER HARDWARE PROVIDE SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE, THE EFFOR ...

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THE EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED AIRCRAFT CONCEPTS OR INTRODUCTION OF NEW FUELS WILL REQUIRE INCREASED MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING AND MODELS TO PREDICT THERMAL STABILITY IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR EXTENSIVE EMPIRICAL TESTING. THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A COMBINED EXPERIMENTAL, ANALYTICAL, AND MODELING PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING AND MODEL OF FUEL THERMAL STABILITY. T ...

THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF PEROVSKITE-LIKE COPPER-OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS WITH TRANSITION TEMPERATURES ABOVE LIQUID NITROGEN TEMPERATURES HAS LED TO RENEWED INTEREST IN THE APPLICATION OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY. THESE NEW YBACUO (YBA[2]CU[3[O[7-X]) MATERIALS OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THESE MATERIALS AS DETECTORS MORE CONVENIENTLY THAN THE "CLASSICAL" SUPERCONDUCTORS. THE LARGER ENERGY GAP OF THESE NEW HI ...

A number of high-energy laser weapons currently under development by and for the U.S. military will provide our armed forces with capabilities that are unmatched by conventional armaments. Laser weapons allow targets to be destroyed from remote locations without the delays associated with the transit of typical missiles and artillery shells. However, during engagement the laser radiation reflect ...

The innovation proposed is a flight-worthy optical sensor that will monitor propulsion system performance and health characteristics, including identifying the onset of combustion instability, in air-breathing engines such as turbojets and ramjets. It is an innovation for three reasons: 1) the sensing is performed in the hot exhaust flow at the back of the engine instead of at the flame-front in t ...