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SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS IN COST AND DISPLACEMENT OF VALUABLE PETROLEUM FUEL CAN BE ACHIEVED BY BURNING COAL WHEN APPROPRIATE FOR DOD POWER GENERATION REQUIREMENTS. THIS PROPOSAL OFFERS A COST EFFECTIVE, PORTABLE, COMPUTER CONTROLLED AND INTEGRATED COAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING A COAL'S COMBUSTION PERFORMANCE. THE PROPOSED SYSTEM FOR COAL ANALYSES IS AN INTEGRATED THERMOGRAVIMETER ANALYZER (TGA), ...

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W.W. GAERTNER RESEARCH, INC. HAS DEVELOPED A VERY HIGH-SPEED 3D GRAPHICS SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME TARGET SIMULATION AND WEAPONS TRAINING. IT IS NOW PROPOSED TO USE THIS SYSTEM TO COMPUTE 2D TEMPLATES FROM 3D MODELS OF THE MOST CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF TYPICAL TARGETS, AND TO EXECUTE A TEMPLATE-MATCHING ALGORITHM BETWEEN THESE SYNTHETIC TEMPLATES AND PARTIAL VIEWS OF SEMIOBSCURED TARGETS CAPTURED ON ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LIMITED TEACHER-AUTHORING USING INTERACTIVE LASER VIDEODISCS OPERATING WITH A MICROCOMPUTER TO TEACH EFL AT THE ENTRY LEVEL. THE APPLICATION WILL BE IN A PRE-EMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL CONTEXT, SIMILAR TO JOB CLUB ENVIRONMENTS. TEACHER-AUTHORING IN PHASE I WILL BE LIMITED TO POST-TREATMENT, STUDENT ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS. PHASE I EQUIPMENT WILL ...

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INCREASINGLY, AIR DELIVERY IS BEING USED FOR FIELD DISTRIBUTION OF BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS. THE MECHANICAL BUFFETING THAT THE UNITS EXPERIENCE ON IMPACT HAS RESULTED IN FREQUENT DAMAGE, USUALLY TO THE PLASTIC BAGS. THIS PROBLEM IS MOST PRONOUNCED WITH THE DELIVERY OF FROZEN BLOOD PRODUCTS, WHERE THE PLASTIC BAG HAS BECOME EMBRITTLED BY THE COLD. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSED EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP M ...

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