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THE CONTINUED DRIVE TOWARD VLSI AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATION PLACES EVER-INCREASING DEMANDS ON METALIZATION STRUCTURES. NEW MATERIALS ARE NEEDED TO ADVANCE THESE VITALTECHNOLOGIES. THE MANY ADVANTAGES OF REFRACTORY METAL THIN FILMS PREPARED BY CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD) INCLUDING CONFORMAL STEP COVERAGE, HIGH ELECTRO-MIGRATION RESISTANCE AND LOW RESISTIVITY MAKE THEM ATTRACTIVE FOR GATE, ...

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THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RUGGED, RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE, SENSITIVE AND VERSATILE DETECTOR FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS ON-LINE ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITION, CONCENTRATION AND TEMPERATURES OF GASES AND PARTICLES IN PROCESS STREAMS. THE INNOVATION IS PHASE SENSITIVE FOURIER TRANSFORM (PS-FT) SPECTROSCOPY, AND IT WILL: A) SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE NOISE IN MEASUREMENTS OF HOT STREAMS THAT A ...

THIS PROJECT WILL DETERMINE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY AND POTENTIAL UTILITY OF DEVELOPING MIS SOFTWARE FOR TRACKING SERVICES TO YOUNG CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES ACROSS MULTIPLE SERVICE PROVIDERS. THE PROJECT ADDRESSES THE IMPORTANT NEED TO DEVELOP MIS SOFTWARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO SUPPORT A NEW ERA OF PROFESSIONAL AND FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS AND COORDINATED SERVICE DELIVERY. MAJ ...

RESPITE CARE IS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE CARING FOR A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. IN SPITE OF THE NEEDMANY RESPITE PROGRAMS ARE UNDER UTILIZED. REASONS FOR THIS INCLUDE: 1) A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE WAY SERVICES ARE ORG- ANIZED AND FAMILY NEED; AND 2) A LACK OF AWARENESS BY FAMI- LIES OF THE AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES AND HOW BEST TO USE THEM. ALSO, MANY FAMILIES MAY NOT BE COMFORTABL ...

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO FUND THE FIRST PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ANALYTICAL TOOLS TO DETERMINE THE RANGE OF TECHNOLOGIES COEXISTING IN EACH OF THE FOUR-DIGIT U.S. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AND THE EFFECT ON PRODUCTION COSTS AS THE LOWER COST TECHNOLOGIES REPLACE THE MORE COSTLY ONES. THE DIFFERENCES IN COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THE TECHNOLOGIES IN AN INDUSTRY, AND THE S ...

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OUR OUTLINED PLANS TO BUILD A VECTOR PROCESSING VERSION OF PCGPAKTM, THE PRECONDITIONED CONJUGATE GRADIENT PACKAGE OF SUBROUTINES FOR INTERATIVE SOLUTION OF LARGE, SPARSE, NONSYMMETRIC SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS. PCGPAK, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING MARKETED BY SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING ASSOCIATES, REPRESENTS A STATE-OF-THE-ART SOFTWARE TOOL FOR SEQUENTIAL PROCESSING ARCHITECTURES, AND ITS MODIFICATION FO ...

SIGNIFICANT NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS NOW COMMONLY REQUIRE VASTPROCESSING POWER. AT THE CORE OF MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS IS THE SOLUTION OF LARGE, SPARSE SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS. A HOST OF SPECIALIZED HIGH-SPEED PROCESSORS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO ATTACK LARGE PROBLEMS. SYSTOLIC ARCHITECTURES HAVE PROVEN TO BE EXCELLENT CANDIDATES FOR A RANGE OF TASKS, AND THEY PROMISE TO CONTINUE AS POWERFUL COMPUTING TOOL ...