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MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH RISKS EMANATING FROM CONTAMINANTS IN DRINKING WATER REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE OF THE IMPACTS OF WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS ON HOUSEHOLD WATER BILLS. FACTORS AFFECTING HOUSEHOLD WATER BILLS VARY SYSTEMATICALLY FROM PLACE TO PLACE. BY MODELING THESE FACTORS IT IS POSSIBLE TOPREDICT IMPACTS FROM IMPLEMENTING CONTAMINANT REMOVAL MEASURES. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH FOCUSES ON: 1) IMPROVEMENTS ...

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WE PROPOSE HERE TO OBTAIN FULLY THREE-DIMENSIONAL FIELDS OF TEMPERATURE FROM OBSERVED SATELLITE RADIANCES BY USING VARIATIONAL METHODS WHICH GENERALIZE WAHBA AND WENDELBERGER (1980). WE RECOGNIZE FROM THE START THAT RADIANCES OR THE EQUIVALENT BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY PROXY DATA FOR TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURES AND THAT THE DERIVED TEMPERATURES WIL DEPEND UPON THE A PRIORI INFORMATION INCLUDE ...

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THE RAPID GROWTH AND MATURATION OF OUR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE HAS CREATED A MAINTENANCE BURDEN GREATER THANEVERE BEFORE. A CRITICAL ASPECT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE PROCESS IS THE INPUT FROM INSPECTIONS AND CONDITION SURVEYS OF THE LARGE STRUCTURES (E.G. DAMS, BRIDGES, ROADS) THAT CONSTITUTE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS. THE TRADITIONAL AND TIME HONORED TECHNIQUE OF VISUAL INSPECTION BY TRAI ...

THERE IS A NEED TO DEVELOP A PROCESS WHEREBY ORGANIC OCTANE ENHANCERS, CURRENTLY SYNTHESIZED FROM IMPORTED PETROCHEMICALS, MAY BE OBTAINED FROM A DOMESTIC RENEWABLE RESOURCE SUCH AS WOODY BIOMASS. PYROLYSIS OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIALS AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE 300 DEGREE CINVARIABLY LEADS TO LEVOGLUCOSAN AND A BEWILDERING VARIETY OF ALCOHOLS, KETONES, ACIDS, AND ALDEHYDES. WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT L ...

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RESEARCH ON NOVEL SOFT X-RAY DETECTORS DERIVED ROM IONOMET'SEXPERIENCE IN LITHOGRAPHY AND PARTICLE DETECTION ARE HEREIN PROPOSED IN ANSWER TO THE EMPHATIC NEED FOR SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN THE DETECTIVITY AND SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO OF AVAILABLE SOFT X-RAY-SENSITIVE MATERIALS. IMPROVED INSIGHT (OVER THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE) INTO LIVING AND MANMADE MICROSTRUCTURES IS IMPLICIT DUE TO THE SELECTIVE HIGH AB ...

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PHASE I OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ASSESSING THE WEAR LEVEL OF AN OIL-WELL DRILLBIT DURING THE ACTUAL DRILLING PROCESS, BASED SOLELY ON PROCESSING SURFACE VIBRATION DATA. A RELIABLE AND INEXPENSIVE BIT WEAR SENSING SYSTEM WOULD READILY BE ACCEPTED AND IMPLEMENTED BY MOST DRILLING OPERATORS IN ORDERTO: (1) MINIMIZE UNNECESSARY DOWNTIME RESULTING FROM THE RETRIEVAL ...