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THE EMISSION OF HALOGEN CONTAINING POLLUTANTS FROM A VARIETY OF POWER GENERATING, WASTE PROCESSING, CHEMICAL PRODUCTION, AND SOLVENT USING INDUSTRIES IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN OF MAJOR SIGNIFICANCE. INORGANIC HALOGEN SPECIES, INCLUDING HYDROGEN CHLORIDE AND HYDROGEN FLUORIDE, REPRESENT MAJOR POTENTIAL HEALTH THREATS TO BOTH HUMAN, ANIMAL, AND PLANT COMMUNITIES. ORGANIC HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS (HOC ...

THE PROLIFERATION OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES (GUIS) IN PERSONAL COMPUTERS, SUCH AS MICROSOFT WINDOWS AND MACINTOSH, IS A THREAT TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS' ABILITY TO USE COMPUTERS BECAUSE GUIS REPRESENT INFORMATION ICONICLY AND SPATIALLY, AS WELL AS TEXTUALLY. THE GUIS VISUAL ORIENTATION MAKES GUIS DIFFICULT FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED TO ACCESS THROUGH TRADITIONAL ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES. WE PR ...

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DIESEL ENGINES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY FOR POWER GENERATION AND TRANSPORTATION. HOWEVER, NOX AND SOOT EMISSIONS FROM BOTH STATIONARY AND MOBILE DIESEL ENGINES ARE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO AIR POLLUTION. MANY ENGINE MODIFICATIONS AND EXHAUST-AFTER-TREATMENT DEVICES HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AND TESTED TO REDUCE THE NOX AND SOOT EMISSIONS FORM DIESEL EXHAUSTS. SIMPLE TECHNIQUES FO ...

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THE CONVENTIONAL CONTROL DEVICE FOR NOX EMISSIONS FROM STATIONARY SOURCES AT 90% REMOVAL EFFICIENCY IS THE SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION (SCR) SYSTEM. CONVENTIONAL SCR SYSTEMS RELY ON MONOLITHIC CATALYSTS; THESE CATALYSTS OFTEN PRESENT NEARLY ONE-HALF THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT. IN RECENT YEARS, EUROPEAN REGULATIONS HAVE PROMPTED DEVELOPMENT OF IN-DUCT DUST INJECTION CONTROL PROCESSES FOR CERTAIN GASE ...

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