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A SONIC WIND SYSTEM THAT IS CAPABLE OF MEASURING WIND SPEEDS IN THE RANGE OF 0.1 METERS/SEC TO 30 METERS/SEC CAN BE USED TO COMPUTE THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE 95-100% RANGE. THE SPEED OF SOUND OF AIR IS A FUNCTION OF THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE AIR AND THE TEMPERATURE. BY MEASURING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AMBIENT AIR, THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY CAN BE CALCULATED. A SINGLE SENSOR THAT COULD PROVIDE REL ...

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THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL DEVELOP CLIMATE SIMILARITY INDEX- ING THAT WILL ALOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, TRANSPORTATION AND AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS AND SHELTERS. THE CLIMATE SIMILARITY INDEXING APPROACH IS BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF TMY WEATHER FILES TO GENERATE CLIMATE INDICES SHOWN TO BE RELATED FOR BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE. THUS, A REPRESENTATIVE L ...

IN FUTURE CONFLICTS, THE RAPID EVACUATION TO DEFINITIVE CARE OF THE VIETNAM ERA MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE. THE FIELD MEDICAL SPECIALIST MAY BE REQUIRED TO STABILIZE AND TRIAGE MANY CASUALTIES OF VARYING COMPLEXITY. IN THIS PROPOSAL, THE USE OF SOPHISTICATED MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY TO ASSIST FIELD PERSONNEL IS DISCUSSED. A MINIATURIZED COMPUTER-BASED PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING SYSTEM ...

THIS RESEARCH RELATES TO IMPROVING THE FIELD PERFORMANCE OF REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER PURIFICATION UNITS THROUGH IMPROVING THE PROCEDURES USED FOR MEMBRANE ELEMENT CLEANING. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH INVOLVES OBTAINING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE DEGRADES AFTER CLEANING BY CURRENT PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY OF REPLACING THESE CHEMICAL METHODS WITH AN ESSENTIALL ...

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL DELINEATE IN DETAIL THE INFORMATION CAPABILITY AND POTENTIAL OF THE NATIONAL WEATHERSERVICE AND WILL DEVELOP THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE PRIVATE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR FOR WATER MANAGEMENT UTILIZING TO THE FULLEST EXTENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PREDICTION SERVICES OFTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE INFORMATION WILL INCLUDE,BUT IS NO ...

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IT IS PROPOSED TO INVESTIGATE, BY A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS THE DESIGN OF A STORAGE AND CONTROL MECHANISM CALLED A RULING. IS A MATHEMATICAL CONCEPT WHICH LENDS ITSELD TO IMPLEMENTATION ON A CONVENTIONAL COMPUTER. IT IS AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH PERMITS LEARNING IN A REAL-TIME, UNKNOWN ENVIRONMENT, WITH CONTROL BASED ON PAST AND PRESENT LEARNED EXPERIENCE. IN A TYPICAL ENVIRONMENT, A RULING CNSUMING 10 T ...