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THIS THREE PHASE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST DISABLED STUDENTS IN TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK BY PROVIDING TWO NEW MICROCOMPUTER-BASED PROGRAMS TO REHILITATION SPECIALISTSIN THE WISCONSIN DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SPECIAL SERVICES UNIT WHICH ANNUALLY EVALUATES AND SCREENS OVER 700 YOUNG HANIDCAPPED PERSONS SEEKING TO LEAVE SCHOOL AND ENTER THE WORKPLACE. THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNE ...

LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT CANNOT BE DETECTED BY STANDARD RADAR BECAUSE OF INTERFERENCE FROM CLUTTER. THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A COHERENT LASER RADAR SYSTEM APPROACH, CONSISTING OF 2 KM SPACED LASER RADAR SITES THAT SCAN THE SKY IN ELEVATION ANGLE, WHICH CAN DETECT AIRCRAFT BETWEEN THE HORIZON AND 300 METER ALTITUDE. EACH SITE WILL BE BATTERY POWERED AND INTERCONNECTED BY A FIBEROPTIC LOCAL AREA NETWORK T ...

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THE PURPOSE OF THE PHASE I EFFORT IS TO ESTABLISH THE TECHN ICAL MERIT AND FEASIBILITY OF USING VOICE MESSAGING TECH NOLOGY AS A VEHICLE FOR CONDUCTING SEMINARS. THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY IS: USING VOICE MESSAGING TECHNOLOGY, IT IS POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE SEMINAR PROGRAM FOR THE DELIVERY OF COST EFFECTIVE GUIDELINES AND ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TO SMALL BUSINESSES IN PROVIDING AND MEETING ...

A SIX-MONTH RESEARCH PROGRAM IS DESCRIBED TO DEVELOP WAYS TOCOMPARE CONCURRENT DATA SAMPLES FROM A VARIETY OF IMAGING SENSOR SYSTEMS (BOTH VISIBLE AND THERMAL INFARED SPECTRAL BANDS) IN ORDER TO ABET CLOUD ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION. SENSORS OF INTEREST INCLUDE THE DMSP OLS, NOAA AVHRR, GOES VISSR, AND LANDSAT TM/MSS. SALIENT SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS WILL BE IDENTIFIED, SAMPLE DATA SETS SELECTED AN ...

AER PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NEW CONCEPT IN PROVIDING WEATHER \FORECASTING FOR INDUSTRY, MADE POSSIBLE BY THE DECREASING COSTS OF POWERFUL COMPUTERS. IMPROVED SHORT-RANGE FORECASTS WOULD BE OBTAINED BY RUNNING A MODEL ON THE USER'S COMPUTER. THE MODEL WOULD ACCESS THE FORECASTS OF THE NATIONAL METEROLOGICAL CENTER AND MODIFY THEM THROUGH A DETAILED SIMULATION OF THE PHYSICS OF ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES,T ...

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A NOVEL MICROPROBE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREMELY SENSITIVE QUANTATIVE MEASUREMENTS OF SURFACE AND BULK CONCENTRATIONS AS WELL AS DEPTH PROFILES IS PROPOSED. THIS TECHNIQUE USES TWO PULSED LASERS TO VAPORIZE AND PROBE THE SURFACE LAYERS AND IS THUS CALLED PROFILE ANALYSIS BY LASER ASSISTED SPECTROSCOPY (PALAS). THIS PHASE I PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF PALA ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DEVICE BASED ON THE SPECTRAL CORRELATION TECHNIQUE IS PROPOSED. THE SMALL, HAND-HELD DEVICE WILL DETECT FUEL VAPOR IN CONCENTRATIONS AS LOW AS 1 PPM BASED ON THE INFRARED ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FUEL VAPOR. THE SPECTRAL CORRELATION TECHNIQUE ALLOWS THE DEVICE TO ACCURATELY MEASURE FUEL VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS IN THE PPM RANGE IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHER IR ABSORBING SPECIE ...