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THIS PROJECT IS TO EXAMINE THE STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS OF A MUNITIONS DISPENSER, AND IDENTIFY COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO DESIGNS THAT WOULD REDUCE PARASITIC STRUCTURAL WEIGHT BY 30%. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF FIBERS, RESINS, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR ACHIEVING SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT REDUCTION. AS THE PROPERTIES AND COSTS OF COMPLETED COMPONENTS VARYWITH MAN ...

THE LONG TERM OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS THE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING OF CHILDREN'S PUBLICATIONS, TO BE USED BY CAREGIVERS AND PARENTS IN HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND DEAL WITH TRAUMATIC EVENTS. SPECIFICALLY, THE TOTAL PROJECT WILL PRODUCE BOOKS OR BOOKLETS DEALING WITH PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE EVENTS (HOSPITALIZATION, SURGERY, EMERGENCY ROOM AND DOCTOR VISITS, TAKING MEDICINE) AT SEVERAL RE ...

A HIGH QUALITY, PICOSECOND EXCIMER LASER IS THE KEY ELEMENT IN SEVERAL HIGHLY PROMISING SCHEMES FOR THE GENERATION OF COHERENT HIGH SPECTRAL BRIGHTNESS RADIATION IN THE EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET AND SOFT X-RAY SPECTRAL REGIONS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PHASE I RESEARCH PROGRAM IS TO QUANTIFY THE KEY FACTORS WHICH DETERMINE PERFORMANCE, COMPLEXITY, AND COST OF SUCH AN EXCIMER LASER SYSTEM. THE PHASE ...

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO REDUCE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR INITIAL ALIGNMENT ACCURACY WHEN BRINGING A PAIR OF CONNECTORS TOGETHER PRIOR TO MATING THEM. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY INVESTIGATING THE USE OF A TAPERED OR CONICAL DESIGN TO INCLUDE A PRELIMINARY LATCHING FEATURE TO CAPTURE AND TO CAUSE ALIGNMENT OF A PAIR OF COMPLEMENTARY CONNECTORS. THE INVESTIGATION WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDE ...

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TAC PROPOSES TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS FORWARD-LOOKING AUTONOMOUS SENSORS AND ALGORITHMS FOR TLAM-C. THE CURRENT TLAM-C USES A TERRAIN MAPPING RADAR ALTIMETER AND CORRELATES THE SENSED AREA AT KEY WAYPOINTS WITH A STORED DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TERRAIN AREA AT THE WAYPOINTS TO PROVIDE MID-COURSE AND TERMINAL GUIDANCE CORRECTION TO THE INERTIAL NA ...

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THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP NEW AND IMPROVED DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENTATION FOR CERVICAL CANCER DETECTION AND SCREENING. THE TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED ARE BASED UPON HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY. A FIVE YEAR STUDY JUST COMPLETED HAS CLARIFIED AND QUANTIFIED, FOR THE PURPOSES OF CYTOLOGY AUTOMATION, THE CONCEPTS EXPLOITED IN TRADITIONAL HUMAN CERVICAL CYTOLOGY SCREENING, I.E., ...

THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO APPLY NEW TECHNIQUES OF DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING TO THE ANALYSIS OF RED BLOOD CELLS. IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED, IN PRELIMINARY RESEARCH, THAT THESE TECHNIQUES HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRECISE AND RAPID MEASUREMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL RED CELLS WITH REGARD TO THEIR HEMOGLOBIN CONTENT, SIZE, SHAPE, AND CENTRALPALLOR. FURTHER, SUBPOPULATIONS OF CELLS CAN BE RIGOR ...

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