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THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL PLAN FOR ANALYZING ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS AS WELL AS RECOMMENDING GENERALIZED METHODS FOR OVERCOMING SUCH BARRIERS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUILDINGS. IT INCLUDES THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER DATA SOFTWARE SYSTEM WHICH WILL ORGANIZE AND STORE THE LARGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION NEEDED INTO A MANAGEABLE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM THAT WILL GUIDE THE U ...

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THERE ARE TWO GENERAL TYPES OF SPEECH RECOGNIZERS AVAILABLE FOR USE WITH CHILDREN; SPEAKER-INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS WITH A LIMITED VOCABULARY DESIGNED FOR USE WITH COMPUTER GAMES, AND SPEAKER-DEPENDENT DEVICES WITH LARGER VOCABULARIES THAT MUST BE "TRAINED" BY USERS. NEITHER IS ADEQUATE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE BECAUSE THEY DON'T PAY ADEQUATE HEED TO CHILDREN'S SPECIAL SPEECH CHARACTERISTICS. THE OBJECTIVE ...

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A GROWING NATIONAL NEED EXISTS FOR COMPUTER WORK STATIONS WHICH INTEGRATE MANUAL DATA BASE PREPARATION FUNCTIONS FOR INCREASED ACCURACY, CONTROL AND PRODUCTIVITY. THESE WORK STATIONS COULD INCORPORATE DISABLED INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM A VARIETY OF HANDICAPS INTO THE WORK PROCESS. THE RESEARCH IS DIRECTED TOWARD DEVELOPING BETTER USE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN THE EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND PLACEMEN ...

OF REACTOR THERMAL-HYDRAULICS CODES. THESE CODES HAVE INTERNATIONAL APPLICABILITY. TRADING THESE CODES, WITH APPROPRIATE SUPPORT, TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN EXCHANGE FOR USEFUL DATA OR OTHER RESOURCES WOULD ENHANCE THEIR UTILITY AND REDUCE THE COST TO THE U.S. OF GENERATING EQUIVALENT DATA. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS TO PROVIDE A SOUND TECHNICAL BASIS FOR SUCH AN EXCHANGE BY: IDENTIFYING C ...

COMMON CAUSE FAILURE ANALYSIS (CCFA) IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENTOF A COMPLETE PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT (PRA) SINCE COMMON CAUSE FAILURE IS OFTEN A DOMINANT FACTOR IN THE RISK POSED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY FROM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS. A MAJOR PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH PERFORMING A CFFA IS THE ABSENCE OF SUPPORTING QUALITATIVE OR QUANTITATIVE COMPONENT FAILURE DATA. EXTENSIVE AMOUNTS OF CO ...

JWK PROPOSES TO DEVELOP INFORMATION AND TRAINING PRODUCTS WHICH WILL ASSIST MILD AND MODERATELY HANDICAPPED YOUTH AGES18 TO 21 TO OBTAIN SERVICES AS THEY MOVE FROM EDUCATIONALLY DOMINATED SERVICES TO JOB TRAINING AND REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR ADULTS. A POORLY DOCUMENTED BUT MAJOR GAP IN SERVICES DURING THIS TRANSITION PERIOD HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY ORGANIZATIONS SERVING DISABLED PERSONS AND SPECI ...

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THIS RESEARCH WILL DETERMINE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FATIGUE INITIATION LIFE, FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH RATES, AND SLOW-STABLECRACK EXTENSIONS FOLLOWING A POST-IRRADIATION ANNEAL. FATIGUE INTITIATION LIFE WILL BE DETERMINED WITH SMOOTH SPECIMENS OF 308 STAINLESS STEEL WHICH HAVE BEEN ANNEALED AND THEN CYCLED IN PRESSURIZED, HIGH-TEMPERATURE WATER. SUBMERGED ARC WELD STEEL (LINDE 80 FLUX) WILL BE PARTIAL ...