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HIGH RESOLUTION BOREHOLE-TO-BOREHOLE SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY CAN PROVIDE MUCH OF THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO IDENTIFY SUBTLE OIL RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITIES. TO DATE, MUCH OF THE HIGH RESOLUTION CROSS-WELL RESEARCH HAS INVOLVED THE USE OF FLUID-COUPLED PIEZOELECTRIC SEISMIC SOURCES. HOWEVER, IN PRACTICAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF FLUID-COUPLED SOURCES, SOME CONSIDERATION MUST BE GIVEN TO DEPLOYING THE SOU ...

HIGH RESOLUTION BOREHOLE-TO-BOREHOLE SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY CAN PROVIDE MUCH OF THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO IDENTIFY SUBTLE RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITIES THUS ALLOWING STRATEGIES PLACEMENTOF PRODUCTION WELLS. HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC TECHNIQUES ARE IDEALLY SUITED TO HARD ROCK APPLICATIONS WHERE FORMATIONVELOCITIES EXCEED 10,000 FEET PER SECOND. HOWEVER, TO DATE,THE ACQUISITION OF HIGH FREQUENCY TOMOGRAPHIC D ...

RECENT RESEARCH HAS ESTABLISHED A NEW CLASS OF AUDITORY RESPONSES TERMED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS THAT CAN BE OBJECTIVELY MEASURED IN THE EAR CANAL OF ALL NORMAL HEARING INDIVIDUALS. THUS, IT IS NOW POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP OBJECTIVE HEARING-SCREENING INSTRUMENTS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF DYSFUNCTION BASED UPON THE ABSENCE OF EMITTED RESPONSES. ONE TYPE OF EMISSION ELICITED BY THE APPLICATION OF CONTINUOUS PU ...

MILLIONS OF ACRES OF UNMANAGED PRIVATE NON-INDUSTRIAL FORESTLAND ACROSS THE RURAL SOUTH PRESENT AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPOR- TUNITY TO CREATE NEW BUSINESSES AND JOBS. MOST PRESENT FORESTRY CONTRACTORS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES SUCH AS TIMBER HARVESTING AND SITE PREPARATION OPERATE WITH EQUIPMENT TOO LARGE AND INEFFICIENT FOR LANDOWNERS. TO ASSIST LANDOWNERS IN BEGINNING INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT, ADDITIONAL NEW ...

THE OPPORTUNITY EXISTS TO EXTEND THE CAPABILITIES OF THE USAF ADVANCED DYNAMIC ANTHROPOMORPHIC MANIKIN (ADAM) WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO ASSESS THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN RESPONSES ON EJECTION SEAT PERFORMANCE. THE MORE REALISTIC ARTICULATIONS AND VERTICAL SPINAL RESPONSE OF ADAM CAN BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENTATION TO ALLOW THE DEFINITION OF INJURY PROBABILITY ASSESSMENT CRITERIA. SIN ...

RESPONSIVE AND SENSITIVE FORCE CONTROL IS ESSENTIAL FOR SOPHISTICATED ROBOT TASKS SUCH AS ASSEMBLY AND FINE MANIPULATION. HOWEVER, THIS KIND OF CONTROL IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR MANIPULATORS DRIVEN BY ELECTRIC MOTORS WITH GEARED TRANSMISSIONS, PRIMARILY DUE TO FRICTION IN THE DRIVE TRAIN. YET THESE TYPES OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ARE OFTEN THE MOST PRACTICAL FOR MANY APPLICATIONS. TWO PRIMARY TYPES OF CON ...

WE INTEND TO APPLY NEURAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY TO TELEROBOTICS. THIS WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE ADVANCES THAT ARE BEING DONE FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS. THESE CONCEPTS WILL EXTEND THE CAPABILITIES OF THE HUMAN OPERATOR. THE TELEROBOTIC CONTROLLER WILL BE TAUGHT USING BACKWARD SHAPING TO IMPROVE ITS SPEED OF LEARNING. IT IS PROPOSED TO ADD A CAPABILITY FOR ASSOCIATION BASED SENSOR DATA FUSION. THE ...

DEPRESSED HISPANIC FARMERS IN THE REDFORD VALLEY HAVE FORMEDA COOPERATIVE TO PRODUCE GOAT MILK TO FABRICATE SPECIALTY CHEESES IN A PRODUCER-OWNED FACILITY. DAIRY HUSBANDRY/TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION WILL TAKE PLACE IN A MODEL HERD AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTER. A MARKETING PLAN IS IN PLACE TO TEST CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF DIFFERENT CHEESES AND TO SUPPLY OUTLETS WHEN FULL-SCALE PRODUCTION HASBEGU ...

A NEW HYBRED METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE SCATTERING AND RADIATION BY CONFORMAL ANTENNAS AND ARRAYS. THE METHOD EMPLOYS A FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATION WITHIN THE CAVITY AND THE BOUNDARY INTEGRAL (EXACT BOUNDARY CONDITION) FOR TERMINATING THE MESH. BY VIRTUE OF THE FINITE ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION, THE METHOD HAS NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE GEOMETRY AND COMPOSITION OF THE CAVITY OR ITS TERMINATION. FURTHER ...

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