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THIS RESEARCH STUDY DEVELOPS AN INTERACTIVE, MICROCOMPUTER-BASED, ASSISTIVE AND ADAPTIVE DEVICE LOCATOR SYSTEM (ADLS) FOR DISABLED PERSONS. INFORMATION RETRIEVAL IS ORGANIZED AROUND A FUNCTIONAL MODEL OF IMPAIRMENTS AND CORRESPONDING ADAPTIVE DEVICES. THE DESIGN THEORY AND INITIAL DATA BASE CONTENT DRAW UPON EXTENSIVE RESOURCES PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED FOR PRINT MEDIA DEVICE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS. A ...

THE PROPOSED WORK INVOLVES APPLICATION OF SUPPORTED MOLTEN SALT CATALYSIS TO THE CATALYTIC ENDOTHERMIC DEHYDROGENATION OF HIGH ENERGY-DENSITY AVIATION FUELS. THE CATALYSTS OF INTEREST ARE HETEROGENEOUSLY DISPERSED PLATINUM AND NICKEL, TO BE USED ALONE OR IN BIMETALLIC CLUSTERS. THE MOLTEN SALTS TO BE USED INCLUDE BINARY AND TERNARY EUTECTICS INVOLVING ALKALI METAL CHLORIDES AND HYDROXIDES. THE SUP ...

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AS A RESULT OF THE INCREASING VOLUME OF AIR TRAFFIC IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT A NEED EXIST FOR A DEVICE OPERATED ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT TO WARN THE PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT THAT MAY POSE A POTENTIAL COLLISION. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP A INEXPENSIVE TCAS I SYSTEM (AD-VANCED TECHNOLOGY AIRBORNE TRAFFIC ALERT AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM) THAT MEET "ALL" OF THE FAA TCAS I REQUIREMENTS AS PER RTC ...

THE PROBLEM OF INSUFFICIENT COMPETITION IS CREATING HARDSHIPS FOR THE AIR FORCE IN TERMS OF EXCESSIVE COSTS AND LOWERED PERFORMANCE. THE COMPONENT BREAKOUT ACTIVITY IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE TRANSITION TO COMPLETITION FOR AN ITEM/SUBSYSTEM. THIS PROJECT OFFERS TO EXPLORE THE NATURE OF THE BREAKOUT PROCESS, DETERMINE TRUE COSTS AND OTHER EFFECTS, AND RECOMMEND CHANGES THAT WILL PRODUCE TRUE COMPETIT ...

THIS PROPOSAL IS TO PERFORM A RESEARCH AND EVALUATION INTO THE TECHNICAL METHODOLOGY BY WHICH LONG RANGE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IS PERFORMED AT THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS DIVISION. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS FOR THE METHODOLOGY, PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR OPERATION OF THE ESD LONG RANGE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING FUNCTION. THE FINAL PURPOSE IS TO DEVELOP THE SET O ...

THE STUDY OF OCEAN PROCESSES SUCH AS MINERAL DISSOLUTION, ION SPECIATION AND REDOX EQUILIBRIA AS WELL AS EFFLUENT AND POLLUTION MONITORING REQUIRE ACCURATE AND PRECISE MEASUREMENTS OF BOTH MAJOR AND MINOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS. ALTHOUGH SPECTROPHOTOMETRY AND FLAME PHOTOMETRY HAVE BEEN USED FOR SEA WATER ANALYSIS, POTENTIONMETRY WITH ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES IS THE MOST COMMON-METHODOLOGY, PARTICUL ...

THE USE OF BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE TREATMENT OF MANY PATIENTS IN SERIOUS OR CRISIS SITUATIONS. THE VALUE OF THESE MATERIALS, AND PARTICULARLY WHOLE BLOOD, HAS SERVED TO EMPHASIZE THE PROBLEMS IN PROVIDING THEM IN ALL APPROPRIATE CIRCUMSTANCES. THE USE OFBLOOD REQUIRES STORING OF AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY FOR ALL POTENTIAL EMERGENCIES AND CAREFUL CROSSMATCHING BEFORE USE. IN ...

BASED UPON EARLIER EXPERIMENTAL WORK, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ULTRASONIC RADIATION OF THE PROPER FREQUENCY WOULD PRECIPITATE SMOKE AND AEROSOLS WITHIN THE RADIATION PATTERN. THE PURPOSE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO EXPERIMENTALLY PROVE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING THE CONCEPT TO CLEAR SMOKE AND AEROSOLS FROM A BATTLEFIELD. TWO SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS WILL BE STUDIED, 1) TO CREATE A SMALL AREA OF CLEAR AIR TO TAR ...

REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT MANDATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPOSITE MATERIALS. ALTHOUGH GRAPHITE COMPOSITES HAVE MANY ATTRACTIVE MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES, THESE PROPERTIES DEGRADE SUBSTANTIALLY WITH OXIDATION. A NOVEL GRAPHITE FIBER HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WHICH HAS SUPERIOR PROPERTIES FOR TENSILE STRENGTH AND MODULUS. ALTHOUGH OXYDATION CHARACTERISTICS FOR THIS FI ...