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SUFACE PASSIVATION LAYERS SUCH AS DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON ARE OFTEN PRODUCED ON LASER WINDOWS, WIND SHIELDS OF HYPERSONIC AIRCRAFT, FIBER OPTICS AND MANY OTHER SURFACES. DESPITE ATTRACTIVE PROPERTIES OF THE COATING MATERIALS, LACKING OF PROPER ADHESION BETWEEN HOST AND COATING MATERIAL FREQUENTLY LIMITS THE USEFULNESS OF THE COATING TECHNIQUES. THE PROPOSED PROCESS IS A PRE-TREATMENT TECHNIQUE WHICH P ...

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THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR THE DESIGN OF AN ADVANCED INTERACTIVE USER INTERFACE FOR OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS. THIS IMMEDIATE EFFORT WILL ASSESS WHETHER NEW RELATIONAL DATA BASE MANAGEMENT METHODS AND INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS CAN BE INTEGRATED WITH SELECTED OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS TO MAKE MATHEMATICAL MODELS EASIER TO DEVELOP, ANALYZE, AND INTEGRATE INTO COMMERCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. THE LONG TERM GO ...

ALTERED METABOLISM IN THE LUNG APPEARS TO BE AN EARLY EVENT IN ACUTE PULMONARY FAILURE SECONDARY TO ENDOTHELIAL CELL DAMAGE, AND MAY BE DETECTED BY AN INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF FREE 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE (5-HT) IN PULMONARY BLOOD. DIRECT AND UNAMBIGUOUS MEASUREMENT OF FREE BLOOD 5-HT LEVELS TO OBTAIN EARYL DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY DAMAGE WOULD BE POSSIBLEWITH ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODOLOGY IF AN ELECTRODE ...

THE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE OF PHASE I IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING INNDVITIVE STATISTICAL PATTERN RECOGNITION ALGORITHMS TO PERFORM THE TARGET IDENTIFICATION FUNCTION APPICABLE TO AUTOMATIC TARGET CUEING FOR FIBER OPTIC GUIDED MUNITIONS AND AUTONOMOUS TARGET ACQUISITION FOR SELF-CONTAINED GUIDED MUNITIONS THAT USE A LOAL MODE OF OPERATION. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE IS TO DEMONSTRARE A PROB ...

AN ELECTROCHEMICAL MEANS OF SEPARATING PURE HYDROGEN FROM A CARBONACEOUS FUEL-GAS STREAM IS PROPOSED. THE ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN SEPARATOR (EHS) IS BASED ON EXISTING ACID FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY. THE FUEL GAS MIXTURE (CONSISTING OF H(2), CO, CO(2), N(2) AND OTHER MINOR CONSTITUENTS SUCH AS H(2)S, METHANE, ETC.) IS PASSED THROUGHTHE ANODE COMPARTMENT AND PURE HYDROGEN IS GENERATED AT THE CATHODE. TH ...

A NEW APPROACH TO SILICON CARBIDE FIBERS AND CERAMICS IS PROPOSED. A NOVEL CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS PRODUCES AN IDEAL SI-C POLYMER BACKBONE WITH ALTERNATIVE ATOMS OF SILICON AND CARBON, E.G., CH(3)SIH(2) [CH(2)SIH(2)](N)CH(2)CH(3). THE SYNTHESIS INVOLVES THE REDUCTIVE COUPLING OF X XCH(2)SIH(2)CL (X=BR,CL) WITH A REACTIVE METAL, SUCH AS MAGNESIUM, SODIUM AND LITHIUM IN AN ORGANIC SOLVENT. METHYL CHLORID ...

A NEW CLASS OF GARNET-STRUCTURED CRYSTALS OFFER POTENTIAL FOR A NEW CLASS OF HIGH-POWER, TUNABLE, SOLID-STATE LASER MATERIALS. A REPORT FROM A SOVIET GROUP AT A RECENT CONFERENCE SHOWED A THREE-FOLD SLOPE EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CR(3+)-ND(3+) CODOPED GARNET CRYSTAL AS COMPARED TO THE INDUSTRIAL STANDARD ND:YAG CRYSTAL. AT THE PRESENT TIMETHERE IS NO COMMERCIAL SOURCE OF THESE GARNET-STRUCTU ...