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THE GOAL OF THE RESEARCH IS TO DEMYSTIFY THE SUBJECT OF IONIZING RADIATION FOR STUDENTS RANGING FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO GRADUATE SCHOOL. THE PREMISE OF THIS EFFORT IS THAT "SEEING IS BELIEVING". RESEARCHERS ARE MAKING RADIATION VISIBLE BY PUTTING A BUBBLE CHAMBER IN EACH STUDENT'S POCKET. THE BUBBLE CHAMBERS ARE COMPOSED OF GEL SUSPENSIONS OF LIQUID DROPS THAT ARE SUPERHEATED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. WH ...

A TOOL THAT MAKES APPROPRIATE USE OF INTERACTIVE VIDEO TECHNOLOGY TO TEACH SCIENCE TO K-12 STUDENTS IS BEING DESIGNED. THE SOFTWARE DESIGN LINKS IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF SCIENCE LEARNING, ANALYSIS OF EVENTS WHICH CAN BE PRESENTED IN VIDEO OR OTHER MEDIA, TO OTHER IMPORTANT COGNITIVE ACTIVITIES-WRITING AND CALCULATION. BY LINKING SCIENCE TO VISUAL EVENTS AND TO OTHER NONSCIENCE CURRICULUM SKILLS, THE S ...

A PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP REAGENTS AND METHODS FOR IMMOBILIZING RECEPTORS ONTO POLYSULFONE MICROPOROUS MEMBRANES USED FOR AFFINITY PURIFICATION, BY PHOTOIMMOBILIZING HYDROPHILIC POLYMERIC COUPLING REAGENTS TOWHICH THE RECEPTOR WILL THEN BE COUPLED. THE TECHNIQUE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVE RECEPTOR IMMOBILIZED, TO REDUCE NONSPECIFIC BINDING AND TO INCREASE STABILITY OF THE ...

PLANTS ARE AN INEXPENSIVE SOURCE OF COMPLEX MOLECULES. SEVERAL INDUSTRIES ARE BASED ON CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS OF PLANT ORIGIN, RANGING FROM FLAVORS TO PHARMACEUTICALS. THE BIOSYNTHETIC RANGING FROM FLAVORS TO PHARMACEUTICALS. THE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS OF PLANTS MAY BE MORE EFFECTIVELY MANIPULATED THROUGH VIRAL GENE AMPLIFICATION THAN BY CONVENTIONAL GENETIC ENGINEERING. RESEARCHERS ARE AMPLIFYING SPE ...

THE BLACK-LIP PEARL OYSTER, PINCTADA MARGARITIFERA, IS THE SOURCE OF RARE, VALUABLE BLACK PEARLS. CULTURE OF THIS SPECIES HAS PROVEN HIGHLY LUCRATIVE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA, WITH STRENGTHENING WORLDWIDE DEMAND. THE HAWAIIAN SUB-SPECIES, P. MARGARITIFERA GALTSOFFI, IS ON THE HAWAII STATE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. STOCKS ARE SCARCE DUE TO BOTH NATURAL RECRUITMENT LIMITATIONS AND THE HISTORY OF OVERFISHI ...

DATA ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS ARE OF INCREASING IMPORTANCE IN TRAINING SCIENTISTS, SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, AND BUSINESS PEOPLE. THE DEMAND FOR STATISTICS EDUCATION HAS GROWN RAPIDLY BUT STATISTICS IS NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO TEACH WELL. STUDENTS WITH MATHEMATICS ANXIETY OR WITH POOR MATHEMATICS PREPARATION FIND THE RELENTLESSLY SEQUENTIAL PRESENTATION OF THESE CORUSES PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT. RECENT ADVA ...

INDIVIDUALS IN MANY OCCUPATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATIONS CAN BE SUBJECTED TO CONDITIONS THAT MAY HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING, PRODUCTIVITY, AND PERFORMANCE. THESE CONDITIONS INCLUDE TRADITIONAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS JOB STRESS, THERMAL STRESS, DRUGS, AND SLEEP LOSS, AS WELL AS IN THE MORE MODERN SYSTEMS SUCH AS SIMULATORS AND VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEMS. RESEARCHERS ARE PROVIDING A ...

PROBABLISTIC AND STATISTICAL CONCEPTS PLAY AN EVER-INVREASING ROLE IN OUR INFORMATION DRIVEN SOCIETY. THE NEED FOR INCLUDING PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS COURSES HAS BEEN WIDELY RECOGNIZED, YET BECAUSE OF CURRICULAR GRIDLOCK, LITTLE TEACHING OF THIS SUBJECT MATTER OCCURS. SCHOOLS WAIT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH QUALITY COURSE MATERIALS; AUTHORS, SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, AND ...

NA-BETA-ALUMINA IS THE SOLID ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE USED IN SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES WITH APPLICATIONS IN LOAD LEVELING, ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES, AND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS. THE STATE-OF-THE-ART ELECTROLYTES ARE FABRICATED BY GREEN-FORMING FOLLOWED BY SINTERING AT ~1540 DEGREES CENTIGRADE. ENCAPSULATION IN PLATINUM CONTAINERS OR MAGNESIA CRUCIBLES IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT LOSS OF SODA. TYPICAL THICKNES ...

THE CENTRAL PROBLEM IS THE EXPLORATION OF IMPROVED AND EXPANDED METHODS THAT ALLOW OPTICAL CROSSBAR SWITCHES TO BE USED MORE EFFECTIVELY IN MULTIPLE SWITCH MESH NETWORKS OVER LARGE DISTANCES. THE PRIMARY RESEARCH OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP NEW CONTROL METHODS FOR WIDE AREA OPTICAL NETWORK (WAON) CONFIGURATIONS USING THE TECHNIQUES OF JUST-IN-TIME SWITCHING, GLOBAL STATUS TABLES, AND OUT-OF-BAND CONTR ...