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SPEC HAS DEVELOPED AN INNOVATIVE LASER REMOTE PHASE-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY (PRFS) TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DETECTION OF CLANDESTINE DRUG FACILITIES. THE TECHNOLOGY IS CAPABLE OF DETECTING ORGANIC SPECIES SUCH AS KEROSENE FILMS ON THE GROUND AND ON THE SURFACES OF RIVERS, STREAMS OR LAKES AND CAN DISTINGUISH THESE FILMS FROM OTHER PETROLEUM SLICKS. THE PRESENCE OF KEROSENE IN THESE WATERWAYS ...

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OPHIDIAN PHARMACEUTICALS PROPOSES TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF ADAPTING ITS TECHNOLOGY FOR PRODUCING AND PURIFYING THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODIES FROM THE EGG YOLKS OF HYPERIMMUNIZED LAYING HENS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF RICIN ANTITOXIN. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS WELL SUITED TO THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF TOXIN-NEUTRALIZING THERAPEUTICS AGAINST HIGHLY-VARIABLE TOXINS OR A WIDE VARIETY OF TOXIC THREATS. COMMERCIALLY AVAIL ...

RELIABLE DATA DISTRIBUTION WITHIN SPREAD-SPECTRUM PACKET RADIO NETWORKS REQUIRES HIGH PERFORMANCE FROM THE LINKS AND AS WELL AS FROM THE NETWORK PROTOCOLS. SIDE INFORMATION CAN BE EXTRACTED FROM RECEIVED SIGNALS THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN NOISE AND INTERFERENCE, AND THIS INFORMATION CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE LINKS AND TO AID THE NETWORK PROTOCOLS IN ESTABLISHING RELIABLE ROUTES THROUGHOU ...

THE PROPOSED INVESTIGATION WILL PERFORM AN ELABORATE ERROR ANALYSIS AND WILL DEVELOP APPROPRIATE FORCE AND MEASUREMENT MODELS TO PRECISELY DETERMINE THE VANDENBERG-KWAJALEIN BALLISTIC MISSILE TRAJECTORY. AMONG THE ERROR SOURCES CONSIDERED WILL INCLUDE (1) STATION COORDINATE ERRORS FOR THE THREE TRACKING STATIONS LOCATED AT VANDENBERG, HAWAII AND KWAJALEIN; (2) GRAVITY ANOMALY MODEL ERRORS AT LAUNC ...

THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A NOVEL MINIATURE PULSE WIDTH MODULATED POWER DRIVER FOR ACTUATORS, I.E. DC MOTOR. THE POWER DRIVER WILL DELIVER 50 AT 50VDO IN A DOUBLE INON PACKAGE. THIS COMPACT DESIGN CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE INNOVATIVE COMBINATION OF MODER POWER SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, PROPRIETORY CIRCUIT DESIGN, AND STATE-OF-THE-ART PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY WHICH UTILIZES NEW HEAT CONDUCTIVE ...

A MAJOR AND PRESSING PROBLEM IN NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE) OF MATERIAL USING ULTRASOUND IS THE DETECTION OF MICROSTRUCTURAL ECHOES OF LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (SNR). THE LOSS OF SIGNAL BY SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION IMPOSES A LIMIT ON THE DETECTION CAPABILITY OF ULTRASONIC SYSTEMS. THIS PROBLEM OFTEN ARISES IN EXAMINING COMPOSITES, CERAMICS, CAST COMPONENTS, WELDS OR ANY THICK SECTION OF MATER ...

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A BACKGROUND STUDY WILL BE PERFORMED ON THE STATE-OF-THE-ART SPECIFIC MATERIALS AND ION PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES THAT CAN BE ADDED TO IMS SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY. ION-MOLECULE CHEMISTRY AND SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS THAT WILL ALLOW INTERFERENCE REJECTION WILL BE INCLUDED.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS BASIC RESEARCH IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DESIGNING A HIGH SPEED TARGET TROLLEY FOR USE ON AN AERIAL CABLE. A 550 KNOT TARGET TROLLEY MAY BE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF TWO RECENT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS. THE FIRST OF THESE IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH STRENGTH, LOW WEIGHT ARAMID FIBER CABLE. THE SECOND IS THE RECENT CONCEPTION OF A NEW CAPSTAN PRINCIPLE BASED ON BI-HELICAL ...