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THE PROPOSED PHASE I EFFORT CONSISTS OF ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF TECHNIQUES FOR MEASUREMENT OF ACOUSTIC SENSOR POSITIONS IN LONG TOWEDARRAYS FOR USE IN REDUCING PERFORMANCE DEGRADATIONS DUE TO ARRAY MOTIONS AND DISTORTION. PRESENT AND FUTURE ARRAY DESIGNS AND OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED, WITH SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO NONACOUSTIC SENSOR SUITES AND CAPABILITIES. A SURVEY OF SHAPE ESTIMA ...

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 ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO ESTABLISH THE FEASIBILITYOF UTILIZING COLOR COMPUTER VISION AND NEURAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES TO AUTOMATE THE WHITE CELL DIFFERENTIAL CURRENTLY PERFORMED BY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTS. AUTOMATION OF THE MICROSCOPIC BLOOD DIFFERENTIAL PROCEDURE IS NEEDED TOIMPROVE THE ACCURACY AND CONSISTENCY OF THIS IMPORTANT PROCEDURE IN THE DETECTION OF LEUKEMIA, INFECTION, AND OTHERD ...

AGILIS CORPORATION PROPOSES TO DEVELOP THE SYSTEM CONCEPT FOR A MODULAR SOLDIER'S COMPUTER. THIS EFFORT IS A DIRECT EXTENSION OF AGILIS' ONGOING WORK WITH COMMERCIAL CLIENTS TO DEVELOP SIMILAR CAPABILITIES. THE MODULAR SOLIDER'S COMPUTER MUST BE VERY SMALL (POCKET-SIZED), LIGHT WEIGHT (1 TO 2 POUNDS), RUGGED, POWERFUL, NETWORKED, AND HAVE AN ADVANCED USER INTERFACE. MILITARY APPLICATIONS INCLUDE B ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO DESIGN AN IN-FLIGHT TRANSFER ALIGNMENT SCHEME FOR THE INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT (IMU) OF A HELICOPTER-LAUNCHED INERTIALLY GUIDED MISSILE. THE MISSILE, MOUNTED ON A HELICOPTER WING, IS SUBJECTED TO LARGE AMPLITUDE VIBRATIONS. CURRENT TRANSFER ALIGNMENT SCHEMES, DESIGNED FOR AIRPLANES OR GROUND APPLICATIONS, DO NOT ESTIMATE THE VIBRATION COMPONENT OF THE I ...

PREVALENCE STUDIES FOR HIV-1 INFECTION IN NEWBORNS ARE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN BECAUSE THE COMMONLY USED ANTIBODY ASSAYS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR TESTING BABIES. BABIES CARRYTHE MATERNAL ANTIBODY FOR UP TO 12 TO 18 MONTHS AFTER BIRTH,SO ALL BABIES BORN TO SEROPOSITIVE MOTHERS WILL ALSO TEST POSITIVE. YET 40 TO 50 PERCENT OF THESE BABIES ARE NOT ACTUALLY INFECTED. IN THIS RESEARCH, POLYMERASE CHAIN REAC ...

APPLICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY TO THE PRODUCTION OF 4-HYDROXYBENZOCYCLOBUTENE WILL ALLOW BULK MANUFACTURE OF THIS POLYMER PRECURSOR BY MORE ECONOMICAL MEANS THAN IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH A PROCESS WOULD ALLOW INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF BCB-BASED POLYMER MATERIALS.

BECAUSE BACTERIAL DISEASES ARE FREQUENTLY TRANSMITTED THROUGH CONTAMINATED WATER, THE DETECTION OF MICROBIOLOGICALCONTAMINATION IS IMPORTANT, TO ENSURE SANITARY WATER SUPPLIES. CURRENT TESTS ARE LABOR INTENSIVE AND TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO CONFIRM CONTAMINATION LEVELS. THIS PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A UNIQUE, RAPID, WATER-QUALITY TEST FOR BACTERIA. PHASE I FOCUSES ON THE DEVELOPMENT ...

TAMM RELATES TO TWO TECHNOLOGIES FOR NONINVASIVE TRANSCUTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS OF BLOOD ANALYTES THAT HAVE POTENTIAL FOR APPLICATION IN A COMBAT CASUALTY CARE ENVIRONMENT. THE NEAR INFRARED (NIR) REFLECTANCE TECHNOLOGY DETERMINES BLOOD ANALYTE CONCENTRATION BASED ON DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS WITH A FIBER OPTIC PROBE. SPECTRAL DATA ACQUIRED IS PROCESSED USING SOPHISTICATED PATTERN RECOGNITION ...

MICROBIOLOGICAL MONITORING WILL BE A CRITICAL FUNCTION IN THE BIOMASS-PROCESSING REACTORS OF THE NASA CONTROLLED ECOLOGICAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM (CELSS). MEASUREMENT OF CELLDENSITY AND CELL ACTIVITY IN SOME REACTORS WILL ALLOW FOR THE AUTOMATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES WITHOUT THE NEED FOR EXPERIENCED SKILLED PERSONNEL. IN OTHER REACTORS, MICROBIOLOGICAL DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZA ...