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INFORMATION USE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A KEY FACTOR IN ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF THE NATION'S INDUSTRIES. THE RESEARCH PROPOSED WOULD RIGOROUSLY EVALUATE CURRENT IMPEDIMENTS TO EFFECTIVE USE, DEFINE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC VALUE OF ENHANCED USE, AND EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMPUTERIZED DECISION AIDS TO INCREASE INFORMATION EFFECTIVENESS IN DECISIONMAKING. THESE GOALS WOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR TH ...

MANY SPECIALTY CHEMICALS AND NEW PHARMECEUTICALS ARE SECONDARY METABOLITES SYNTHESIZED BY RESTRICTED GROUPS OF MICROORGANISMS. IN THE COURSE OF COLLECTIN MICROBES FOR INDUSTRY, MYCOSRESEARCH ISOLATES MANY UNTESTED FUNGI THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF NOVEL, PROPRIETARY FUNGAL ISOLATION TECHNIQUES. LACK OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE GROWTH REQUIREMENTS OF UNUSUAL FUNGI HAMPER OUR EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN THEM ...

THIS PHASE I EFFORT WILL APPLY THEORETICAL METHODS BASED PRINCIPALLY ON CAGNIARD'S FORMALISM (PREVIOUSLY INCORPORATED BY US INTO OUR POWERFUL SWREF CODE), TO THE PROPAGATION AND FOCUSING, IN BOTH REFLECTIVE AND PHASED-ARRAY EQUIPMENT, OF SHOCK-WAVES PRODUCED BY UNDERWATER SPARKS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO INVESTIGATE AND PROVIDE DESIGN DATA FOR LITHOTRIPSY EQUIPMENT IN WHICH FOCUSED SHOCK WAVES ARE USED ...

THE SERVICEABILITY LIMIT STATE ASSOCIATED WITH OCCUPANT COMFORT UNDER WIND INDUCED LATERAL AND TORSIONAL MOTION IS BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION IN THE DESIGN OF TALL BUILDINGS. IN SOME INSTANCES, STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO PRODUCE ACCEPTABLE PREDICTED RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS CAN COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OR EVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WITH THESE KINDS OF CO ...

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SUPERCONDUCTING HEAVY-ION BOOSTERS ARE LIMITED IN THEIR MASS RANGE BY THE VELOCITY ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESONATORS IN THEIR FIRST SECTIONS. A NEED HAS ARISEN TO DO NUCLEAR PHYSICS IN MASS RANGES INACCESSIBLE WITH EXISTING ACCELERATING STRUCTURES. THE END PRODUCT THAT WOULD RESULT FROM THIS RESEARCH IS AN ACCELERATING RESONATOR WITH AN UPPER MASS ACCEPTANCE 50% LARGER THAN EXISTING STRUCTURES. OUR EXP ...

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CARRIED OUT TO PROVIDE PROTOTYPE, ACTIVELY CONTROLLED GAS BEARINGS FOR PRECISION MOVEMENT IN INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINE TOOLS. THIS WILL DRAW UPON PRELIMINARY WORK ON (1) FABRICATION, (2) DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF THE BEARING AND SUPPORTED MASS, (3) PIEZOELECTRIC VALVING AND PIEZOELECTRIC DISPLACEMENT OF THE BEARING SURFACE, AND (4) THE ADAPTATION OF A MICROPROCESSOR TO SER ...

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THE RESEARCH EFFORT IS DIRECTED TOWARDS DETERMING THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF MORPHOLOGICALLY INVARIENT ELECTRODE/SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE (SPE) JUNCTIONS FOR LONGCYCLE LIFE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS. ALKALI ION CONDUCTING SPES TO BE USED IN THIS PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE THOSE BASED UPON POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE) AND THE POLYPHOSPHAZENES. NOVEL SECONDARY ELECTRODES WILL INCLUDE THE LITHIUM INTERCALATING MATE ...

TECHNICAL EFFORT IS DIRECTED TOWARDS DETERMING THE FEASIBILITY OF AN ELECTROCHEMICALLY REVERSIBLE LIQUID NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL CONSISTING OF LITHIUM DISSOLVED IN LIQUID AMMONIA TO GIVE A NOVEL SOLVATED ELECTRON SECONDARY LITHIUM ELECTRODE. CONTAINMENT OF THE ACTIVE MATERIAL FROM DIRECT CONTACT TO THE LIQUID NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE IS REALIZED VIA USE OF A LITHIUM INTERCALATED ELECTRONICALLY CON ...