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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF FREE FATTY ACIDS AND METHYL ESTERIFIED FREE FATTY ACIDS OF SEED OIL AS ADJUVANTS FOR PESTICIDE SPRAYS WILL BE CONDUCTED. LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DEVELOP EMULSIFIER SYSTEMS FOR FREE FATTY ACIDS AND METHYL ESTERIFIED FREE FATTY ACIDS OF SEED OIL WHICH ARE COMPATIBLE WITH COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE HERBICIDES. SMALL PLOT FIELD EXPERIMENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED ...

THE RESEARCH HEREIN PROPOSED IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THE CONTINUING PROBLEM OF ESTIMATING SOFTWARE COSTS OVER THE LIFE OF LARGE AND COMPLEX SOFTWARE PROJETS. THE RESEARCH WILL ADDRESS ALL FACTORS THAT AFFECT SOFTWARE COSTS FROM A FUNCTIONAL STANDPOINT AS OPPOSED TO THE TRADITIONAL LINES-OF-CODE (PROGRAM SIZE) APPROACH. THE FACTORS WILL BE TRANSLATED INTO A MODEL THAT EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF IN ...

THE NEED FOR SOPHISTICATED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT IN NAVY COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS CONTINUES TO GROW. HOWEVER, CONVENTIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES ARE NOT CURRENTLY MEETING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF NAVY DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, WHICH REQUIRE EXTENDED CAPABILITIES FOR HANDLING UNCONVENTIONAL DATA FORMATS AND TEMPORAL INFORMATION. IN THIS PROPOSAL, AQUIDNECK MANAGEMENT ASS ...

AN OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND NOVEL THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER ALLOYS WITH HIGH RESISTANCE TO ALL KNOWN HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS. A FURTHER OBJECTIVE WILL BE TO CROSSLINK INDIVIDUAL POLYMERS IN THESE ALLOYS TO FORM NON-MELTING INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS (IPN'S) WHICH WILL EXHIBIT GREATER RESISTANCE TO HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS THAN THE THERMOPLASTIC ALLOYS FROM WHICH THEY ...

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IT IS PLANNED TO DEVELOP A WORKSTATION ENVIRONMENT FOR THE ADVANCED THERMAL HYDRAULIC ENERGY NETWORK ANALYZER (ATHENA) CODE TO FACILITATE FUSION REACTOR DESIGN STUDIES. ATHENA HAS A WIDE RANGE OF CAPABILITIES AND IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR THE STUDY OF FUSION REACTOR DESIGN. THE PERSONAL-COMPUTER (PC)-BASED WORKSTATION ENVIRONMENT FOR ATHENA WILL STREAMLINE AND AUTOMATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INPUTDECKS ...

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FISH SKIN MUCUS FUNCTIONING IN PRIMARY DEFENSE AND ENVIRON- MENTAL ADAPTATION CONTAINS BIOLOGIC ACTIVITIES THAT APPEAR TO REDUCE PATHOGEN INFECTIVITY AND PERHAPS ENHANCE PATHOGEN ANTIGENICITY. LEVELS OF THESE ACTIVITIES ALSO APPEAR TO BE GENETICALLY CONTROLLED. WE PRPOSED CHARACTERIZE MUCUS LYSOZYME,PROTEASE, AND PRECIP-ITIN ACTIVITES (MLPAS) IN A RAINBOW TROUT POPULATION BEFORE AND AFTER INDUCED ...

KVH INDUSTRIES PROPOSES TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A MINIATURIZED ORTHOGONAL MAGNETIC SENSOR ASSEMBLY WHOSE VOLUMETRIC DIMENSION, INCLUDING SHIELD, WILL NOT EXCEED 10 CM(3). THE UNIT HAS AS OBJECTIVES A SENSITIVITY OF 1 NANOTESLA WHILE OPERATING AT FLUX DENSITIES OF UP TO 20 OERSTED. FURTHERMORE, THE SYSTEM DRIFT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE IS NOT TO EXCEED 1 NANOTESLA WITHIN A 60 MINUTE ...