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C.T.I. COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, INC. PROPOSES TO UNDERTAKE A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHICH DEVELOPS A DISCIPLINED REVERSE ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY. THIS EFFORT IS INTENDED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT A C.T.I. REVERSE ENGINEERINGMETHODOLOGY CAN DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE SPECIFICATION TREES, REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTS AND DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS USING EXISTING CODE, COMMENTS, AND THE AVAILABLE DOCUMENTATION OF A ...

MECHANISMS EXIST IN NATURE CAPABLE OF ACCELERATING JETS OF MATTER TO VELOCITIES CLOSE TO THAT OF LIGHT, WITH GREAT ENERGY EFFICIENCY. THESE MECHANISMS ARE NOT PRESENTLY UNDERSTOOD, BUT ARE OBSERVED TO OCCUR BOTH IN THE CENTRAL REGIONS OF GALAXIES AND IN A FEW STARS IN OUR OWN GALAXY. THE EXISTANCE OF ASTROPHYSICAL JETS ON THESE TWO VERY DIFFERENT SCALES SUGGESTS THAT SOME COMMON MECHNISM MAY EXIST ...

A PROPOSED HIGH TEMPERATURE THERMOCOUPLE CALIBRATOR FOR USE IN FLOWING GAS STREAMS COMPRISES THREE SUBSYSTEMS: (A) A HOT GAS GENERATOR USING A PLASMA GENERATOR OR FLAT FLAME BURNER AS THE HEAT SOURCE; (B) A LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY SYSTEM FOR MEASURING VELOCITY COMPONENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE TEST PROBE; (C) A COMPUTERCONTROLLED TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM THAT COMBINES SPECTROSCOPIC (PL ...

INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM CONCENTRATION IS KNOWN TO PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN BOTH PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. RECENTLY, MUCH ATTENTION HASBEEN GIVEN TO THE DETERMINATION OF FREE INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM CONCENTRATION USING FLOW CYTOMETRY. NEWLY DEVELOPEDFLUORESCENT PROBES, SUCH AS INDO-1 WHICH EXHIBITS A LARGE SPECTRAL EMISSION SHIFT WHEN IT CHELATES CA(++) IONS, HAVE BEEN INSTRUME ...

BECAUSE OF ITS COMPLEXITY, THE STUDY OF THE NATION'S NATURALGAS SELF- SUFFICIENCY REQUIRES A REGIONAL APPROACH. BEFORE SELF-SUFFICIENCY CAN BE EMPIRICALLY ANALYZED, IT IS NECESSARY TO DELINEATE THE REGIONAL FACTORS INVOLVED. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL FOR NATURAL GAS SELF-SUFFICIENCY ON A NATIONAL LEVEL THROUGH STATE AND REGIONAL SUCCESSES. THIS PROJECT WILL ASSESS T ...

PERSONNEL WORKING IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS OR WEARING BALLISTIC AND/OR NUCLEAR/BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL (NBC) PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE SUBJECT TO THE HAZARDS OF OVERHEATING. THESE HAZARDS INCLUDE PHYSICAL DISCOMFORT, DECREASED PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES, DEHYDRATION, AND EVENTUALLY DEATH FROM HEAT STRESS. THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL VULNERABLE TO THESE HAZARDS IS ALREADY QUITE LARGE AND IS STEADILY INCREA ...

THIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORT IS AIMED TOWARD THE VALIDATION AND USE OF A PORTABLE BIOCHEMICAL DETECTOR ("C-PROBE") AS AN INDICATOR FOR HUMAN EXPOSURES TO CARCINOGENIC CHEMICAL AGENTS IN THE FIELD. DURING PHASE I, C-PROBE RESPONSES TO TEST AGENTS WILL BE COMPARED WITH IN VITRO AND IN VIVO PRODUCTION OF CARCINOGEN-DNA ADDUCTS THAT FORM AS A RESULT OF THE EXPOSURES. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF P ...

DURING PHASE I, WE WILL DEVELOP AN ALGORITHM TO CALCULATE THE FORCES GENERATED DUE TO THE IMPACT OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES WITH SOIL. THIS ALGORITHM WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH THE CURRENT KRASH PROGRAM AS AN EXTERNAL FORCE ACTING ON THE VARIOUS MASS ELEMENTS THAT ARE DEFINED IN KRASH. THE FAILURE OF SOIL DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DRAGGING OF THE AIRCRAFT ALONG THE SURFACE WILL BE MODELLED TA ...

The objective of the proposed Phase II program is to develop, refine, prove, and qualify methods, materials, and processes for the fabrication of replacement honeycomb-core bonded metal aircraft structures that have at least a 5-year lifetime under at-seaconditions. The results of the Phase I effort have shown that new honeycomb-core materials and adhesives are commercially available that have sig ...

The objective of the proposed Phase II program is to develop, refine, prove, and qualify methods, materials, and processes for the fabrication of replacement honeycomb-core bonded metal aircraft structures that have at least a 5-year lifetime under at-seaconditions. The results of the Phase I effort have shown that new honeycomb-core materials and adhesives are commercially available that have sig ...