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RESEARCHERS ARE DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING A MEASURE OF TEAM LEADERSHIP ABILITY. OVER THE PAST DECADE, MANY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE IMPLEMENTED INNOVATIVE WORK PRACTICES IN RESPONSE TO GROWING COMPETITION AND OTHER MODERN CHALLENGES IN THE MARKETPLACE. AMONG THESE INNOVATIVE PRACTICES IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SELF-DIRECTED WORK TEAMS. TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF THIS PRACTICE, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ORGANI ...

RESEARCHERS ARE DEVELOPING A CROSS PLATFORM APPLICATION FRAMEWORK TO SIMPLIFY NUMERICAL SIMULATION PROBLEMS WHILE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING. APPLICATION FRAMEWORKS (AFS) ARE EXTENSIVE PROGRAMS WHICH ARE SPECIALIZED INTO PARTICULAR APPLICATIONS BY ADDING CODE SPECIFIC TO EACH APPLICATION. THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED AF IS TO FA ...

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THERE IS CURRENTLY GREAT DEMAND FOR A MATERIAL WITH SUPERIOR MECHANICAL PROPERTIES THAT CAN BE MAINTAINED TO HIGH TEMPERATURES. SILICON NITRIDE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING CERAMICS TO MEET THESE MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS. TO DATE, RESEARCH ON SI3N4 CERAMICS HAS RESULTED IN SUPERIOR ROOM TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES BUT RETENTION OF THESE PROPERTIES TO HIGH TEMPERATURES HAS NOT BEEN AC ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP THROUGHGENETIC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY A FAMILY OF "AFFINITY BIOADHESIVES" FOR SPECIFIC EUCARYOTIC CELL ATTACHMENT APPLICATIONS. IN AN ONGOING RESEARCH PROGRAM, GENEX HAS PRODUCED A SERIES OF RECOMBINANT ADHESIVE PROTEINS BASED ON THE POLYPHENOLIC PROTEIN OF THE BLUE MUSSEL. THIS ADHESIVE PROTEIN IS WELL-SUITED FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL APPLICATIONS ...

THE HYDROXYL RADICAL (OH) PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF BOTH THE TROPOSPHERE AND THE STRATOSPHERE. IT IS THE PRIMARY OXIDIZING AGENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REMOVAL OF MOST TRACE GASES INCLUDING CO AND CH4. SINCE THE OH RADICAL DETERMINES THE LIFETIMES AND, THUS, THE CONCENTRATIONS OF MANY CHEMICAL SPECIES, ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF OH CONCENTRATION IS PIVOTAL IN UNDERSTANDING ATMOSPHERI ...

THE RECENT AVAILABILITY OF THE CARBON ICOSOHEDRAL MOLECULES, THE FULLERENES, AND THE DISCOVERY OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN ALKALI DOPED FULLERENE DERIVATIVES OPENS NEW AVENUES OF INVESTIGATION INTO SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES. IN PARTICULAR, THE FULLERIDES ARE PREDICTED TO ACHIEVE HIGH PERFORMANCE AS SUPERCONDUCTING BOLOMETERS. MOST OF THE CURRENT SUPERCONDUCTING INFRARED SENSORS HAVE UTILIZED BOLOMETRI ...

THERE IS A GROWING MARKET IN THE POWDER METALLURGY INDUSTRY FOR INTERMETALLIC POWDER WITH FINE PARTICLE SIZE AND GOOD COMPOSITIONAL CONTROL. A PROCESS TERMED PLASMA INITIATED SELF PROPAGATING HIGH TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS (PSHS) IS PRESENTLY BEING DEVELOPED TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR SUCH POWDERS. HOWEVER, FOR SUCH A PROCESS TO COMPETE AGAINST THE EXISTING POWDER MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES WOULD ...

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