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AN IMPROVED METHOD OF WEIGHING TRUCKS WHILE IN MOTION IS PROPOSED. TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE TIME LOST AT WEIGH STATIONS, THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEEDS TO EXCHANGE DATA, INCLUDING WEIGHT DATA, BETWEEN MOVING TRUCKS AND ENFORCEMENT FACILITIES. LEGALLY LOADED TRUCKS WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITHOUT STOPPING. THIS INVOLVES WEIGH-IN-MOTION. PRESENT WEIGHING TECHNIQUES INVOLVE LOAD CELLS OR ...

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The research is to develop a sheet flow sampler to collect highway washoff and to operate in a highway roadside environment. The proposed sampler is expendable, simple, and cost effective. It will collect a predetermined depth of runoff (most commonly the first 1/2 inch of "first flush"), store it, and be removed and replaced by maintenance workers following rain events. The sampler will be its ...

In this proposal, the Viggen Project Team presents an elegant approach to developing a truly portable Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the Highway Capacity Software (HCS). Our approach is based on the emerging Internet-driven computing technology and will be totally platform-independent. The prototype will be developed using a programming language called Java and users will be able to execute ...

MODELING ANBD SIMULATIONS ARE USED EXTENSIVELY IN THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF "BULK" EXPLOSIVES DETECTION DEVICES. HOWEVER, OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF THE INPUT MODEL, NAMELY LUGGAGE AND EXPLOSIVE CONTENTS, CAN LEAD TO POOR DETECTOR DESIGNS. MANUAL PRODUCTION OF SUCH INPUT IS COSTLY AND ERROR PRONE. THIS EFFORT WILL AUTOMATE THE PRODUCTION OF SIMULATED LUGGAGE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER TOOL. ...

WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP DETECTORS FOR EXPLOSIVES IDENTIFICATION BASED ON THREE NEW FAST HEAVY CERIUM-DROPPED PEROVSKITE SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS: YAP, GAO, AND GSO. WE HAVE MADE DETECTORS FROM SMALL (~200 MM(2)) THIN (~40 MM) CRYSTALS OF THESE MATERIALS WHICH HAVE MEASURED EFFICIENCIES, RESOLUTIONS, LIGHT, AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES COMPARABLE TO OR BETTER THAN THOSE OF NAI AND BGO, THE CURRENT EXPLOSIV ...

HUMRRO INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE THREE PROTOTYPE VIDEODISC-BASED MODULES FOR USE IN MAINTAINING THE SKILLS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS (EMTS). TOPICS FOR THE PROTOTYPE MODULES WILL BE SELECTED BASED ON NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN OTHER RESEARCH. EXISTING VIDEODISCS WHICH ILLUSTRATE EMERGENCY SCENES WILL BE REPROGRAMMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALGORITHIMS WHICH SPECIFY AP ...

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WE PROPOSE TO EXPLOIT THE PROPERTIES OF OUR NEW, FAST, BRIGHT SCINTILLATOR, YAIO3:CE(+3) (YAP), TO CONSTRUCT A DETECTOR FOR PHOTONS WITH ENERGIES FROM 20 KEV TO 3 MEV. AN ARRAY OF THESE INDIVIDUAL DETECTORS WILL SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR A BROAD-BAND Y-RAY DOSIMETER CAPABLE OF MEASURING EXPOSURES FROM 5 MR/H TO 1 R/H AND EQUIVALENT DOSES FROM 5 X 10(-2) TO 10 (+4) MSV/H. THEA ADVANTAGES OF YAP SCINTI ...