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A number of applications in other commercial as well as military sectors require that multiple distributed data sources be consulted when a specific need arises, and that the results of these consultations be presented to the user. Often, these results are complex and involve multiple documents. Presentation of such results involves automatically generating browsable documents so that the user c ...

IT IS PROPOSED THAT BLOOD BAGS WHICH HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO MAINTAIN STORED BLOOD IN ITS FULLY OXYGENATED STATE WILL REDUCE RED CELL FRAGILITY AND THEREBY WILL PROLONG THE HALF-LIFE OF THE RED CELL BOTH DURING STORAGE AND FOLLOWING TRANSFUSION. THIS PROJECT WILL ATTEMPT TO VERIFY THAT MAINTAINING BLOOD IN THE OXYGENATED STATE DOES SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE BLOOD CELL FRAGILITY DURING STORAGE. IT WILL F ...

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ABJ Integration Technologies, Inc. proposes to model a vertically optically interconnected stack of silicon integrated circuits to form a three dimensional system. This 3D system will utilize through-substrate optoelectronic communication to which the package and silicon are optically transparent. System optimization for user specifications will include materials and components such as emitters ...

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Current production ladar system and components involve coherent optical system using pulse waveform. "bile demonstrating impressive accuracy and resolution, the system are coupler, difficult to manufacture, and thereby erpensive. An alternative approach is being investigated for short range system which uses an FM/CW waveform for ranging with incoherent light detection. This approach should prod ...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offer a lower risk and lower cost platform for the use of an Ultra Wide Band (UWE) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) system for the detection of ground targets concealed by foliage. Given the size, weight, and power restrictions of a UAV, an impulse radar is an attractive radar system alternative because it offers a lighter and lower cost solution than a traditional c ...

The main thrust of this proposed effort is to design, develop, and fabricate a low cost, producible, robust and rugged, one pixel, range-only laser radar (Ladar) fuze sensor sufficient to support the safe and reliable delivery of a ballistic round against an intended target. A CW/FW waveform is planned for use to amplitude modulate the laser diode transmitter. The returned optical energy will be ...

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SURFACES OF BOTH TRANSMISSIVE AND REFLECTIVE OPTICAL COMPONENTS ARE MADE OF COMPARATIVELY SOFT MATERIALS (PLASTICS, OPTICAL GLASSES, HALIDE CRYSTALS, INFRARED-TRANSMITTING MATERIALS, ALUMINUM, SILVER) AND VULNERABLE TO SCRATCHING AND CHEMICAL DETERIORATION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL ATTACK AND ABRASION IN USE AND ROUTINE CLEANING. A COATING OF CUBIC BORON NITRIDE (CBN), HAVING A HARDNESS COMPARABLE TO ...