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POWER CONDITIONERS CURRENTLY IN USE IN PHOTOVOLTAIC COGENERATION INSTALLATIONS DO NOT USE LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY. IT IS THE OBJECTIVE IN PHASE I TO RESEARCH THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPROVING THE ACCURACY, SPEED OF RESPONSE, AND THE RELIABILITY OF A POWER CONDITIONER BY UTILIZING A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ASIC. MANUFACTURING COSTS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED WITH THE ASIC IMPLEMENTED SAMPLE ...

REALIZATION OF THE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGES OF SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES IN HIGH FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPENDS ON DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION PROCESS WITH EXACTING CONTROL OF STOICHIOMETRY AND MORPHOLOGY. MOCVD CAN MEET THESE NEEDS COUPLED WITH EASE OFSCALE-UP. HOWEVER, RECENT WORK AT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC. SHOWS THAT YBACUO AND BISRCACUO FILMS GROWN BY MOCVD AT TEMPERA ...

THERE HAS BEEN RECENT INTEREST IN THE SMALL SCALE PRODUCTIONOF LIQUIDS FROM COAL BY MILD GASIFICATION WHICH CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO THE CURRENT ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. WHILE MOST WORK ON MILD GASIFICATION IS ADDRESSING DENSE PHASE REACTORS OR LARGE PARTICLES, SEVERAL LABORATORIES REPORT THAT FLASH PYROLYSIS USING SMALL PARTICLES IN DISPERSED-PHASE REACTORS PRODUCES A HIGHER YIELD (SOMETIMES TWO TO T ...

FOR SURFACES AT HIGH TEMPERATURE, THE EMITTED SPECTRUM OF ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RADIATION IS THE MOST CONVENIENT PROBE OF TEMPERATURE, IF THE SPECTRAL EMITTANCE OF THE SAMPLE IS KNOWN. THIS PROPOSAL SUGGESTS THE APPLICATION OF A NOVEL, NON-INTRUSIVE SURFACE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE FOR THE IN-SITU DETERMINATION OF BOTH TEMPERATURE AND EMISSIVITY. THE TECHNIQUE EMPLOYS SMALL LOCAL MODULATION OF ...

THE U.S. EPA ESTIMATES THAT 290 MILLION TONS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE ARE PRODUCED ANNUALLY IN THE U.S. THE MOST PROMISING METHOD FOR THE PERMANENT DISPOSAL OF ORGANIC WASTES IS HIGH-TEMPERATURE INCINERATION. WHILE SOLAR INCINERATION OFFERS SIGNIFICANT PROMISE AS A WASTE DISPOSAL TECHNOLOGY, THERE IS A STRONG NEED FOR ON-LINE AND IN-SITU DIAGNOSTICS DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROCESS AND FOR EVENTUAL ...

COMPUTATIONAL, RATHER THAN EXPERIMENTAL, METHODS ARE PROPOSED TO DEVELOP, DESIGN, AND TEST THE NOISE SUPPRESSORS THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO QUIET THE JET TURBULENCE NOISE PRODUCED BY THE HIGH SPEED CIVIL TRANSPORT AND OTHER SUPERSONIC VEHICLES. THE VIABILITY OF THIS APPROACH IS DUE TO RECENT ADVANCES IN TURBULENCE THEORY AND NUMERICAL METHODS THAT COMBINE RENORMALIZATION GROUP METHODS AND SPECTRAL ELE ...

THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY (ESPI-MS) FOR THE ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES. AS A METHOD CAPABLE OF DELIVERING EXTREMELY LARGE MOLECULES INTO THE GAS PHASE AS INTACT DESOLVATED MOLECULAR IONIC SPECIES FROM THEIR POLAR SOLVENTS, ESPI-MS HAS BEEN EFFECTIVELY EXPLOITEDIN DETERMINING THE MOLECULAR WEIGHTS OF PEPTIDE ...

THE PHASE I PROJECT RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERAL TATTOO PIGMENTS THAT WERE EFFECTIVE IN IDENTIFYING B6C3F1 BROWN MICE IN A 3-MONTH STUDY. THESE PIGMENTS DID NOT AFFECT GROWTH OR MORTALITY; HOWEVER, ONE PIGMENT WAS CYTOTOXIC TO IN VITRO MOUSE LYMPHOMA CELLS. THE PHASE II PROJECT WILL INVOLVE FORMULATION OF STABLE PIGMENTS AND 2-YEAR TATTOO READABILITY STUDIES IN B6 MICE USING THE BEST PIG ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE EFFORT IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT A DECOUPLED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF A PENETRATION EXENT INTO CONCRETE CAN BE USED AS A COST EFFECTIVE EVALUATION TOOL TO ASSIST THE WEAPON DEVELOPER. A PENETRATION CODE SUCH AS SAMPLL OR THE PENCO-3D MODULE OF EVA-3D WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE THE LOADS ON THE PENETRATOR. THE LOADS THEN WILL BE APPLIED TO THE FINITE ELEMENT MESH AND THE RESPONSE ...

CHILDREN WHO WITNESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BUT ARE NOT DIRECT VICTIMS OF THE VIOLENCE, MAY BE FORGOTTEN. A MODEL TREATMENT PROGRAM AND CURRICULUM FOR USE BY THESE CHILDREN, ALONE OR WITH HELPING PROFESSIONALS, CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO SERVICE AND EDUCATIONAL PLANS FOR SUCH CHILDREN. AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO PROGRAM WITH A LEADER'S GUIDE AND TAPE WILL PRESENT INFORMATION TO HELP THESE CHILDREN GROW INTO B ...