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A SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION TECHNICAL IS PROPOSED FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST TO DETECT UNBOUNDS IN LARGE BONDED COMPONENTS. THE TECHNIQUE USES THE SYSTEM'S TIME RESPONSE DATA DUE TO RANDOM INPUT EXCITATION. SYSTEM'S EIGENVALUES AND EIGENVECTORS ARE RETRIEVED FROM THE TIME RESPONSES AND USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ACCURATE SYSTEM MATHEMATICAL MODELS. SYSTEM'S CHANGE DUE TO CRACKS, VOIDS, UNBONDS BETWEEN ...

METHODS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO DISCERN THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF WEAPON SYSTEMS SUCH AS PRESSURE VESSEL CASES. AT THIS TIME, NO TECHNIQUE EXISTS WHICH PERMITS A GLOBAL MONITORING OF THE OPERATIONAL READINESS OF ANY STRUCTURES, INCLUDING COMPOSITE MOTOR CASES. THE RANDOMDEC PROCEDURE, WHICH IS PLANNED TO BE UTILIZED UNDER THIS PROPOSED STUDY, APPEARS TO HAVE THE CAPABILI ...

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS THE ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT OF A PRACTICAL WEARABLE AIR POWER SUPPLY FOR AN IMPLANTED PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL HEART. THE PROPOSAL ADDRESSES ITSELF TO THE CONCEPT OF A WEARABLE POWER SUPPLY FOR A PNEUMATIC HEART THAT HAS BEEN IMPLANTED IN AN AMBULATORY PATIENT, AND SEEKS TO IDENTIFY THE SMALLEST AND LIGHTEST PNEUMATIC DRIVE FOR THE APPLICATION, SO THAT A U ...

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APPLYING AN ADAPTATION OF TELEPHONE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN USE BY THIS FIRM FOR SMALL BUSINESSES UNDER THE TRADE NAME OF QUIK-TELL, WE PROPOSE TO ESTABLISH THE TECHNICAL MERIT AND FEASIBILITY OF MAKING AVAILABLE TO THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED, MEDICAL AND GERIATRIC INSTITUTIONS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND OTHER INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS, A WIDE RANGE OF INFORMATION CONCERNING INNOVATIVE SELF-HELP ...

AN ENGINEERING AND CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING PROGRAM IS DESCRIBED TO DEVELOP A DEVICE FOR TAKING AUTOMATED DIGITAL NERVE LATENCY MEASUREMENTS AND DISPLAYING THE RESULTS ON A L.E.D. DISPLAY READ-OUT. THE DEVICE IS INTENDED FOR MEDICAL TESTING OF MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY AND NERVE LATENCIES, A DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC TEST USED FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DISORDERS. THI ...

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SCHISTOSOMIASIS, CAUSED BY PARASITIC FLATWORMS LIVING IN THE MESENTERIC/VESICAL VEINS, IS THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE OF MAN. PRODUCING CHRONIC ILLNESS, IT SPREADS WITH INCREASING DEMANDS FOR WATER AND INTENSIFIED IRRIGATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. IT IS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE HIGH LEVEL OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN ENDEMIC AREAS. MOLLUSCICIDING, SANITARY ENGINEERING AND CHE ...

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