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Monitors that are currently used to periodically record bottom water temperatures cannot be read by the lobstermen who use them. In addition, current monitors make no provision for recording changes in depth if they are redeployed in a different location. The specific aim of this proposal is to develop a sensor that will measure water temperature and pressure hourly and will be readable by a rad ...

This program will provide an improved understanding of the effects of atmospheric moisture on hazardous material and define methods to better model these effects in the DTRA HPAC model. The work will evaluate the interaction of moisture and hazardous material in the HPAC model based on two levels of coupling the transport equations for hazardous material and moisture. These evaluations will be com ...

Development and validation of a universally designed, handheld/wireless educational software intervention to train students with learning disabilities and their teachers in translating mathematical word problems into visual-spatial schematic models

We propose research to develop and demonstrate a deeply submersible video plankton recording system (ViPR) to perform image recording of plankton. The ViPR will apply artificial intelligence to 2-D or 3-D imaging using pattern recognition for a statistically reliable survey of plankton using two cameras, one for larger zooplankton and the other for microplankton. The ViPR computer will be PC compl ...

Demonstration of the feasibility of using a web-enabled, interactive telecommunications system to collect, interpret and communicate diabetic monitoring information for people with disabilities; also intended to improve monitoring compliance

Penetrating radiation holds the greatest promise as a non-intrusive means of destroying biological and chemical agents inside sealed containers, if the appropriate form is used. There are two recognized means including exposure to neutrons or application of pulses of gamma rays. Because of the pervasiveness of neutrons and the extremely large threat of collateral damage to humans, neutrons are onl ...

The research and development project Sirius Thinking, Ltd., (co-producer of the award-winning children s educational television series Between the Lions) is proposing to conduct in Phase II is intended to assess the effectiveness of video segments in teaching English vocabulary to native English-speaking children and Spanish-speaking English language learning children. Based on our successful Phas ...

A low-cost superconducting transition edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter spectrometer is described for high energy and high spatial resolution X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy and microanalysis. The proposed microcalorimeter instrument offers an energy resolution that is comparable to and potentially even better than wavelength dispersive spectrometers, thereby enabling the resolution of inter ...

Virtual Reality provides a great opportunity to build synthetic environments that are safer, cheaper, and offer better learning environments than their physical counterparts. Surgery training is an area that has wholeheartedly adopted Virtual Reality as an invaluable medium for training. Today, virtually every surgical procedure has an associated Virtual Reality trainer available. We propose to ta ...

Use of a Talking Tactile Tablet (TTT) in conjunction with maps created by the TMAP website to allow users to learn place names by pressing on tactile features on the map surface to cause associated information to be spoken aloud