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This project develops and evaluates the Enhanced Performance Training and Support System (EPTSS) to train and support individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in: behavioral training, modeling, self-management, and visual cues using available technology such as the iPod Touch/iPad. Phase I assesses the feasibility of an enhanced job performance system utilized in multiple work environments ...

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We currently have thousands of security cameras in the war zone. Automated Target Recognition (ATR) is essential for reducing the manpower required for monitoring the security cameras. Having human operators staring at video screens for hours at a time is not an effective use of our forces. ATR is a terrific force-multiplier since it reduces the number of security personnel required to monitor sur ...

Historically speaking, subjectivity was mostly considered as problematic and undesirable. Recently, the availability of the inherently subjective folksonomies has made it readily apparent that inherent subjectivity is highly desirable and that it can be accounted for and utilized by superimposing multiple structures onto data without requiring changes to the underlying data, thus addressing usersâ ...

AN OPTICAL SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE IS PROPOSED FOR TESTING THE ACTIVE MATRIX PIXEL PERFORMANCE WITHOUT NEED FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL FILLING. SINCE THE ACTIVE MATRIX ARRAY IS A BINARY OBJECT IN THE OPTICAL SENSE, AN OPTICAL SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE IS VERY SUITABLE FOR DETECTING THE ACTIVE MATRIX DEFECTS. FOR TESTING AN ACTIVE MATRIX WITH BROKEN OR SHORTED LINES, THE PROPOSED TECHNIQUE WILL PROVIDE A REAL-TI ...

ELLIPSOMETRY USES POLARIZED LIGHT REFLECTANCE TO CHARACTERIZE SURFACES, INTERFACES, AND THIN FILMS. ELLIPSOMETRY HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN DONE USING A FEW (USUALLY ONE) DISCRETE ANGLES OF INCIDENCE OF THE LIGHT BEAM WITH A SURFACE NORMAL, AND A FEW SELECTED WAVELENGTHS (FREQUENTLY ONLY 632.8 NM FROM A HENE LASER). RECENTLY IT WAS SHOWN (BY WOOLLAM AND COWORKERS) THAT USING VARIABLE ANGLE OF INCIDENC ...

TL-BA-CA-CU-O THIN FILMS HAVE ZERO RESISTANCE ABOVE 110K AND CRITICAL CURRENTS UP TO 10(6) A/CM(2) AT 77K. IN THICKER SAMPLES THE CRITICAL CURRENT IS LOWER. THUS, TO PREPARE STRONG, "BULK" SUPERCONDUCTORS WE ARE PROPOSING TO MAKE MULTILAYER SAMPLES COMPOSED OF STRONG SUBSTRATES (EITHER HASTALLOY OR CARBON FIBER) ON WHICH A LARGE NUMBER OF LAYERS OF SUPERCONDUCTOR AND BUFFER LAYERS HAVE BEEN DEPOSI ...

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