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THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IN COASTAL REGIONS AND THE DEGRADATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE VICINITY OF SEAFOOD PRODUCING REGIONS HAS BECOME EVIDENT FROM THE QUALITY OF FOODS PRODUCED IN THESE REGIONS. AFFINITY PURIFIED POLYCLONAL ANTIBODIES ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE A RAPID METHOD FOR THE EVALUATION OF LISTERIA MONO- CYTOGENES AND TOXINS FROM VIBRIO CHOLERAE IMPLICATED IN FOODP ...

THE MONITORING OF DIVER PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLE, SUCH AS HEART AND RESPIRATORY RATES, MUSCLE FATIGUE AND BODY CORE TEMPERATURE, IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE BECAUSE DIVERS OCCASIONALLY EXCEED SAFE PHYSIOLOGICAL LIMITS. DIVERS ARE CALLED ONTO PERFORM TASKS WHICH REQUIRE A HIGH LEVEL OF EXERTION, OFTEN UNDER UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, AN INDIVIDUAL CAN EXPERIENCE FATIG ...

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THIS PROGRAM IS ORGANIZED TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF AN ACOUSTIC APPROACH TO AUTONOMOUS DETECTION, IDENTIFICATIONAND MEASUREMENT OF HAIL. THE SENSOR, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO DISCRIMINATE HAIL FROM RAIN AND OTHER FORMS OF PRECIPITATIONIS CONFIGURED IN A SMALL, ALL SOLID STATE UNIT WITH NO MOVING PARTS. LOW COST, LOW POWER CONSUMPTION AND HIGH RELIABILITY ARE ALL IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ...

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INTACT (INTERNATIONAL ACTION, INC.), SUBMITS THIS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE SATELLITE DELIVERED WEATHER DATA SYSTEM OFFERING: SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF THE COMMUNICATION COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ATMU (E.G., 22 ATMUS TIMES $1200/MONTH TIMES NUMBER OF MONTHS USED PLUS 22 TIMES COST OF ATMU), COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING OPERATIONAL USAGE, INTERACTIVE RETRIEVAL OF FOS DATA PRODUCTS USING A QUERY AND R ...

GIVEN A SET OF IMAGES OF SEA SURFACE PARAMETERS, IT IS POSSIBLE TO CLASSIFY LAND AND OCEAN AREAS. HIGH CHLOROPHYLLCONCENTRATIONS IN ESTUARIES CAN INDICATE PLANKTON BLOOM CONDITIONS. BY EXAMINING SUCH IMAGES, WETLAND, ESTUARY, AND COASTAL RESOURCES CAN BE MONITORED. HOWEVER, THE OPERATIONAL USE OF THIS INFORMATION IS HINDERED BY THE OBSCURING EFFECTS OF CLOUDS AND BY THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DATA TO B ...

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A 3-DIMENSIONAL ATTITUDE SENSOR WHICH USES GPS CARRIER PHASEINTERFEROMETRY IS PROPOSED FOR ANALYSIS AND CONCEPT TESTING IN PHASE I, AND PROTOTYPING IN PHASE II. THE RESULTING SENSOR WILL BE ACCURATE AT ANY LATITUDE. ADROIT SYSTEMS PROPOSES TO ENHANCE ITS SUCCESSFUL 2-DIMENSIONAL, STATIC GPSATTITUDE DETERMINING SYSTEM (ADS) SO THAT IT WILL OPERATE UNDER DYNAMIC CONDITIONS WHILE MEASURING 3-DIMENSIO ...

AN INNOVATIVE OBSTACLE DETECTION SYSTEM BASED ON A RAIL-GUIDED PROPELLER-DRIVEN POD CONTAINING A MICROWAVE RADAR SENSOR IS PROPOSED. THE SENSOR POD WILL TRAVEL A FEW MILES AHEAD OF THE HIGH SPEED TRAIN OR MAGLEV VEHICLE, DETECT POTENTIAL OBSTACLES, AND ENACT AN APPROPRIATE WARNING OR AVOIDANCE PROCEDURE. THE PROPOSED OBSTACLE DETECTION SYSTEM HAS MANY HIGHLY DESIRABLE FEATURES INCLUDING: A VERY LO ...