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VARIOUS ACTIVITIES (EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT, RESEARCH) GENERATE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAW DATA. HOWEVER, DATA IS COLLECTED IN A DISJOINTED AND ISOLATED FASHION (I.E., ACTS, LITERATURE) CREATING BARRIERS IN DATA ACCESS AND DISSEMINATION. THERE IS A CONSENSUS AMONG FAMILIES AND PROFESSIONALS, THAT NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS COULD BE GREATLY IMPROVED IF ...

REMOVAL OF TOXIC METALS FROM WASTEWATER STREAMS HAS BECOME A PROBLEM OF INCREASING NATIONAL IMPORTANCE, AS A RESULT OF INCREASING CONCERN FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND INCREASINGLY STRINGENT WASTE DISPOSAL REGULATIONS. CHROMATOCHEM, INC., HAS DEVELOPED AN ECONOMICAL AND EFFECTIVE NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR THE REMOVAL OF LOW LEVELS OF TOXIC METAL IONS FROM WASTEWATER STREAMS, USING SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION (SPE) ...

Residual stress in thin-film materials resulting from thermal and chemical strains is a continuing problem in the synthesis of superconducting thin films. The probelm exists not only in the superconducting layers, but also in the dielectric layer used as a buffer. Models that can analyze and predict the film stresses and accompanying mechanical failure are extremely useful as a starting point in t ...

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IN A WIDE VARIETY OF MILITARY MISSIONS, THE DETECTION AND IMAGING OF EXTREMELY LOW LEVELS OF LIGHT IS NECESSARY. PRESENT DAY SYSTEMS INCORPORATE HIGH DENSITY CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES (CCD) WITH PIXEL SIZES AS SMALL AS 9 X 9 MICRONS. FOR EXAMPLE, THESE DETECTORS FORM THE HEART OF SOME LASER RANGING/TRACKING SYSTEMS AND ARE INVALUABLE BECAUSE OF THEIR SHORT RISE TIMES AND HIGH SENSITIVITY. HOWEVER, TH ...

NUMEROUS PROBLEMS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING REQUIRE POWERFUL COMPUTERS WITH TERA-FLOP SPEEDS WHICH WILL DEMAND THE CONCURRENT AVAILABILITY OF MASS STORAGE MEDIA WITH T-BYTE CAPACITIES AND DATA RATES EXCEEDING 1 GIGA-BIT/SEC. THIS PROPOSAL INTRODUCES A NEW READ-WRITE OPTICAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGY THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS TO ENABLE MANY PROCESSORS TO WORK IN PARALLEL WHERE DATA CAN BE STORED IN THR ...

THESE IS A GREAT NEED FOR A SAFE, ENERGY-EFFICIENT, ON-SITE METHOD FOR DECONTAMINATING VARIOUS CHEMICAL TOXINS. NEARLY ALL (I.E., 99.8%) OF THE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) FOUND IN CURRENT APPLICATIONS ARE USED AS DIELECTIC FLUID. THIS AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 30,000,000 GALLONS OF PCB-CONTAMINATED FLUID. TO REDUCE THIS EXPOSURE RISK THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IS REQUIRING THE ACCELERATED PH ...

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