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The traceability of on-wafer calibration standards has long been an issue among the microwave measurement community, and the proliferation of new calibration methods, elements, and applications only exacerbates the problem. This diversity in calibration needs has made traceability of a physical reference impractical. As a result, the NIST developed a procedure which can compare on-wafer calibrat ...

IN THE PAST DECADE MAJOR ADVANCES HAVE BEEN MADE TO MEET THE COMPLICATED FLOOD DETECTION AND WARNING REQUIREMENTS OF DEVELOPED COMMUNITIES. COMPUTERIZED TELEMETRY SYSTEMS HAVE MET THE NEED WITH SOPHISTICATED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO MONITOR, PREDICT, AND OFFER STRATEGIES. OVERLOOKED ARE SMALL COMMUNITIES AND PROPERTY OWNERS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES WHO MUST RELY ON OUTDATED TECHNOLOGY FOR PROTECTION ...

COMBINING NON-PARAMETRIC IMAGE CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES WITH PATTERN AND EDGE DEFINITION ALGORITHMS CAN PRODUCE VECTORIZED (LINE) EXTRACTIONS OF LAND/WATER BOUNDARIES FROM MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE DATA SOURCES. A RESEARCH EFFORT IS PROPOSED WHICH EXAMINES DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE ENABLING AN AUTOMATED VECTORIZATION OF MAPPABLE SHORELINE FEATURES FROM A GEOCODED RASTER IMAGE DATA ...

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INADEQUATE STARTER FEEDS SEVERELY HOLD BACK NEW AQUACULTURE ENTERPRISES SUCH AS PRESENT ATTEMPTS TO RAISE FISHES WHOSE LARVAE DEVELOP FROM SMALL EGGS AND HAVE VERY "DIFFICULT" FOOD REQUIREMENTS. INERT LARVAL FEEDS HAVE NOT SUCCESSFULLYELIMINATED THE STRICT DEPENDENCY ON NATURAL FORAGE DURING THE CRITICAL POST-LARVAL STAGE AFTER YOLK ABSORPTION AND BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WITH ...

EYE LENS PROTEINS FROM CERTAIN FISH HAVE PROPERTIES WHICH ALLOW THEM TO BE CHEMICALLY MODIFIED TO HAVE SPECIFIC BINDING PROPERTIES FOR SELECTED MOLECULES. EYE LENSES FROM AT LEAST FOUR SPECIES OF FISH, INCLUDING THREE NOT PRE VIOUSLY USED FOR SUCH STUDIES, WILL BE MODIFIED FOR BIND ING ACTIVITY TO A WIDE VARIETY OF SUBSTANCES, INCLUDING SUBSTANCES WITH POOR OR NO IMMUNOGENICITY, AND AGAINST WHICHI ...