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DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC., WILL CONDUCT A R&D EFFORT TOWARD DEVELOPING, FIELD TESTING, AND DISSEMINATING CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE TRAINING PACKAGES DIRECTED AT BLACK, HISPANIC, AND/OR NATIVE AMERICAN PARENTS OF POTENTIAL ADOLESCENT ABUSERS. THE PACKAGE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AS A SINGLE 2-HOUR SESSION OR AS TWO 1-HOUR SESSIONS AND DISSEMINATED THROUGH SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, HEALTH CENTERS, ATHLETIC ORG ...

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This proposal describes the development of the Computer-based Instructional System for Computer and Information Literacy. Computer-based instructional technology has demonstrated its ability to carry out numerous education and training functions effectively. As networking and multimedia technologies converge, the use of interactive instructional technologies has experienced a corresponding, dram ...

Developing interactive and adaptive courses on the Internet can be very expensive. The Internet technology will be a viable solution to the education and training problem only if the cost of developing new instructional products can be made comparable to costs for traditional instruction. This focuses attention directly on the software tool that is used for the creation of interactive instruction ...

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THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO SUPPORT THE NAVY SYSTEM ENGINEERING AND LOGISTIC PLANNING COMMUNITY WITH A RESPONSIVE COMPUTER-AIDED R&M DESIGN TOOL THAT USES COMPUTER-AIDED ACQUISITION AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT (CALS) COMPATIBLE DATA AND OPERATES IN A WORK STATION ENVIRONMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ON-LINE R&M DESIGN CAPABILITY DEMANDS ADVANCED CONCEPTS OF PROGRAM EXECUTION SPEED, US ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO USE ADVANCED THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR STUDIES OF HYPERSONIC BOUNDARY LAYER STABILITY AND TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE. THESE STUDIES WILL ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRANSITION PHENOMENA AND THUS HELP PREDICT AND CONTROL TRANSITION WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE. TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL, WE USE LINEAR STABILITY THEORY, SECONDARY INSTABILI ...

American health care is in the midst of momentous change. Quality improvement principles are being used increasingly to enhance productivity and efficiency of health care delivery and to help contain costs. In producing patient outcomes and resource utilization measures, it is vital to control appropriately for case mix (i.e., differences in patients due, e.g., to illness severity) in the predicti ...

This project will support adult learners who have had difficulty learning from traditional means by providing curricular materials on-demand. It will demonstrate an instructionally sound, cost- effective, user-friendly technology for delivering instruction directly to learners' homes 24 hours a day. Virtually all previous adult education has compromised either convenience or completeness. Learne ...