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THERMAL DESTRUCTION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE IN CONTAMINATED SOIL IS THE ONLY KNOWN METHOD OF PERMANENTLY MANAGING THIS THREAT TO GROUNDWATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER, THE COST ARE SO HIGH THAT TEMPORARY STORAGE HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THOSE SITES WHERE CLEAN-UP HAS BEEN PERFORMED. THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRETREATMENT TECHNIQUES TO MARKEDLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CONTAMINATED SOIL WHICH ...

The goal is to publish an assessment battery for normal and disabled children from 2 1/2 to 7 years of age and to make it available to clinicians, educators, and researchers. The battery will incorporate three innovative features that are important for effective assessment of children's cognitive functioning and are not included on any other early childhood assessment battery. These features are 1 ...

CURRENT HYDROGEN GAS DETECTION SYSTEMS DO NOT RESPOND QUICKLY ENOUGH TO SAFELY MONITOR THE HYDROGEN LEVEL IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS SYSTEMS. SFA PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NEW DETECTOR BASED ON MAGNETIC EFFECTS THAT WILL MEET THE 0.25-SECOND RESPONSE TIME REQUIREMENT AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF OPERATING WITHIN A TEMPERATURE RANGE OF 500 TO 3000 DEGREES R. THE RESULT OF THE PROJECT WILL BE TO DETERMINE IF TH ...

A SIGNIFICANT COST COMPONENT IN MANY CIVIL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS GEOTECHNICAL EXPLORATION. THE RESEARCH PROPOSEDFOCUSES ON DEVELOPMENT OF A GEOTECHNICAL EXPLORATION SYSTEM THAT WOULD HAVE CAPABILITIES NOT FOUND IN ANY CURRENTLY AVAILABLE SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM UNDER CONSIDERATION IS A COMBINATION OF TWO KNOWN TECHNOLOGIES, ELECTRIC CONE PENETRATION TESTING (ECPT), AND GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR) ...

THIS PROJECT IS INVOLVED WITH THE DESIGN AND VALIDATION OF DECISION-SUPPORT SOFTWARE WHICH CAN BE USED FOR BOTH SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM RESOURCE ALLOCATION DECISIONS IN THE CRITICAL CARE AREA. THE DECISIONS WHICH CAN BE ADDRESSED BY THE SOFTWARE INCLUDE THE DETERMINATION OF BED REQUIREMENTS, STAFFING REQUIREMENTS, AND OPERATING ROOM SCHEDULING POLICIES. THE SOFTWARE ALLOWS A HOSPITAL TO "MODEL" I ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AN ANEMOMETER TO MEASURE THE MEAN WIND SPEED BETWEEN TWO POINTS ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH SEPARATED BY TENS OF METERS TO TENS OF KILOMETERS. THE TERRAIN BETWEEN THE POINTS NEED NOT BE ACCESSIBLE AND MAY BE WATER, LAND, OR BOTH. THE SYSTEM USESTHE MICROWAVE SCINTILLATION TECHNIQUE, WHICH MAY ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MEASURE THE CONCENTRATION OF SOME ATM ...

The U.S. and many other countries have regulations preventing importation of horticultural commodities that have not been treated by an approved quarantine method insuring 100% mortality of specified insect pests. Intermodal hypobaric (LP= low pressure) containers may be able to provide this benefit directly and residue-free, replacing the prevailing methods of chemical fumigation and hot water tr ...

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