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We propose a plan sentinel prototype consisting of three components. The first component is the development of a plan mining tool which identifies and computes false or missing assumptions and deviations to plans and time phased tasks. The second component, the annotated database, computes plans which the plan mining tool access and parses into a logical annotated rule set. Finally, MAVIS, a to ...

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We propose to fabricate and characterize a new, freely-positionable voltage probe that has 2-ps temporal resolution and 200-nm spatial resolution. This probe will retrofit into a conventional scanning force microscope (SFM) environment. It will operate in imaging mode with the same functionality offered by other SFM probes. This same probe can be positioned with sub-micron accuracy and make ult ...

THIS PROPOSAL INVOLVES THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF SNYTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGERY. SPECIFICALLY, THIS TASK INVOLVES FINDING ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC) POWER LINES AND RELATED STRUCTURES FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION AIRBORNE SAR (ASAR) IMAGES. WE WILL IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOP NEW TECHNIQUES AS NECESSARY TO STRENGTHEN WEAK AREAS. WE WILL ESTABLISH A METH ...

RECENT TREATY NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE US AND THE USSR PLACE LIMITS ON THE SIZE AND LOCATIONS OF NUCLEAR TESTS. THESE LIMITS ARE PERCEIVED AS POTENTIAL INDUCEMENTS FOR THE USSR TO CONDUCT HIDDEN TESTS OUTSIDE THE TREATY REQUIREMENTS. ONE METHOD OF SECRETLY CONDUCTING TESTS WOULD BE TO PERFORM DECOUPLED TESTS IN LARGE HIDDEN UNDERGROUND CAVITIES. THE US MUST BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY I ...

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TWO APPROACHES WILL BE EXAMINED TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THESENSITIVITY OF LAUNDRY MONITORS TO DETECT AND SPECIFY LOCATION OF HOT PARTICLES ON LAUNDERED GARMENTS. THESE PROPOSED TECNIQUES HAVE HIGH POTENTIAL FOR DETECTING BOTH LOW ENERGY BETA AND ALPHA PARTICLE RADIATION AS WELL AS IMPROVING SENSITIVITY BY REDUCING BACKGROUND COUNT RATE.