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RESEARCH ON AN ALTERNATE MATERIAL, ANHYDRITE CALCIUM SULFATE, FOR USE AS CULTCH IN CONSTRUCTING SEED BEDS AND ARTIFICIAL OYSTER REEFS IS HEREIN PROPOSED. GIVEN THE FACTS THAT OYSTER PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES HAS DECLINED GREATLY SINCE 1908 AND THAT NATURAL OYSTERSHELL IS SCARCE AND EXPENSIVE, MOTIVATION FOR USE OF THIS ALTERNATE MATERIAL AS CULTCH INCLUDES ITS CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION, LOW COST ...

THIS EFFORT WILL DEVELOP A COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BOTH ON-BOARD AND OFF-BOARD AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT (ASE). THE MODEL FAMILY WILL INCLUDE GROUND BASED TARGET TRACKING RADAR AND AIRBORNE INTERCEPTOR RADAR MODELS, RF AND IR TARGET MODELS, RADAR AND IR SEEKER MODELS, FIVE DEGREE OF FREEDOM MISSILE MODEL WITH PROPORTIONAL NAVIGATION, CLUTTER AND NOISE ENVI ...

THIS EFFORT WILL INVESTIGATE A THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM WILL NOT REQUIRE VIEWING APPARATUS (SPECIAL GLASSES, ETC.) AND IS COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING TV SYSTEMS. IT WILL USE A BASIC STEREOSCOPIC 3D TECHNIQUE DEVELOPED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT THE NEW SYSTEM WILL INCORPORATE UNIQUE IMAGE PROCESSING THAT CORRECTS DEFECTS OTHERWISE INHERENT IN ALL SYSTEMS THAT DISPLAY STEREOSCOPI ...

THERE ARE MANY MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS WHERE VERY HIGH SPEED AND HIGH RESOLUTION SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTING, IMAGE PROCESSING AND VISION SYSTEMS ARE DESIRABLE. CURRENT SYSTEMS ARE SEVERELY LIMITED BY DEVICES THAT REQUIRE RELATIVELY LONG TIMES TO GET INFORMATION INTO AND OUT OF THE SYSTEM. APPLICATIONS SUCH AS SURVEILLANCE, TRACKING, PROCESS MONITORING, QUALITY CONTROL AND MANY OTHER ...

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UNDER THIS PROPOSED EFFORT, THE FEASIBILITY OF A MULTICHANNEL FM TELEMETRY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF TELEMETERING WIDE-BAND PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA WILL BE STUDIED AND ALTERNATE DESIGNS WILL BE EVALUATED VIA THE CONSTRUCTIUON OF PROTOTYPES. THE SYSTEM WILL INCLUDE A TRANSMITTER CAPABLE OF TELEMETERING SIGNALS FROM COMMONLY USED ELECTRODES AS THE MAJOR FOCUS ON THIS EFFORT, WHILE INTEGRATING COMMERCIALLY AVAILA ...

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OSTEOPOROSIS, DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE, AND PRIMARY MUSCLE ATROPHY ARE THREE AGE-RELATED DISORDERS OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM. OSTEOPOROSIS AFFECTS 90 PERCENT OF WOMEN OVER 75 YEARS, OSTEOARTHRITIS AFFLICTS 80 PERCENT, AND MUSCLE ATROPHY IS PROGRESSIVE WITH AGE. PHYSICAL CONDITIONING RETARDS BONE LOSS, STABILIZES DETERIORATED JOINTS, AND PREVENTS MUSCLE ATROPHY. THE MOST EFFICIENT STIMULUS TO ...

SYPHILIS, STILL A MAJOR SERIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE, CAN BE TREATED EFFECTIVELY IF DIAGNOSED EARLY. THE NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM SYPHILIS IN THE UNITED STATES HAS SHOWN A STEADY DECREASE, BUT THE NUMBER OF SYPHILIS CASES HAS NOT SHOWN A SIGNIFICANT DROP. SEROLOGICAL TESTS PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF SYPHILIS. THESE TESTS MUST BE PERFORMED BY QUALIFIED TECHNICIANS IN A LABORATORY. THE PROPOSE ...

THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEVELOP A FUZZY SET METHODOLOGY FOR UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. FUZZY SET LOGIC WILL BEUSED FOR COLLECTING, QUANTIFYING AND PROPAGATING SUBJECTIVE,ENGINEERING JUDGEMENT USED IN THE UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS. IN PHASE I, FEASIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED APPROACH WILL BE DEMONSTRATED BY APPLYING IT TO SELECTED PARTS OF A PROBABI ...