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THE PURPOSE OF THIS PHASE I INVESTIGATION IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF MULITIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS (MSP) TO PERFORM EXERCISE ON SPECIALLY MODIFIED TREADMILL IMMERSED IN COOL WATER (AQUACISER SYSTEM). THE AQUACISER SYSTEM WILL BEMODIFIED TO PROVIDE 48" (VS 40") OF WATER DEPTH, COOL (VS HOT) WATER FOR HEAT DISSIPATION AND PHYSICAL SUPPORT AP-PARATUS FOR MSP DURING VARIOUS EXERCISE INTENSITIES ...

THE SPECIFIC AIM OF THIS PHASE 1 SBIR PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOPA CORE LIBRARY OF VIDEODISCS WHICH CAN BE USED TO TRAIN ADULT SCHIZOPHRENICS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN COMMUNICATION SKILLS. DURING PHASE 1, THE LIBRARY WILL BE CONSTRUCTED, SOFTWARE WILL BE WRITTEN, AND A SINGLE-CASE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY WITH 3 ADULT SCHIZOPHRENICS. THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL, ...

THE MAJOR LIMITING RELIABILITY COMPONENT OF CRYOGENIC SYSTEMS HAS ALWAYS BEEN SEALS. BESIDES CONTRIBUTING TO GAS CONTAMINATION AND DEBRIS PARTICLE ACCUMULATION, SEALS HAVE FAILED PHYSICALLY. AS A RESULT, SEALS HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF CRYOGENIC LIQUEFACTION AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEM FAILURES. A POTENTIALLY VIABLE SOLUTION IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTISEGMENT CERAMIC RING CRYOGENIC ...

THE OBJECT OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP PERMANENT MAGNETS MOTORS HAVING SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER TORQUE CAPABILITY THAN THE STATE-OF-THE-ART THROUGH THE USE OF AIR-GAP WINDING ARMATURES AND ADVANCED COOLING TECHNIQUES. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY STUDIES, THE AIR-GAP WINDING MOTOR HAS A PERFORMANCE FACTOR MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS CONVENTIONAL PERMANENT MAGNET MOTORS, TWO TO THREE TIMES AS MUCH TORQUE ...

THE ACTIVE SONARS TYPICALLY USED ON SUBMARINES OPERATE AT FREQUENCIES HIGH ENOUGH TO BE DIFFICULT IF NOT PRESENTLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MODEL ACCURATELY WITH FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS. LIKEWISE BEAM AND CYLINDER MODELS PROVIDE INADEQUATE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE HIGH FREQUENCY BEHAVIOR OF PLATE AND FRAME VIBRATIONS. THE APPLICATION OF THE AARC STATISTICAL ENERGY ANALYSIS PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDES BENDING, LONGI ...

A SUBMARINE MAST OR PERISCOPE WHICH PIERCES THE FREE SURFACE GENERATES A VISUALLY OBSERVABLE WAKE ON THE FREE SURFACE WHICH RENDERS THE SUBMARINE VULNERABLE TO DETECTION. IT IS PROPOSED TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF REDUCING THIS WAKE BY A COMBINATION OF ACTIVE AND PASSIVE FLOW CONTROL DEVICES ATTACHED TO THE MAST OR PERISCOPE. A DEVICE SIMILAR TO A BULBOUS BOW ON SHIPS WILL BE USED TO REDUCE ...

IT IS PROPOSED THAT A COMPUTER CODE BE DEVELOPED WHICH WILL LOCATE AND DEDUCE THE SIGNATURE OF LOW FREQUENCY TRANSIENTS BY SPARCE SONOBUOY ARRAYS. IT WILL BE ASSUMED THAT WE KNOW THE PROPERTIES OF THE PROPAGATING MEDIUM AND THAT IT IS HORIZONTALLY STRATIFIED. THE ALGORITHM WILL HAVE FOUR PARTS: 1) A DETECTION SCHEME, 2) A CORRELATION ROUTINE TO DETERMINE TIME DELAYS, 3) A ROUTINE TO DETERMINE LOCA ...

THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO MAKE AVAILABLE WEARABLE TACTILE AIDS WITH EIGHT OR MORE CHANNELS AND WITH SUITABLE PERFORMANCE, SIZE, AND CONVENIENCE CHARACTERISTICS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MARKET. THE IMMEDIATE TASK IS TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL OF A SPECIFIC TYPE OF VIBRATOR ELEMENT FOR USE IN AN INTEGRATED STIMULATOR ARRAY CONSISTINGOF EIGHT OR MORE VIBRATORS. ADDITIONALLY, A Z ...

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THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO LIMIT VOLTAGE DELAY, ANODE CORROSION DURING INTERMITTENT USAGE AND TO INCREASE THE CURRENT CAPABILITY AND CAPACITY OF LI/SOCL(2) CELLS THROUGH THE USE OF NEW ELECTROLYTE SALTS. THE PRINCIPLES USED WILL BE THOSE WHICH HAVE SUCCEEDED IN THE PAST, NAMELY, BY LIMITING THE CONCENTRATION OF THE ELECTROLYTE SALT AND BY USING THE LITHIUM SALTS OF LARGE ANIONS W ...