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THE AMOUNT OF HUMAN EFFORT CURRENTLY REQUIRED TO ASSEMBLE DATBASES FOR SIMULATORS IS FORMIDABLE. ADVANCES IN AUTOMATIC SCENE ANALYSIS GIVE RISE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A SYSTEM THAT COULD AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE AN IMAGE DATABASE FROM HIGH ALTITUDE IMAGERY. IN PHASE I L.N.K. CORPORATION PLANS TO DESIGN A SYSTEM THAT WILL INCORPORATE ELEMENTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CARTOGRAPHY AND IMAG ...

THE PROCESS OF EXTRACTION OF INDUSTRIAL TERRAIN FEATURES FROM RADAR IMAGERY IS NOT AUTOMATED. CURRENTLY THIS FEATURE EXTRACTION IS DONE PRIMARILY BY HIGHLY TRAINED PHOTOINTERPRETERS. THIS IS EXPENSIVE AND WITH THE INCREASING AMOUNT OF RADAR IMAGERY, AUTOMATION IS BECOMING IMPORTANT. IN RECENT YEARS A WIDE RANGE OF TOOLS FROM IMAGE PROCESSING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAVE EMERGED WHICH CAN BE AP ...

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THE COMPANY IS CURRENTLY CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE A MICRO COMPUTER BASED MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM TO THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BE USED TO ANALYZE PECEPTOR AUTORADIOGRAMS. THE SYSTEM, CONSISTING OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, WILL BE DELIVERED IN FEBRUARY 1984. IT QUANTIFIES OPTICAL DENSITY OF PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM AND IS EMPLOYED TO MAP NEUROTPANSMITTER RECEPTORS IN A VARIETY OF REGIONS OF ...

MANY OF THE NATION'S DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED YOUTH FINISH THEIR SCHOOLING ONLY TO BE PLAGUED BY UNEMPLOYMENT, UNDEREMPLOYMENT, AND DIFFICULTIES IN INTEGRATING INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF AMERICAN LIFE. CONCERNED PARENTS MAY BE THE BEST RESOURCE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION IN A HOME ENVIRONMENT TO TEACH THESE DISABLED YOUTH LIFE SKILLS AND WORK-RELATED SKILLS. MACRO PROPOSES TO INVESTIGATE THE SPECIFIC CO ...

AN INNOVATIVE , COMBUSTION METHOD USING A COAL-MELT ATOMIZERIS PROPOSED. THIS COMBUSTION METHOD MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR COMPLETE CARBON UTILIZATION AND SIMULTANEOUS CONTROL OF NOX,SO2, AND PARTICULATE MATTER FOR NEW UNITS AND RETROFIT SIT UATIONS FOR REPLACING OIL AND GAS IN EXISTING UNITS. MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS INC. (MTCI) PROPOSES TO USE A PULSE BURNER TO WHICH MELTED COAL WILL BE F ...

AN IMPERFECT SPOT-WELDED JOINT WILL LOCALLY CHANGE THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND PRODUCE AN ANOMALOUS STRUCTURAL RESPONSE. THIS LOCAL CHANGE IN THE DISPLACEMENT FIELD WILL BE OBSERVED, RECORDED AND ANALYZED USING THE NEW APPROACH, PROPOSED HERE. A COMBINATION OF A SHADOW-MOIRE USED FOR FIELD ACQUISITION OF SURFACE DISPLACEMENTS TOPOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS. A SOPHISTICATED SOFTWRE WILL BE ...

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PERDEUTERATED SYNTHETIC OILS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN SHOWN TO EXHIBIT EXCEPTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS IN TERMS OF STABILITY TO HIGH TEMPERATURES AND OXIDIZING ENVIRONMENTS. IN SPITE OF THESE ADVANTAGES, THE HIGH COSTS OF CHEMICAL PERDEUTERATION HAVE RESTRICTED THE USE OF THESE COMPOUNDS TO CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH INSTRUMENT "DOWN-TIME" DUE TO LUBRICANT FAILURE IS VERY COSTLY OR A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY ...