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This proposal presents the phased development of a Decision Support System for Aircraft Environmental Noise Impact Prediction. The Decision System has several components including an acoustic source modeling component, an acoustic propagation component, a visualization/audio component, and an applications module. The technical basis for the system is the adaption and refinement of source and pro ...

The problem adressed is the design and development of a database of historical aircraft maintenance repair and modification data. The database is to contain significant cost estimating criteria and applicable values form previous actual modification and repair program. Cost estimateing realtionships (CERs) would then be developed wich would allow planners and cost estimators to produce accurate an ...

An air pressure relief valve for airbags is described that has high frequency response owing to its low inertial mass. It is able to open to expose up to 2 square feet of exhaust area within .010 second, thus achieving optimum energy management. The relief valve operation is passive; it is opened and closed by variation of air pressure within the airbag, rather than any external power source. T ...

As organizations move toward increased performance measurement and accountability, there is an increasing need to measure job performance at the individual worker level. Traditional assessment tools have been criticized as measuring test taking skills more than job performance skills. A number of approaches have been developed to address this weakness by measuring performance in practical proble ...

Today's workforce requires higher skill levels than ever before. This necessitates effective training technologies. A key component of the training process is assessing trainee performance and critical learning needs. Traditional assessment tools have been criticized as measuring test taking skills more than problem solving skills. A number of approaches have been developed to address this wea ...

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American health care is in the midst of momentous change. Quality improvement principles are being used increasingly to enhance productivity and efficiency of health care delivery and to help contain costs. In producing patient outcomes and resource utilization measures, it is vital to control appropriately for case mix (i.e., differences in patients due, e.g., to illness severity) in the predicti ...

The proposed SBIR program will accelerate the commercialization of multiplexed optical fiber networks and their use in both DoD and commercial systems. F&S (Fiber & Sensor Technologies, Inc.) proposes to implement all-optical low-loss switches for signal multiplexing in large networks. This new approach to multiplexing is based on the development of optically-activated in-line switches to automa ...