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THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS DIRECTED TOWARDS GENERATING THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING NECESSARY FOR EVALUATING THE VIABILITY OF CA(2+) AND ZN(2+) CONDUCTING B"-ALUMINA SOLID ELECTROLYTES FOR A NEW TYPE OF ADVANCED BATTERY SYSTEM CONTAINING EITHER ZINC OR CALCIUM AS THE ANODE AND INTERCALATION CATHODES CONSISTING OF IMMOBILE TRANSITION METAL REDOX SPECIES INCORPORATED IN A B"-ALUMINA TYPE LATTICE. THE N ...

MILLIMETER-WAVE SYSTEMS ARE RAPIDLY EMERGING WITH NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING VARIOUS RADAR SYSTEMS AND GUIDANCE FOR SELF-CONTAINED MUNITIONS. VIABILITY OF MANY MILLIMETER-WAVE SYSTEMS RELIES HEAVILY UPON ACHIEVING THE LOWER COST AND SMALL SIZE AFFORDED BY CIRCUIT INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES. DIELECTRIC-BASED WAVEGUIDES, SUCH AS INSULAR LINE, ARE HIGHLY APPROPRIATE MEDIA FOR SYSTEM INTEGRATION BY ...

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NON-NUCLEAR MUNITIONS AND ARMAMENTS IS ENHANCED IF TERMINAL GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED. ILLUMINATION OF THE TARGET FROM A SELF-CONTAINED TRANSMITTER PROVIDES THE GREATEST MISSION FLEXIBILITY. THE USE OF MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH TERMINAL GUIDANCE TARGET SEEKERS IS NOW UNDER FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION BECAUSE OF SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE RELATIVE TO OPTICAL WAVELENGTH SYSTEMS IN ADVERSE BATTLEFI ...

THE GUIDANCE OF SMALL MUNITIONS AND MISSILES USING SEEKER FRONT ENDS AT MILLIMETER WAVE LENGTHS HAS GAINES INCREASING DEVELOPMENT ATTENTION. MILLIMETER SEEKERS HAVE ADVANTAGES IN TERMS OF GROUND CLUTTER REJECTION AND OTHER BATTLE FIELD CONDITIONS (SMOKE AND DUST). THE MAJOR PROBLEM PLAGUEING THESE SYSTEMS TO DATE HAS BEEN THE HIGH COST DRIVEN BY THE INABILITY TO INTEGRATE AND MASS PRODUCE. MICROST ...

COUNTS OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC TO JUSTIFY SIGNALS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER FACILITIES IN OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT ARE DONE MANUALLY. COST OF TAKING THIS DATA WOULD BE REDUCED IF A RELIABLE, AUTOMATIC PEDESTRIAN DETECTION DEVICE WERE AVAILA-BLE. THE DEVICE MUST BE RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE, DURABLE, PORTABLE AND ADAPTABLE TO OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENTS. A LINEAR PESTRAIN SENSOR ARRAY (LPSA) IS PROPOSED FOR PHASE I RESE ...

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THE SPECIFIC AIM OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO CREATE IMPROVED MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESES FROM CAST TITANIUM. CAST TITANIUM OFFERS A COMBINATION OF BIOCOMPATIBILITY AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES UNMATCHED BY ANY OTHER METAL IN THE IMPLANT ARMAMENTARIUM. THE PROPOSAL CALLS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTERIOR DISCONTINUITY DEFECT (ADD) PROSTHESEA AND MIDFACIALRESECTION SCAFFOLDING (MRS) BY THE APPLICATION OF SPECIAL D ...

THE FEASIBILITY OF PROPERTY ENHANCEMENT OF HEAVILY FILLED DENTAL COMPOSITE SYSTEMS THROUGH MODIFICATIONS OF BOTH THE FILLER SYSTEM AND THE RESIN MATRIX WILL BE EVALUATED. NOVELFILLERS, WITH A PRIOR HISTORY OF SUCCESSFUL REINFORCEMENT INNONDENTAL POLYMERS DUE TO AN ADVANTAGEOUS ASPECT RATIO, WILLBE EMPLOYED ALONE OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONVENTIONAL SILICAREINFORCEMENT FILLERS AT LEVELS OF UP TO 75 ...

THIS RESEARCH PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP A CLINICAL DEVICE TO MEASURE CORNEAL OXYGEN CONSUMPTION NONINVASIVELY. THE DEVICE WILL OPERATE BY MEASURING THE RATE OF DECREASE OF THEOXYGEN TENSION IN A MEMBRANE RESERVOIR APPLIED BRIEFLY TO THE CORNEA. MATHEMATICAL NALAYSIS OF THE RESULTING DATA WILL GIVE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN THE COMPONENT LAYERS OF THE CORNEA. THE AIMS OF THIS PHASE I RESEARCH ARE TO ESTA ...

THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP PERSONALCOMPUTER AND MINICOMPUTER INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS FOR CANCER INFORMATION. ONE UNIQUE FEATURE OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL BE THEIR USE OF CD/ROM STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, WHICH PROVIDES A STORAGE CAPACITY OF OVER 500 MEGABYTES; IT IS EXPENSIVE, AND CONNECTS EASILY TO BOTH PERSONAL COMPUTERS AND MINICOMPUTERS. THIS PHASE I STUDY WILL DEVELOP COMP ...