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THE ISOCON IS A UNIQUE CAMERA TUBE AND PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR X-RAY APPLICATIONS. THE PROBLEM WITH THE HERTR CAMERA SYSTEM IS NOT WITH THE TUBE BUT RATHER WITH THE CAMERA DESIGN. THE PROPOSAL SUGGESTS THAT THE CAUSE OF THEEARLY TUBE FAILURE BE ISOLATED, AND WITH THIS INFORMATION, A NEW CAMERA BE DESIGNED WHICH REMOVES THIS WEAKNESS AND INCORPORATES INTO THE DESIGN THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS IN SOME ...

A NEW DEVICE FOR MEASURING EXTREMELY RAPID TEMPERATURE CHANGES IN HIGH TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION AND OTHER PROCESSES IS PROPOSED. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A THERMOMETER BASED ON THE WELL KNOWN PHENOMENA OF THERMIONIC EMISSION OF ELECTRONS FROM METALLIC SURFACES AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES.TWO DIFFERENT DESIGNS FOR THERMIONIC THERMOMETERS WILL BE FABRICAT ...

RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO DEVELOP ALGORITHMS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF TARGET RECOGNITION IN REAL BATTLEFIELD ENVIRONMENTS. L.N.K. CORPORATION PROPOSES TO INVESTIGATE AN ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUE WHOSE INFERENCE MECHANISM IS NON-DIRECTIONAL (BOTH GOAL-DIRECTED AND DATA-CONFIRMED) FOR RECOGNITION OF TARGETS IN IMAGES. THE ALGORITHM MEETS FOUR CRITERIA: 1) AMBIGUOUS INTERPRETATIONS ARE ALLOWED AND ARE ...

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A SAFE, AESTHETICALLY ACCEPTABLE POTABLE WATER SUPPLY CAN BE PRODUCED ON SHIPBOARD BY ELECTROLYTICALLY GENERATING OZONE AND CHLORINE DIRECTLY IN THE WATER SUPPLY. THIS METHOD DOES NOT REQUIRE A SUPPLY OF HEAVY, HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS BUT GENERATES OZONE AND CHLORINE ELECTROLYTICALLY FROM SEA WATER AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURES, REQUIRING LITTLE POWER. OZONE AND CHLORINE IN COMBINATION ARE EXTREMELY EFFECTI ...

NEW GEVEV DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES CAN PROVIDE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED PERFORMANCE WITH HIGH RESOLUTIION EVEN FOR SMALL ARRAYS. THE SIGNAL PROCESSORS USE GENERALIZED EIGENVECTOR/ EIGENVALUE (GEVEV) SOLUTIONS FOR THE ESTIMATED SIGNAL-PLUS-NOISE MATRIX IN THE METRIC OF THE ESTIMATED NOISE-ONLY MATRIX. ALMOST ALL SIMILAR INVESTIGATIONS HAVE RELATED TO INCOHERENT NOISE (THAT WE CALL THE EVE ...

THE LONG TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS LINE OF INVESTIGATION IS TO DEVELOP A NEW CLASS OF ANTIVIRALS WHICH ARE EFFECTIVE AGAINST A WIDE VARIETY OF INFECTIONS, ARE SAFE FOR HUMAN USE, ECONOMICAL TO PRODUCE AND ENHANCE RESISTANCE TO OR RECOVERY FROM VIRAL INFECTIOUS AGENTS. THE AGENTS MAY HAVE APPLICATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH KNOWN IMMUNOPOTENTIATORS RECENT EXPERIMENTAL DATA INDICATE THAT A VARIETY OF COMMO ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP AND TEST THE PROCEDURES REQUIRED TO UTILIZE "EXPERT SYSTEMS" THEORY IN INVENTORY CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE REPAIR DECISION MAKING. THE INVENTORY MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO UTILIZE THEIR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE IN EVALUATING THE MACHINE GENERATED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROCUREMENT AND/OR REPAIR ACTIONS. THE EFFORT WILL BE TO REVIEW AND ANALYZE THE EXISTING PROCE ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP A LANGUAGE ORIENTED EDITOR FOR THE THLL LANGUAGE, THAT IS, AN EDITOR WHICH HAS "KNOWLEDGE" OF THE LANGUAGE AND WHICH USES THIS KNOWLEDGE TO HELP THE USER TO ENTER SYNTACTICALLY CORRECT PROGRAMS. PHASE I OF THIS EFFORT WILL DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE LANGUAGE ORIENTED EDITOR FOR THLL TO DEMONSTRATE ITS FEASIBILITY.

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