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Military platforms expose personnel to extreme vertical vibrations. These vibrations can induce visual-vestibular disturbance or even permanent injury, resulting in spatial-disorientation-related mis ...

Measuring the inherent optical properties of the ocean has historically been a very difficult problem. The most widely used in-situ sensor has been the transmissometer, which measures the transmissio ...

Two very different approaches to the sealing reliability probelm of reciprocating machines are to be investigated and compared. In one approach, bellows design improvements are the result of combining ...

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CURRENTLY, PROSTHETIC FITTING IS VERY SUBJECTIVE. LITTLE EXISTS IN THE WAY OF TRANSDUCERS TO AID THE PROSTHETIST. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A TRANSDUCER, MADE OF A THIN PIEZOELECTRIC FILM, THAT COULD ...

IT IS WELL ESTABLISHED THAT THE SHARING OF SYRINGES BETWEEN INFECTED AND NONINFECTED I.V. DRUG USERS HAS BEEN A MAJOR CAUSE IN THE SPREAD OF AIDS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SINGLE-USE MECHANISM THAT COULD ...

QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) EFFORTS DURING LAUNCH SITE PROCESSINGINVOLVE INSPECTION, SURVEILLANCE, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARDS TO ASSURE CONSISTENTLY SAFE RESULTS. A NEED EXISTS FOR THE CREATION OF A S ...

CONSIDERABLE EFFORT HAS BEEN DEVOTED BY NASA AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO THE UTILIZATION OF TETHERS IN SPACE. HOWEVER, MOST TETHER DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS HAVE A COMMON DENOMINATOR--THEY ARE DEP ...

THE FEASIBILITY AND ECONOMICS OF USING TETHERS FOR STATION-KEEPING OR SLING LAUNCH OF PAYLOADS IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE RELIABLE CONTROL OF THE TETHER ITSELF IN ANENVIRONMENT. THE PROPOSED TETHER DE ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PHASE I PROGRAM IS TO ESTABLISH THE FEASIBILITY OF A LOW RESOLUTION X-RAY FLUORESCENCE INSTRUMENT FOR MEASUREMENT OF THE CONCENTRATION OF LEAD IN THE AIR. THE INSTRUMENT MUST BE S ...