Pollution of the seas by oily ballast from routine tanker operations can be a serious problem if 'load-on-top' is not efficiently executed. Pollution control equipment or safeguards require an accurate knowledge of oil contents which may be encountered in...

The discharge of radium-226 into the environment by uranium mining and milling operations is coming under more stringent governmental controls. An accurate method is needed for analyzing samples for Ra-226 on a routine basis. The method now being used by ...

... to those presented are invaluable for the routine analysis of conversion spectra, for the accurate determination of multipolarity mixing ratios and for ...

We report a method for accurate growth of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). The method uses a single reflectivity spectrum measurement to determine the structure of the partially completed VCSEL at a critical point of growth. This information, along with the extracted growth rates, allows imprecisions in growth parameters to be compensated for during growth of ...

We report a method for accurate growth of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). The method uses a single reflectivity spectrum measurement to determine the structure of the partially completed VCSEL at a critical point of growth. This information, along with the extracted growth rates, allows imprecisions in growth parameters to be compensated for during growth of ...

The authors report a method for accurate growth of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). The method uses a single reflectivity spectrum measurement to determine the structure of the partially completed VCSEL at a critical point of growth. This information, along with the extracted growth rates, allows imprecisions in growth parameters to be compensated for during ...

The computer-based equipment has provided continuous monitoring and control of the gas system. Accurate flash flow data allows close operation within gas purchase contract limits. System-wide pressure information assists in maintaining pressures at an optimum level. Automatic logging relieves the dispatcher of this routine function ...

We discuss a simple method for milling accurate off-axis parabolic mirrors with a computer-controlled milling machine. For machines with a built-in circle-cutting routine, an exact paraboloid can be milled with few computer commands and without the use of the spherical or linear approximations that have been discussed in other ...

... Accession Number : AD0428679. Title : A DESCRIPTION OF PAPER TAPE CONTROL ROUTINES FOR THE CDC COMPUTER,. ...

... of RT routines that includes all significant radiance components; and the individual routines of the library can be called on an a-la-carte basis for a ...

This documents describes the VME/FASTBUS Interface routines (VFI). These routines where designed to enable programs written in PILS running on a MVME 101 under Valet-plus to control a VME/FASTBUS Interface. The routines fall into two general types, control and transaction. The ...

Clearly, there are some problems in accurately analyzing the inner-core structure of developing waves from routinely available observations. ...

... of accurate radioactive material accountability records is ... section of the accountability requirement is ... of all sealed quantities of radioactive materials. ...

... The designer's goal of routinely achieving accurate automatic land- ings was still hampered by an acute problem, that of znomalous behavior of the ...

require the installation of high stability accurate barometers. ... to install high stability/accuracy barometers (the alternative of using routinely ...

Although the leader in cost effective EOR, thermal methods are still in an adolescent development stage. To satisfy global hydrocarbon demands, significant technical and economic improvements must be made during the next decade as the recoverable resource base shifts to heavier oils and bitumen. Several areas can be identified where new, user-friendly engineering concepts are needed. Low cost ...

Emergency esophagogastroduodenoscopy has been performed in 192 consecutive patients admitted with massive gastrointestinal bleeding. Accurate endoscopic diagnosis was made in 184 or 96%; 58 patients underwent emergency operations to control bleeding with an overall operative mortality of 26%. Excluding 16 patients who underwent emergency portacaval ...

... Accession Number : AD0783945. Title : Partitioned-Data-Set Utility Routines for the Control Data CDC-6700 Computer. ...

Electronic oral thermometry is performed routinely in most medical centres. From the studies available on this subject it seems difficult to find any documentation for this practice. We have conducted clinically controlled studies in which the accuracy of electronic oral thermometry (CRAFTEMP and TERUMO WCT) and that of electronic rectal thermometry ...

This document details the VME/CIPRICO Interface routines (VII). These routines where designed to allow programs written in PILS running on a MVME 101 under Valet-plus to control a CIPRICO tape controller. The routines fall into two general types. The low level routines, ...

The Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant maintains a nuclear materials control and accountability system on a computerized network identified as DYMCAS (Dynamic Special Nuclear Materials Control and Accountability System). This near real-time system was initiated in 1976 and brought on line as the offical accountability system at Y-12 in April 1982. The system was ...

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used for the simultaneous quantification of the H(1)-antihistamine acrivastine and the decongestant pseudoephedrine hydrochloride. Both compounds were detected at the wavelength of 214 nm. The influence of the mobile phase and the detection wavelength was evaluated and optimized. This method was used to assay various samples from studies of the ...

In 271 Enterobacter blood culture isolates from 12 hospitals, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) prevalence varied between 0% and 30% per hospital. High prevalence was associated with dissemination, indicating the potential relevance of infection control measures. Screening with cefepime or Vitek 2, followed by a cefepime/cefepime-clavulanate Etest, was an ...

This paper describes in detail the geomechanical instrumentation system and the data base that has been established from the geomechanical monitoring program. In addition, it describes the quality assurance and control measures that are in place to ensure that the data from the underground is accurate, traceable, and defensible. The system is installed at ...

In this paper, we propose new network intrusion detection techniques which promptly detect malicious attacks and thus lower the resulting damage. Moreover, our approach rigorously control the probability of falsely implicating benign remote hosts as malicious. Such technique is especially suitable for detecting DoS attackers and port-scan attackers ...

... Accession Number : ADD100018. Title : EFFECT OF ACCURATE VOLTAGE CONTROL ON PARTIAL PENETRATION EB WELDS,. ...

This project was conducted to determine whether the infrared emission from natural gas flames can be used to control fuel/air ratio on industrial burners. The results from the laboratory phase of the study demonstrate that a 'hill-climbing' control based on modulated infrared emission from a fully premixed burner and employing a ...

... Surveillance Real-time, real-world feedback Radar Accurate and precise No identification Broad area of coverage information Independant of time ...

create similar difficulties in evaluating the breadth and retreat of snowfall and river ice. Remote sensing provides the best opportunity to accurately and routinely ...

... extended algebras under consideration include those found in (7 ... with respect to the current query ... algebra, routines must be developed to accurately ...

... calculate the time-accurate solution. ... with no viscous contributions, and c is airfoil chord ... routines provided by Intel effectively perform mathematical ...

Norovirus is associated commonly with human sewage and is responsible for numerous cases of waterborne and foodborne gastroenteritis every year. Assays using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) have been developed for norovirus, however, accurate detection and quantitation remain problematic owing to a lack of suitable positive ...

Techniques for the accurate casting of base-metal alloys have been assessed. Employment of these techniques may enhance the potential of the test alloys for routine use in military dental practice. The long term biological effects of the use of these allo...

Accurate temporal and spatial estimation of land surface temperatures (LST) is important for modeling the hydrological cycle at field to global scales because LSTs can improve estimates of soil moisture and evapotranspiration. Using remote sensing satellites, accurate LSTs could be routine, but unfo...

The need for efficient and accurate methods for the solution of boundary value problems such as Poisson-type equations is well established. In numerical weather prediction where solutions to such equations are required in daily routine operations, it is p...

... Title : RELTIM: A Library of Routines Used in Real Time Machine Control Applications. Descriptive Note : Technical rept. ...

In order to prevent this an optimisation process for the future routine orbit has taken place. ... Another aspect of the optimisation process is the control ...

... Abstract : Control rods of the AFRRI-TRIGA reactor are routinely ... Descriptors : *RESEARCH REACTORS, CONTROL RODS, CALIBRATION, DATA ...

... control fins or by controlling the location of the center of gravity. ... Imparted with the freedom and independence from a normal classroom routine, this ...

Turboexpanders are proven, reliable and used widely in such natural gas applications as: ethane and propane extraction; natural gas (NG) dewpoint control; production of liquefied natural gas (LNG); flashing hydrocarbon liquids; NG pressure letdown energy recovery; and oilfield cogeneration. These applications are each discussed in this article as well as the design of a ...

Terrestrial isopods are suitable invertebrates for testing the relative toxicities of chemicals present in the terrestrial environment. Terrestrial isopods respond in numerous ways to elevated concentrations of chemicals in their food, but only a few of these responses can be used as toxicological endpoints. The most suitable are changes in reproduction, food consumption, moult cycle duration, and ...

Custom blocks are the most commonly used field shaping device in radiotherapy. They offer many advantages in daily clinical use. However, as with all accessories used for patient treatments, care must be taken with their use. As such, a quality control program to check block cutting accuracy is recommended as a routine part of their clinical use. We have ...

Benzene is a toxic substance commonly found in ambient air, especially in the urban environment. Benzene is an industrial solvent and is also a component of gasoline, typically present in concentrations of 1-2 percent. Evaporative emissions account for some of the benzene in ambient air. However, benzene can also be produced in combustion processes including those in automobiles and can be emitted ...

The principal objective of ORNL-ESP is to demonstrate process monitoring as it might be accomplished by inspectors of any nuclear fuel recycle facility. Improved instrumentation and computer interfacing, currently being installed, provide the ORNL /sup 233/U Pilot Plant with the capability of a dynamic volume balance in the solvent extraction system. Later, an accurate, ...

This paper describes in detail the geomechanical instrumentation system and the database that has been established from the geomechanical monitoring program. In addition, it describes the quality assurance and control measures that are in place to ensure that the data from the underground is accurate, traceable, and defensible. The system is installed at ...

Accurate measurement of antigen-positive cells by flow cytometry can be hampered by background fluorescence of antigen-negative cells and other particles (e.g., debris). This article focuses on three major causes of background (autofluorescence, spectral overlap, and undesirable antibody binding) by reviewing individual aspects of flow cytometric measurements that contribute ...

Estimation of the static state of an electric power network has become a standard function in real-time monitoring and control. Its purpose is to use the network model and process the metering data in order to determine an accurate and reliable estimate of the system state in the real-time environment. In the models usually used it is assumed that the ...

Estimation of the static state of an electric power network has become a standard function in real-time monitoring and control. Its purpose is to use the network model and process the metering data in order to determine an accurate and reliable estimate of the system state in the real-time environment. In the models usually used it is assumed that the ...

Estimation of the static state of an electric power network has become a standard function in real-time monitoring and control. Its purpose is to use the network model and process the metering data in order to determine an accurate and reliable estimate of the system state in the real-time environment. In the models usually used it is assumed that the ...

Modern security control and display systems for protected facilities have improved the effectiveness of Security Operations Center (SOC) personnel. The most effective of these utilize sophisticated computerized systems to primarily provide quick and accurate control and display of alarm associated and routine ...

An accurate method for routine determination of silica in silicate materials is proposed. It is based on the decomposition of the silicate materials with LiCO(3)/H(3)BO(3) flux, stabilization of the silica with fluoride, and the use of a suitable calibration, measurement and computation pattern. PMID:18962618

A simple and accurate liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for the quantitative determination of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, methylephedrine, cathine, salbutamol, morphine and epitestosterone in human urine. Urine samples were spiked with internal standard and diluted with acetonitrile. After centrifugation, the ...

Routine quality control assessments of medical equipment are crucial for an accurate patient medical treatment as well as for the safety of the patient and staff involved. These regular evaluations become especially important when dealing with radiation-emitting equipment. Therefore, a quality control (QC) program ...

... Title : Feedback for Precision: Highly Accurate and Repeatable Velocity and Position Feedback Are Essential for Precision Motion Control Systems. ...

This document describes the VME/IORFI-II Interface routines (VII). These routines where designed to meet two needs. First, the routines enable programs written in PILS running on a MVME 101 under Valet-Plus to control an IORFI-II interface from VME. Secondly, the routines provide a high level ...

... Abstract : INDUSTRIAL NUCLEONICS' SUN RAY 510 SYSTEM IS DESCRIBED AS A METHOD FOR ACCURATE AND RELIABLE CONTROL OF ...

A271 ADVANCED TOKAMAK OPERATION USING THE DIII-D PLASMA CONTROL SYSTEM. The principal focus of experimental operations in the DIII-D tokamak is the advanced tokamak (AT) regime to achieve, which requires highly integrated and flexible plasma control. In a high performance advanced tokamak, accurate regulation of the plasma boundary, ...

...and (2) of this section. (1) If the control...control a green rotary dryer, tube dryer, rotary...or fiberboard mat dryer, then the routine...and (2) of this section, such as a tube dryer and a...

Phase probes have been placed in several external beam lines at the LBL heavy ion linear accelerator (SuperHILAC) to provide non- destructive velocity measurements independent of the ion being accelerated. The system uses three probes in each line to obtain accurate velocity measurements at all beam energies. Automatic gain control and signal analysis are ...

The convenience of the spectrophotometric method for the determination of carboxyhemoglobin has been tempered by the observation that the analysis of postmortem bloods is often biased by the presence of pigments other than oxyhemoglobin, carboxyhemoglobin, and reduced hemoglobin. These other pigments include most prominently methemoglobin and sulfhemoglobin. Using a ...

In the metastability exchange optical pumping cells of our on-site production unit and of our other experimental set-ups, we use a light absorption technique to measure the 3He nuclear polarisation. It involves weak probe beams at 1083 nm, that are either perpendicular or parallel to the magnetic field and cell axis, with suitable light polarisations. When metastability exchange collisions ...

An at-line solution assay instrument (SAI) has been developed and installed in a plutonium purification and americium recovery process area in the Los Alamos Plutonium Processing Facility. The instrument was designed for accurate, timely, and simultaneous nondestructive analysis of plutonium and americium in process solutions that have a wide range of concentrations and ...

Probability theory has long been taken as the self-evident norm against which to evaluate inductive reasoning, and classical demonstrations of violations of this norm include the conjunction error and base-rate neglect. Many of these phenomena require multiplicative probability integration, whereas people seem more inclined to linear additive integration, in part, at least, because of well-known ...

We have developed a simplified, semiquantitative test for the determination of stannous tin in pyrophosphate and other tin-containing radiopharmaceuticals, excluding those stabilized with ascorbic acid and MAA preparations. The test involves the formation and disappearance of a positive red color complex in the presence of Sn(II) and in acidified porphyrin solution. With this technique, the time ...

We have developed a simplified, semiquantitative test for the determination of stannous tin in pyrophosphate and other tin-containing radiopharmaceuticals, excluding those stabilized with ascorbic acid and MAA preparations. The test involves the formation and disappearance of a positive red color complex in the presence of Sn(II) and an acidified porphyrin solution. With this technique, the time ...

Measurement of SNM in reprocessing plant solutions involves two major problems; measurement of bulk solution quantities and analysis of highly radioactive samples. It has been shown at the BNFP that bulk measurements can be made routinely under operating conditions to less than 0.1% total uncertainty. Two specific advances in measurement technology have been largely ...

Every technique for toxicity prediction and for the detection of structure�activity relationships relies on the accurate estimation and representation of chemical and toxicologic properties. In this paper we discuss the potential sources of errors associated with the identification of compounds, the representation of their structures, and the calculation of chemical ...

The purpose of this investigation is to develop an automated method to accurately detect radiology reports that indicate non-routine communication of critical or significant results. Such a classification system would be valuable for performance monitoring and accreditation. Using a database of 2.3 million free-text radiology reports, a rule-based query ...

Previous reports found the WXGa scan highly accurate in staging lung cancer. In the present study the cost-effectiveness of the WXGa scan was measured and compared with that of routine tests (radionuclide liver and bone scans, brain CT scan) used to stage lung cancer. In 160 patients, the WXGa scan had a lower sensitivity, specificity, and negative ...

BackgroundThe Normalization Process Model is a theoretical model that assists in explaining the processes by which complex interventions become routinely embedded in health care practice. It offers a framework for process evaluation and also for comparative studies of complex interventions. It focuses on the factors that promote or inhibit the routine ...

Marine pest incursions can cause significant ongoing damage to aquaculture, biodiversity, fisheries habitat, infrastructure and social amenity. They represent a significant and ongoing economic burden. Marine pests can be introduced by several vectors including aquaculture, aquarium trading, commercial shipping, fishing, floating debris, mining activities and recreational boating. Despite the ...

Recently, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) published new recommendations on radiation protection (ICRP 60), based on the reanalysis of the atomic bomb survivor data and other epidemiological studies. To reflect these new risk estimates, the regulatory agency in Canada, the Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), has proposed to reduce the annual ...

The report presents a more accurate, systematic method than has been available previously for predicting worker doses which might be incurred during routine and non-routine work in radioactive areas. Besides assisting regulators with an analysis of the ''potential impact on radiological exposures of facility ...

Serum from patients was pooled, filtered, dispensed, and frozen. This pooled specimen was used for accuracy control in 64 participating laboratories in Sweden. Mean values (state-of-the-art values) were obtained for creatinine, cholesterol, glucose, urea, uric acid, and cortisol. These values were compared with values obtained with highly accurate ...

Cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy (XSTM) is developed for studying the interfaces of the complex oxide heterostructures. Since most of the complex oxide materials have a perovskite structure, which does not have cleavage plane, it posed an experimental challenge for utilizing STM on the fractured surfaces. A well-controlled method for fracturing non-cleavable ...

... The �back-seat� driver paradigm is used to control the AUV by running the vehicle specific control routines such as safety and low-level controllers ...

This volume describes the basic operational program routines and flow charts to be used in the traffic control computer.

This paper describes the development of an adaptive computer control routine for a robotically, deployed focused, ultrasonic hyperthermia cancer treatment system. The control algorithm developed herein uses physiological models of a tumor and the surround...

Thin Film Ultrasonic Transducer for Accurate Control of Fastener Clamp Load Ultrafast, Inc. Malvern, PA. INNOVATION. Low-cost ultrasonic thin film coating for ...

The report outlines the multichannel network planning and control function applicable to present and expected future field-army organizational concepts. Flow charts have been developed and a successful programming routine that automates the circuit-routin...

Viewgraphs on daily exercise routines are presented. Topics covered include: daily exercise and periodic stress testings; exercise equipment; physiological monitors; exercise protocols; physiological levels; equipment control; control systems; and fuzzy l...

...REGULATION GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS Personal Identity Verification 4...performance requires contractors to have routine physical access to a Federally-controlled facility...require the contractor to have routine physical access to a Federally-controlled...

This study evaluates the use of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II PCR-SSO typing for the investigation of suspected specimen contamination in four routine surgical histopathology cases. Two cases were of patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate gland. The third case was a patient undergoing excision of a subcutaneous small cell carcinoma. The fourth ...

The aim of the present study was to design an automated-gating hematology fluorescence flow cytometry methodology permitting the assessment of neutrophil and monocyte activation in EDTA-anticoagulated whole blood based on cell granularity, lipid membrane components, cell shape and volume, and total cell nucleic acid (NA) compounds. For particularly monitoring the proper functioning of patients' ...

... quality control RFS routine field sample RIA radioimmunoassay RM

Routine vaccination is necessary to control economically important swine diseases such as erysipelas, leptospirosis, parvovirus and colibacillosis. The symptoms and specific vaccines for these diseases are discussed.

... Separating rules from strategies in this ... namely matching and building terms in ... EXECUTIVE ROUTINES, CONTROL SEQUENCES, STRUCTURED ...

The detailed design of the software for a navigation recovery block is ...... and Gallivan, Richard, Integrated Control Mathematical Routines ;for ...

... 20, 2011. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) routinely monitor the safety of all US vaccines by ...

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... the routine, support aspects of a strategic command-control system, but it ... human elements of these two chains, and standards set up which balance ...

Liquid Scintillation Counting (LSC) for Tritium is done on 600 to 800 samples daily as part of a contamination control program at the Savannah River Site`s Tritium Facilities. The tritium results from the LSCs are used: to release items as radiologically clean; to establish radiological control measures for workers; and to characterize waste. The following ...

SAMPO for Windows is a high performance gamma spectrum analysis program. All the measurement, analysis and neutron activation analysis (NAA) phases can be done either under full interactive user control or user defined tasks can be used for automated measurement and analysis sequences including control of Multichannel Analyzers (MCA's) and sample changers. ...

Fast neutron activation analysis (FNAA) carried out with the use of small accelerator-based neutron generators is routinely used for major/minor element determinations in industry, mineral and petroleum exploration, and to some extent in research. While the method shares many of the operational procedures and therefore errors inherent to conventional thermal neutron activation ...

Shales make up more than 75% of drilled formations and cause at least 90% of wellbore-stability problems. Physical measurements of shale properties are required to develop realistic constitutive relationships and to understand and define shale strength and behavior under downhole conditions. Quantitative shale-strength data are needed to improve wellbore-stability model predictions. This paper ...

Due to their widespread use throughout commerce and industry, volatile hydrocarbons such as toluene, trichloroethene and 1,1,1-trichloroethene routinely appear as principal pollutants in contaminated sites throughout the US and abroad. As a result, quantitative determination of soil system hydrocarbons is necessary to confirm the presence of contamination and its nature and ...

The temporal structure of arm movements was studied in nine cerebellar patients with mild impairment of the upper limbs and in six age-matched control subjects. The experimental paradigm consisted of visually guided, step tracking movements about the elbow. Movements ranged from 10 degrees to 70 degrees in amplitude and were made under different instructions (fast, ...

A fluorescently labelled peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probe has been applied for the in situ detection of Helicobacter pylori in drinking water biofilms. The method was originally applied to real pipe samples removed from a drinking water distribution system (DWDS) but the curvature and the heavy fouling of the pipes prevented an accurate detection of the bacterium by ...

We frequently use competitive PCR in the plateau phase in quantifying DNA species with a small number of cells. However, the basic issues of this method are poorly understood. Here, first we analyze this method theoretically under a generalized condition that competitor and target DNA products accumulate with different amplification efficiencies. We show a theoretical reason that competitive PCR ...

Immobilization casts are used to reduce patient movement during the radiotherapy of head and neck and brain malignancies. Polyethylene-based casts are produced by first taking a Plaster of Paris 'negative' impression of the patient. A 'positive' mould is then made, which is used to vacuum form an immobilization cast. Taking the 'negative' cast can be messy, stressful for patients and labour ...

The comparison of today`s slickline capabilities with its early usage for routine remedial workovers and maintenance best illustrates the significant advances that have occurred within slickline technology. Today, for example, slickline can be used to set and retrieve slickline-retrievable safety valves or plugs; open and close downhole circulating devices; retrieve ...

The present work describes a simple, precise and accurate HPLC method for estimation of montelukast sodium in bulk and in tablet dosage form. The separation was achieved by using octadecylsilane column (C18) and acetonitrile:1 mM sodium acetate adjusted to pH 6.3 with acetic acid in proportion of 90:10 v/v as mobile phase, at a flow rate of 1.5 ml/min. Detection was carried ...

Utilizing routine histopathologic parameters obtained from appropriately handled lumpectomy and mastectomy specimens, a rational therapeutic plan based on epidemiologic and outcome-based data can be devised for any patient diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). In order to make a sound decision when weighing the current treatment options for DCIS--which include ...

In TFTR plasmas, reliable and accurate time-dependent electron density profiles are routinely available via an Abel inversion of interferometry measurements (H. Park, Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion {bold 31}, 2035 (1989)). This technique does not require constancy of density on a equiflux surface and mild deviations of the flux ...

Sandia National Laboratories has developed an advanced self-contained tracking control system for use with one- or two-axis tracking solar arrays. The SolarTrak system computes the sun's position based on the time and stored position data, and then controls two motors to point the tracker at the sun without using sun sensors. When used with a photovoltaic ...

Two advanced prototype mass spectrometers for the accurate analysis of mixtures of the hydrogen isotopes were evaluated. One, a VG-Isotopes GAZAB, was developed for the Mass Spectrometer Technical Group, a group representing ten DOE contractors. The other, a MAT 250 HDT, was developed independently by Varian MAT (now Finnigan MAT) after extensive discussions with Du Pont ...

In many virtual environment (VE) applications, e.g., a VE system for training personnel to perform multi-person maintenance tasks, the VE System must be able to display accurate models of human figures that can perform routine behaviors and adapt to event...

Using commercially available equipment, a photon counting pyrometer was constructed which permits temperatures from 1400 K to above 2200 K to be measured routinely to within 0.5 K and 1.0 K, respectively, of the International Practical Temperature Scale.

Vibration potentials are generated when sound waves are propagated through an ionic solution, polyelectrolyte, or colloidal suspension in an electrolyte. Accurate measurements of vibration potential can be now performed on a routine basis, using pulse mod...

The routine clinical use of three-dimensional data provided by modern medical imaging procedures is often impeded by the difficulty in accurately correlating the resultant volume datasets. These data are frequently obtained at different times using the sa...

In this thesis a fast and accurate method for the calculations of the energy loss spectrum is presented. The algorithm, which is based on the Laplace transform method, differs from earlier approaches in that it makes use of fast fourier transform routines...

Accurate estimates of the spatial distribution of actual evapotranspiration (AET) are useful in hydrology, but can be difficult to obtain. Remote sensing provides a potential capability for routinely monitoring AET by combining remotely sensed surface temperature and vegetation cover observations w...

An accurate determination of the bone mineral mass of lumbar vertebrae is needed as a measurement of bone demineralization in weight-bearing bones in addition to the more routinely performed measurements of the extremities. A system was developed utilizin...

shown to be accurate for wind speed of up to at least 20 m/s. The global wind fields from QuikSCAT have been routinely assimilated into the numerical weather ...

Determining accurate cost and schedule is a crucial step to planning acquisition expenditures but history has shown that estimates are routinely low. Several researchers have attempted to forecast cost and schedule growth; we pick up this stream of resear...

Arranging polymers into well-defined shapes endows them with specific properties; but although it is routinely achieved in nature, accurate origami has proved challenging with synthetic polymers. A surprisingly simple folding strategy has now been described.

developed, consistent with other IGS products, to allow the routine, accurate ..... (e.g., replacing aging and obsolete equipment, evaluation of monumentation ..... track both codes and phases on both frequencies under non-AS- (anti ...

In the course of this project we have successfully designed, built, and tested the first neutron beam facility dedicated to routine multielement neutron capture prompt- gamma activation analysis (PGAA). This technique is capable of accurately measuring co...

Accurate projectile velocity and displacement measurements are imperative to many ballistic studies. The Interior Ballistics Division (IBD) of the Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL) routinely uses microwave interferometry to obtain projectile displacemen...

A recently developed calcium ion electrode was evaluated for use in the routine measurement of serum ionic calcium. The electrode, used in conjunction with an expanded scale pH meter, permits the direct and accurate assay of ionic calcium in fresh serum s...

Levels of radioactivity in the environment from worldwide fallout have decreased by about a factor of 10 since the early 1970's and many environmental concentrations are now less than the routine estimated lower limit of detection. To accurately represent...

The Electron Cyclotron Emission (ECE) diagnostic on FTU tokamak is routinely performed with a Michelson interferometer with spectral range extending up to 1300 GHz. The diagnostic allowed accurate electron temperature measurements during the recent 140 Gh...

An accurate assessment of estuarine condition is critical to determining whether there has been a change from baseline or 'natural' conditions; benthic communities are routinely used as an ecological endpoint to make this assessment. We addressed two issues which arise when attem...

Recent experience indicates that beta-radiation fields in nuclear power reactors, fuel fabrication facilities and uranium mills are probably not being accurately monitored by instruments routinely used for this purpose. The Radiological Sciences Departmen...

...records, changes to the contents of those systems and changes of routine use to the Privacy Officer, and also establishing the relevancy of records within those systems; and (3) Maintaining an accurate accounting of each disclosure in conformance...

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A new programmable electronically variable pressure regulator (EVPR) concept accurately controls the

The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory has an unirradiated enriched uranium reprocessing facility. Various types of solutions are generated in this facility, including distillates and raffinates containing ppm of uranium and concentrated solutions with up to 400 grams U/t. In addition to uranyl nitrate and HNO{sub 3}, the solutions may also contain zirconium, niobium, fluoride, and small amounts of ...