The Savannah River Site (SRS) has embarked on an aggressive D&D program to reduce the footprint of excess facilities. Key to the success of this effort is the preparation of accurate cost estimates for decommissioning. SRS traditionally uses ''top-down'' rough order-of-magnitude (ROM) ...

For individuals, a statistical approach is available to compare observed intakes to the EAR or AI (to assess adequacy), and the UL (to assess risk of excess). A more qualitative assessment of intakes involves comparison directly to the RDA to evaluate adequacy, but this is accurate only if long-term usual intake is known. For groups of people, the ...

... Title : ESTIMATION OF SURFACE EXCESS FROM COMPOSITIONAL DEPTH PROFILES OF IRON-BASE ALLOYS PASSIVATED IN SULFURIC ...

... THOSE WHO ARE UNSUITABLE FOR THE WORK, EITHER BECAUSE OF KNOWN EYESTRAIN OR BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE IMAGINATION. ...

Chemical mass balance between igneous and sedimentary rocks is calculated by using a linear least squares method in which all chemical variables are evaluated simultaneously. Previous estimates of the average chemical composition of sedimentary rocks have shown excess calcium because of failure to accurately represent the composition ...

The estimates of absorbed doses of x rays and excess risk of cancer in bone marrow and heavily irradiated sites are extremely crude and are based on very limited data and on a number of assumptions. Some of these assumptions may later prove to be incorrect, but it is probable that they are correct to within a factor of 2. The excess ...

... 12 Excessive Labor Navy Reviews Found Overstated Labor Estimates 12 ... Chapter 2 Excessive Labor Estimates Have Increased Ship Repair Costs ...

The relation between stellar ultraviolet excesses and abundances is reexamined with the aid of new data, and an investigation is made of the accuracy of previous abundance analyses. A high-resolution echellogram of the subdwarf HD 201891 is analyzed to illustrate some of the problems. Generally, the earliest and latest analytical techniques yield consistent results for dwarfs. ...

BackgroundHealth effects induced by climate, weather and climatic change may act directly or indirectly on human physiology. The future total burden of global warming is uncertain, but in some areas and for specific outcomes, mortality and morbidity are likely to increase. One likely effect of global warming is an increasing number of extreme weather events, such as floods, storms and heat waves. ...

... Linear estimation is a viable method for analyzing mixed pixels under the simplified assumption of accurate reflectance calibration, accurate ...

... Title: An Efficient and Accurate Method of Estimating Substrate ... This thesis presents a Z-parameter based model to predict the substrate ...

In aquaculture, it is important to estimate in advance how much food cultured animals would take. The rate of food consumption by cultured animals to available food amount is defined as the food intake rate (FIR) in this paper. To some extents, FIR reflects the quality of food, the health of cultured animals and the delivery efficiency. In practice, it is difficult to ...

The paper describes conditions under which epidemiologic data can provide estimates of the excess fraction (proportionate increase in caseload due to an exposure) and the etiologic fraction (fraction of cases caused by exposure). The excess fraction can b...

Using the path integral formalism or the Feynman-Hibbs approach, various expressions for the free energy of quantization for a molecular system in the condensed phase can be derived. These lead to alternative methods to directly compute quantization free energies from molecular dynamics computer simulations, which were investigated with an eye to their practical use. For a test system of liquid ...

... TO ACCURATE FAILURE STRENGTH ESTIMATION IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ULTIMATE STRENGTH PREDICTION CURVE ...

The variants of human influenza virus have caused, and continue to cause, substantial morbidity and mortality. Timely and accurate assessment of their impact on human death is invaluable for influenza planning but presents a substantial challenge, as current approaches rely mostly on intensive and unbiased influenza surveillance. In this study, by proposing a novel host-virus ...

... estimate is $2.7M. Our best estimate of the ... ship together with man-hour estimates for completion ... the PHI electronic components was estimated as 5 ...

Power suppliers with market power intend to bid high-price to obtain excessive profit when intensions in the balance of electricity supply and demand emerge. New index is thus necessary to be defined to assess the economic withholding behavior associated with both bidding prices and corresponding bidding capacity. Stages of low price section, economic withholding section and ...

A simple and accurate method is described for the determination of degree of metallization in reduced iron oxide ores. Both metallic iron and total iron are determined in a single sample. The metallic iron is selectively dissolved in copper sulphate solution and the oxides are filtered off. The filtrate is titrated with potassium dichromate solution. The residue is dissolved ...

This paper presents a sensitivity analysis to determine the impact of particle size, and thus scattering, on the interpretation of the measurements from fiber optic soot probes of two different designs. The single-pass fiber optic probe is found to accurately estimate the monochromatic absorption coefficient in flames with soot size parameters up to 0.5. ...

Excess pressure caused by the bubble and the pressure shift resulting from the air column in a dip-tube pressure measurement are the error sources to be considered for highly accurate density, level, and volume determination of plutonium nitrate solution in a tank. A new approach to estimate the maximum, the minimum, and the average of ...

Evolution and Current Status of EPA's Efforts to Accurately Estimate Pesticide Concentrations in Drinking Water for Tolerance Reassessment ...

... ACCURATE CRACK DEPTH MEASUREMENTS IN WELDED ASSEMBLIES (2B16 ... ABILITY TO ESTIMATE THE SIZE OF CRITICAL DEFECTS WITH ...

A more accurate method for the design of passive solar homes is presented. The method permits more accurate cost estimates and payback periods to be made.

Well testing procedures, such as the Tier 3 methodology specified in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Subtitle D, are commonly used for directly estimating landfill gas (LFG) emissions at municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. Similar procedures are also used to estimate LFG generation rates for the design of LFG-to-energy projects. These ...

Experimental measurements of molar heat capacity and molar excess enthalpy for 1, 4-dimethyl piperazine (1, 4-DMPZ), 1-(2-hydroxyethyl) piperazine (1, 2-HEPZ), I-methyl piperazine (1-MPZ), 3-morpholinopropyl amine (3-MOPA), and 4-(2-hydroxy ethyl) morpholine (4, 2-HEMO) aqueous solutions were carried out in a C80 heat flow calorimeter over a range of temperatures from (298.15 ...

Rosenfeld [Phys. Rev. A 15, 2545 (1977)] originally noticed that casting the transport coefficients of simple monatomic equilibrium fluids in a specific dimensionless form makes them approximately single-valued functions of excess entropy. This observation has predictive value because, while the transport coefficients of dense fluids can be difficult to ...

... Accession Number : ADA411757. Title : The Multi-Average Method to Accurately Estimate TEOAE Parameters. Corporate ...

... Accession Number : ADA381909. Title : DOD PERSONNEL: More Accurate Estimate of Overdue Security Clearance Reinvestigations Is Needed. ...

The excess cancer risk that might result from exposure to a mixture of chemical carcinogens usually is estimated with data from experiments conducted on individual chemicals. An upper bound on the total excess risk is estimated commonly by summing individual upper bound risk esti...

Precise navigation and positioning using GPS/GLONASS/Galileo require the ionospheric propagation errors to be accurately determined and corrected for. Current dual-frequency method of ionospheric correction ignores higher order ionospheric errors such as the second and third order ionospheric terms in the refractive index formula and errors due to bending of the signal. The ...

The results of this analysis suggest that the benefits of imposing more stringent ozone regulations in the Corn Belt (from 0.12 to 0.08 ppm hourly maximum) are approximately $0.7 billion. Conversely, relaxation in present standards from 0.12 to 0.16 ppm may result in losses of benefits in excess of $2.0 billion. These estimates exceed some regional ...

Effective scatter correction techniques are required to account for errors due to high scatter fraction seen in positron volume imaging (PVI). To be effective, the correction techniques must be accurate and practical, but they also must not add excessively to the statistical noise in the image. The authors have investigated the noise added by three ...

MOVE DATE REQUESTED: ESTIMATED COST. NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS MOVED THIS SHEET: ACTUAL COST. GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. EXCESS FURNITURE MOVE LIST ...

Estimating accurate projections of future nonroad emissions inventories depends on estimations of future emission factors and future activity levels. This report focuses on the estimation of future activity levels. The purpose of this report is to documen...

A high-intensity proton linac, such as that being planned for the SNS, requires accurate RF control of cavity fields for the entire pulse in order to avoid beam spill. The current design requirement for the SNS is RF field stability within {+-}0.5% and {+-}0.5 . This RF control capability is achieved by the control electronics using the excess RF power to ...

A high-intensity proton linac, such as that being planned for the SNS, requires accurate RF control of cavity fields for the entire pulse in order to avoid beam spill. The current design requirement for the SNS is RF field stability within {+-}0.5% and {+-}0.5{sup o} [1]. This RF control capability is achieved by the control electronics using the excess RF ...

Carbon nanostructures are investigated using a multiscale approach based on density functional theory (DFT) and Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. The structure of small fullerenes is calculated using DFT, and simple models are employed to determine classical potential functions which are then used in MC simulations to investigate larger structures. The structural parameters as obtained by DFT and by ...

Capacitance spectroscopy under illumination and at a forward bias close to the open-circuit voltage (Voc) has recently been proposed to characterize interface states in a-Si : H/c-Si heterojunctions, and the interface defect density, Dit, is estimated from the simulations of capacitance. In this paper, the theoretical diffusion capacitance, CD, is presented for measurement to ...

Precision measurements have been made of the ground-state Q values of the following nuclear reactions: D(d,p)T, C12(d,p)C13, D(He3,p)He4, B10(He3,p)C12, Be9(He3,p)B11, B11(He3,p)C13, C12(He3,p)N14, B11(He3,d)C12, B11(d,?)Be9, B10(d,?)Be8, Be9(p,d)Be8, Be9(p,?)Li6, Be9(d,t)Be8, C13(d,t)C12, and B10(?,p)C13. There were 164 separate measurements made on these reactions. The standard deviations of the ...

Kernel smoother and a time-histogram are classical tools for estimating an instantaneous rate of spike occurrences. We recently established a method for selecting the bin width of the time-histogram, based on the principle of minimizing the mean integrated square error (MISE) between the estimated rate and unknown underlying rate. Here we apply the same ...

A physically meaningful technique to determine the effective depth to the water table, as a measure of the initial storage capacity of a basin is developed. The estimation of the initial storage capacity prior to a given flood event is essential to obtain useful results from storm runoff prediction models based on saturation excess overland flow. It is ...

Training helps people estimate angles more accurately from perspective pictures of three-dimensional

A technique based on microwave passive polarimetry for the estimates of ... troduces a technique using the passive microwave polarimetry to provide accurate ...

The occurrence of sufficiently energetic flow events characterized by impulses of varying magnitude is treated as a point process. It is hypothesized that the rare but extreme magnitude impulses are responsible for the removal of coarse grains from the bed matrix. This conjecture is investigated utilizing distributions from extreme value theory and a series of incipient motion experiments. The ...

We present a method, fastIBD, for finding tracts of identity by descent (IBD) between pairs of individuals. FastIBD can be applied to thousands of samples across genome-wide SNP data and is significantly more powerful for finding short tracts of IBD than existing methods for finding IBD tracts in such data. We show that fastIBD can detect facets of population structure that are not revealed by ...

We discuss the excess in the hadroproduction of B mesons at the Tevatron. We show that an accurate use of up-to-date information on the B fragmentation function reduces the observed excess to an acceptable level. Possible implications for experimental results reporting bottom quark cross sections, also showing an ...

The United States' Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 requires more accurate assessment of children's aggregate exposures to environmental contaminants. Since children have unstructured eating behaviors, their excess exposures, caused by eating activities, becomes an importan...

The suitable structure for an effective and accurate cost estimate for general purposes is discussed

The relation between the 2-10 keV, long-term, excess variance and active galactic nuclei (AGN) black hole mass is considered in this work. A significant anticorrelation is found between these two quantities in the sense that the excess variance decreases with increasing black hole mass. This anticorrelation is consistent with the hypothesis that the 2-10 ...

The point estimate of sample coefficient alpha may provide a misleading impression of the reliability of the test score. Because sample coefficient alpha is consistently biased downward, it is more likely to yield a misleading impression of poor reliability. The magnitude of the bias is greatest precisely when the variability of sample alpha is greatest (small population ...

... usually have no side effects in the diagnostic range. Risks There is always a slight chance of cancer from excessive exposure to radiation. However, the benefit of an accurate diagnosis far ...

The experimental technique of tracer pulse chromatography was used to simultaneously measure the uptake of eluent components by a C(18)-bonded reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) packing and the retention factors for a series of test analytes over the full range of eluent composition for methanol and acetonitrile with water. The primary objective of the research was to determine whether or ...

The significant increase of extreme flood events during recent decades has led to an urgent social and economic demand for improve prediction and sustainable prevention. Remedial actions require accurate estimation of the spatiotemporal variability of runoff volume and local peaks, which can be analyzed through integrated simulation tools. Despite the fact ...

Clinicians need to predict the number of involved nodes in breast cancer patients in order to ascertain severity, prognosis, and design subsequent treatment. The distribution of involved nodes often displays over-dispersion�a larger variability than expected. Until now, the negative binomial model has been used to describe this distribution assuming that over-dispersion is only due to unobserved ...

Based on the measurements, it is estimated that the bulk inclusion contains 200 ppb Li, ... It has been determined that this inclusion contains an excess of ...

... runs of length 1 and 2 of purines and pyrimidines, and an excess of long runs of them; see ... pyrimidine partition of the states. ...

Lindzen 1976). In this study a different method ispro- posed to estimate the cumulus friction ...... that the original Kuo (1965) scheme gives excessive ...

... receipts to make the estimate as accurate as possible. D. ESTIMATES OF OUTPUT Outputs from the system must be estimated, to compare with ...

Its accurate range and Doppler centroid estimates lead to refined radar ... pointing angles from the SAR data by estimating the range and Doppler centroids . ...

... The estimated true coherence and ENL used to ... of �1 and �2 an estimate of terrain ... thus can potentially provide highly accurate estimates of the ...

We propose a new version of the Baade-Becker-Wesselink technique, which allows one to independently determine the color excess and the intrinsic color of a radially pulsating star, in addition to its radius, luminosity, and distance. The method is a generalization of the Balona approach. It also allows the function F( CI 0) = BC( CI 0) + 10 � log( T eff ( CI 0)) for the ...

The structure and properties of self-trapped excitons (STE), were investigated using density functional theory (DFT) and wavefunction based methods (UHF, UMP2, CAS-SCF and ccsd(t)). The accuracy of DFT results was investigated by performing more accurate electronic structure calculations on cluster configurations extracted from bulk DFT calculations of the STE in alpha-quartz. ...

Contemporary applications of failure criteria frequently incorporate two-dimensional or simplified three-dimensional methodologies for prediction of stresses. Motivation behind the development of a new multi-dimensional failure criterion is due mainly to the lack of a sufficiently accurate mathematical tool that accounts for the behavior of brittle material with anisotropic ...

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Core angular momentum (CAM) is estimated by Boggs using modelling hypotheses ... hypothesis are used to estimate the core angular momentum (CAM ) using ...

Core angular momentum (CAM) is estimated by Boggs using modelling ... hypothesis are used to estimate the core angular momentum (CAM) using ...

... for whom the major component is excess fat. ... only 78 per- cent of the variance in ILM ... Technologies such as dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA ...

The question as to whether any particular oceanic island is the result of a thermal mantle plume, is a question of whether volcanism is the result of passive upwelling, as at mid-ocean ridges, or active upwelling, driven by thermally buoyant material. When upwelling is passive, mantle temperatures reflect average or ambient upper mantle values. In contrast, sites of thermally driven active ...

Contrary to common belief, Fisher-Tippett's extreme value (EV) theory does not typically apply to annual rainfall maxima. Similarly, Pickands' extreme excess (EE) theory does not typically apply to rainfall excesses above thresholds on the order of the annual maximum. This is true not just for long-averaging durations d but also for short d and in the ...

Predictions of molar volume, excess molar volume, and isochoric P - T trajectories from thirteen published equations of state are compared with one another and with preliminary volumetric data for CO 2 ---CH 4 ---N 2 fluids at 200�C and 1000 bars. The equations of state investigated represent a wide variety of empirical and semi-empirical approaches to the modeling of ...

In 1992, I wrote an article on a method of modifying the Decennial US Life Table to accommodate any pattern of excess mortality expressed in terms of excess death rate (EDR), for the specific purpose of calculating the reduced life expectancy, e. I believe this was the first article published in the Journal of Insurance Medicine (JIM) that dealt ...

The pattern of cancer in white and Asian (Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi) children living in the West Midlands Health Authority Region was investigated using age standardised incidence rates. Two sets of rates were calculated, a 10 year rate (1982-91) using survey based estimates of the ethnic population and a four year rate (1989-92) using the ethnic population counts ...

Investigating thermodynamic properties of a model for liquid Ga, we have extended the application of the hard-sphere (HS) perturbation theory to an interatomic pair potential that possesses a soft repulsive core and a long-range oscillatory part. The model is interesting for displaying a discontinuous jump on the main-peak position of the radial distribution function at some critical density. At ...

The explicit contribution to the free energy barrier and proton conductance from the delocalized nature of the excess proton is examined in aquaporin channels using an accurate all-atom molecular dynamics computer simulation model. In particular, the channel permeation free energy profiles are calculated and compared for both a delocalized (fully Grotthuss ...

In this estimate of the recreational benefits of water quality improvement a new approach, called the shadow hedonic price method is presented. It is demonstrated that this method is theoretically superior to other methodologies such as the pooled-data approach and the random-coefficient method, because it does not rely on the assumption of weak complementarity. In order to ...

The recovery of waste energy in furnace exhaust gases is gaining in importance as fuel costs continue to escalate. Installation of a recuperator in the furnace exhaust stream to preheat the combustion air can result in considerable savings in fuel usage. These savings are primarily the result of the sensible heat increase of the combustion air and, to some extent, improved combustion efficiency. ...

A method is described to estimate the distribution of ground water recharge within hydrographic basins in the Great Basin region of the southwestern United States on the basis of estimated runoff from high mountainous areas and subsequent infiltration in alluvial fans surrounding the intermontane basins. The procedure involves a combination of Geographic ...

A level set method based on the Bayesian risk and estimation of prior probabilities is proposed for image segmentation. First, the Bayesian risk is formed by false-positive and false-negative fraction in a hypothesis test. Second, through minimizing the average risk of decision in favor of the hypotheses, the level set evolution functional is deduced for finding the boundaries ...

Unusual forest declines have been observed in Europe and at high elevations in the northeastern United States during the last several years. Since natural factors cannot explain all of the decline symptoms, researchers have concluded that air pollution is probably involved. Ozone damage, acid deposition, and excess nitrogen deposition have been postulated as possible ...

... for Accurate Parametric Empirical Bayes Confidence Intervals. ... way usually perform well, interval estimates based ... called naive EB intervals) are not. ...

Accurate simulation of scatter in projection data of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is computationally extremely demanding for activity distribution in non-uniform dense media. This paper suggests how the computation time and memory requirements can be significantly reduced. First the scatter projection of a uniform dense object (P(SDSE)) is calculated ...

It is important to establish an accurate heat measurement system to confirm the excess heat from the cold fusion phenomenon. During plasma electrolysis, an accurate heat measurement is especially difficult, because the input power is large and it causes significant evaporation of electrolyte and heat loss to the environment from the ...

The determination of trace and ultratrace elements in biological fluids, including urine and serum, by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is discussed. Nonspectral interferences and their corrections by external calibration and calibrator addition are discussed in detail. External calibration with internal calibration and dilution is mostly sufficient to correct for encountered ...

Estimates of the global (G), diffuse (D) and direct-beam (I) irradiances at the surface of the earth can be obtained with a single instrument, ''dial'' radiometer. The dial assembly intermittently shades a solid-state sensor on a continual automatic basis. This is a very simple instrument that does not require mechanical adjustments of the ...

Estimates of the global (G), diffuse (D) and direct-beam (I) irradiances at the surface of the earth can be obtained with a single instrument, the ''dial'' radiometer. The dial assembly intermittently shades a solid-state sensor on a continual automatic basis. This is a very simple instrument that does not require mechanical adjustments of ...

A comparison is made of the capabilities of various equation of state (EOS) + excess free energy (G{sup ex}) models in representing the activity-coefficient models they incorporate. Such EOS models need to reproduce the excess Gibbs free energy behavior of the activity-coefficient models as closely as possible in order to represent low-pressure ...

Excessive daytime sleepiness is one of the most common sleep-related patient symptoms, and it affects an estimated 20 percent of the population. Persons with excessive daytime sleepiness are at risk of motor vehicle and work-related incidents, and have poorer health than comparable adults. The most common causes of ...

Estimation is an important skill that we all use every day, often without realizing it. It might not seem very scientific, because we think of science as being accurate and precise--surely estimating is just a form of guessing. It seems unpredictable and unreliable, but actually, many scientists use estimation in ...

Carbon monoxide and pentane are minor components of natural gas. The excess second virial coefficient of the mixture carbon monoxide + pentane has been determined at 299.5, 313.15, 328.15, and 343.15 K using the pressure change on mixing method. Unlike interaction second virial coefficients were derived and compared with the predictions of the Tsonopoulos correlation. The ...

Three simple, accurate and sensitive methods (A-C) for the spectrophotometric assay of captopril (CPL) in bulk drug, in dosage forms and in the presence of its oxidative degradates have been described. The methods are based on the bromination of captopril with a solution of excess brominating mixture in hydrochloric acid medium. After bromination, the ...

Paired foraminiferal Magnesium/Calcium ratio and oxygen isotope analyses are widely used to estimate surface ocean ?18Oseawater, a robust proxy for surface salinity. We assess the fidelity of shell-derived ?18Oseawater estimates for the surface-dwelling foraminifer Globigerinoides ruber (white) using an Atlantic meridional coretop transect spanning ...

We have observed excess current due to charge imbalance in the voltage-current characteristics of a superconductor-insulator-normal (SIN) tunnel junction connected to a non-equilibrium superconductor. It was found that that the excess current was unchanged against the bias voltage as expected from the theory of charge imbalance. The ...

This 5-kilometer resolution raster (grid) dataset for the conterminous United States represents the average percentage of infiltration-excess overland flow in total streamflow estimated by the watershed model TOPMODEL. Infiltration-excess overland flow is simulated in TOPMODEL as precipitation that exceeds the infiltration capacity of ...

To examine the adequacy of fish probability of detection estimates, I examined distributional properties of survey and monitoring data for bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus), brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi), chinook salmon parr (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), and steelhead /redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss spp.), from ...

BackgroundRoutine influenza vaccination for children aged 6�23 months has recently been recommended in the United States. Accurate assessment of influenza related burden of illness in children could support similar recommendations in other settings. However, routinely available data underestimate the role of influenza in causing hospitalisation, and indirect ...

The original design of nuclear power plants addressed fatigue concerns by including calculations of projected fatigue usage for specific components; the calculations were based on estimates of the number and severity of expected transients over the 40-year design life of the plants. In some cases, the transients occurring in the plants are not as severe as was anticipated in ...

The original design of nuclear power plants addressed fatigue concerns by including calculations of projected fatigue usage for specific components; the calculations were based on estimates of the number and severity of expected transients over the 40-year design life of the plants. In some cases, the transients occurring in the plants are not as severe as was anticipated in ...

Page 1. More Accurate Estimators of Noise Level and TEOAE/noise in TEOAE Tests Li-Ping Yang1, Shuenn-Tsong Young2 ...

This paper discusses the importance of the proper characterization of scattering and attenuation in trees needed for accurate retrieval of soil moisture in the presence of trees. Emphasis is placed on determining an accurate estimation of the propagation properties of a vegetation canopy using the c...

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...

Accurate estimates of absorption and fate for particulate matter in the respiratory track are difficult because of complexities in particle composition and morphology. Several deficiencies in information further complicate the ability to make accurate estimates. Available models ...

Accurate estimation of snow mass is important for the characterization of the hydrological cycle at different space and time scales. For effective water resources management, accurate estimation of snow storage is needed. Conventional snow gauges measure ...

For Earthquake ground motion studies, the actual ground motion distribution should be reporduced as accurately as possible. For optimal estimation of ground motion, kriging has been shown to provide accurate estimates. Although kriging is accurate for this application, some ...

In August of 2005, fishing in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island crab fisheries began under a new sharebased management program (the �rationalization program�). Under the program, allocations of IFQ to harvesters and IPQ to processors are binding, without provision to cover any overage or compensate for any underage. This action considers allowing harvesters and processors to engage in ...

Simulation-based power estimation is commonly used for its high accuracy despite excessive computation times. Techniques have been proposed to speed it up by compacting an input sequence while preserving its power-consumption characteristics. We propose a novel method to compact a sequence that preserves transition frequencies. We prove the problem is ...

To evaluate the feasibility of a cogeneration project, it is necessary to compare the potential savings in operating costs with any capital costs that might be required. The operating costs have two major components: energy and equipment operation and maintenance. The former is the dominant factor affecting overall profitability. Calculations of energy cost are based on two factors: ...

From 1958 to 1986, 27 crewmembers with suspected sleep disorders were referred to the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. The presenting complaint in most cases was excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). Prior to 1984, evaluations included neurologic and psychiatric testing, screening laboratory studies, and awake and asleep electroencephalography. Polysomnography and sleep ...

Presented are the results of testing the method for estimating chemical potentials which was described in paper I. The method, which is based on scaled particle theory, provides accurate chemical potentials in mixtures of softly repulsive particles when used with the Rogers--Young integral equation. Calculated excess Gibbs energies ...

A nutritional evaluation of an Irish dairy herd indicated gross overfeeding of late lactation cows, over-conditioning of cows at parturition and a high rate of body condition loss in early lactation. Metabolisable-energy based nutritional modelling software was used to guide recommended dietary changes to prevent excessive condition gain in late lactation. Immediately ...

, because when l is created, l 0 is live, and exs(l 0 ) already takes care of any excess. 4.3 AchievingAutomatic Accurate Live Memory Analysis for Garbage�Collected Languages Leena Unnikrishnan #3; Scott and accurate live heap space and live heap space-bound analy- ses for high-level languages. The approach

A preliminary report on a method to estimate cloud ice and water content from archived satellite data is presented. The ultimate purpose is the identification and mapping of clouds with excessive mass to produce a climatology for the SAMSO ABRES program. ...

The current estimate of $16 million for annual damage from excess salinity in the Colorado basins is expected to reach $51 million by the year 2010. Feasibility utilizing new varieties of plants designed for compatability with excess salinity was investig...

The report summarizes the results from a field test in Guatemala of the A.I.D.-sponsored 'Guide to Assessing the Economic Value of Breastfeeding.' The report estimates data for the following categories: (1) excess infant mortality; (2) excess infant morbi...

Nine children in a daycare that routinely applied the pesticide, esfenvalerate, were studied to assess excess dietary exposures. Surface wipes, a standard food item of processed American cheese slice pressed on the surface and handled by the child, an accelerometer reading, and ...

...difference in the estimated residual value and the actual value of the property at lease end. However, your member is always responsible for any excess wear and tear and excess mileage charges as established under the...

this paper, wc demonstrate that accurate estimates of tropical cyclone intensity over data sparse ocean regions

Accurate estimation of corn yield is especially critical given the recent trend towards diversion of corn to produce ethanol. Ethanol is fast becoming a ...

... accurate for the range of atmospheric conditions observed ... to the parameterization of the forward model, to the ... estimates to a large regional or ...

This paper presents a procedure for estimating an accurate model of the CT imaging process including

bandpass photometry of the SDSS in combination with precise knowledge of galaxy ... in estimating more accurate photometric redshifts for galaxies. ...

... Abstract : The only way to accurately determine how much an experimental test will add to the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB ...

... of the bait exposures and collection methods for ... chlorophacinone in Belding's ground squirrel and valley ... to accurately estimate food availability to ...

Accurate estimation of the aerosol contribution to the backscatter radiation are required to make precise ocean biosphere measurements. Aerosol interference ...

... is no accurate and direct method for estimating human magnification factor ... COMPUTER GRAPHICS, HUMANS, COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION ...