Metal manufacturing industries have a growing interest in finding economical ways to improve grinding productivity, part quality, and production cost. Our study extensively investigated the effects of the types of grinding wheels, grinding fluids, and the...

The 432 architecture as implemented in the 432 VLSI components presents a new challenge to the system designer familiar with conventional microprocessors. Improved system performance is achieved through a transparent multiprocessing capability in silicon, such that adding an additional processor can achieve an increment of one in ...

Improved confinement has been achieved in the MST through control of the poloidal electric field, but it is now known that the improvement has been limited by bursts of an edge-resonant instability. Through refined poloidal electric field control, plus control of the toroidal electric field, we have suppressed these bursts. This has ...

The Advanced LIGO project aims at a tenfold improvement in sensitivity over the performance of the initial LIGO gravitational-wave detector while at the same time reducing the low-frequency cutoff from �40 Hz to �10 Hz. Achieving such an improvement is technically challenging, requiring a noise level at 10 Hz ...

We present new evidence supporting the quasi-unit-cell description of the Al{sub 72}Ni {sub 20}Co{sub 8} decagonal quasicrystal which shows that the solid is composed of repeating, overlapping decagonal cluster columns with broken tenfold symmetry. We propose an atomic model which gives a significantly improved fit to electron microscopy experiments ...

Artificial intelligence is entering the mainstream of computer applications and, as techniques are developed and integrated into a wide variety of areas, they are beginning to tax the processing power of conventional architectures. To meet this demand, specialized architectures providing support for the unique features of symbolic processing languages are emerging. The goal of the research ...

To demonstrate the technology of oxygen extraction from seawater by designing an underwater vehicle powered by a fuel cell and oxygen supplied by Aquanautics system. Major improvements were achieved in the power-output relationship of the electrochemical cell. A tenfold increase in output (from 0.15 1 sq. cm of cell to 1.5 1 sq. m) at ...

We demonstrate that large and simultaneous improvements in permittivity, tunability, and leakage current density of (Ba,Sr)TiO{sub 3} (BST)-based thin-film capacitors can be achieved by yttrium doping. We have found that, for a low deposition temperature (520 deg. C) sputtering process, Y-doped BST capacitors exhibit tenfold lower ...

Artificial Intelligence is entering the mainstream of computer applications and as techniques are developed and integrated into a wide variety of areas they are beginning to tax the processing power of conventional architecture. To meet this demand, specialized architectures providing support for the unique features of symbolic processing languages are emerging. The goal of the research presented ...

This paper discusses the design of a high-resolution ..pi../sup 0/ spectrometer based on accurate measurements of the opening angle between the two ..gamma.. rays from ..pi../sup 0/ decay. The first ..pi../sup 0/ spectrometer of this type was built at LAMPF and first operated in 1978. It has an energy resolution of 2 MeV and solid angle of about 1 msr. During the last 10 years a considerable body ...

The thermal stability of magnesium-doped aluminum hydride can be increased seven- to tenfold by controlled hydrolysis treatments; compatibility with propellant ingredients is also greatly improved. A 5-day n-butylamine (2% H2O) treatment at 80 C. is recom...

... Division of the District of Columbia Department of Health. Images and more information on SAV, the Potomac River, and the Chesapeake Bay are available on the project website and ... ...

The Analytical Development group at the Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC) offers technical support to research programs in the laboratory as well as process control support for the rest of the Savannah River Site. This laboratory recently modified and upgraded their ion chromatography systems and methods to minimize waste generation and radiation exposure to employees. The following changes ...

Many applications of next-generation sequencing technologies involve anchoring of a sequence fragment or a tag onto a corresponding position on a reference genome assembly. Positional Hashing method, implemented in the Pash 2.0 program, is specifically designed for the task of high-volume anchoring. In this article we present multi-diagonal gapped kmer collation and other ...

Using a compact least-squares treatment we analyze the consistency of evaluated cross sections with calculated and measured tritium production in /sup n/Li and /sup 7/Li detectors embedded in a 14-MeV neutron driven /sup n/LiD sphere. The tritium production experimental error matrix is evaluated and an initial reduced chi/sup 2/ of 3.0 is calculated. A perturbation calculation of the tritium ...

In this study, we evaluated the combination of transient isotachophoresis with on-line solid-phase extraction capillary electrophoresis time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SPE-tITP-CE-TOF-MS) to improve sensitivity of peptide analysis, using several opioid peptides as model compounds. First, standard solutions were analyzed in order to establish the tITP-CE methodology using UV ...

Protein kinase D (PKD) is a member of a novel family of serine/threonine kinases that regulate fundamental cellular processes. PKD is implicated in the pathogenesis of several diseases, including cancer. Progress in understanding the biological functions and therapeutic potential of PKD has been hampered by the lack of specific inhibitors. The benzoxoloazepinolone CID755673 was recently identified ...

Interactive image processing techniques, along with a linear-programming-based inductive classifier, have been used to create a highly accurate system for diagnosis of breast tumors. A small fraction of a fine needle aspirate slide is selected and digitized. With an interactive interface, the user initializes active contour models, known as snakes, near the boundaries of a set of cell nuclei. The ...

As a result of an arms reduction treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation, both countries will each be storing over 40,000 containers of plutonium. To help detect any deterioration of the containers and prevent leakage, the authors are designing a digital radiography and computed tomography system capable of handling this volume reliably, efficiently, and at a lower cost. The ...

Modern synchrotron radiation sources of the 3rd generation like BESSY II, Spring-8 and others with their high brilliance beam characteristics need very high quality optics to exploit the full power of this radiation. For the grazing incidence reflecting type of that optics (flat, spherical or aspherical) besides roughness the slope deviation error is the most important spec, which has to be ...

This citation summarizes a one-page announcement of technology available for utilization. An improved pyrheliometer is expected to measure solar irradiance with high accuracy. With a maximum error of only 0.01 percent, the instrument would be 10 times mor...

Dynamic compression of diatomic liquids using both single-shock (Hugoniot) and multiple-shock (reverberating-shock) compression achieves pressures which range up to a few 100 GPa (Mbar), densities as high as tenfold of initial liquid density in hydrogen, ...

We introduce a design of Yagi-Uda plasmonic nanoantennas for enhancing the directive gain and achieving control over the angular emission of light. We demonstrate that tapering of nanoantenna elements allows to decrease the inter-element spacing tenfold also enhancing the emission directivity. We find the optimal tapering angle that provides the maximum ...

The effects of crystal geometry, heat transport, and optics on high duty cycle germanium hole population inversion lasers are investigated. Currently the laser's low duty cycle limits its utility for many applications. This low duty cycle is a result of the combination of the large electrical input power necessary and insufficient heat extraction. In order to achieve a ...

Our current paper describes the development of a low cost shielding system using liquid scintillator for the cosmic ray detector-neutron moderator which accounts for a tenfold reduction in the cosmic continuum. Our primary objective was to develop a low c...

Neutronics calculations by Engholm show that without additional shielding even the first fusion test reactors such as the Fusion Engineering Device will produce lifetime doses at magnet insulator locations that exceed the radiation tolerance of glass-fabr...

We report a tenfold increase in the lasing output of single-output {ital Y}-junction semiconductor ring lasers by reducing the end-facet reflection feedback. Controlled reflection feedback is also shown to be a means for promoting unidirectional lasing in dual-output ring lasers. Finally, we show that the counterpropagating ring modes are strongly coupled by gain competition.

In this study, we investigated the performance of several commercial sorbents (Sep-pack) C18, (t)C18, C8 and (t)C2, Oasis HLB, Isolute ENV+, Strata-X and Oasis MCX) for the determination of opioid peptides by solid-phase extraction coupled on-line to capillary electrophoresis (SPE-CE). First, standard solutions were analyzed in order to achieve the lowest LOD and the best ...

Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) are commonly used in environmental bioprocesses for the treatment of acid mine drainage and sulfate wastewaters. Biogenic H(2)S is also a potential source of H(2) fuel with the recent development of H(2)S splitting technologies. In this study, a sulfate reducing packed bed bioreactor (PBR) capable of rapidly achieving high volumetric ...

The nonlinear error of a homodyne interferometer is presented: the amplitudes, the phase and the offsets. An improved compensation method is introduced since the conventional Heydeman modal' calculation is very time-consuming. First, the "zero drift" problem is solved with the polarization phase-shifting technology; second, a fast algorithm based on the Heydeman method is ...

Recently, polygenic risk scores (PRS) have been shown to be associated with certain complex diseases. The approach has been based on the contribution of counting multiple alleles associated with disease across independent loci, without requiring compelling evidence that every locus had already achieved definitive genome-wide statistical significance. Whether PRS assist in the ...

Rare sugars have many applications in food industry, as well as pharmaceutical and nutrition industries. Xylitol dehydrogenase (XDH) can be used to synthesize various rare sugars enzymatically. However, the immobilization of XDH has not been performed to improve the industrial production of rare sugars. In this study, silica nanoparticles which have high immobilization ...

Some improvements in measuring the transient values of the electron density in decaying gas plasmas by the propagation method are described. The electron density, as is known, can be calculated from measurements of phase shift and attenuation of a probing microwave signal propagated through the plasma. The increase of the detection sensitivity of very small phase ...

This paper discusses business practices that organizations should follow to improve their chances of

Improved lixiscope utilizes fast-decay scintillators and multiple or curved microchannels to achieve

Highly selective laser tuning achieved without thin plates of questionable optical quality. Improved

A disposable device for fractionation of blood into its components that is simple to operate and provides throughput of greater than 1 mL min?1 is highly sought after in medical diagnostics and therapies. This paper describes a device with parallel deterministic lateral displacement devices for enrichment of leukocytes from blood. We show capture of 98% and approximately ...

We describe a fast trigger processor, developed for and used in Fermilab experiment E-537, for selecting high-mass dimuon events produced by negative pions and anti-protons. The processor finds candidate tracks by matching hit information received from drift chambers and scintillation counters, and determines their momenta. Invariant masses are calculated for all possible pairs of tracks and an ...

Uncontrolled releases of large amounts of iodine occurred during the early stages of RaLa operation at the ldaho Chemical Processing Plant. A ten- fold reduction in the iodine content of the off-gas was achieved by process modifications, primarily the addition of mercury salts to the acidic process solutions. An additional ten-fold reduction was ...

A simple, economical absorber utilizing a new principle of operation to achieve very low reradiation losses while generating temperatures limited by material properties of quartz is described. Its performance is analyzed and indicates approximately 90% thermal efficiency and 73% conversion efficiency for an earth based unit with moderately concentrated ...

Energy confinement comparable with tokamak quality is achieved in the Madison Symmetric Torus (MST) reversed field pinch (RFP) at a high beta and low toroidal magnetic field. Magnetic fluctuations normally present in the RFP are reduced via parallel current drive in the outer region of the plasma. In response, the electron temperature nearly triples and beta doubles. The ...

Several new approaches to the photocatalysis of organic transformations at semiconductor surfaces have been studied. Electrodes modified by covalent attachment of arenes and highly absorptive carbanions have been synthesized and their utility in photogalvanic cells has been determined. Tenfold improvement in photocurrent production in photogalvanic ...

Isotope ratios must be measured precisely when stable isotopic tracers are used for in vivo metabolic kinetic studies since low enrichments are generally achieved above relatively high natural abundance backgrounds. We have observed that the (m + 1)/(m + 0) isotope ratio for the molecular ion of methyl palmitate (measured by electron impact ionization selected ion monitoring ...

Octyl glucoside is an effective, nonionic, solubilizing agent for membrane proteins with the advantage of ease of removal by dialysis. In order to study the detergent-sensitive activity of cytochrome c oxidase, we chose this detergent because of its simple structure and the possibility of synthesizing analogues to test the structural dependence of the detergent specificity. A procedure was ...

We report on the specific contact resistance of interfaces between thin amorphous semiconducting IZO channel layers and IZO source/drain metallization in amorphous oxide thin film transistors (TFTs). As-deposited, low carrier density amorphous IZO layers are difficult to produce and consequently very thin (10-30 nm) channel layers are required for IZO TFT device applications in order to ...

BackgroundDetailed knowledge of the subcellular location of each expressed protein is critical to a full understanding of its function. Fluorescence microscopy, in combination with methods for fluorescent tagging, is the most suitable current method for proteome-wide determination of subcellular location. Previous work has shown that neural network classifiers can distinguish all major protein ...

... Title : The Road to Continuous Improvement: BPR and Project Management. ... in order to achieve radical performance improvements in speed, cost ...

... DoD is achieving significant performance improvements in its ... through the application of Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) concepts ...

... Title : Assessment of Logistics Improvements Made by Department of ... savings were achieved to show The potential of continuous improvement. ...

The sensitivity of the photometric curcumin method for the determination of boron in silicon has been increased by using a hydrothermal refining technique for the separation of the boron from the silicon. It is now possible to increase the sample size tenfold and to determine as little as 0.02 ppm of boron. Because variables are controlled more closely during color ...

The most important documents for improving the design/construction interface are the specifications. Most design/construction specifications are filled with unnecessary boiler plate and contain confusing and contradictory information. Very few good specifications for nuclear power plants exist. As far as most specifications are concerned, the quality would be enhanced a ...

Modern effective interactions for nuclear structure calculations use phase-equivalent potentials, connected by specific choices of unitary transformations. I consider the most general transformation and constrain the generators with many-body data, aided by singular value decomposition. In a nontrivial application to a two-component fermion gas at the unitary limit; I get significant ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading infectious killer of adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) globally. Lesotho has the third highest prevalence of HIV and the fourth highest prevalence of TB worldwide, and the majority of TB patients are co-infected with HIV. This paper describes an antiretroviral treatment (ART) program instituted in a health center in a mountain region of Lesotho. ...

Boiling heat transfer performance on stainless steel metal fiber sintered surfaces is experimentally investigated with Freon 11 (R11) as the working fluid. The boiling heat transfer coefficient for the optimum surface structure gives a tenfold improvement over a smooth surface. The nondimensional specific parameter including all design parameters is ...

A mobile blanket concept is proposed for hybrid fusion-fission reactors for the purpose of significantly reducing fission product decay heat effects and consequences. Cyclic irradiation exposures both from recirculating the mobile blanket and from cyclic operation of a reactor contribute to reductions in the decay heat power and energy of up to ten-fold and extension of times ...

... Title : VOLTAGE-REGULATOR PROCESS INNOVATIONS ACHIEVE IMPROVEMENTS ... Abstract : LINEAR VOLTAGE REGULATORS ARE BEING ...

... to significantly improve the throughput achieved in the search for bent ... a high throughput (one function per clock) approach to searching for bent ...

... Achievement and Educational Experience Variables (Port A), Evaluation and Improvement of Training in Functional Military Literacy, (Part B),. ...

BackgroundProtein subcellular localization is crucial for genome annotation, protein function prediction, and drug discovery. Determination of subcellular localization using experimental approaches is time-consuming; thus, computational approaches become highly desirable. Extensive studies of localization prediction have led to the development of several methods including composition-based and ...

In 2003 Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics published three sequential review articles on the subject of biomedical applications of magnetic nanoparticles. At that time there was growing interest in basic research on the potential of magnetic nanoparticles in biomedicine, including the appropriate methods to synthesize the particles and how to functionalize them. Following that initial ...

A Mut(S) Pichia pastoris strain that had been genetically modified to produce and secrete sea raven antifreeze protein was used as a model system to demonstrate the implementation of a rational, model-based approach to improve process productivity. A set of glycerol/methanol mixed-feed continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) experiments was performed at the 5-L scale to ...

Contents: Primary Education and Development; A Brief History of Primary Education in Developing Countries; Improving Learning Achievement; Improving the Preparation and Motivation of Teachers; Strengthening Institutional Capabilities; Improving Equitable ...

Physicians involved in designing specific solutions. CEO "immerses" himself in system to obtain feedback from physicians. Significant improvements achieved in infections, mortality rates. PMID:21678873

... man- agers a process diagram and asking them to make the contained improvements is usually ... Achieve Continuous Process Improvement ...

A method is presented for achieving a dramatic improvement in phase tracking ... window can be made so narrow as to achieve a phase error variance of 1.503. ...

The literature reports on the safety and efficacy of titanium cages (TCs) with additional posterior fixation for anterior lumbar interbody fusion. However, these papers are limited to prospective cohort studies. The introduction of TCs for spinal fusion has resulted in increased costs, without evidence of superiority over the established practice. There are currently no prospective controlled ...

improvement in student achievement. An emerging body of research indicates that inquiry-based science programs are effective at improving the learning and teaching of...

Improving profitability. 4. Improving efficiency. 5. Eliminating bottlenecks ... support achieving the strategic vision of the company. ...

... such as crowdsourcing, to achieve its goals for improved collaboration and open innovation. ... forecasting space radiation and improving food packaging.

BackgroundThe primary goal of current chemotherapy in hepatoblastoma (HB) is reduction of tumour volume and vitality to enable complete surgical resection and reduce risk of recurrence or metastatic disease. Drug resistance remains a major challenge for HB treatment. In some malignancies inhibition of anti-apoptotic pathways using small BH3 mimetic molecules like ABT-737 shows synergistic effects ...

Adsorption of polymers and transport, rheology, and oil recovery efficiency of their solutions were studied in the laboratory to evaluate the use of polymers in waterflooding. While a tenfold mobility reduction was obtained with polymer concentrations as low as 0.05% by weight, the mobility reduction depended on the type of polymer, molecular weight, salinity and pH of water, ...

A variety of advanced bioreactors are being developed to improve production of fuels, solvents, organic acids and other fermentation products. One key approach is immobilization of the biocatalyst leading to increased rates and yields. In addition, there are processes for simultaneous fermentation and separation to further increase production by the removal of an inhibitory ...

After evaluating the properties of uranium oxide coatings prepared by electrodeposition, painting and physical vapor deposition, the vapor deposition method was selected as being preferable for preparing coatings on aluminum electrodes having a total area of 5 m/sup 2/. The electrodes were used in an experimental fission chamber designed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for use as a neutron ...

In the paper, we present a new hardware acceleration method to speedup the ordered-subsets expectation-maximization (OS-EM) algorithm for quantitative SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) image reconstruction with varying focal-length fan-beam (VFF) collimation. By utilizing the geometrical symmetry of VFF point-spread function (PSF), compensation for object-specific attenuation and ...

The mathematical basis for a computer code PUMA (Plutonium-Uranium-Matrix-Algorithm) is described. The code simulates steady-state concentration profiles of solvent extraction contactors used in the Purex process, directly without first generating the transient behavior. The computational times are reduced, with no loss of accuracy, by about tenfold over those required by ...

Hydrogen at high pressures and temperatures is challenging scientifically and has many real and potential applications. Minimum metallic conductivity of fluid hydrogen is observed at 140 GPa and 2600 K, based on electrical conductivity measurements to 180 GPa (1.8 Mbar), tenfold compression, and 3000 K obtained dynamically with a two-stage light-gas gun. Conditions up to 300 ...

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness which poses a tremendous burden on the families, caregivers and the society. The purpose of this paper is to provide an updated review of the epidemiology of schizophrenia with a special attention to the clinically important risk factors such as drug abuse, hormonal factors and the new advances in genetic research. The authors reviewed the literature with ...

... achieving its main purpose of advancing the "social science theory and methods and improve practical applications for managers ... ...

... in order to improve the astrometric accuracy at these ... The accuracy of a celestial reference frame ... the European Space Agency GAIA will achieve ...

... and elevation which is achieved by comparing appropriate combinations of the ... This monopulse resolution improvement (MRI) technique is used to ...

The Wallops Flight Facility is an operational element and component ...... achieve improved aerodynamic efficiency in the F-111 and demonstration of the ...

... endstate and reducing the adverse impact of these operations on the military, while improving the effectiveness of the international organizations. ...

Improved parabolic trough concentrating collectors will result from better design, improved fabrication techniques, and the development and utilization of improved materials. The difficulty of achieving these improvements varies as does their potential fo...

We perform precision microwave spectroscopy�aided by Stark deceleration�to reveal the low-magnetic-field behavior of OH in its ?3/22 rovibronic ground state, identifying two field-insensitive hyperfine transitions suitable as qubits and determining a differential Land� g factor of 1.267(5)�10-3 between opposite-parity components of the ? doublet. The data are successfully modeled ...

A new measurement of the cosmic-ray antiproton-to-proton flux ratio between 1 and 100 GeV is presented. The results were obtained with the PAMELA experiment, which was launched into low-Earth orbit on-board the Resurs-DK1 satellite on June 15th 2006. During 500 days of data collection a total of about 1000 antiprotons have been identified, including 100 above an energy of 20 GeV. The high-energy ...

The qualitative and quantitative measurements of protein abundance and modification states are essential in understanding their functions in diverse cellular processes. Typical Western blotting, though sensitive, is prone to produce substantial errors and is not readily adapted to high-throughput technologies. Multistrip Western blotting is a modified immunoblotting procedure based on simultaneous ...

The Star Wars debate seldom mentions the fact that low-powered lasers are already widely used as adjuncts to conventional weaponry and tactical laser weapons will soon be ready for military arsenals. The superpowers will both have mass-produced directed-energy weapons available soon. Other directed-energy weapons, such as particle beams, atmospheric compression waves, microwaves, and ...

ABSTRACT: A new functionalised graphene sheet (FGS) filled poly(dimethyl)siloxane insulator nanocomposite has been developed with high dielectric constant, making it well suited for applications in flexible electronics. The dielectric permittivity increased tenfold at 10 Hz and 2 wt.% FGS, while preserving low dielectric losses and good mechanical properties. The presence of ...

Nisin is an antimicrobial peptide produced and secreted by several L. lactis strains and is specifically active against Gram-positive bacteria. In previous studies, nisin was purified via cation exchange chromatography at low pH employing a single-step elution using 1?M NaCl. Here, we describe an optimized purification protocol using a five-step NaCl elution to remove contaminants. The obtained ...

A hot stable field-reversed configuration (FRC) has been produced in the C-2 experiment by colliding and merging two high-? plasmoids preformed by the dynamic version of field-reversed ?-pinch technology. The merging process exhibits the highest poloidal flux amplification obtained in a magnetic confinement system (over tenfold increase). Most of the kinetic energy is ...

A hot stable field-reversed configuration (FRC) has been produced in the C-2 experiment by colliding and merging two high-{beta} plasmoids preformed by the dynamic version of field-reversed {theta}-pinch technology. The merging process exhibits the highest poloidal flux amplification obtained in a magnetic confinement system (over tenfold increase). Most of the kinetic energy ...

A hot stable field-reversed configuration (FRC) has been produced in the C-2 experiment by colliding and merging two high-? plasmoids preformed by the dynamic version of field-reversed ?-pinch technology. The merging process exhibits the highest poloidal flux amplification obtained in a magnetic confinement system (over tenfold increase). Most of the kinetic energy is ...

We report precise measurements of ground-state, Lambda-doublet microwave transitions in the hydroxyl radical molecule (OH). Utilizing slow, cold molecules produced by a Stark decelerator we have improved over the precision of the previous best measurement 25-fold for the F'=2-->F=2 transition, yielding (1 667 358 996 +/- 4)Hz, and by tenfold for the ...

In this paper, the enhancement of the torque density in a high temperature superconductor (HTS) induction/synchronous machine is experimentally and theoretically investigated by the use of Bi-2223 windings. The basic structure of this machine is the same as that of a conventional squirrel-cage induction motor, and the secondary windings are replaced by the superconducting tapes. Firstly, ...

... Title : Stealth CPI: Managing Work Products to Achieve Continuous Process Improvement. Descriptive Note : Journal article. ...

The tenfold 'safety' factor traditionally used to guard against human interindividual differences in susceptibility to toxicity is not based on human observations. Some support for a tenfold dose-reduction is based upon the distribution of profit slopes from acute toxicity in ani...

With the increase in demand for more efficient, higher-power, and higher-temperature operation of power converters, design engineers face the challenge of increasing the efficiency and power density of converters [1, 2]. Development in power semiconductors is vital for achieving the design goals set by the industry. Silicon (Si) power devices have reached their theoretical ...

The selective modification of arginine residues by malondialdehyde (MDA) was used to improve the mass spectrometric analysis of arginine oligomers (Arg(x), x = 4, 6, 7, 8, 9) and an arginine-containing dendrimeric peptide. MDA tagging significantly increased the hydrophobicity of the arginine side-chain and resulted in improved retention in RP HPLC of the ...

Computer aided diagnosis (CADx) systems can support the radiologist in the complex task of discriminating benign and malignant mammographic lesions. Automatic segmentation of mammographic lesions in regions of interest (ROIs) is a core module of many CADx systems. Previously, we have proposed a novel method for segmentation of mammographic masses. The approach was based on the observation that the ...

Low-cost hollow module rapidly converts into elevated platform for field applications. Module can be

... and a tenfold change in radon concentration is S30' not unusual under ... area, and will not mask the dif- ferences in radioactivity levels that reflect ...

In this paper, the characteristics of a different type of incinerator are reviewed. This incinerator burns the PCB waste in a pressurized stream of preheated oxygen. The operation can achieve temperatures of 2760/sup 0/C and maintain them at elevated levels for periods up to one second. In this plasma-temperature operating range, many molecules are highly disassociated and ...

Dynamic compression of diatomic liquids using both single-shock (Hugoniot) and multiple-shock (reverberating-shock) compression achieves pressures which range up to a few 100 GPa (Mbar), densities as high as tenfold of initial liquid density in hydrogen, and temperatures up to several 1000 K. Single-shock compression produces substantial heating, which ...

The use of paired learning teams was investigated as a possible technique for improving instructional achievement and efficiency. The primary question was the comparison of achievement of students who learned in pairs with the achievement of students who ...

In this meta-analysis, we review the research on the achievement effects of the nationally disseminated and externally developed school improvement programs known as whole-school or comprehensive reforms. In addition to reviewing the overall achievement e...

Improving Pareto Optimal Designs Using Genetic Algorithms John S. Gero Sushil J. Louis Key Centre is to improve the performance in those criteria then it is possible to manipulate the problem formulation to achieve an improvement. The approach adopted is to encode the formulation in a genetic algorithm

A thin sputtered film that exhibits improved adherence to a substrate and has improved friction and wear characteristics is described. These improvements are achieved by coating the substrate by rf sputtering with a film of titanium carbide using an argon...

This article addresses the serious and growing need to improve science instruction and science achievement for all students. We will describe the results of a 3-year study that transformed science instruction and student achievement at two high-poverty ethnically diverse public elementary schools in Texas. The school-wide intervention ...

In an effort to improve student achievement, a group of middle-school teachers at an underperforming school developed a schoolwide literacy plan. As part of the plan, they agreed to model their thinking while reading aloud. Eight teachers were selected for coaching related to think alouds in which they exposed students to comprehension strategies that they ...

The ultimate objective of any educational enterprise is to improve student achievement so that individuals may contribute to our democracy, economy, and communities and live their own American dreams. Improving student achievement is hard. It requires mea...

THE ACHIEVEMENT OF "GOOD COMBUSTION" BY IMPROVEMENT OF SECONDARY AIR INJECTION AT THE MONTGOMERY combustion due to sub-stoiciometric primary air supply, which controls the rate of combustion. The other with the deficient stream to complete burnout, to gether with the secondary air, and reduce the gas tempera tures

The report lists the achievements in integration of the health sector in the Province of Colon. Several achievements are improved quality of medical care, better medical personnel, improved personnel training, modern medical equipment, and a community hea...

The side effects associated with tuberculosis therapy bring with them the risk of noncompliance and subsequent drug resistance. Increasing the therapeutic index of antituberculosis drugs should thus improve treatment effectiveness. Several antituberculosis compounds require in situ metabolic activation to become inhibitory. Various thiocarbamide-containing drugs, including ...

This report summarizes the development of in situ spectral reflectance as a tool for improving the quality, reproducibility, and yield of device structures grown from compound semiconductors. Although initially targeted at MBE (Molecular Beam Epitaxy) machines, equipment difficulties forced the authors to test most of their ideas on a MOCVD (Metal Organic Chemical Vapor ...

This 2-page fact sheet describes training available for U.S. industry on ways to achieve energy efficiency through systems improvements.

Oxidative etchings and coatings have proven most effective in improving the bond strength, but the extent to which primary chemical bonds have been achieved ...

Improving weather prediction: AIRS Already Achieved 6 hours in 6 days improvement in NH with NCEP Operational Model (JCSDA). Climate Studies: Determine ...

... above 60 ?C. Higher conductivity can be achieved in the current systems by adding solvent or plasticizers to the solid polymer to improve ion transport. ...

Jun 16, 2011 ... Critical improvements were achieved by painting the trap with a latex exterior gloss house paint, raising traps above water lines in areas tbat ...

The purpose of this contract is to effect a significant improvement in the quality and economics of sapphire substrates for thin film microassemblies. It is expected to achieve these results by producing larger diameter crystals of good internal quality, ...

This paper describes the various statistical tools used at the Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory to achieve continuous quality improvement in the development of Breeder Reactor Technology and in reactor operations. The role of the quality assuran...

The research investigated the many options of automating the telescope, ways to improve the performance, and ways to reduce the cost of producing an automated telescope. Basic research into the required performance and the corrections required to achieve ...

... Unity of Effort: A Call for Legislation to Improve the Interagency Process and Continue Enhancing Interservice Interoperability so All May Labor as ...

...Program is to improve, develop, or finance business, industry, and employment and improve the economic and environmental climate in rural communities. This purpose is achieved by bolstering the existing private credit structure through the...

... fact that more adaptation was achieved by a group, on this schedule, in 15 minutes of underwater activity than by a class of SCUBA divers in four ...

analog systems to the future fourth generation systems. ...... compatibility with analog systems, achieving improved spectrum efficiency, and providing a ...

... will improve the math and science achievement of all students at all grade levels by engaging them in deep and ... ...

... the enthalpy attainable from scalable high performance arc heaters were studied ... were achieved by changes in geometry, with air injection and ...

... improvements in the performance and quality of many machining processes have been achieved through physical vapor deposition hard coating of ...

... Improved nucleation and growth rates from non-hydrogen-containing carbon sources may be achievable with catalysis by transition metals. ...

... Based on what is for the most part anecdotal ... ie, while there is no guarantee, odds of successful programs with quality products are improved if the ...

... and unsuccessful plan and goal achievement events, along with an explanation structure for ... Eliciting self-explanations improves understanding. ...