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A Study of International Space Station Ground/Crew Communication Methods with Applications to Human Moon and Mars Missions
The International Space Station utilizes many different forms of written and verbal communication between the flight crews and ground control personnel. This study analyzes the historical use of three regular communication ... -
Validated Prediction Of Pressurant Gas Requirements In Cryogenic Run Tanks At Subcritical And Supercritical Pressures
The development, testing, and use of liquid propellant and hybrid rocket propulsion systems for spacecraft and their launch vehicles routinely involves the use of cryogenic propellants. These propellants provide high energy ... -
Availability And Seasonal Use Of Diurnal Roosts By Rafinesque'S Big-Eared Bat And Southeastern Myotis In Bottomland Hardwoods Of Mississippi
Rafinesque’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) and southeastern myotis (Myotis austroriparius) are listed as species of concern in Mississippi. They use bottomland hardwood forests for roosting habitat; however, ... -
Effects Of Various Fumigants And Alternative Processing Methods On The Safety, Volatile Composition, And Sensory Quality Of Dry Cured Ham
Randomized complete block designs with three replications were utilized to evaluate the effects of fumigation with sulfuryl fluoride (SF) (0, 12, 24, 36 and 72 mg/L), phosphine (PH3) (0, 200 and 1000 ppm at 48 hr), methyl ... -
Treatment Acceptabilty Of Teachers Of Adolescents By Level Of Intervention Intrusiveness And Type Of Disorder
The purpose of the current study was to examine the treatment acceptability ratings of teachers of adolescents on three different types of commonly used interventions: (a) positive verbal praise, (b) token economy with ... -
Clustering Multiple Contextually Related Heterogeneous Datasets
Traditional clustering is typically based on a single feature set. In some domains, several feature sets may be available to represent the same objects, but it may not be easy to compute a useful and effective integrated ... -
Novel Techniques For Selective Doping Of Silicon Carbide For Device Applications
Superior properties of Silicon Carbide (SiC), such as wide bandgap, high breakdown field and high thermal conductivity, have made it the frontrunner to replace Silicon for applications requiring high breakdown strength, ... -
The Relationship Between School-Based Technology Facilitators, Technology Usage, And Teacher Technology Skill Levels In K-12 Schools In The Create For Mississippi Project
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between on-site Technology Facilitators, access to technology, technology usage, and technology skill levels of teachers at the eleven C?R?E?A?T?E for Mississippi ... -
Fast Reconfiguration Algorithm Development For Shipboard Power Systems
Todays protection schemes for shipboard applications, such as the zone-based differential protection, are efficient, fast, and reliable for fault detection. However, these protection schemes do not consider the system ... -
Plasma Steroid And Vitellogenin Concentrations, Activity Of Cathepsins, And Egg Protein Content During Oocyte Maturation, And Influence Of Hormone Injection In Four Commercial Strains Of Channel Catfish Ictalurus Punctatus
Profiles of plasma estradiol and testosterone concentrations, cathepsin D, L, and B activities, and quantitative and qualitative protein content were developed and evaluated in four commercial strains of channel catfish, ... -
On The Design Of Wideband Antennas Using Mixed Order Tangential Vector Finite Elements
A 3D Finite Element Boundary Integral technique (FE-BI) using mixed-order tangential vector finite elements (TVFE?s) is presented. This technique is used to design two wide band antennas and an ultra wideband (UWB) antenna ... -
Automated Image Registration And Mosaicking For Multi-Sensor Images Acquired By A Miniature Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Platform
Algorithms for automatic image registration and mosaicking are developed for a miniature Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MINI-UAV) platform, assembled by Air-O-Space International (AOSI) L.L.C.. Three cameras onboard this MINI-UAV ... -
Incremental Learning Of Discrete Hidden Markov Models
We address the problem of learning discrete hidden Markov models from very long sequences of observations. Incremental versions of the Baum-Welch algorithm that approximate the beta-values used in the backward procedure ... -
Field Evaluation Of Rapid Airfield Assessment Technologies
Current military criteria for characterizing soils and unbound pavement structural layers rely on either California bearing ratio (CBR) values or elastic moduli as backcalculated from the falling weight deflectometer (FWD). ... -
Empirical Validation Of Requirement Error Abstraction And Classification: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Software quality and reliability is a primary concern for successful development organizations. Over the years, researchers have focused on monitoring and controlling quality throughout the software process by helping ... -
Elucidation Of Key Interactions Between In Situ Chemical Oxidation Reagents And Soil Systems
Many soil and aquifer systems in the United States have been subjected to chemical contamination from past industrial and military activities. While many remediation technologies are currently being applied, in situ chemical ... -
A Landscape Preference Study Of Campus Open Space
The current study is an empirical study of preference for campus open space around the drill field on Mississippi State University (MSU) campus. 83 students at Mississippi State University were selected as research objects. ... -
Evaluating Change In Regional Economic Contributions Of Forest-Based Industries In The South
The timberlands in the South provide a large resource base for forest-based industry. This resource base is utilized to provide major contributions to the southern economy. Aruna et al. (1997) examined southern forest-based ... -
Ab Initio Study Of The Rotation Around The Carbon-Carbon Double Bond In Push-Pull Systems
A series of push-pull systems with different electron donors and electron acceptors were investigated. The carbon-carbon double bond rotational barriers for twelve push-pull ethylene derivatives, NH2CH=CHX, NH2CCCH=CHX and ... -
Deoxygenation Catalysis On Titania For Renewable Fuel Applications
This research studies the use of class=SpellE>titania (titanium dioxide, TiO2) as a catalyst for deoxygenation of class=SpellE>syngas derived oxygenates. These oxygenates are formed as byproducts when biomass derived syngas ...