This report describes the physics, code formulations, and numerics that are used in the TECATE (totally Eulerian code for anisotropic thermo-elasticity) and BREW (birefringent ray-tracing of electromagnetic waves) codes for laser design. These codes resolve thermal, stress, and birefringent optical effects in 3-D stationary solid-state systems. This suite of three constituent codes is a package referred to as LASRPAK.

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Funeral program for Erma Davis, born February 12, 1904. The funeral was held July 20, 1994 at Mt. Zion First Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Claude W. Black, Jr. Funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and he was buried in Meadowlawn Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.

The pulsed characteristics of gated, stripline configuration microchannel-plate (MCP) detectors used in X-ray framing cameras deployed on laser plasma experiments worldwide are examined in greater detail. The detectors are calibrated using short (20 ps) and long (500 ps) pulse X-ray irradiation and 3--60 ps, deep UV (202 and 213 nm), spatially-smoothed laser irradiation. Two-dimensional unsaturated gain profiles show < 5% percent long-range transverse variations but up to 3 dB/cm drop in gain parallel to the pulse propagation direction. Up to 50% gain enhancements due to voltage reflection from the bends of a meander stripline geometry and from the ends of conventional straight striplines are also observed. Reproducible gate profiles are obtained with either picosecond X-ray or UV bursts and FWHM extracted with 3 picosecond accuracy. A novel single-shot method for measuring local gate propagation speeds using a tilted MCP is also demonstrated. Detailed output versus input studies indicate a linear dynamic range of 300. At higher irradiances, the gradual transition from linear behavior to hard saturation is gathered over a range of 10{sup 5} in irradiation and fitted using a discrete dynode model. Finally, a pump-probe experiment quantifying for the first time long-suspected gain depletion by strong localized irradiation was …

Rare-earth (RE) doped ZrO{sub 2} prepared by a method of coprecipitation from aqueous solution shows many properties such as good thermal stability and large surface area ({approximately}80 m{sup 2}/g) that are suitable for use as catalyst supports and sorbents for a variety of molecules. The authors have measured the vibrational densities of states of surface hydroxyl groups as well as physisorbed water molecules in La{sub 0.1}Zr{sub 0.9}O{sub 1.95} and Nd{sub 0.1}Zr{sub 0.9}O{sub 1.95} by inelastic neutron scattering. The spectrum of dry RE-ZrO{sub 2} exhibits a peak at about 455 meV characteristic of the O-H stretch vibrations of surface hydroxyl groups. At a submonolayer coverage of H{sub 2}O this peak broadens and shifts to a slightly lower energy. At higher coverage three bands, corresponding to the O-H stretch ({approximately}430 meV), H-O-H bend ({approximately}200 meV) and librational motion ({approximately}80 meV), were observed. The decreasing energy and larger width of the OH stretch band with increasing H{sub 2}O coverage indicate the influence of hydrogen bonding on the motion of water molecules.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is required to provide assistance to 20 specified agricultural commodities, to achieve three primary objectives: to support prices, supplement incomes, and manage supplies. Supporters contend that financial help to the farm sector also ensures consumers an abundant supply of reasonably priced food. But critics believe that basic U.S. farm policies, conceived in the 1930s, no longer meet the needs of modern agriculture or society as a whole. This report discusses the various programs available for different commodities.

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The Natural Gas Monthly (NGM) highlights activities, events, and analyses of interest to public and private sector organizations associated with the natural gas industry. Volume and price data are presented each month for natural gas production, distribution, consumption, and interstate pipeline activities. Producer-related activities and underground storage data are also reported. From time to time, the NGM features articles designed to assist readers in using and interpreting natural gas information.

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