The Department of Defense, Science and Technology Program: An Analysis, FY1998-FY2007 (open access)

The Department of Defense, Science and Technology Program: An Analysis, FY1998-FY2007

The purpose of this report is to help understand how the budget increases of the last ten years have been allocated.
Date: September 12, 2008
Creator: Moteff, John D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2006 (open access)

HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2006

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Date: September 6, 2005
Creator: Copson, Raymond W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2006 Engineering Tech Base Report: Defect Detection in Large CT Image Sets (open access)

FY2006 Engineering Tech Base Report: Defect Detection in Large CT Image Sets

This image analysis project is constructing a tool for performing computer assisted detection of defects in large CT data sets. We address two primary challenges: proving an algorithm that can reliably highlight the objects of interest, and coupling this algorithm to efficient and effective data management and interface routines. The goal of this project is to create an end to end tool that will efficiently extract from large CT data sets a manageable set of candidate defects that highlights 100% of the unambiguous (to a trained analyst) true defects and as many as possible of the ambiguous objects. Objective metrics for defect ambiguity are elusive given the ill defined nature of both the defects and their CT images (e.g., variations in size and contrast, defect/object density gradients). Therefore the true metric of success will be gaining the confidence of the Weapons Program NDE analysts in this tool, which will be a qualitative function of efficiency and accuracy. In consultation with Weapons Program NDE analysts voids it was decided to focus this initial effort on searching for small voids (order of tenths to tens of millimeters in extent). The program has produced a Tungsten ring with surrogate defects drilled into it …
Date: September 18, 2006
Creator: Poland, D N; Lopez, A; Manay, S & Sengupta, S
System: The UNT Digital Library
300 Area D4 Project 3rd Quarter Fiscal Year 2006 Building Completion Report (open access)

300 Area D4 Project 3rd Quarter Fiscal Year 2006 Building Completion Report

This report documents the deactivation, decontamination, decommissioning, and demolition of five buildings in the 300 Area of the Hanford Site. The D4 of these facilities included characterization, engineering, removal of hazardous and radiologically contaminated materials, equipment removal, utility disconnection, deactivation, decontamination, demolition of the structure, and stabilization or removal of the remaining slab and foundation as appropriate.
Date: September 25, 2006
Creator: Smith, D. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library