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The focus of MMAMA is on providing high-fidelity scientific investigations, scientific input, and science operations constraints in the context of planetary field campaigns. Funding provided in this program element is intended to enable researchers to conduct scientific investigations and integrate their instruments, projects, and/or protocols into field activities designed to help NASA plan for future exploration of the Moon, Mars, and other planetary bodies with both robots and humans. The MMAMA R&A Lead estimates that approximately two-thirds of the effort funded through MMAMA is technology-related. Through this research program element, investigators are selected to carry out specific scientific research analogous to investigations anticipated for missions to asteroids, the Moon, and/or Mars. Areas of specific interest to the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) include, but are not limited to: 1. Understanding and optimizing human and robotic performance to maximize scientific return; 2. Defining science requirements for human missions, including requirements for mobility, navigation, communications, in situ analysis, surface laboratory functionality, crew scheduling, and sample acquisition, handling, documentation, and curation; 3. Developing surface science scenarios for use in architecture planning and science payload manifesting; and 4. Illuminating areas of critical importance for robotic precursor missions, including robotic operations of/with human-oriented systems during periods when humans may not yet be present. 5. Field testing of robotic, teleoperated, and human-operated instruments. Although this is primarily a Planetary Sciences call, proposals in other areas of SMD research such as Heliophysics, Astrophysics, and Earth Science are considered, to the extent that they reflect NASA?s strategic scientific goals at asteroids, the Moon, and/or Mars.

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National Crime Information Center (NCIC) provides crime information services for local, state, federal and international law enforcement community and homeland security. The NCIC is a nationwide, computerized information system established as a service to

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The Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) Database depicts flood risk information and supporting data used to develop the risk data. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual-chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The DFIRM Database is derived from Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The file is georeferenced to earth's surface using the UTM projection and coordinate system. The specifications for the horizontal control of DFIRM data files are consistent with those required for mapping at a scale of 1:12,000. This database was developed for the Walker County DFIRM project in 2007 by CF3R/Baker for FEMA Region 6.

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Data on domestic shipments of photovoltaic cells and modules by market sector, end use, and type. Based on information reported on Form EIA-63B, “Annual Photovoltaic Cell/Module Shipments Report.” Shipments as reported by respondents are for terrestrial (land-based) use only. Shipments intended for applications in space programs (satellites, military projects, etc.) are excluded. Market Sector: Residential; Commercial; Industrial; Electric Power End use: Grid-connected Centralized PV System; Grid-connected Distributed PV System; Off-grid Domestic PV System; Off-grid Non-domestic PV System Type: Crystalline Silicon; Thin-Film; Concentrator

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This proposal is specifically written to address the need for improved Ka-band T/R modules. The solicitation calls for investigation and development of core technologies that will significantly improve T/R module performance. Improvements needed include reduced power consumption, mass, and size. Hittite Microwave Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company that has been developing microwave monolithic integrated circuits (MMICs) for over 19 years. Hittite proposes three possible areas of focus for the SBIR program, transmitter power amplifiers, receiver integration or complete T/R functionality. By far the largest contributor to the size and weight of a T/R module is the power amplifier. Both GaN and MHEMT are new technologies that have the potential for substantial improvement over incumbent PHEMT technology. MHEMT is most suited to power levels below 4 Watts reverting to the higher power density GaN technology at higher power levels. Both MHEMT and advanced SiGeBiCMOS technologies such as IBM 8HP can be consider for receiver functions. Finally MHEMT strikes a good balance as a single technology platform for a moderate power level (<2 Watt transmit) T/R MMIC/module at 35 GHz. The proposal includes a technology summary as well as basic design considerations and examples of LNAs, PAs and phase shifters.

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The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Census Blocks are statistical areas bounded on all sides by visible features, such as streets, roads, streams, and railroad tracks, and/or by nonvisible boundaries such as city, town, township, and county limits, and short line-of-sight extensions of streets and roads. Census blocks are relatively small in area; for example, a block in a city bounded by streets. However, census blocks in remote areas are often large and irregular and may even be many square miles in area. A common misunderstanding is that data users think census blocks are used geographically to build all other census geographic areas, rather all other census geographic areas are updated and then used as the primary constraints, along with roads and water features, to delineate the tabulation blocks. As a result, all 2010 Census blocks nest within every other 2010 Census geographic area, so that Census Bureau statistical data can be tabulated at the block level and aggregated up to the appropriate geographic areas. Census blocks cover all territory in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Blocks are the smallest geographic areas for which the Census Bureau publishes data from the decennial census. A block may consist of one or more faces.

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Database of estimated current wait times at major northern and southern border crossings.

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Three endemic species, two arthropods and one isopod, are present in the Kauai caves. These species are critical components of the cave ecosystems and are possibly the last representatives of what was once a more diverse and populous cave community. One of the most biologically diverse of the five known Kauai caves is located directly under the fairway of the Kiahuna Golf Course. While the golf course declined to specify the pesticides they use, over 30 different pesticides are commonly used on golf courses in Hawaii, including insecticides to control turf grass pests. This objective of this study was to determine how these chemicals, particularly organophosphates and carbamates, affect the endemic cave species.

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Contains industry filings related to cases.

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The EPA Geospatial Platform is a shared infrastructure that a suite of geospatial tools, data and services that helps coordinate and consolidate mapping activities, applications development and data management across the Agency.

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Bioenergy Knowledge Discovery Framework (BioKDF) supports the bioenergy infrastructure effort to move the nation towards sustainable, renewable energy solution. The BioKDF facilitates informed decision making by providing a means to synthesize, analyze, and visualize vast amounts of information in a relevant and succinct manner. It is designed to comprehensively analyze the economic and environmental impacts of various development options for biomass feedstocks, biorefineries, and related infrastructure.

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has the statutory mandate to collect hydrographic data in support of nautical chart compilation for safe navigation and to provide background data for engineers, scientific, and other commercial and industrial activities. Hydrographic survey data primarily consist of water depths, but may also include features (e.g. rocks, wrecks), navigation aids, shoreline identification, and bottom type information. NOAA is responsible for archiving and distributing the source data as described in this metadata record.

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United States Army Network Enterprise Technology Command news and information.

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PIV is the system USAID uses to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-12, which requires Federal agencies to adopt policies, procedures, and technologies for issuing and using Federal information security identity credentials.

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The accuracy assessment field work was performed in July and August, 1996 to verify the accuracy of the vegetation communities spatial data developed by the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program for Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The data points were randomly distributed stratified according to vegetation association over the project area according to protocols developed by the Program. Points were located by GPS navigation and the community information was collected at the point, without knowledge of the attributes of the vegetation spatial data. The data points were compared to the attributes of the polygon in which they were contained. Attributes of the polygons or accuracy assessment points that did not match were changed during later analysis due to errors in the AA methodology or map attribution errors. A contingency table was completed from the final dataset.

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The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. The Census Bureau includes landmarks in the MTDB for locating special features and to help enumerators during field operations. Some of the more common landmark types include area landmarks such as airports, cemeteries, parks, mountain peaks/summits, schools, and churches and other religious institutions. The Census Bureau has added landmark features to MTDB on an as-needed basis and made no attempt to ensure that all instances of a particular feature were included. The presence or absence of a landmark such as a hospital or prison does not mean that the living quarters associated with that landmark were geocoded to that census tabulation block or excluded from the census enumeration.

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The NHTSA Vehicle Crash Test Database contains engineering data measured during various types of research, the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), and compliance crash tests. Information in this database refers to the performance and response of vehicles and other structures in impacts. This database is not intended to support general consumer safety issues. For general consumer information please see the NHTSA's information on buying a safer car.

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This map layer portrays the Congressional Districts of the United States for the 111th Congress. This is an update of the August 2010 map layer.

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Economics: National Ocean Watch (ENOW) contains annual time-series data for over 400 coastal counties, 30 coastal states, 8 regions, and the nation, derived from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. It describes six economic sectors that depend on the oceans and Great Lakes and measures four economic indicators: Establishments, Employment, Wages, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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Gridded gravity anomaly data for the Former Soviet Union (FSU) and Eastern Europe has been received by the National Geophysical Data Center(NGDC). The data file contains 1 x 1 degree grid data constructed from several one(1) degree latitude band files. The observed gravity values are believed to be referenced to the International Gravity Standardization Net 1971(IGSN71) and the gravity anomaly is believed to have been computed using the Geodetic Reference System 1967(GRS67) theoretical gravity formula.

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The data set outlines and describes the general geologic age and type of bedrock of the Former Soviet Union and selected adjacent areas. It also includes shoreline and inland water bodies.

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The National Waterway Network (NTAD 2015) is a comprehensive network database of the nation's navigable waterways. The data set covers the 48 contiguous states plus the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and water links between. The nominal scale of the dataset varies with the source material. The majority of the information is at 1:100,000 with larger scales used in harbor/bay/port areas and smaller scales used in open waters.

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Artemis provides an efficient means to identify serious safety defects early in the vehicle equipment and component production cycle and influences safety recalls promoting a safer environment for drivers and passengers across the nation. Artemis consists of the overall datasets that are defaulted to supported non-public internal use.

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Payload Systems Inc. (PSI) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were selected to jointly develop the Rule-based Analytic Asset Management for Space Exploration System (RAMSES) in this NASA STTR project. This system implements a modular layered architecture that enables automated multi-level asset tracking and management for both space and ground applications based on state-of-the-art RFID technology. The main advantages of this system over current bar-code based asset tracking are: (i) significant time savings through automation, (ii) real-time remote status monitoring through the internet, and (iii) rule-based analytics for proactive asset management. In Phase 2 we propose to redesign the Smart Container by taking advantage of Generation 2 RFID tag technology, lightweight RFID readers and batteries as well as integrating container technologies in a more tight and robust manner. We plan to build a total of three (3) smart containers to demonstrate scalability of the system and interaction among containers. The RAILS software will be upgraded to provide enterprise-level capabilities such as user authentication, inventory and item time history analysis, and an expanded analytic rule set. Testing will be conducted both in the laboratory and in the field to demonstrate seamless three level tracking (container level, room level, outdoors). Finally, we will perform a detailed RAMSES cost/benefit analysis and market survey in preparation for Phase 3.