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<p>System on a chip is a method to increase engineering efficiency. State of the art components are increasing in gate count as expected according to Moore’s law. In the past, a single engineer could write all of the code that would be placed into a smaller programmable component. As component density has increased, it now typically takes several engineers to develop a single chip. In the near future, design modularity and design reuse will be required to maintain engineering efficiency.</p><p>System on a chip allows NASA to develop or buy a library of functions which can be stitched together using a common interconnect bus. This promotes code reuse and greatly increases the speed at which a large, complex design can be developed. The direct benefits are efficiency and remaining competitive. This design methodology paves the way for the final goal of developing a complete spacecraft on a chip.</p><p>The goal of this project is to lay the key groundwork for being able to build a complete spacecraft on a chip.</p>

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AUTOMATED LEARNING FOR REAL-TIME EXPERT SYSTEM IN MONTORING AND CONTROL Project

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Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory implemented a point count study in 2009 to monitor populations of riparian birds in eastern Utah. A total of 340 point counts were conducted at six transects along the Green River; three transects on Bureau of Land Management and three transects on Ouray National Wildlife Refuge.

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The CAMEX-3 ER-2 Navigation data files contain information recorded by on board navigation and data collection systems. In addition to typical navigation data (e.g. date, time, lat/lon and altitude) it contains outside meteorological parameters such as wind speed and direction and temperature. These ascii text files are recorded every second for the length of the sortie. In addition, graphical representations of these measured parameters are shown in .gif files.

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SBA Disaster Loan Data for FY2014 provides verified loss and approved loan amount totals for both home and business disaster loans, segmented by city, county, zip code and state.

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NASA requires protocols and architectures that will allow reduced levels of mission funding, shorter mission development schedules, and facilitate high availability of flight electronic components. The administration is strategically moving towards Internet based architectures and technologies. Internet protocols, however, are not designed for space communications and must be seamlessly adapted to support the characteristics of this environment. We are proposing the development of a Universal Space IP Transparent Proxy that leverages an innovative modular architecture to achieve accurate network monitoring and measurement as a means to effectively deal with design and performance problems of IP protocols in space environments.

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Encouraged by Phase I accomplishments, the proposed Phase II program will significantly mature and align the development of a Space Qualified Non-Destructive Evaluation & Health Monitoring system with the needs of NASA. We are systematically working to improve the TRL to 5 at the end of Phase II and formulate commercialization and product development strategy beyond Phase II. The proposed health monitoring system features three innovative technologies: excitation of preferential Lamb/Rayleigh wave modes; utilization of phased array concepts; and utilization of software algorithms rather than hardware for beam forming and signal analysis. The ability to detect cracks, corrosion, disbonds, and cracks under bolts for a stiffened panel was demonstrated in Phase I. The detection methods used were pitch-catch, pulse-echo, phased array, and electromechanical impedance. To efficiently and cost-effectively achieve Phase II objectives, NextGen has teamed with Lockheed Martin Space Systems - Michoud Operations to test the proposed system in realistic environment. A cryogenic, composite LOX tank, built by Lockheed Martin for the X-34, is currently in a test fixture at NASA Marshall and will be used for evaluating our system. Additional tests will be performed to validate the durability and survivability of the system for space certification.

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The 2013 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based shapefiles while others are available only as state-based files.

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This data set provides soil maps for the United States (US) (including Alaska), Canada, Mexico, and a part of Guatemala. The map information content includes maximum soil depth and eight soil attributes including sand, silt, and clay content, gravel content, organic carbon content, pH, cation exchange capacity, and bulk density for the topsoil layer (0-30 cm) and the subsoil layer (30-100 cm). The spatial resolution is 0.25 degree. The Unified North American Soil Map (UNASM) combined information from the state-of-the-art US General Soil Map (STATSGO2) and Soil Landscape of Canada (SLCs) databases. The area not covered by these data sets was filled by using the Harmonized World Soil Database version 1.21 (HWSD1.21). The Northern Circumpolar Soil Carbon (NCSCD) database was used to provide more accurate and up-to-date soil organic carbon information for the high-latitude permafrost region and was combined with soil organic carbon content derived from the UNASM (Liu et al., 2013). The UNASM data were utilized in the North American Carbon Program (NACP) Multi-Scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project (MsTMIP) as model input driver data (Huntzinger et al., 2013). The driver data were used by 22 terrestrial biosphere models to run baseline and sensitivity simulations. The compilation of these data was facilitated by the NACP Modeling and Synthesis Thematic Data Center (MAST-DC). MAST-DC was a component of the NACP (www.nacarbon.org) designed to support NACP by providing data products and data management services needed for modeling and synthesis activities.

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CERES Single Scanner Satellite Footprint, TOA, Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF) data in HDF.

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This map depicts lands owned andor administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Huleia National Wildlife Refuge.

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Charts comparing current prices with previous years and current supply and use variables with the previous marketing year. Excel data files are available from the monthly Outlook reports.

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Civil Penalty Action Reports (summary tables in PDF format)

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The Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar Site Cape Romanzof contains many petroleumrelated spills and hazardous substances. Therefore, in 1987 and 1988 a field study was conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Service to determine if contaminants from station activities had entered the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuges Refuge environment andor trust resources. Analytical results indicate that elevated levels of some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAHs, organochlorines and trace elements most likely originating from Cape Romanzof are accumulating in wildlife tissue. Most notable were organochlorine compounds in vole, fox and fish samples. Detected were: 1 p,p DDE in all but one sample 0.06 .15 ppm and p,p DDD in vole and fish samples 0.01 0.06 ppm, and 2 total PCBs in all samples voles, 0.95 1.14 ppm; fox adipose fat, 0.58 ppm; fish muscle, 0.16 1.22 ppm. Pathways of uptake include contact, ingestion, or inhalation of contaminated soil, sediment, water, waste or food e.g. fish, small mammals, birds. Sediment samples collected by the Service and water and sediment samples collected by WoodwardClyde Consultants indicate that the Old Landfill is a primary contributor of PAHs, PCBs, chlordane, lead and cadmium contamination.

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This map was produced by the Division of Realty to depict landownership at Blackfoot Valley Conservation Area. It was generated from rectified aerial photography, cadastral surveys and recorded documents.

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High-efficiency UV detectors will be developed in the Phase II program with ZnO and its alloy (ZnBeO). ZnO and ZnBeO are a very suitable material for fabrication of high-speed, high-detectivity, and radiation-hard UV detectors due to their unique structural, electrical and optical properties. The proposing company (MOXtronics) has shown the feasibility of fabricating new ZnO p-i-n UV detectors in the Phase I. Such UV photodiodes will be improved for high-efficiency UV detection by using heterojunction p-i-n structures and/or Schottky contacts. In the Phase II efforts, commercial-typed heteojunction ZnO/ZnBeO-based PIN and MSM photodiodes will be fabricated and demonstrated. These photodiodes will be used for broad near-to-far UV detection.

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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Bathymetry, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities off southern New England, shows the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. During July-August 2008 NOAA completed hydrographic survey H11922 west of Gay Head, Massachusetts, in Rhode Island Sound and during July and September 2010 bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of ground-truth reconnaissance surveys of this area. Interpretations were derived from the multibeam echo-sounder data and the ground-truth data used to verify them. For more information on the ground-truth surveys see http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2010/10033/ and http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2010/10005/

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This Fire Management Review for St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge covers habitat management including: open sand ridges, marshes, pine flatwoods, scrub, and oak type habitats. Prescribed burn plans are discussed for each of these habitat types. Wildlife population management is also discussed. Fire management including prescribed fire planning, wildfire readiness, qualificationstraining, safety, and fire cache is outlined. Fire suppression equipment available at the refuge is also listed.

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A global data set of soil types is available at 0.5-degree latitude by 0.5-degree longitude resolution. There are 106 soil units, based on Zobler's (1986) assessment of the FAO/UNESCO Soil Map of the World. This data set is a conversion of the Zobler 1-degree resolution version to a 0.5-degree resolution.

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This Water Resource Inventory and Assessment WRIA report for Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge describes current hydrologic information, provides an assessment of water resource needs and issues of concern, and makes recommendations regarding Refuge water resources. This report addresses water quality and quantity for both surface water and groundwater resources. It summarizes available information relevant to refuge water resources, provides an assessment of refuge water resource needs and issues of concern, and makes recommendations to address the identified water resources needs and concerns. Major topics addressed in this report include the natural setting of the refuge topography, climate, geology, soils, hydrology, impacts of development and climate change, significant water resources and associated infrastructure within the refuge, past and current water monitoring activities on and near the refuge, water quality information, and state water use regulatory framework. Information was compiled from publicly available reports, databases, and geospatial datasets from federal, state, and local agencies; published research reports; websites maintained by government agencies, academic institutions, and nongovernmental organizations; and from files and Geographic Information System GIS data layers maintained by the refuge. For the purposes of this assessment, the area considered the Region of Hydrologic Influence or RHI was defined as the upper portion of the Cahaba River subbasin HUC 03150202 that includes four watersheds Headwaters Cahaba River 0315020201, Buck CreekCahaba River 0315020202, Shades Creek 0315020203, and Little Cahaba River 0315020204. These geographic delineations are based on the National Watershed Boundary Dataset WBD.

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The VASIMR propulsion system uses a high temperature Loop Heat Pipe (LHP) radiator to reject heat from the helicon section. The current baseline radiator uses titanium/water LHPs, however, deployable radiator and trace heating features are required to keep the water in the condenser from freezing when the radiator is turned off. The proposed project will develop high temperature toluene LHP radiators that will minimize the freezing problem, since the freezing temperature of toluene is roughly 100<SUP>o</SUP>C lower than water. Preliminary calculations on the toluene LHP radiator showed that a graded wick is required, with the pore size decreasing from the center to the surface of the wick. One goal of the project is to develop a graded alumina wick that reduces wick mass, back conduction, and pressure drop, enabling toluene as the working fluid. The ceramic wicks will also have near net shape fabrication, eliminating much of the current machining which adds costs to the LHP wicks. Optimizing the radial variation in porosity and permeability reduces the transport line sizes of toluene LHPs, significantly improving their mass and performance. The ceramic wicks can also be used in conventional LHPs, potentially reducing the LHP wick mass, pressure drop, and back conduction by 50 to 90% when compared with conventional nickel wicks. Phase I will demonstrate the feasibility of fabricating these wicks, demonstrate the wicks' machine-ability, conduct life tests, and evaluate the benefits of a graded wick versus a conventional wick with uniform properties. In Phase II, ACT will fabricate and test toluene LHP radiators with graded ceramic wicks to fully demonstrate their performances. We expect the technology to reach TRL 6 at the end of Phase II.

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A description of the Aleutian Islands including vegetation, wildlife, and geophysical characteristics.

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This data set contains global data on soil properties, global maps of soil distributions, and the SoilData System developed by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Data and Information System (IGBP-DIS). These data were originally distributed on CD-ROM, but are provided here as a single zip file. The SoilData System allows users to generate soil information and maps for geographic regions at soil depths and resolutions selected by the user. Derived surfaces of carbon density, nutrient status, water-holding capacity, and heat capacity are provided for modeling and inventory purposes.

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Salesforce is a partner relationship management system implemented in support of the USAID Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI) to improve communication and knowledge management. Salesforce, a Software As A Service (SAAS) Cloud solution, is used by the Agency in support of institutional memory and robust research and reporting on information related to USAID business partners.