NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Design and Analysis Tools for Concurrent
Blackboard Systems – 249
Summary of a Crew-Centered Flight
Deck Design Philosophy for High-Speed
Civil Transport (HSCT) Aircraft – 11
Taguchi Approach to Design Optimization
for Quality and Cost: An Overview
– 134
Use of Piloted Simulation for High-Angleof-Attack
Agility Research and Design
Criteria Development – 45
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION
A Grid Generation System for Multi-
Disciplinary Design Optimization – 2
Defining Support Requirements During
Conceptual Design of Reusable Launch
Vehicles – 40
Designing for Cost – 315
DESIGN TO COST
Designing for Cost – 315
DESTRUCTION
In Search of the Missing Link: Relating
Destruction to Outcome In Airpower Application
– 7
Transportable Desensitizing of Munitions:
A Feasibility Study – 87
DETECTION
A Genomic Approach to Identifying Novel
Targets for Early Detection and Intervention
of Prostate Cancer – 218
An Enemy within the System: Illustrative
Examinations of C2 Questions using Distillations
– 242
Application of Self Nulling Eddy Current
Probe Technique to the Detection of Fatigue
Crack Initiation and Control of Test
Procedures – 138
Automated Detection of Solar Loops by
the Oriented Connectivity Method – 327
Detection and Location of Transverse
Matrix Cracks in Cross-Ply Gr/Ep Composites
Using Acoustic Emission – 82
Detection of Fatigue Cracks at Rivets
with Self-Nulling Probe – 14
Development of a Hydrazine/Nitrogen Dioxide
Fiber Optic Sensor – 126
Development of Acoustic Based, Multitasking
Sensing and Actuation Capabilities
for Gas Turbines – 115
MODTRAN5: A Reformulated Atmospheric
Band Model with Auxiliary Species
and Practical Multiple Scattering Options
– 156
New Techniques for Heterogeneous Integration
for Optical Sensing Systems
– 102
Role of Estrogen Metabolism in the Initiation
of Prostate Cancer: Biomarkers of
Susceptibility and Early Detection – 190
Two-Photon Flow Cytometry – 114
Waveform Based Acoustic Emission Detection
and Location of Matrix Cracking in
Composites – 55
DETONATION
Simulation Tools for Military Engineering
Calculations: A Code Comparison of
Abaqus, Ansys, Autodyn, Diana and LS-
Dyna – 241
DEVELOPING NATIONS
Open Access and the Public Domain in
Digital Data and Information for Science:
Proceedings of an International Symposium
– 310
DIAGNOSIS
Alendronate and Hormone Replacement
Therapy in the Prevention of Osteoporotic
Fracture: A Pharmacoeconomic
Analysis Employing a Net-Benefit
Regression Method of Cost- Effectiveness
– 177
Development of km23-Based Diagnostics
and Therapeutics – 202
Development, Optimization, and Evaluation
of CAD System for Breast Cancer
– 197
Endothelial Genes – 193
Ultrasound Activated Contrast Imaging
for Prostate Cancer Detection – 175
DIAGRAMS
Auto-Adjustable Tool for Self-Reacting
and Conventional Friction Stir Welding
– 132
DIAMOND FILMS
Synchrotron X-ray Microdiffraction Analysis
of Proton Irradiated Polycrystalline
Diamond Films – 302
Very High Efficiency, Miniaturized, Long-
Lived Alpha Particle Power Source Using
Diamond Devices for Extreme Space Environments
– 107
DIELECTRICS
An Improved Method for Simulating the
Charge of Dielectrics in a Charging Electron
Environment – 98
Computer Simulation of Radiation
Charging Processes in Spacecraft Materials
– 38
Embedded-Probe Floating Potential
Charge-Discharge Monitor – 98
Measurement of Bulk Charge in Dielectric
Materials Irradiated by Electron
Beam in Vacuum Environment – 79
DIESEL ENGINES
Development of Detection Techniques
and Diagnostics for Airborne Carbon
Nanoparticles – 129
Evaluation of Availability and Reliability
Data of the Main Propulsion Diesel Engines
of the M-Frigates and the Amphibious
Transport Ship of the Royal Netherlands
Navy – 132
DIETS
Dietary Determinants of Prostate Cancer
– 204
Dietary Phytoestrogens and Prostate
Cancer Prevention – 223
Dietary Seaweed and Early Breast Cancer:
A Randomized Trial – 176
FGF Signaling and Dietary Factors in the
Prostate – 209
Is Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor
(PBR) Gene Expression Involved in
Breast Cancer Suppression by Dietary
Soybean Protein – 222
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Continuous Optimization on Constraint
Manifolds – 269
DIFFRACTION PATTERNS
Fringe Formation in Dual-Hologram Interferometry
– 123
DIFFUSION FLAMES
Velocity Fields of Axisymmetric
Hydrogen-Air Counterflow Diffusion
Flames from LDV, PIV, and Numerical
Computation – 110
DIGITAL DATA
Challenges in Long-Term Data Stewardship
– 246
H-RAIN: An Architecture for Future-
Proofing Digital Archives – 253
Open Access and the Public Domain in
Digital Data and Information for Science:
Proceedings of an International Symposium
– 310
DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS
A Study of the Accuracy of SRTM Elevation
Models and Map Updating Techniques
– 140
DIGITAL SYSTEMS
A Digital Video Model Deformation System
– 121
Digital Proficiency Levels for the Brigade
and Battalion Battle Staff – 234
Model and Expansion Based Methods of
Detection of Small Masses in Radiographs
of Dense Breasts – 168
Ultrasound Activated Contrast Imaging
for Prostate Cancer Detection – 175
DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT
E781 Hyperon Spectrometer Constants
– 282
DIMENSIONS
Slow-Growing Subdivisions in any Dimension:
Towards Removing the Curse
of Dimensionality – 232
DIMERS
Determine the Mechanism by which Specific
ERbB Receptor Dimers Differ in
Their Ability to Disrupt Epithelial Cell Polarity
– 219
DIPOLE ANTENNAS
Particle-In-Cell Simulations on Antenna
Characteristics in Magnetized
Plasma – 295
DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION
Direct Simulation of Evolution and Control
of Three-Dimensional Instabilities in
Attachment-Line Boundary Layers
– 117
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