NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

NEURONS
The Impact of Exercise on the Vulnerability
of Dopamine Neurons to Cell Death in
Animal Models of Parkinson’s Disease
– 220
NEUROTRANSMITTERS
Expanding Current Research Capabilities
for Investigating RF/Microwave Bioeffects
– 100
NEUTRAL PARTICLES
Ground Experiment and Numerical
Simulation of Spacecraft Arcing in Ambient
Plasma Environments – 262
NEUTRINO BEAMS
Letter of Intent to Build on Off-Axis Detector
to Study (nu)(sub mu) yields
(nu)(sub e) Oscillations with the NuMI
Neutrino Beam – 318
NEWS MEDIA
2002 Industry Studies: News Media
– 307
NICKEL ALLOYS
Effect of Corrosion Film Composition and
Structure on the Corrosion Kinetics of
Ni-Cr-Fe Alloys in High Temperature Water
– 64
The Effect of Solution Heat Treatment on
an Advanced Nickel-Base Disk Alloy
– 76
NITRIC ACID
Global and Regional Decreases in Tropospheric
Oxidants from Photochemical
Effects of Aerosols – 149
Measurements of NO(y), Nitric Acid, NO,
and PAN in the South Coast Air Basin
– 151
NITRIC OXIDE
Calculated Effects of Nitric Oxide Flow
Contamination
mance – 112
on Scramjet Perfor-
Nitric Oxide and CNS O2 Toxicity Biochemical
Modeling and Risk Prediction
– 169
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
An Improved Retrieval of Tropospheric
Nitrogen Dioxide from GOME – 147
Development of a Hydrazine/Nitrogen Dioxide
Fiber Optic Sensor – 126
Measurements of NO(y), Nitric Acid, NO,
and PAN in the South Coast Air Basin
– 151
NITROGEN OXIDES
Maryland Utility NO( x) Control Update
Report – 150
NITROGEN
Study of Cluster Formation and its Effects
on Rayleigh and Raman Scattering
Measurements in a Mach 6 Wind Tunnel
– 3
NOISE GENERATORS
Active Control of Fan-Generated Tone
Noise – 288
A-48
NOISE REDUCTION
Active Control of Fan-Generated Tone
Noise – 288
NASA Noise Reduction Program for Advanced
Subsonic Transports – 278
NOISE (SOUND)
Analysis of Return and Forward Links
from STARS’ Flight Demonstration
1 – 42
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTS
Completion of a High-Tc Hand-held
SQUID System and Development of
Small High-Fill-Factor Coils for Application
to Non-Destructive Evaluation
– 102
Detection and Location of Transverse
Matrix Cracks in Cross-Ply Gr/Ep Composites
Using Acoustic Emission – 82
Issues on Reproducibility/Reliability of
Magnetic NDE Methods – 133
Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Technology
Initiatives Program (NTIP) delivery
Order 0029: Advanced Thermosonic
Methods (SONIC IR) – 90
Self-Nulling Eddy Current Probe for Surface
and Subsurface Flaw Detection
– 103
NONEQUILIBRIUM FLOW
Development of a Hybrid Model for Non-
Equilibrium High-Energy Plasmas
– 243
NONINTRUSIVE MEASUREMENT
Method and Apparatus for Non-Invasive
Measurement of Changes in Intracranial
Pressure – 124
Non-Invasive Method of Determining Absolute
Intracranial Pressure – 226
Shipboard Applications of Non-Intrusive
Load Monitoring – 102
NONLINEAR EQUATIONS
BASS Code Development – 15
NONLINEAR OPTICS
Investigation of the Cubic Non-Linearity
of New Organometallic Cyano-
Containing Polymers by Z-Scan and Two
Beam Coupling With Spectral Resolving
– 84
NONLINEAR SYSTEMS
Model-Based Compensator and Control
Design for High Performance Nonlinear
Tranducers – 102
Neural Network Based Adaptive Control
of Uncertain and Unknown Nonlinear
Systems – 18
NONLINEARITY
A Nonlinear Theory for Smart Composite
Structures – 55
Characterization of the Nonlinear Elastic
Properties of Graphite/Epoxy Composites
Using Ultrasound – 63
Crossflow-Vortex Breakdown on Swept
Wings: Correlation of Nonlinear Physics
– 116
Journal of The Chinese Institute of Engineers.
Special Issue: Meshless Methods
– 231
Model-Based Compensator and Control
Design for High Performance Nonlinear
Tranducers – 102
The Nonlinear Evolution of the Inviscid
Secondary Instability of Streamwise Vortex
Structures – 116
Thermally Stable Heterocyclic Imines as
New Potential Nonlinear Optical Materials
– 72
Turbulence Spreading into Linearly
Stable Zone and Transport Scaling
– 299
NONUNIFORMITY
Triangulation of NURBS Surfaces – 115
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZA-
TION (NATO)
Analysis and Evaluation of the Immediate
Reaction Task Force (Land) Command
and Control Concept: Applying the
COBP – 268
NORTH CAROLINA
Simulation of the 1994 Charlotte Microburst
with Look-Ahead Windshear
Radar – 158
NOZZLE FLOW
1998 Calibration of the Mach 4.7 and
Mach 6 Arc-Heated Scramjet Test Facility
Nozzles – 20
Fluidic Control of Nozzle Flow: Some
Performance Measurements – 112
NOZZLE GEOMETRY
A Parametric Investigation of Nozzle
Planform and Internal/External Geometry
at Transonic Speeds – 11
NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
Mapping Phase Transformation in the
Heat-Affected-Zone of Carbon Manganese
Steel Welds Using Spatially Resolved
X-Ray Diffraction – 70
NUCLEAR ELECTRIC POWER GENERA-
TION
Performance Expectations of Closed-
Brayton-Cycle Heat Exchangers in 100kWe
Nuclear Space Power Systems
– 47
NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION
Experimental Investigation from the Operation
of a 2 kW Brayton Power Conversion
Unit and a Xenon Ion Thruster – 46
NUCLEAR FUSION
Annual Report of the Fusion Research
Center, Georgia Institute of Technology,
2003 – 299
Application of Recommended Design
Practices for Conceptual Nuclear Fusion
Space Propulsion Systems – 280
NUCLEAR INTERACTIONS
Jets as a Probe of Dense Matter at
RHIC – 282