In this chapter, we review the sequence of events that resulted in the negotiated contractor work package and the subsequent string of contract modifications (see also Appendix A). It all began with a budget total established by the Navy in 1992. This was modified over the remainder of the decade in annual Navy budgets. The Navy, meanwhile, planned the work to be undertaken in the RCOH. NNS sub...

BACKGROUND Osteoporosis is a worldwide health problem predominantly affecting post-menopausal women. Therapies aimed at increasing bone mass in osteoporetic patients lag behind comparable investigation of therapeutic strategies focusing on the bone resorption process. Sesamin, a major lignan compound found in Sesamun indicum Linn., has a variety of pharmacological effects, though its activity o...

Magnetic NiFe2O4 nanoparticle (NFNPs) were synthesized by the microwave-assisted method using Tamarindus indica seeds as a green reducing agent’ for better readability. The identification of NFNPs was carried out X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM) with energy dispersive analysis (EDX), transmission microscopy (TEM),...

Article history: Received 9 July 2017 Received in revised form 8 October 2017 Accepted 13 November 2017 Available online 21 November 2017 The analysis by intense radiation sources of paintingmaterials used in artworks gives valuable information about their composition and state of conservation, but it can also induce undesired modifications on the studied substrates. Here we use X-ray photoelec...

The final goal of this project is to provide the US Navy with an increased capability of using Doppler radar observations in the detection and prediction of hazardous weather events that usually have a strong randomness in nature and affect the Navy operations, especially over oceans and in remote areas. By developing a high-resolution data assimilation capability that can effectively assimilat...

Textile dyeing is a hazardous and toxic process. While traditionally it has been managed through effluent treatment, new approaches focused upon improving the process are gaining relevance. In this work, we sought to obtain, for first time, an eco-friendly chitosan-nanoparticle based textile method. To that end, yellow everzol navy blue itosperse loaded chitosan nanoparticles were produced thei...

The long-term goal of this work is an integrated defense system that provides protection of Navy assets, while in port, from the threat posed by covert swimmers. The general concept is to hail, deter, and/or incapacitate the threat by directing a controlled level of low-frequency acoustic energy at the target location. At the system level, the concept requires combining elements of target detec...

In the nineteenth-century globalizing world of colonial expansion and maritime trade, systematic study of ocean currents and winds became of increased concern in various seafaring nations. Both naval officers and university professors engaged in maritime meteorological and hydrographic research. In order to attract the attention of the state and obtain support for establishment of national scie...