Activities of Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency of Great Britain. Also activities from NERC British Isles continuous GNSS Facility (BIGF), NERC Space Geodesy Facility Herstmonceux, Newcastle University and University College London.

Most users of ordnance gelatin for ballistics studies are apparently unaware of the detrimental effects on this tissue simulant's properties caused by excess heating in reconstitution of the gelatin powder. Material published by the Gelatin Manufacturers Institute of America states that heating gelatin above 40 degrees C can be detrimental to its properties. The manufacturer of type 250 A Ordna...

Military test ranges containing unexploded ordnance due to live-fire testing and training exercises are a significant safety problem in many locations. Automated cleanup of such sites is a challenging goal. Towards this end, this paper describes algorithms to detect a type of ordnance in current usage using color imagery. The techniques are designed to run in realtime using off-the-shelf hardwa...

This paper presents research conducted into the automatic recognition of features and objects on topographic maps (for example, buildings, roads, land parcels etc.) using a selection of shape description methods developed mostly in the field of computer vision. In particular the work here focuses on the proposal and evaluation of fusion techniques (at the decision level of representation) for t...

The Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NAVEODTECHDIV) is conducting an exploratory development program for the development of small, inexpensive, robotic technologies that enable systems that will clear unexploded submunitions and mines from contaminated land areas. The concentration is on control methodologies to enable teams of small autonomous robots to work together to p...

The explosive ordnance disposal robot (EOD robot), refers to the robot which can conduct reconnaissance, disposal and handling of the explosives at the scene of the accident as a substitute under the circumstances which are not allowed or suitable for human’s appearance; it can also attack terrorists effectively. It is important to improve the power of antiterrorism and to safeguard the state d...

MICHAEL L. CHIKINDAS,† JAN NOVÁK, ARNOLD J. M. DRIESSEN,* WIL N. KONINGS, KURT M. SCHILLING,‡ AND PAGE W. CAUFIELD Unilever Dental Research, Bebington L63 3JW, United Kingdom; Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294; and Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of G...

The study presented here uses data from the NORC General Social Surveys to explore the effects of measurable school characteristics on student achievement. What separates this study from many others is the use of aggregate data on older cohorts, usually associated with research on the influence of school inputs on earnings. We fmd substantively large effects, similar in size to those found in m...