Plans for the Meter Class Autonomous Telescope and Potential Coordinated Measurements with Kwajalein Radars

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Orbital Debris Program Office is teaming with the US Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Maui Optical Site to deploy a moderate field-of-view, 1.3 m aperture, optical telescope for orbital debris applications. The telescope will be located on the island of Legan in the Kwajalein Atoll and is scheduled for completion in the Spring of 2011. The telescope is intended to sample both low inclination/high eccentricity orbits and near geosynchronous orbits. The telescope will have a 1 deg diagonal field-of-view on a 4K x 4K CCD. The telescope is expected to be able to detect 10-cm diameter debris at geosynchronous altitudes (5 sec exposure assuming a spherical specular phase function w/ albedo =0.13). Once operational, the telescope has the potential of conducting simultaneous observations with radars operated by the US Army at Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) and located on the island of Roi-Namur, approximately 55 km to the north of Legan. Four radars, representing 6 frequency bands, are available for use: ALTAIR (ARPA-Long Range Tracking and Instrumentation Radar) operating at VHF & UHF, TRADEX (Target Resolution and Discrimination Experiment) operating at L-band and S-band, ALCOR (ARPA-Lincoln C-band Observables Radar) operating at S-band, and MMW (Millimeter Wave) Radar operating at Ka-band. Also potentially available is the X-band GBRP (Ground Based Radar-Prototype located 25 km to the southeast of Legan on the main island of Kwajalein

Application of Bonding Molecular Orbitals to the Valence Bands of Diamond

Physic

La vacancia presidencial y su incidencia en la institución presidencial desde el marco constitucional vigente

La presente investigación tuvo por objetivo general analizar de qué manera la vacancia presidencial incide en la institución presidencial desde el marco constitucional vigente. La metodología que se utilizó para el desarrollo de la presente investigación es de enfoque cualitativo, tipo básico y con diseño de teoría fundamentada. Asimismo, se utilizó como instrumentos de recolección de datos la guía de entrevista y de análisis documental. Se obtuvo como resultado principal que la vacancia presidencial incide gravemente en la institución presidencial cuando su empleo sirve de arma política para intereses privados y sumado a la imprecisión de su contenido y alcance. Se concluyó que la vacancia presidencial sí incide gravemente en la institución presidencial. Su imprecisión y ambigüedad aunada a su invocación de forma irresponsable e injustificada la convierten en un instrumento de chantaje político, desnaturalizando su finalidad generando un riesgo latente para la institucionalidad y dignidad del cargo presidencial

Characterization of the near-Earth Asteroid 2002NY40

In August 2002, the near-Earth asteroid 2002 NY40, made its closest approach to the Earth. This provided an opportunity to study a near-Earth asteroid with a variety of instruments. Several of the telescopes at the Maui Space Surveillance System were trained at the asteroid and collected adaptive optics images, photometry and spectroscopy. Analysis of the imagery reveals the asteroid is triangular shaped with significant self-shadowing. The photometry reveals a 20-hour period and the spectroscopy shows that the asteroid is a Q-type

The interfacial bioscience grand challenge.

This report is broken down into the following 3 sections: (1) Chemical Cross-linking and Mass Spectrometry Applied to Determination of Protein Structure and Dynamics; (2) Computational Modeling of Membrane Protein Structure and Dynamics; and (3) Studies of Toxin-Membrane Interactions using Single Molecule Biophysical Methods

Prevention of Falls in Patients With High Risk For Falls​

https://scholarlycommons.baptisthealth.net/cohort-6-ebp-showcase/1013/thumbnail.jp

The strategic planning index: a tool for measuring strategic planning effectiveness

Little empirical research exists on the measurement of strategic planning effectiveness. The authors propose a new approach: the strategic planning index (SPI). The SPI is tested on the hotel sector. Findings suggest that the SPI can be particularly useful for corporate and hotel unit managers in evaluating their strategic planning processes