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Subcommittee on Consumer Economics

Washington GPO 1973 295 prefs Hearings before Joint Econ. Comm.. 93d Congr.. 1st Sess.. 1-2 May and 2 Jun. 1973

(GPO-99-740) Avail SOD HC $2.00

A Congressional hearing on the gasoline and fuel oil shortage is presented. The impact of the shortages on the overall economy of the nation is analyzed. The outlook for the fuel situation in the period 1972 through 1975 is examined. Methods for correcting the fuel shortage are proposed. The government policy with respect to resources management and fuel allocations is discussed. The economic condition and operating problems of various gasoline and oil companies are reported by selected representatives from these companies. PNF

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An overview is presented of the distribution of research efforts in Greece according to the areas of activity and expenditures Tables are given which illustrate the following: (1) the activities which contributed to the formation of the national income for the years 1970 through 1972, and secondly the forecasts for 1987, (2) the country's gross domestic asset formation per field of productive activity. (3) electric power exploitation as achieved by the Public Power Corporation; (4) the structure of domestic asset formation in the industrial enterprises for four categories of products: (5) distribution of expenditures for types of research and the percent of the gross national product represented by the total research expenditure; and (6) the financing of research and development according to the performing agency for the current five year program which runs from 1973 to 1977

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N74-21620# Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (U. S. Senate).

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

Washington GPO 1972 121 p refs Presented to Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs. 92d Congr., 2d Sess. 1 Aug. 1972 Prepared by Library of Congr.

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The following topics relating to the conservation of energy resources are discussed (1) The dependence of the United States on foreign supplies of oil and gas, and the extent to which energy conservation can provide greater national security through the reduction of imports. (2) The economic and technical feasibility of extending the use of available fuel reserves over a longer period of time through more efficient use of production and controls. (3) The consequences of a comprehensive federal program for energy conservation, considering the fact that existing policy is based on the premise that federal and state regulations should encourage industry to meet whatever demands are created in the marketplace. (4) The extent to which advances in finding new energy sources, i.e., solar, breeder, or controlled thermonuclear, will lessen the need for energy conservation.

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N74-21624# Joint Economic Committee (U. S Congress).
THE GASOLINE AND FUEL OIL SHORTAGE From the

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Major Item Special Study (MISS) reports are performed on DA Form 2410 reportable components. These are time change in items and certain condition change items selected because of high cost or need for intensive management. Basically, the MISS reports are concerned with analyzing reported removal data presented in the Major Item Removal Frequency report. The failure modes reported for each removal are examined and grouped into categories which are intended to clarify the intent of the data reporting. From the data, removal distributions can be plotted and an MTR (mean time to removal) can be calculated. The MISS reports then investigate possible cost savings based on total elimination of selected failure modes. These modes are chosen because of the percentage of failures they represent and/or because they appear to be feasible Product Improvement Program Author (GRA)

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N74-21685*# Heliotek, Sylmar, Calif.

STUDY TERRESTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF SOLAR CELL
POWERED SYSTEMS Final Report
Jerry W. Ravin Sep 1973 134 p
(Contract NAS3-16828)

(NASA-CR-134512) Avail NTIS HC $9.75 CSCL 10A

Terrestrial applications of solar cells and design systems are considered for those applications that show the most promise for becoming practical and accepted by users within the next five years The study includes the definition, categorization, evaluation and screening of the most attractive potential terrestrial applications for solar cells. Potential markets are initially grouped and categorized in a general sense and are weighted in priority by their business volume, present and future. From a categorized list including marine, transportation, security, communication, meteorological and others. 66 potential solar cell applications have been cataloged. A methodology was formulated to include the criteria for evaluation and screening. The evaluation process covers all parts and components of the complete system required for each application and gives consideration to all factors, such as engineering, economic, production, marketing and other factors that may have an influence on the acceptance of the system. Author

N74-21730# School of Aerospace Medicine. Brooks AFB. Tex. RECENT ADVANCES IN OPERATIONAL AEROSPACE MEDICINE Aeromedical Review

Royce Moser, Jr. Jan 1974 24 p refs (AD-774118; SAM-Review-1-74, SAM-TR-74-3) Avail. NTIS CSCL 06/5

The review provides Air Force flight surgeons information regarding recent advances in operational aerospace medicine.

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N74-21766# Educational Testing Service. Princeton, NJ DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDITY OF A VOCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL INTEREST INVENTORY

Gary J Echternacht. Richard R Reilly, and Patty J McCaffrey
Dec. 1973 81 p refs

(Contract F41609-72-C-0030; ILIR Proj 00-12)
(AD-774573. AFHRL-TR-73-38) Avail: NTIS CSCL 05/9

Over 3,100 airmen and 300 recruits in basic training returned interest inventories, termed the Vocational and Occupational Interest Choice Examination (VOICE). Items forming the inventory were primarily generated by examining job analyses in relation to the airman classification structure. Both a priori and occupational scales were developed based on responses obtained by mail inventory administration of airmen who indicated satisfaction with their career fields. Scales were developed on half-samples and a cross-validation technique employed. A comparison was made, in order to assess validity, of the number of individuals correctly predicted to be members of a service career field or men-in-general using the scales versus the number of individuals one would expect to correctly predict without use of the scales Scale weights developed in one half-sample were applied to responses obtained in the other half-sample in the above GRA comparison (Modified author abstract)

N74-21775*# Techtran Corp., Glen Burnie, Md. IMPROVEMENTS APPLIED TO METHODS OF PREPARING INORGANIC AEROGELS

J T Stanislas. J. Teichner. A N Gilbert, and A Nicolaon Washington NASA Dec 1973 13 p Transl into ENGLISH from French Patent no. 130417 (30 Nov. 1969) 7 p (Contract NASW-2485)

(NASA-TT-F-14791) Avail NTIS HC $4 00 CSCL 07B

Methods for preparation of inorganic aerogels, especially of the silica variety. gels in which the dispersion medium is a gas or a vapor are discussed Methods described were designed to enable speed in production, reduction of costs, and more diverse uses for aerogels.

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N74-21912# Decision Systems Associates, Inc.. Rockville, Md.
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TRAINING LINE SIMULATOR
Final Report

Franz Nauta and Michael B Pierce Dec 1973 52 prefs
(Contract F41609-70-C-0047: AF Proj 6323)
(AD-774572 AFHRL-TR-73-61) Avail: NTIS CSCL 05/9

The report describes the technical aspects and potential applications of a computer-based model simulating the flow of airmen through basic training and entry-level technical training. This report gives an extensive description of input control cards and files necessary for an application of the Airman Training Line Simulator Model. The objective of this Training Line Simulator is to assess the impacts of alternative recruit classification and training policies under a wide variety of assumptions regarding the quality of recruits and entry-level training parameters Parameters accommodated by the model include mandatory course prerequisities, attrition and setback rates, class schedules and quotas, and a host of individual airman attributes. The model evaluates the impacts of training parameter changes by determining the maximum percent fills of training quotas, the size of the waiting lines for technical training courses, studentinstructor ratios and the numbers of setbacks, attritions and unassigned basic training graduates. The Training Line Simulator is an entity simulation model with imbedded optimizations to achieve optimal fill of training quotas. The model employs an asynchronous as opposed to incremental projection methodology to achieve execution efficiencies (Modified author abstract)

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N74-22154# Centre de Recherches Scientifiques et Techniques
de l'Industrie des Fabrications Metalliques, Brussels (Belgium).
Section Construction Mecanique.
DESIGN OF A CLASSIFICATION SCHEME FOR MECHANI-
CAL PARTS CENTERED ON FABRICATION GROUP
TECHNOLOGY [IMPLANTATION D'UN SYSTEME DE
CLASSIFICATION DE PIECES AXE SUR LA FABRICATION
TECHNOLOGIE DE GROUPES]

Jacques Peters (Louvain Univ. Belgium), Willy DuMong, and Marc Dieperinck Jan. 1974 137 p refs In FRENCH Sponsored by the Inst pour l'Encour de la Rech Sci dans l'Ind et l'Agr. (CRIF-MC-49) Avail. NTIS HC $10 00

A classification scheme for mechanical pieces and drawings for production workshops is presented The encoding system is described based on the OPITZ classification scheme. Its implementation in three workshops is discussed The information management required is detailed with regard to the information matrices associated with machine tools performance capability Applications to the choice of a machine tool for a given task is reported together with blueprint classifications Time aspects are considered in relation to group technology for task preparation, worksheet writing, and work duration estimation

N74-22251# RAND Corp., Santa Monica, Calif.

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A SURVEY OF SOLUTION CONCEPTS FOR MAJORITY RULE GAMES

Robert Shishko Jan. 1974 34 p refs Revised (P-5169-Rev) Avail: NTIS HC $4.75

Game-theoretic solution concepts applicable to n-person majority rule games are presented. An n-person cooperative game. (N, v), is called a C-game if it can be adequately represented by its characteristic function, v Side payments are permitted if an infinitely divisible store of value can be transferred between players before or after the game is played. Finally, utility is said to be transferable if the transfer of the story of value causes the recipient's utility to change at a constant marginal rate proportional to the amount transferred Author

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E W Price Jan 1974 27 p (AD-775289; NWC-TP-5603) Avail NTIS CSCL 21/2 Combustion instability is described in both technical terms and in terms of problems posed in development programs and what constitutes solution of the problems. The nature of research results and impediments to application are described (both technical and administrative impediments). Successful applications of research are described, applications ranging from advance recognition of high risk situations to problem diagnosis, fix and quality control in development and production motors. Finally. problems and recommendations regarding future research and application are described, including both technical and management (system planning) aspects of the problem

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Environmental

STATE POWER PLANT SITING A SKETCH OF THE MAIN
FEATURES OF A POSSIBLE APPROACH
James E Krier, Lester Lees, and Daniel Dawes Feb 1973
46 p refs

(EQL-Memo-4) Copyright Avail Issuing Activity

Work on various phases of power plant technology and siting was done within the Environmental Quality Laboratory (EQL) at the California Institute of Technology The role of institutional aspects of the siting process is emphasized Major outlines of one possible approach to power plant siting for the state are discussed The approach to the siting plan is outlined with emphasis on the decision process involved in siting The role of judicial review is discussed State laws relating to the siting process are reviewed. A time line which summarizes the approach to the siting problem is presented. Author

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N74-22327# National Academy of Sciences National Research Council, Washington, DC

PHYSICS IN PERSPECTIVE. VOLUME 2, PART C: STATISTICAL DATA (AUXILIARY MATERIAL COLLECTED BY THE STAFF AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE DATA

OUTLINE OF AN APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT STANDARDS

Kenneth Heitner and James E Krier (Calif Univ., Los Angeles) Jan 1974 18 p

(Grant NSF GI-29726)

(EQL-Memo- 13) Copyright Avail

Issuing Activity

Management standards used as an approach to air quality nationwide are examined The management concept is based on technical, economical, and social feasibility Attempts will be made to reach a certain goal through a series of specified time phase steps Each step would set a target date by which there must be achieved substantial percentage reductions in the number of days per year on which long term ambient air quality goal is violated, reducing this figure by the ultimate target date to no days of violation annually Author

N74-22591*# Tennessee Univ, Knoxville Center for Business and Economic Research

MEASURING AND MINIMIZING THE SOCIAL COST OF
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION Partial Final Report
Harold W. Henry 29 Jan 1973 86 p
(Grant NGR-43-001-021)

(NASA-CR-138118) Avail NTIS HC $7.50 CSCL 05K

The various impacts to the environmental protection movement on the largest corporations in several industries which had the most serious pollution problem are discussed The purpose was to examine the impacts from the point of view of top corporation managers so that a broader perspective could be provided for all concerned parties- citizens. environmentalists, legislators. governmental administrators and agency personnel. scientists, engineers, and other industrial managers

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N74-22601# National Science Foundation, Washington, DC Office of Science Information Service

THE GROWTH OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMA-
TION: A CHALLENGE

J Georges Anderla (Paris Univ) Jan. 1974 68 p refs
Avail. NTIS HC $6.50

Using a number of forecasting techniques, it is concluded that the volume, complexity, and growth rates of scientific and technical information have been grossly underestimated. By the middle part of the next decade it is estimated that the annual output of scientific and technical information may reach 12-14 million unduplicated items. compared to 2 million items now produced annually. By this reckoning the recent slowdown in the US Production of scientific and technical information is more than offset by acceleration in the growth rates of such information throughout the rest of the world. Arguments that the sheer volume of this material will absolutely necessitate the use of sophisticated electronic information processing systems. and predictions that the present industry/service-dominated economy and society will be replaced by a new social order and structure which will be information oriented are presented Reaction to this presentation was centered upon the definitional aspects of STI. Noting a lack of agreement on definition, it is concluded that the classification of information by categories is useful for analytical purposes, but for policy decisions, information must be treated as an entity. Author

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N74-22607# RAND Corp. Santa Monica, Calif.

R AND D MANAGEMENT: METHODS USED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES

John G. Wirt, Arnold J Lieberman, and Roger E Levien Jan 1974 278 p refs

(Contract HEW-OS-72-88)

(R-1156-HEW) Avail NTIS HC $17.00

Methods are described which selected Federal agencies use to manage three major types of R and D fundamental research

to gain knowledge about basic natural phenomena: practiceoriented R and D to produce knowledge and products directly useful in practice, and programmatic R and D to solve important national problems in a comparatively short period of time. Included in the descriptions of the methods are (1) the procedures used for program management; (2) the organization of R and D activities within the various federal agencies, and (3) the staffing plans used to support R and D management Author

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N74-22616# Eurosat SA. Geneva (Switzerland)

MANAGEMENT OF THE SPACE SEGMENT OF APPLICA TION SATELLITE SYSTEMS

Sep 1973 32 p

Avail NTIS HC $4 75

The various fields of space applications in which Europe has shown an interest are briefly outlined A methodical presentation of the various functions which are implied in the development and deployment of a satellite system destined to become operational, is made These include technical operational control of satellites, initiation of production and acceptance of replacement satellites, launching and orbit positioning of replacement satellites, and adaptation of existing ground facilities to the evolution of user's requirements The role and preparation of Eurosat is also discussed ESRO

N74-22618# Office of Naval Research, London (England) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE ROYAL AIR CRAFT ESTABLISHMENT (RAE) AT FARNSBOROUGH AND BEDFORD, ENGLAND (RAE OPEN DAYS, 6-9 JUNE 1973) Alfred E Victor 15 Oct 1973 14 p refs

(AD-774375. ONRL-R-27-73) Avail NTIS CSCL 05/2

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A study was conducted to determine the feasibility of applying remote sensing techniques to Army needs for data in environmental monitoring, resource management, and master planning at multipurpose military installations in the continental United States The environmental data requirements for these purposes were defined, and a general assessment was made of the applicability of current photographic, thermal infrared, and microwave imaging systems to obtain these data Aerial photographic techniques were found to be the ones most generally applicable to acquisition of data relevant to basic environmental conditions. Prototype products, consisting of maps of basic environmental conditions. cultural features, and land use were produced from aerial photography of Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and a surrounding area. (Modified author abstract)

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N74-22622# Air Force Academy, Colo

PROJECT POL (PETROLEUM, OIL, AND LUBRICANTS): OPTIMIZING PROCUREMENT OF AVIATION FUELS OR DEFENSE SUPPLY AGENCY Final Report

Larry M Austin and William W. Hogan Jan 1974 93 p refs (AD-775053. USAFA-TR-74-2) Avail NTIS CSCL 15/5

Defense Department requirements for aviation fuels are met with purchases made in the usual competitive bidding environment. This large-scale contract bidding and selection problem is modeled as a mixed integer linear program with a special structure The solution of this large optimization problem is approached via an algorithm employing decomposition and implicit enumeration techniques which exploit the special structure of the underlying formulation Computational results are discussed, and a FORTRAN computer program which implements the basic algorithm (POLKA) is exhibited. Author (GRA)

N74-22632# Comptroller General of the United States, Washington, DC.

PROBLEMS IN MANAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AIRCRAFT ENGINES, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE [1973] 37 p refs

(B-179166) Avail: NTIS MF $1.45; US General Accounting Office, Room 4522, 441 G Street, NW, Washington, D. C. 20548 HC $1.00

A study was made of the contractural and procurement procedures followed by the Department of Defense in obtaining aircraft engines. The management of the development and modification activities is analyzed Deficiencies in the present system are reported and recomendations are made for an improved procedure.

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N74-22790#
Alexandria, Va.
UH-1 HELICOPTER MECHANIC (MOS 67N20) JOB DE-

Human Resources Research Organization,

SCRIPTION SURVEY BACKGROUND, TRAINING, AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES

Russel E. Schulz, Barbara K. Fitzgerald, and Wallace W. Prophet Dec. 1973 203 prefs

(Contract DAHC19-73-C-0004; DA Proj. 200-62107-A-745) (AD-775390, HumRRO-TR-73-33) Avail: NTIS CSCL 05/9 The report describes the planning. conduct, analysis, and results of a worldwide survey of the maintenance activities of over 5,000 UH-1 helicopter mechanics, MOS 67N20. It describes methods and techniques used in developing the survey questionnaire and a job description inventory covering more than 1,400 helicopter maintenance tasks, administration of the survey by mail and by research teams in the field, and extraction and The report provides a broad profile analysis of survey results. of UH-1 maintenance personnel, their training and background, and a description of the UH-1 mechanic's general job activities. Data concerning performance of the 1,400+ maintenance tasks are presented in a companion report. Author (GRA)

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The implementation of a portable terminal for management system data acquisition using an audio cassette recorder and audio coupler for computer dial up is presented. Various subsystems are detailed with regard to keyboard, visualization, cassette motor. acoustic coupler, buffer memory, modem, bit synchronization, and power supplies. Various problems are dicsussed with regard to the reception circuit of the audio coupler, the synchronization of the series-parallel conversion, the rotation variation of the cassette motor, and the address counter optimization. An economic analysis is dealt with and estimates of the overall costs are given.

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N74-22949*# California State Office of Science and Technology. Sacramento.

USE OF ERTS-A, SKYLAB, AND SUPPORTING AIRCRAFT TO ENHANCE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Final Report

A. Earl Davis. David H. Adams, Barry Brown, Edward D. Ehlers. Gilbert W. Fraga, W. Ward Henderson, John W. Heslep. Gordon F. Snow, and Paul L. Clifton, Principal Investigators 30 Nov. 1973 17 p ERTS (Contract NAS5-21832)

(E74-10498; NASA-CR-136903) Avail. NTIS HC $4.00 CSCL

08B

There are no author-identified significant results in this

report.

N74-23016 Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen (West Germany). SPECIAL TEST AND HARDWARE EQUIPMENT AT THE DFVLR MOBILE RAKETENBASIS

D. Joneleit In ESRO European Sounding-Rocket and Related Res. at High Latitudes Nov. 1973 p 291-293

The attitude control systems test laboratory is described. Emphasis is placed on the mobility of equipment needed to check out and test such systems. Current activities in recovery systems and engineering of special payload subsystems are also briefly discussed ESRO

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