brandprov med uniform m/69f, flygdraekt 76 och isolerdraekt 82 (testing of flight suits in fire environment),

three different types of flight suits used in the swedish defence forces have been tested in a fuel fire environment. the suits were manufactured from cotton, cotton/polyester, ventile fabric and kermel. the testing consisted of a plastic arm. the surface temperature of the arm was adjusted to +27 to 33c by water which flowed inside the a..

great bend sites at marion, kansas, publications in anthropology no. 1

planned construction of a diversion channel and levee around the western sides of marion, kansas, necessitated surveying, testing, and excavation of endangered archaeological sites. while some remains of archaic and possibly plains woodland vintage could be identified, the great bulk of recovered materials and information described an ext..

microbial evaluation of materials used in the tent, extendable, modular, personnel (temper). final technical rept. may 83-feb 84

during development tests (dt) of the tent, extendable, modular, personnel (temper), which is designed to replace three items currently in the army inventory, a number of deficiencies and shortcomings were noted. the cotton boat sateen fabric tore easily and was not durable enough to withstand testing, and the tent liner mildewed excessive..

world cotton situation, february 1984. foreign agriculture circular

substantial purchases of us cotton by the soviet union and pakistan have brightened us export prospects and improved the world trade outlook. us cotton exports for 1983/84 are now estimated at nearly 6.8 million bales, 500,000 above last month's export figure. in an effort to supply internal textile mill demand, both the soviets and pakis..

engineering evaluation of plant oils as diesel fuel. final report vol. 1

this project includes evaluations of cottonseed oils and sunflower oil ethyl esters in both direct injection and precombustion chamber design diesel engines. it is one part of a major research program at texas a and m university to study the technical feasibility of using plant oils or animal fats as alternative diesel fuels. goals for th..

adaptive performance testing system for surface attack tasks in the advanced simulator for pilot training. final rept

current techniques for assessing a pilot's progress through flight training are often inefficient and may introduce various forms of bias into the testing situation. these limitations could be overcome through the use of an automated adaptive performance testing system this document details development of an automated performance testing ..

intermediate term forecasting techniques for management. master's thesis

in this thesis autoregressive integrated moving average (arima) forecasts are made for the prices of a variety of commodities one year into the future in an attempt to determine if improved budget accuracy is possible for small businesses dependent upon commodities for the production of goods or services. an average forecast error of less..

spontaneous colonization in peru and paraguay: bifad (board for international food and agricultural development) study tour report,

spontaneous colonization may occur in remote developing country areas under harsh conditions without government assistance while official colonization schemes often fail to attract and retain settlers. this study tour report, based on a review of available literature and government statistics and on interviews with local officials, facult..

increasing agricultural production in peru and paraguay: the role of incentives,

in the 1970's the production of cocoa in peru and of cotton and soybeans in paraguay expanded greatly while the rest of agriculture in both countries was less dynamic. to gain an insight into this anomaly, the author of this report examines, against the background of each country's general agricultural situation, the causes of these produ..

lenzinger berichte, heft 57, may 1984 (lenzing reports, number 57, may 1984)

in hospitals and surgeries viscose fibres in many variations are employed because of their cleanliness, friendliness to the body absorbency and physiological purity. commencing with sterilized cotton, swabs, wound swabs, wound compresses, cannula covers and absorbent dressings, the range of non-wovens covers also overalls, caps, masks and..