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Parallel Programming with PCN. Revision 1

Description: PCN is a system for developing and executing parallel programs. It comprises a high-level programming language, tools for developing and debugging programs in this language, and interfaces to Fortran and C that allow the reuse of existing code in multilingual parallel programs. Programs developed using PCN are portable across many different workstations, networks, and parallel computers. This document provides all the information required to develop parallel programs with the PCN programming sy… more
Date: December 1991
Creator: Foster, Ian & Tuecke, Steven
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Parametric Effects on Glass Reaction in the Unsaturated Test Method

Description: The Unsaturated Test Method has been applied to study glass reaction under conditions that may be present at the potential Yucca Mountain site, currently under evaluation for storage of reprocessed high-level nuclear waste. The results from five separate sets of parametric experiments are presented wherein test parameters ranging from water contact volume to sensitization of metal in contact with the glass were examined. The most significant effect was observed when the volume of water, as cont… more
Date: December 1991
Creator: Woodland, Alan B.; Bates, John K. & Gerding, Thomas J.
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Radiolytic Generation of Gases from Synthetic Waste, Annual Report: 1991

Description: Annual report of an Argonne National Laboratory Chemistry Division program on radiolytic generation of gases from synthetic waste. This report includes results of studies on simulated waste solutions to measure the presence and absence of organic chelators and their products.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Meisel, Dan; Diamond, H.; Horwitz, E. P.; Jonah, Charles D.; Matheson, Max S.; Sauer, M. C., Jr. et al.
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Automated Insertion of Sequences into a Ribosomal RNA Alignment: an Application of Computational Linguistics in Molecular Biology

Description: This thesis involved the construction of (1) a grammar that incorporates knowledge on base invariancy and secondary structure in a molecule and (2) a parser engine that uses the grammar to position bases into the structural subunits of the molecule. These concepts were combined with a novel pinning technique to form a tool that semi-automates insertion of a new species into the alignment for the 16S rRNA molecule (a component of the ribosome) maintained by Dr. Carl Woese`s group at the Universi… more
Date: November 1991
Creator: Taylor, Ronald C.
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Proceedings of the Workshop on Compilation of (Symbolic) Languages for Parallel Computers : Held October 31 - November 1, 1991, San Diego, CA

Description: This report comprises the abstracts and papers for the talks presented at the Workshop on Compilation of (Symbolic) Languages for Parallel Computers, held October 31 - November 1, 1991, in San Diego. These unrefereed contributions were provided by the participants for the purpose of this workshop; many of them will be published elsewhere in peer-reviewed conferences and publications.
Date: November 1991
Creator: Foster, Ian & Tick, Evan
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Radiation Chemistry of Synthetic Waste

Description: The yield of hydrogen from radiolysis of aqueous solutions is substantially reduced by the presence of nitrate and nitrite in the waste solutions. Nitrate is more efficient in scavenging the precursors to hydrogen than is nitrite, therefore, the latter should be maintained at higher levels if minimization of radiolytic gas production is required. Nitrate is the major scavenger for e(sub aq)(sup (minus)) and nitrite is the major scavenger for H atoms. At the concentration levels of the waste sol… more
Date: November 1991
Creator: Meisel, Dan; Diamond, H.; Horwitz, E. P.; Jonah, Charles D.; Matheson, Max S.; Sauer, M. C. et al.
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Acoustic Emission/Flaw Relationships for Inservice Monitoring of LWRs

Description: "The program concerning Acoustic Emission/Flaw Relationships for Inservice Monitoring of LWRs was entitled in FY76 with the objective of validating the application of acoustic emission (AE) to monitor nuclear reactor pressure-containing components during operation to detect cracking."
Date: October 1991
Creator: Hutton, P. H.; Kurtz, R. J.; Friesel, M. A.; Skorpik, J. R. & Dawson, J. F.

Appendix B: Software

Description: Dataset documenting the software programs used in the acoustic emission (AE) instruments systems developed under the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) / Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) AE program.
Date: October 1991
Creator: Hutton, P. H.; Kurtz, R. J.; Friesel, M. A.; Skorpik, J. R. & Dawson, J. F.
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Practical Superconductor Development for Electrical Power Applications, Annual Report: 1991

Description: Annual report for the superconductor program at Argonne National Laboratory discussing the group's activities and research. This report describes technical progress of research and development efforts aimed at producing superconducting components based on the Y-Ba-Cu, BI-Sr-Ca-Cu, Bi-Pb-Sr-Ca-Cu, and TI-Ba-Ca-Cu oxide systems including: synthesis and heat treatment of high-Te superconductors, formation of monolithic and composite wires and tapes, superconductor/metal connectors, characterizati… more
Date: October 1991
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Materials and Components Technology Division.
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Economic geology of the aluminum phosphate zone on property owned by the American Agricultural Chemical Company, land-pebble phosphate district, Florida

Description: This report presents all analytical data on the aluminum phosphate zone on lands owned by the American Agricultural Chemical Co. (A. A. C. Co.), and is one of a series of reports on lands of the companies active in the Land-Pebble Phosphate district.
Date: September 17, 1991
Creator: Cathcart, James Bachelder; McGreevy, L. J. & Coleman, A. M.
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Parallel Programming with PCN

Description: PCN is a system for developing and executing parallel programs. It comprises a high-level programming language, a set of tools for developing and debugging programs in this language, and interfaces to Fortran and C that allow the reuse of existing code in multilingual parallel programs. Programs developed using PCN are portable across many different workstations, networks, and parallel computers. This document provides all the information required to develop parallel programs with the PCN progr… more
Date: September 1991
Creator: Foster, Ian & Tuecke, Steven
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State of the Coast Report, San Diego Region: Volume 1 -- Main Report

Description: From introduction: The major objectives of the study are to collect new data to quantify sediment sources, sinks, and transport characteristics, review historical data to quantify and interpret past shoreline changes, perform computer modelling of coastal processes, and provide public coordination and data management.
Date: September 1991
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District.
Location: None
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Three-Dimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Green-State Ceramics

Description: Objective is the development of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging techniques and technology applicable to the nondestructive characterization of green-state ceramics. To this end, a three-dimensional (3-D) NMR imaging technique has been developed, based on a back-projection acquisition protocol in combination with image reconstruction techniques that are based on 3-D Radon transform inversion. The method incorporates the experimental flexibility to overcome many of the difficulties associated … more
Date: September 1991
Creator: Dieckman, S. L.
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Weight Losses of Marble and Limestone Briquettes Exposed to Outdoor Environments in the Eastern United States : Results of Exposures, 1984-1988

Description: Gravimetric changes in marble and limestone briquettes exposed to outdoor environment at five sites in the eastern United States have been monitored since 1984. An earlier report describes procedures and results obtained in 1984--1988. This report presents the results of the exposure period 1984--1988 and reviews and summarizes those of prior years. A linear relationship was found between cumulative gravimetric losses and exposure period or rain depth. These losses resulted in an average recess… more
Date: September 1991
Creator: Reimann, K. J.
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The Application of Automated Reasoning to Proof Translation and to Finding Proofs with Specified Properties: a Case Study in Many-Valued Sentential Calculus

Description: In both mathematics and logic, many theorems exist such that each can be proved in entirely different ways. For a striking example, there exist theorems from group theory that can be proved by relying solely on equality and (from the viewpoint of automated reasoning) the use of paramodulation, but can also be proved in a notation in which equality is totally absent and the inference rule is condensed detachment (captured with a single clause and the rule hyper-resolution). A study of such examp… more
Date: August 1991
Creator: Wos, Larry & McCune, William W.
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COMMIX-PPC. a Three-Dimensional Transient Multicomponent Computer Program for Analyzing Performance of Power Plant Condensers

Description: The COMMIX-PPC computer program is an extended and improved version of earlier COMMIX codes and is specifically designed for evaluating the thermal performance of power plant condensers. The COMMIX codes are general-purpose computer programs for the analysis of fluid flow and heat transfer in complex industrial systems. In COMMIX-PPC, two major features have been added to previously published COMMIX codes. One feature is the incorporation of one-dimensional conservation of mass, momentum, and e… more
Date: August 1991
Creator: Chien, T. H.; Domanus, H. M. & Sha, William T.
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NBS-INA -- The Institute for Numerical Analysis -- UCLA 1947-1954

Description: Abstract: This is the history of the Institute for Numerical Analysis (INA) with special emphasis in its research program during the period 1947 to 1956. The Institute for Numerical Analysis was located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles. It was a section of the National Applied Mathematics Laboratories, which formed the Applied Mathematics Division of the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and technology), under the U.S. Department of … more
Date: August 1991
Creator: Hestenes, Magnus Rudolph & Todd, John
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Research in Mathematics and Computer Science at Argonne : September 1989 - February 1991

Description: This report reviews the research activities in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory for the period September 1989 through February 1991. The body of the report gives a brief look at the MCS staff and the research facilities and then discusses the diverse research projects carried out in the division. Projects funded by non-DOE sources are also discussed, and new technology transfer activities are described. Further information on staff, visitors, workshop… more
Date: August 1991
Creator: Pieper, Gail W.
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