DOCSLIB.ORG

Topic Driven Access to Scientific Handbooks

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Topic Driven Access to Scientific Handbooks UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Topic driven access to scientific handbooks Caracciolo, C. Publication date 2008 Document Version Final published version Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Caracciolo, C. (2008). Topic driven access to scientific handbooks. SIKS. General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (https://dare.uva.nl) Download date:06 Oct 2021 Topic Driven Access to Scientific Handbooks Caterina Caracciolo Topic Driven Access to Scientific Handbooks Promotiecommissie Promotor: Prof.dr. M. de Rijke Co-promotor: Dr. J. Kircz Co-promotor: Prof.dr. G. Tamburrini Overige leden: Prof.dr. J. van Eijck Prof.dr. F. van Harmelen Dr.ir. J. Kamps Prof.dr. J. Mackenzie Owen Dr. L. Serafini Prof.dr. B. Wielinga Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Informatica. SIKS Dissertation Series No. 2008-13 The research reported in this thesis has been carried out under the auspices of SIKS, the Dutch Research School for Information and Knowledge Systems. The research reported in this thesis was carried out at the Informatics Institute of the University of Amsterdam and supported by Elsevier, Amsterdam. Printed and bound by Delta 2000, Roma ISBN: 978–90–5776–176–8 Ai luoghi della vita e alle biciclette che li attraversano. iv Acknowledgments To my surprise, the moment has arrived. I am writing the ackowledgments of my thesis and I think back on the period of my life that I now call “Amsterdam.” Now, in the sunny, warm and chaotic Rome, all the study, work and life that I had in Amsterdam seem so far away that it is surprising that it all happened. But it did happen, for real. I would like to thank many, many people and let them know that they have been so important to me. This is the occasion to do so. The first person to mention is Rosella Gennari, without whom I would have never heard of an opening position at the ILLC department of the UvA and I would not be writing these words now. That position was under the supervision of Maarten de Rijke, somebody I only had a vague memory of because of one class I attended when I was an undergraduate exchange student in Amsterdam. I went to that class only out of curiousity, who would have thought he was going to play such an important role in the years to come. Maarten has been a great example and a continuous surprise to me, because of his quick mind and kind manners, music taste and approach to life. With Maarten I learned an uncountable number of things, all of which will stay with me forever. Together with Maarten, Joost Kircz has followed the entire development of this work. Inspiring conversations, vision, human touch: I had the unique chance to enjoy all of these from him. Guglielmo Tamburrini was my supervisor when I started my PhD in Pisa, then he kindly agreed to continue to follow my work when I moved to Amsterdam and when he moved to Naples. Other people have been influential to the completion of this thesis. With Frank van Harmelen I learned to adopt a healthy perspective on things and to stand for one’s own point of view; Jan van Eijck thought me to appreciate the humbleness and the intellectual courage that should always accompany research work; the Elsevier team showed me the importance of good coordination to carry out projects of any size. All of them showed me the importance of setting oneself a goal to achieve and keeping it despite any interferences. v I would like to thank all the members of my doctoral committee, for accepting to read the manuscript, providing insightful comments and so contributing to make my thesis a better piece of work: Jan van Eijck, Frank van Harmelen, Jaap Kamps, John Mackenzie Owen, Luciano Serafini, Bob Wielenga. A special thanks to Arjen de Vries for generously reading early versions of different chapters of my thesis and commenting on them. Willem van Hage also deserves special thanks, not only for contributing to this work as an undergraduate student, but also for his friendly and enthusiastic presence. David Ahn and Stefan Schlobach read several versions of chapters of this thesis and commented on content and presentation. Maarten van Schie also contributed to this work as an undergraduate student. Andrew Bagdanov read nearly all versions of this manuscript, proofread everything and improved so much the quality of my English. I shared a large part of the journey that lead to this thesis with dear friends, of inestimable value: Juan Heguiabehere, Gabriel Infante Lopez and Gabriele Musillo. Their presence, or even the simple thinking of them always warmed me to the true depths of my soul. Veronica Prada Moroni stayed close to me despite the physical distance between Pisa and Amsterdam — she knows every fold of this story, perhaps better than myself. Vorrei ringraziare Claudia, e Tobias e Frida (e ora Malvina!), per la loro sempre calda accoglienza e la paperella gialla; Roberta, e Andrea e Diego, per le conversazioni, le risate e le gite a Napoli e Bologna; Francesca per il suo continuo sostegno e la stima che mi ha sempre affettuosamente dimostrato; Roberto Lalli con Haci Ciugo e la vita Baires; Laura, Alessandro, Tiziana e Silvia per essere sempre stati cos`ı indulgenti verso le mie fugaci apparizioni a Pescara. My heartfelt hugs go to Rosella Gennari, Carlos Areces, David Ahn, Raffaella Bernardi, Paola Monachesi, Stefano Bocconi, Daniele Moroni, Martina Dominici; to the spanish crowd I spent many evenings and nights with; to all my colleagues at the ILLC and at the ILPS; to Fransje Enserink who is not here anymore; to Virginie and Pauline who helped me out from a distance. And Rome? Here I found breathtaking beauty, the contradictions that keep one’s spirit alive and a great working evironment at the FAO, the Food and Agriculture Or- ganization of the UN. In Rome, I was so lucky to find so many “new” friends: Giorgia, Federica e Simona, ManuManu Manuela, Valentina, Natalia e Francesca, Pietro, Clau- dio & la splendida Livia, Federico M. and Massimo, Tommaso e Daniela, the fabolous Occhionero and the whole “Ciclopicnic Entertainment,” the roman Critical Mass and la Ciemmona Interplanetaria. A big happy smile goes to all of them. La mia famiglia e` sempre con me e la distanza non conta. I miei genitori e i miei fratelli Eligio, Roberto, Paola e Carlo, e le loro famiglie, Barbara, Lucrezia Luna e Francesco, Teresa e Eugenia: vorrei potervi abbracciare tutti in un solo abbraccio. Finally, Andy. Insieme ad Amsterdam, Pisa, Firenze, Roma e chissa` dove an- cora. You always believed this moment would come, even when I myself would doubt. Thank you for this and much much much more. Roma, marzo 2008 vi Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Problem Statement ........................... 2 1.2 Organization of this Thesis ....................... 5 1.3 Scope of this Thesis ........................... 7 1.4 Origins of the Material ......................... 8 2 A Vision on Access to Electronic Scientific Handbooks 9 2.1 The Vision ................................ 10 2.2 Handbooks ............................... 12 2.3 Searching and Accessing Textual Documents ............. 13 2.4 Semantic Structures ........................... 14 2.5 A Modular Approach to Focused Access ................ 20 2.6 Discussion ................................ 21 3 A Browsable Map for Logic and Language 23 3.1 User Requirements ........................... 23 3.2 Design and Content of the Map ..................... 26 3.3 Topics .................................. 27 3.4 Relations ................................ 28 3.4.1 Many Flavors of ISA ...................... 30 3.4.2 Part-of ............................. 33 3.4.3 Instance ............................. 34 3.4.4 Domain Specific Relations ................... 34 3.4.5 Non-Hierarchical Relations .................. 36 3.5 The LoLaLi Map: Features ....................... 36 3.6 Discussion ................................ 39 vii 3.6.1 Dealing with more Relations .................. 39 3.6.2 More on Subtopics ....................... 40 3.7 Editing and Managing the LoLaLi Map ................ 43 3.7.1 A Bit of History: First Attempts ................ 43 3.7.2 Proteg´ e´ and RDFS Modeling .................. 44 3.7.3 Accessing the Map through a Web Browser .......... 45 3.8 Conclusions ............................... 46 4 Interacting with the LoLaLi Map 49 4.1 Requirements for the User Interface .................. 50 4.2 Related Work on Tree and Graph Visualization ............ 51 4.2.1 Global views .......................... 51 4.2.2 Local views ........................... 55 4.3 A User Interface for the LoLaLi Map .................. 57 4.4 User Studies ............................... 61 4.4.1 The Setting ........................... 62 4.4.2 The Questionnaire ....................... 64 4.4.3 Results ............................. 65 4.4.4 Discussion ........................... 77 4.5 Conclusions ............................... 79 5 Looking for Link Targets 83 5.1 Passage Retrieval ............................ 85 5.1.1 Structural Passage Retrieval .................. 86 5.1.2 Fixed Size Passage Retrieval .................. 86 5.1.3 Semantic Passage Retrieval ................... 87 5.2 Linear Topic Segmentation: Two Algorithms ............. 88 5.2.1 TextTiling ............................ 88 5.2.2 C99 ............................... 90 5.3 Building the Ground Truth ......................
Load more

Recommended publications
  • January 1972
    1- -/- r-FI - M . , 2 1. I ./ r..1 1 ..1 .91"r«Fr 11 'L ' 4 *L :,1 1 1 15'i'&11& ..-t *4-**4,- '+ , 1 ,#146*1\ :1,#F'i- ihlf,1,r. 'flijh/f»--,1~.Ati ·, 4 <A/ 1,11 -. , . NNU -A . * IA- 1 IIi,_ %4'1 r'll,I, , . ...... ........ ..~..1.... - 9, , .t 1, 14., '.,r'. - 4-- . 3 8 . il- . 191 01, t . Ad v - » r'* _ , , I I r V '- 4 \ '111 11 4 1, 14, , 4 7S* . GOLD CARD PRESENTATIONS signifying Honorary Membership in Ope- 4/36, Reg, 231681; C. J. Mahan, Init. 7/27, Reg. 179387: Don E. Malhiot, rating Engineers Local Union No. 3 were made by Business Manager Al Init. 12/32, Reg. 202738; Meryl D. Mayes, Init. 12/36, Reg. 238116; John Clen- a- the Semi-Annual Meeting to Brothers E. J. Blood, Int. 7/17, Reg. F. Regallo, Init. 5/36, Reg. 232718; C. A. Schroff, Init. 4/30, Reg. 195110: 87915· C. C. Clark, Init. 3/30, Reg. 194797; Earl Dooley, Init. 9/35, Reg. Hobart Simpson, Init. 9/32, Reg. 202429; C. W. Stevens, Init. 9/28, Reg. 227545 George Ernst, Init. 4/36, Reg. 230898; Barney Felix, Init. 4/36, 187508: George W. Stevens, Init, 2/31, Reg, 198375 and Earl Stiles, Init. Reg. 23 1675; Ralph L, Foy, Init. 5/36, Reg. 23652; Robert Hall, Init. 9/35, 12/36, Reg. 239392. A standing ovation followed the presentations. Reg. 226889; F, M. Lauritzen, 9/35, Reg. 227,552; Philip Perrin, Init. "Serving the men who move tbe earth.'" ~~ ENGINEERS Cr »~ iNH :W 48 <tlESN>- PUBLISHED TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF ALL ENGINEERS AND THEIR FAMILIES 1.
    [Show full text]
  • The Mississippi Delta Beyond 2000 Author: N/A Pub
    USDA United States Department of Agriculture Research, Education, and Economics Agricultural Research Service National Agricultural Library PROJECT TITLE: Rural Information Project DOCUMENT INFORMATION Title: Delta Vision, Delta Voices: The Mississippi Delta Beyond 2000 Author: N/A Pub. Date: 2000 Volume No.: 0006 Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Call No.: PAGE INVENTORY Pages Not Numbered: Color Plates: 58 Grayscale Halftone Plates: 19 Plate Captions: Total Pages: 144 DIRECTORY INFORMATION Root Directory: ric/group2 Second Level Directory: 0006 IMAGE SPECIFICATIONS Bitonal Resolution: 600 dpi, 1 bit Grayscale Resolution: 300 dpi, 8 bit Color Resolution: 400 dpi, 24 bit Delta VISION yüe ta VOICE i ITelta TWI§5Íi^?:ík5f -^^yond 2001) V,-/ ^»!:¿SS:r^ -^, AV^.i^^ COVER: MS River near Tallulah, LA (Courtesy NASA/UL) • Natchez Bridge: Courtesy Mayor Larry "Butch" Brown • Tomatoes: Courtesy United States Department of Agriculture • House-builders: Courtesy Mayor's Build, New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, Lauren Keith • FWS Employee: Courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Delta VISION, Delta VOICES: The Mississippi Delta Beyond 2000 Table of Contents Statement by President William Jefferson Clinton ¡i Statement by Vice President Al Gore ¡¡i Foreword from Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater îv Executive Summary x Excerpts from President Clinton's 2000 State of the Union Address (related to the Delta Region) . xii Summary of the Clinton-Gore Administration's Budget Proposals for the Delta Region xiii Essay: John M. Barry, Author of Rising Tide 1 The Future of the Delta Region: Federal Actions, Goals and Recommendations Preface 2 I. Improving the Quality of Life 7 Diversity Housing Education Infrastructure Health Care Hunger, Nutrition and Food Security AmeriCorps and Volunteerism Disaster Assistance Community Law Enforcement II.
    [Show full text]
  • DELTA-2000 10-Kv Automated Insulation Test Set Catalog No
    AVTM 672001 Rev. B October 2001 Instruction Manual for DELTA-2000 10-kV Automated Insulation Test Set Catalog No. 672001 High-Voltage Equipment Read the entire manual before operating. Aparato de Alto Voltaje Antes de operar este producto lea este manual enteramente. AVO International PO Box 9007 Valley Forge, PA 19485-1007 U.S.A 610-676-8500 Shipping Address: Valley Forge Corporate Center 2621 Van Buren Avenue Norristown, PA 19403 U.S.A DELTA-2000 10-kV Automated Insulation Test Set Instruction Manual Copyright© February 1997 by AVO International All rights reserved. Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Table of Contents Section Page 1 Introduction................................................................................................................... 1 Receiving Instructions....................................................................................... 1 General Information.......................................................................................... 1 2 Safety .......................................................................................................................... 3 Precautions ....................................................................................................... 3 Warning and Caution Notices........................................................................... 5 3 Specifications................................................................................................................. 6 Electrical..........................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Condensors / Contact Points(3NC 4NC NPS)
    DISTRIBUTOR CONTACT POINTS New-Era No. Ref.No. Application NPS-106 04191-40010 DAIHATSU COMPAGNO F30 HILINE F100, 175, 200 NEW LAIN L50, S50 029641-0110 ND NPS-107C 04191-41010 DAIHATSU 19145-38011 DELTA 750 H-KD10, H-A10, H-KB10, KD10 ～75 19145-41010 CONSORTE 1000 A-EP30, 40, 45, B-EP50, 51 75～ 33140-74010 CHARMANT 1200 B-A10 76～ 99329-35902 SUZUKI FRONTE T-S, C-SSU (AB10) 77～79 E-SS40 (F5A) 79～ 800 SS80F, SS80AF 83～ CARRY 800 ST80, 80K, 80V 80～ CERVO SC80 80～ JIMMY H-SJ20 77～ 8 H-SJ20 (V), (F8A) 77～ SJ410V 83～ TOYOTA CROWN MS50,51,52,56,60,62,65, 75～ 66,70,75,A-MS80,82,90 C-MS100,A-RS80 CORONA RT41,53,54,60,61,62,67, 75～ 70,71,72,76,77,82,84,88 94,102,C-RT122,A-RT100 A-TT10,A-TT110 B(C-)TT120 MARKⅡ RT104,108,112,114 RX10,11,12,16,17,20,21, 22,26,27,28,MX10,20,27 A-MX10,20,27,C-RX15 75～ COROLLA KE10,11,15,16,17,18,20, 25,26,30,35,37,40,47,50, 60,TE20,25,27,30,31,35, 36,37,40,41,45,47 CHASER C-TX30-D,C-RX30-D 77～ TA12,15,17,20 CELICA C-RA35 76～ A-TA14,18,23,27,B-TA35 75～ DISTRIBUTOR ～ CONTACT POINTS CONTACT MARKⅡ1800 C-TX30(3T-U) 77 79 2000 C-MX30,35(M-U) 76～79 CARINA RA11,15,21,25 75～ STARLET B-KP50,51 76～ 029350-0200 ND 029350-0220 ND 029350-0690 ND 029641-1221 ND NPS-107RC 19145-26060 DAIHATSU 19145-36060 CHARMANT 1200 H-A10V (3K-HJ) 75～79 19145-41020 1300 J-A30V(4K-J) 79～81 19145-45060 1400 A20, H-A20V(T-J) 74～79 19145-87701 1600 J-A40V (12T-J) 79～81 33140-60010 CHARADE E-G10 (CB10, 11, 31, 32) 77～ E-G11 (CB12, 32, 33) 83～ MAX CUORE C-L40 (AB10), E-L45 (AB40), 77～80 H-L40V (AB30) CUORE (COLD) E-L55 (AB40) 80～ DELTA WIDE H-KB11V (4K-J) 78～79 J-KB12V (4K-J) 79～82 H-TB10V (2T-J) 78～81 029350-0690 ND J-TB11V (2T-J) 79～82 029350-0200 ND DELTA 1500, 2000 V3# (5R) 77～83 029350-0270 ND HI-JET J-S65 (AB20), J-S65Y (AB20) 81～82 029350-0330 ND 550 H-S40 (AB) 76～81 CONTINUED 029350-0650 ND J-S40 (AB20) 79～81 257 DISTRIBUTOR CONTACT POINTS New-Era No.
    [Show full text]
  • Access to Space
    databk7_collected.book Page 989 Monday, September 14, 2009 2:53 PM INDEX A (Office of Space Science), 585 Advanced Transportation Technology, 101 Academic programs, 10, 14 Advanced X-ray Astronomical Facility (AXAF) Accelerometer, 959 approval of, 576 "Access to Space" study, 22, 80, 172 AXAF-I, 653 ACE-Able Engineering, Inc, 857 AXAF-S, 653 Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor budgets and funding for, 653–54, 779 (ACRIM), 421, 480 Chandra (AXAF), 576, 579, 652, 655–57, Acuña, Mario H., 940, 945, 953, 956 838–41 Adamson, James C. characteristics, instruments, and experiments, STS-28, 360, 380 654–57, 838–41; Advanced Charged Couple STS-43, 363, 409 Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS), 656, 657, Adrastea, 711 839, 840; High Energy Transmission Grating Advanced Carrier Customer Equipment Support (HETG) spectrometer, 657, 839–40, 841; System, 223 High Resolution Camera (HRC), 656, 657, Advanced Charged Couple Imaging Spectrometer 839, 840; High Resolution Mirror Assembly, (ACIS), 656, 657, 839, 840 654, 656–57; Low Energy Transmission Advanced Communications Technology Satellite Grating (LETG) spectrometer, 657, 839–40; (ACTS), 161, 252, 254, 366, 454 Science Instrument Module (SIM), 657 Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE), 140, deployment of, 579 579, 604–5, 606, 607, 772, 781, 806–9 development of, 652, 653 Advanced Concepts and Technology, Office of objective of, 589, 652–53 (Code C) Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. budgets and funding for, 13, 33, 35, 89, 91, 94, Space Program, 204–5, 287, 564 100 Aero Corporation, 894, 897
    [Show full text]
  • BNA0875127 1 United States District Court for the Central District of California, No
    I This report is PRIVILEGED INFORMATIO e N of th U .S . Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha Distric t FINAL REPORT SANTA SUSANA FIELD LABORATORY (SSFL) 1 AIR FORCE PLANT NO . S7 SITE OPERATIONS / OWNERSHIP HISTORY I I Prepared fo r I U .S . Army Corps of Engineers Omaha Distric t Omaha , Nebraska I I Contract No . DACA45 - 89-D-0512 Delivery Order No . 1 I I Prepared by I TechLaw, Inc 14500 Avion Parkway Suite 300 I Chantilly , Virginia 22021-1101 (703) 818-100 0 I October 4, 199 0 I I CONFIDENTIAL LEVEL I -UNDER PROTECTIVE ORDER , BNA0875127 1 United States District Court for the Central District of California, No. CV 97-1554 H DMSp01666278 FINAL REPORT SANTA SUSANA FIELD LABORATORY SITE OPERATIONS/ OWNERSHIP HISTORY 1 Table o>< content s 1 Section Paae I . INTRODUCTION . 1 A . Project Background . 1 3 . Report Organization . 3 II . SITE OPERATIONS HISTORY . 4 A . Introduction . 4 B . Large Engine Testing at SSFL . 4 C . Engine Testing and TCE Flushing . 7 0 . Rocketdyne Programs . 9 1 . Navaho . 9 2 . Atlas . .11 3 . Jupiter and Thor . .14 I 4 . E-1 . .16 5 . H-1 . .17 6 . F-1 . .18 1 7 . RS-27 Delta . .1 9 E . TCE and Retention Ponds . .20 F . Other TCE and Solvent Releases . .25 G . RCRA Impoundments . .2 9 1 . Advanced Propulsion Test Facility . 2 9 2 . Alfa Bravo Skim Pond . 3 0 3 . Storable Propellants Area . .31 4 . Delta and Propellant Load Facility . 32 5 . Systems Test Laboratory-IV . 3 3 H . Other Operations at SSFL . .34 1 .
    [Show full text]
  • University of Copenhagen
    Ethics of synthetic biology Nielsen, Linda Published in: Ethics of synthetic biology by The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies to the European Commission DOI: 10.2796/10789 Publication date: 2010 Document version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Citation for published version (APA): Nielsen, L. (2010). Ethics of synthetic biology. In Ethics of synthetic biology by The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies to the European Commission European Commission. Opinion, No. 25 https://doi.org/10.2796/10789 Download date: 07. apr.. 2020 KAAJ090253AC Ethics of synthetic biology Ethics of synthetic Ethics of Opinion No synthetic biology BRUSSELS , 17 NOVEMBER 2009 How to obtain EU publications Publications for sale: • via EU Bookshop (http://bookshop.europa.eu); • from your bookseller by quoting the title, the publisher and/or ISBN number; • by contacting one of our sales agents directly. You can obtain their contact details on the Internet (http://bookshop.europa.eu) or by sending a fax to +352 2929-42758. Free publications: • via EU Bookshop (http://bookshop.europa.eu); • at the European Commission’s representations or delegations. You can obtain their contact details on the Internet (http://ec.europa.eu/) or by sending a fax to +352 2929-42758. European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies to the European Commission Ethics of synthetic biology Brussels, 17 November 2009 Opinion No European Commission Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union Freephone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed.
    [Show full text]
  • O51739533 1968.Pdf
    1I NASA BUDGET ANALYSIS FY 1968 DATA PUBLICATIONS West Building - Washington National Airport Washington, D. C. 20001 NASA Headquarters library 300 E St. SW Rm. 1120 Washington, DC 20546 ? TABLE OF CONTENTS AN ANALYSIS OF FY 1968 BUDGET 1 NASA BUDGET Research and Development 6 Construction of Facilities 7 Administrative Operations 7 TABLES Research and Development Programs 9 Manned Space Flight 10 Space Science and Applications 11 & 12 Advanced Research and Technology 13 & 14 Tracking and Data Acquisition 15 Construction of Facilities 16 Projects by Installation 17 & 18 Administrative Operations 19 PROGRAMS Apollo Program 20 Physics and Astronomy Program 51 Lunar and Planetary Exploration Program 57 Voyager Program 61 Sustaining University Program 65 Launch Vehicle Development Program 66 Launch Vehicle Procurement Program 67 Bioscience Program 70 Space Applications Program 73 Basic Research Program 82 Space Vehicle Systems Program 85 Electronics Systems Program 89 Human Factor Systems Program 92 Space Power and Electric Propulsion Systems Program 95 Nuclear Rockets Program 99 Chemical Propulsion Program 101 Aeronautics Program 105 Tracking and Data Acquisition Program 115 Technology Utilization Program 118 I Y I.1 1 , FY 1968 BUDGET NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMINISTRATION A total program of $5,110,000,000 is requested by NASA, to be fi- nanced by $5,050,000,000 in new obligational authority and $60,000,000 of prior year funds, to maintain effort in current programs at a level deemed important to the maintenance of the United States world position in space and aeronautics. The industrial community, under contracts with the NASA, will con- tinue to carry forward the prime design, development and fabrication effort of the NASA program.
    [Show full text]
  • Secretariat Distr.: General 2 July 2003
    United Nations ST/SG/SER.E/428 Secretariat Distr.: General 2 July 2003 Original: English Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Information furnished in conformity with the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space Note verbale dated 30 June 2003 from the Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations (Vienna) addressed to the Secretary-General The Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations (Vienna) presents its compliments to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and, in accordance with article IV of the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space (General Assembly resolution 3235 (XXIX), annex), has the honour to transmit the registration data on space launches by the United States for the period from November 2002 to March 2003 (see annex). V.03-85488 (E) 170703 180703 *0385488* ST/SG/SER.E/428 2 Annex Registration data on space launches by the United States of America for the period from November 2002 to March 2003* November 2002 1. The following report supplements the registration data on United States launches as at 30 November 2002. All launches were made from the territory of the United States unless otherwise specified. Basic orbital characteristics International Nodal period Inclination Apogee Perigee designation Name of space object Date of launch (min) (degrees) (km) (km) General function of space object The following objects were launched since the last report and remain in orbit: 2002-051B Delta 4 R/B 20 November 2002 612.5 13.4 34 519 508 Spent boosters, spent manoeuvring stages, shrouds and other non-functional objects 2002-052A STS 113 24 November 2002 92.3 51.6 391 387 Reusable space transportation systems 2002-052B MEPSI 24 November 2002 92.3 51.6 392 383 Spacecraft engaged in practical applica- tions and uses of space technology such as weather and communications The following objects not previously reported have been identified since the last report: None.
    [Show full text]
  • The Complete Book of Spaceflight: from Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity
    The Complete Book of Spaceflight From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity David Darling John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This book is printed on acid-free paper. ●∞ Copyright © 2003 by David Darling. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 750-4470, or on the web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, email: [email protected]. Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and the author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No warranty may be created or extended by sales representatives or written sales materials. The advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for your situation. You should consult with a professional where appropriate. Neither the publisher nor the author shall be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damages, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or other damages.
    [Show full text]
  • Economic Development in the Mississippi Delta Hearing Committee on Appropriations United States Senate
    S. HRG. 106–825 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA HEARING BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SPECIAL HEARING Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 63–943 cc WASHINGTON : 2001 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS TED STEVENS, Alaska, Chairman THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont SLADE GORTON, Washington FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky TOM HARKIN, Iowa CONRAD BURNS, Montana BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama HARRY REID, Nevada JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire HERB KOHL, Wisconsin ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah PATTY MURRAY, Washington BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota LARRY CRAIG, Idaho DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois JON KYL, Arizona STEVEN J. CORTESE, Staff Director LISA SUTHERLAND, Deputy Staff Director JAMES H. ENGLISH, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi, Chairman ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania HERB KOHL, Wisconsin CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri TOM HARKIN, Iowa SLADE GORTON, Washington BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California CONRAD BURNS, Montana RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois TED STEVENS, Alaska ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia (ex officio) (ex officio) Professional Staff REBECCA M.
    [Show full text]
  • Delta Kappa Epsilon Educational Manual
    DELTA KAPPA EPSILON EDUCATIONAL MANUAL A GUIDEBOOK TO DELTA KAPPA EPSILON “Friends from the heart forever” New Member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Welcome to Deke! We are excited to have you join our grand ranks of gentle- men, scholars, and jolly-good fellows. If you are reading this then the first and foremost of the many, many memorable experiences you will have with the fraternity is just about to begin - your new member education program. The goals of the new member education program are manyfold and will be explained in greater detail in later sections of this document. In short though, this program aims to educate new members on DKE history and ritual, create capable leaders who understand how to effectively run an organization, unify the new member class with the active membership, and connect new mem- bers with the important communities in which any Deke chapter must exist. Because you have accepted a bid of membership into our organization, we trust that you are willing and able to accomplish these goals with the stoutness of heart that has been expected of all Dekes since our founding at Yale nearly two centuries ago. As you begin this momentous journey into the world of DKE, please do keep in mind what a genuine commitment to this brotherhood fully entails: All mem- bers are expected to put forth honorable effort into the new member program and into all operations of the fraternity chapter after gaining active status; to be faithful to their brothers, their chapter, and to the international Deke commu- nity as a new, active, and alumni member; and to meet or exceed all academic, financial, behavioral, and other standards as set forth by the chapter and DKE International Headquarters.
    [Show full text]