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The Current State of Research on New Methods and Technologies for the Safety and Reliability of Assessment of Propellants, Explosives and Pyrotechnics1

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Materials with high energy have in the past and are still in use for both intensive military and civil purposes. Research and studies have been conducted recently to try establishing and inventing new materials likely to have enhanced high performance and that are less sensitive to heat and shock as compared to existing materials. In future military applications have a threshold to be adjusted to. This paper is mainly focusing on the on the advancements, possible formulations of ...

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Graduate Faculty of the Requirements for the Degree 2013 All Rights Reserved Introduction This project will focus on the botanical Family Apiaceae in Lafayette and St. Martin parishes, Louisiana. These parishes are spatially adjacent but are distinguished by different ecological habitats, making them botanically diverse. Lafayette Parish contains a prairie complex, St. Martin Parish has large areas of swamps, rivers, and lakes. The only recent publications on the identification and distribution of the Apiaceae in Louisiana occur in) and the USDA Plants database (plants.usda.gov 2011, and Thomas and Allen 1996). Since little is known about ...

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In Jane Jacobs' 1958 Fortune article, "Downtown is for People," she discusses the impending arrival of modernist architecture to urban renewal projects and redevelopment in major cities. Other concepts that she describes in her article include the advantages of bigger cities for smaller businesses, the benefits of compactness in architecture, and the need to keep the pedestrian in mind when designing roads around and leading to varying structures. Rockefeller Center is cited as a powerful example of what can happen when a dense, unique structure provides plenty of pedestrian options and quick access to facilities, as compared to the coldness and ...