IMPACCT Program

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Innovative Materials and Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses the development of a new device as part of the "A High Efficiency Inertial CO2 Extraction System" project

Acculturation as it is related to attitudes toward the marriage process in Jewish Iranians.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between acculturation and attitudes toward the marriage process among Jewish Iranians. Specifically, it was hypothesized that there would be a significant relationship between degree of acculturation and attitudes toward the marriage process.The sample consisted of 126 Jewish Iranian men and women residing in the Los Angeles area. The participants ranged in age from 18 to 78 ( M = 39). The participants were obtained through nonrandom measures from various cultural organizations, colleges, and social functions.Participants filled out three questionnaires consisting of a demographic questionnaire, a modified version of the Cultural Life Style Inventory (Mendoza, 1989), and the Marriage Process Scale (Banafsheian, 2003).As expected, the results of the study revealed a significant positive relationship between cultural resistance (CR) and attitudes toward the marriage process, in that as CR increased, traditional attitudes toward the marriage process also increased. A significant negative relationship was found between cultural shift (CS) and attitudes toward the marriage process, in that as CS increased, traditional attitudes toward the marriage process decreased. No significant relationship was found between cultural incorporation (CI) and attitudes toward the marriage process.Thesis (Ph.D.)--Alliant International University, Los Angeles, 2003.School code: 1436

RSTA Research of the Colorado State, University of Massachusetts and Alliant Techsystems Team

The complementary nature of LADAR, FLIR and color data for ATR is being exploited by new algorithms in a three stage recognition system. The stages are initial detection, target class and pose hypothesis generation, and precise model to multisensor coregistration matching. Coregistration globally aligns 3D target models with range, IR and color imagery while simultaneously refining registration parameters between sensors. This model directed approach is expected to improve ATR performance for occluded targets, targets seen at unusual angles, and targets in cluttered settings. Color is used for initial target detection under daylight conditions and camouflage learned from training generalizes across vehicles and distinguishes targets from natural terrain. Target class and pose hypothesis generation will draw upon existing LADAR boundary matching work extended to tolerate more occlusion, clutter and viewpoint variation. New model to multisensor coregistration algorithms appear robust in..

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