This paper describes a prototype of a compact environmental radiation surveillance instrument designed for a Ranger unmanned aerial vehicle.
The fast-neutron, coded-aperture imaging instrument, designed for a mobile unit (20 ft. ISO container), consists of a 32-element array of 15 cm×15 cm×15 cm liquid scintillation detectors (EJ-309) mounted behind a 12×12 pseudorandom coded aperture.
A generic quality of life instrument, designed for a variety of populations and measuring a comprehensive set of health concepts, is likely to have problems with "ceiling" and "floor" effects [ 24].
The interRAI Suite includes comprehensive assessment instruments designed for a range of clinical services across multiple care settings (e.g., interRAI Mental Health, interRAI Palliative Care) [ 1, 2].
Like insurance against fire or theft, it protects investors against the risk of default.But, as often in finance, an instrument designed for insurance became a tool for speculators.
A dietary assessment instrument designed for use in a nationally representative pediatric population was required to examine associations between calcium intake and bone mineral accrual in a large, multicenter study.
In total, 50 original research articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria: target age under 29 years, using an instrument designed for youth, and reporting a reliability estimate.
This study aims to analyse in detail these two sets of variables, using a specific instrument designed for the purpose, to gain a better understanding of the process of treatment seeking.
The Manton instrument, designed for unusual versatility by a French organ builder, Pascal Quoirin, is ideal for Messiaen's music, producing a wide, nuanced range of tones, blends and dynamics.
Now, an instrument designed for direct imaging has found its first new exoplanet: a Jupiter-like world 100 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus.
The two switches and and the transistor grid are controlled by a laptop, a National Instruments I/O card and a Virtual Instrument designed for the experiment.
