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RSI operates from offices in Lanham, MD and Princeton, NJ , with additional on-site support activity at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, DC.  RSI’s core business areas are research and development, systems engineering, instrument test and calibration, and experiment support.

From the long-term monitoring of atmospheric ozone to the highly-successful Clementine lunar mapping mission, RSI personnel have played key roles in Government and commercial space experiments and technology demonstrations.

Recently, NASA successful deployed of the Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System (RAIDS) instrument on the International Space Station.  RSI designed, built, and fabricated, the FUV, MUV, NUV, and NIR spectrometers, telescopes, detector modules, and power supplies for the RAIDS instrument.  For more information, see our RAIDS page.

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Pasadena, Maryland, July 15, 2024 — Miller Engineering and Research Corporation (MERC Aerospace ® ) today announced its acquisition of Research Support Instruments Inc. (RSI), a company located in Lanham, Maryland, providing engineering services and scientific research support to the United States Space Program, including DoD and NASA facilities. RSI was purchased from Physical Sciences Inc of Andover, Mass, the former parent company of RSI.

Since 1976, Research Support Instruments has been providing scientific products and services to the Government and Commercial industry from the highly successful NRL Clementine lunar mapping mission, the long-term monitoring of atmospheric ozone, ground breaking plasma physics research, the WISPR instrument on the Parker Solar Probe, and the NASA-NOAA GOES-R weather satellite program.  RSI personnel have played key roles in Government and commercial space experiments and technology demonstrations.

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MERC Aerospace ® is an engineering services provider to NASA and DoD customers. MERC Aerospace ® currently provides engineering support to NASA for James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Roman Space Telescope (RST), GOES-U, GeoXO, NEON, OSAM-1, Atmosphere Observing System (AOS), Earth System Explorers Program (ESEP) and Space Weather Follow-On (SWFO) Program.

Terri Miller, President and CEO of MERC Aerospace ® stated at the conclusion of the acquisition that, “MERC Aerospace has known and worked with RSI principals for many years. We are excited to invite them into the MERC family as their capabilities and technologies compliment and strengthen our services and product development goals.”

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Alenezi et al. (2018) [ ]—Saudi ArabiaNursing stress scale7 (34 items)Workload (6 items)0.94--
Barth et al. (2018) [ ]—BrazilMoral stress scale6 (46 items)Overload (5 items)0.980.88
Bester & Engelbrecht (2009) [ ]—South AfricaMultidimensional instrument built by the researchers no dimensions identified (5 items)Quantitative Workload Inventory (5 items)--0.85
Cortés-Rubio et al. (2003) [ ]—SpainPQL-35 (Spanish version)3 (35 items)Workload (12 items)--0.75–0.86
Engelbrecht et al. (2008) [ ]—South AfricaMultidimensional instrument built by the researchers no dimensions identified (5 items)Quantitative Workload Inventory (5 items)--0.85
Galdikien et al. (2014) [ ]—LithuaniaExpanded nursing stress scale9 (55 items)Workload (8 items)0.920.85
Lee & Wang (2002) [ ]—TaiwanStressors scale6 (40 items)Workload (6 items)0.960.83
Martin-Fernandez et al. (2007) [ ]—SpainPQL-35 (Spanish version)3 (35 items)Workload (12 items)--0.75–0.86
Panadero & Madroño (2012) [ ]—SpainFont-roja questionnaire9 (26 items)Work Pressure (3 items)--0.79
Pérez-Francisco et al. (2020) [ ]—SpainWork conditions assessment scale3 (31 items)Work Conditions (11 items)----
Purohit & Banopadhyay (2021) [ ]—IndiaMeasure of job satisfaction 7 (40 items)Satisfaction with Workload (9 items)0.950.85
Suleiman & Adam (2020) [ ]—United Arab EmiratesMeasure of job satisfaction 7 (40 items)Satisfaction with Workload (9 items)0.950.85
Tao et al. (2018) [ ]—ChinaWork stress scale (WSS)
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JSS: 8 (35 items)
Workload
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Castro et al. (2015) [ ]—SpainPQL-35 (Spanish version)3 (35 items)Workload (12 items)0.80–0.85--
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    Research Support Instruments Inc. Research Support Instruments, Inc. was founded in 1990. The company's line of business includes providing commercial physical and biological research and development.

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    Research Support Instruments' main office is located in Lanham, Maryland. Lanham Operations. The Lanham, Maryland Operations develop space instrumentation and perform research in space sciences, theoretical and experimental plasma physics, optics, nondestructive evaluation of materials, and radiometry. For the past 20 years, RSI-Lanham has provided high quality science, engineering, and ...

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    Who is Research Support Instruments. RSI operates from offices in Lanham, MD and Princeton, NJ, with additional on-site support activity at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washi ngton, DC. RSI's core business areas are research and development, systems engineering, instrument test and calibration, and experiment support. From the long ...

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    About Research Instruments. Research instruments are measurement tools, such as questionnaires, scales, and surveys, that researchers use to measure variables in research studies. In most cases, it is better use a previously validated instrument rather than create one from scratch. Always evaluate instruments for relevancy, validity, and ...

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    Research Support Instruments Profile and History. RSI operates from offices in Lanham, MD and Princeton, NJ, with additional on-site support activity at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, DC. RSI's core business areas are research and development, systems engineering, instrument test and calibration, and experiment support. ...

  15. Identifying

    Research instruments can measure: health conditions; mental states; quality of life; and more! To identify a research instrument or tool appropriate for your project, you will need to do one or more of the following:. Search library databases and other resources; Read published literature in your field; Review citations of published manuscripts for included instruments

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    Finding a research instrument can be time consuming! There are 3 concrete steps in the process:. Identify an appropriate tool or instrument for your research; Assess whether the instrument is valid and reliable; Obtain permission and get the full text; Be aware - published papers and other sources often do not provide access to the full instrument.. Look for a citation and expect to contact ...

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    It is essential to assess a nurse's workload to guarantee high-quality patient care, improve health outcomes and care processes [], maintain patient safety by reducing adverse events, ethical and legal issues, and costs [2,3], and support nurses' well-being by preventing professional dissatisfaction, stress, and burnout.Also, health organizations rely on nursing workload assessments to ...

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