Abstract:HIGH PERFORMANCE ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS ARE EXCEEDING THE LIMITS OF EXISTING PACKAGING MATERIALS. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SURFACE MOUNTING LEADLESS CHIPS, MULTI-LAYER CONSTRUCTION, AND HIGH SPEED DENSITY PACKED CIRCUITS DEMAND INNOVATIVE NEW MATERIALS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM TO DETERMINE THE… more
Abstract:ENHANCED EGRESS REQUIREMENTS NECESSITATES A RATE OF ADVANCE OF 80 FT/HR FOR BOTH A BORING MACHINE AND GROUND SUPPORT LINING SYSTEM. THIS ADVANCE RATE IS BEYOND THE CURRENT TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF ALL STATE-OF-THE-ART LINING SYSTEMS. AN INNOVATIVE PRESSURIZED LINING SYSTEM USING A POLYMERIC MATERIAL… more
Abstract:THE PROPOSED WORK WILL INVOLVE EVALUATION OF ORDERED POLYMER SHEET AND TAPE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES FOR APPLICATIONS SUCH AS ROCKET MOTOR CASES, PRESSURE VESSELS AND OTHER CYLINDRICAL COMPONENTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO MAKE HIGH QUALITY FILM LAMINATES USING A FABRICATION PROCESS… more
Abstract:MOBILE ROBOTS REQUIRE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF POWER TO PERFORM WORK, PROVIDE LOCOMOTION, AND RUN THE CONTROL ELECTRONICS. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND VISION PROMISE TO MAKE FUTURE MOBILE ROBOTS HIGHLY AUTONOMOUS AND THEY WILL BE EXPECTED TO OPERATE OVER SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCES FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME… more
Abstract:THE ARMOR PLATES USED IN TESTING MUNITIONS CONTAINING DEPLETED URANIUM (DU) ARE SUBJECT TO DISPOSAL AS LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP SELECTIVE SOLVENTS THAT WILL PREFERENTIALLY ATTACK THE CONTAMINATED AREAS OF THE TARGET, REMOVING THE DU, AND LEAVING THE… more
Abstract:THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF REMOTE MONITORING OF HUMAN CORE TEMPERATURE WITHOUT ANY PHYSICAL LINK WITH THE TEST SUBJECT. TEMPERATURE SENSING WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY AN INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED, INGESTED RADIOCAPSULE. IN PHASE I, AN EXISTING RADIOCAPSULE SYSTEM WILL… more
Abstract:THE ECONOMIC USEFULNESS AND THE RANGE OF INFOMATION THAT CANBE OBTAINED FORM ON-LINE INFRARED GAS ANALYSIS IS LIMITED SINCE A COMPLEX AND UNRELIABLE EXTRACTIVE SAMPLING SYSTEM ORA DEDICATED SPECTROMETER IS NEEDED AT EACH SENSING POINT IN THE PROCESS. THIS PROGRAM INTENDS TO DEMOSTRATE THE… more
Abstract:MEMBRANE APPLICATIONS FOR GAS CLEANUP AND GAS SEPARATION HAVE BEEN LIMITED BECAUSE OF THEIR LOW FLUX, THE CHEMICAL RESISTANCE OF CURRENT MATERIALS, AND BECAUSE OF THEIR HIGH TEMPERATURE LIMITS. MEMBRANE PERMEATION RATE IS A FUNCTION OF THE CHEMICAL POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE ACROSS THE MEMBRANE ANDTHE… more
Abstract:THE CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER BY VOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM OCCURRING IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE AIR FORCE HAS BEEN A LEADER IN INVESTIGATING PACKED-TOWER AERATION TO REMOVE VOCS FROM GROUNDWATER. IT HAS BEEN SPECULATED THAT THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE STRIPPING… more
Abstract:MOST BIOCHEMICAL SEPARATIONS IN USE TODAY STEM FROM THE ANALYTICAL, BENCH-SCALE TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED BY BIOCHEMISTS;THESE INCLUDE CHROMATOGRAPHY, PRECIPITATION, AND ELECTRO- PHORESIS. WHILE THESE METHODS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THE SCALES FOR WHICH THEY WERE DEVELOPED AND UNDER PRESCRIBED CONDITIONS… more
Abstract:THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP THE TECHNIQUE AND ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENTATION REQUIRED TO REMOTELY MONITOR THE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION DURING HYPER- THERMIA THERAPY IN AND AROUND DEEP-SEATED MALIGNANT TUMORS. THIS TECHNIQUE IS BASED ON THE ULTRASOUND INTERROGATION OF SEVERAL… more
Abstract:THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES IMPROVEMENTS IN MICROCHANNEL PLATE (MCP) LONG TERM GAIN STABILITY THROUGH REDUCTION OF ELIMINATION OF MECHANISMS CAUSING IRREVERSIBLE GAIN LOSS. IMPROVEMENTS IN OPERATIONAL LIFETIME WILL RESULT. MCP GAIN INSTABILITY CAN BE CATEGORIZED INTO SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM LOSSES. THE… more
Abstract:CURRENT TECHNIQUES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF GENETIC DISEASE ARE LIMITED BY AN INABILITY TO DETECT THE MAJORITY OF MUTATIONS AND POLYMORPHISMS IN DNA. DNA MOLECULES THAT DIFFER BY ONE OR A FEW BASE PAIRS CAN MOST EFFICIENTLY BE DISTINGUISHED BYDENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS DUE TO SEQUENCE… more
Abstract:THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO ESTABLISH HUMAN HEMATO- POIETIC PROGENITOR GROWTH FACTOR-DEPENDENT CELL LINES IN CULTURE. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, RESEARCHERS WILL FIRST DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT RETROVIRAL VECTORS THAT CAN INFECT AND EXPRESSCLONED GENES IN APPROPRIATE CELL TYPES. THESE WOULD CARRY BOTH A… more
Abstract:THE SPECIFIC AIM OF THIS PHASE I PROJECT IS TO PURIFY TO HOMOGENEITY ACIDIC A-D-MANNOSIDASE FROM HUMAN PLACENTAS AND BOVINE KIDNEYS. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT BY EMPLOYING A COMBINATION OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES ON AFFINITY, HIGH-PERFORMANCE ANION EXCHANGE, AND/OR HIGH PERFORMANCE GEL FILTRATION… more
Abstract:THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MINIATURIZED ALL SOLID STATE MAGNETIC SENSOR CHIP IS PROPOSED. THE SENSOR EXPLOITS THE MAGNETOELASTIC RESPONSE OF AN AMORPHOUS METAL FILM. PHASE I RESEARCH IS DIRECTED TOWARDS ESTABLISHING THE PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION OF THE PROPOSED SOLID STATE MAGNETIC SENSOR, IDENTIFYING THE… more
Abstract:THIS RESEARCH PLAN IS DIRECTED TOWARDS IMPROVING ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY TECHNOLOGY, ONE OF THE SPECIFIC AREAS OF INTEREST TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS, DIABETES, AND DIGESTIVEAND KIDNEY DISEASES. BY THE MIDDLE OF 1977 MORE THAN 36,000PATIENTS WERE BEING REGULARLY TREATED FOR UREMIA BY… more
Abstract:AN ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD IS PROPOSED FOR THE SEPARATION OF HYDROGEN FROM A REFORMED-HYDROCARBON FUEL-GAS STREAM FOR DIRECT FEED INTO A FIELD PORTABLE PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELL USED BY THE U.S. ARMY. THIS ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN SEPARATOR (EHS) IS BASED ON CURRENT PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELL… more
Abstract:A BENCH SCALE TEST PROGRAM IS PROPOSED TO EVALUATE USE OF CUO/ZNO DESULFURIZATION SORBENTS FOR THE NOT REGENERABLE SULFUR REMOVAL FROM LOGISTIC HYDROCARBON FUELS REFORMED FOR USE IN DISPERSED PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS. AN EFFICIENT REGENERABLE DESULFURIZATION PROCESS OPERATING WITHIN… more
Abstract:INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AT BOTH THE ANODE AND CATHODE OF THE HYDROGEN-BROMINE BATTERY SYSTEM ARE ADDRESSED. ADVANCED INERT CATALYSTS WILL BE PREPARED AS THE POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND TESTED FOR THEIR RESISTANCE AGAINST BROMINE INTERCALATON AND SUBSEQUENT… more
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