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SOLICITATION ON THE SUBJECT OF DENTAL ANESTHESIA. THE MAIN OBEJECTIVE IS TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A PORTABLE, SELF-CONTAINED BATTERY OPERATED LASER BIOSTIMULATOR (LSB) TO ALLEVIATE DENTAL PAIN BY SEMI SKILLED DENTAL AUXILLARY PERSONNEL ESPECIALLY IN THE BATTLEFIELD. THE PROPOSED EFFORT ENCOMPASSES THREE TASKS: 1) DESIGN, BUILD AND CHECK OUT THE ELECTRICAL AND SAFETY FEATURES ON THE ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SELECT APPROVABLE DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF FOUR ORPHAN DISEASES: SICKLE CELL DISEASE,THALASSEMIA, HEMOCHROMATOSIS, AND ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIAS.FROM THE AVAILABLE WORLD MEDICAL LITERATURE ON THE FOUR DISEASES, DRUGS THAT ARE CLAIMED TO BE EFFECTIVE WILL BE EVALUATED AND CATEGORIZED AS TO THE EXTENT OF CLINICAL TESTING AND ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION. THE THERAPEUTIC R ...

OF AUTOMATING THE USE OF THE UNDERLYING LEARNING CURVE (ULC)APPROACH FOR USE BY CONTACT ADMINISTATION ORGANIZATIONS. THEUNDERLYING LEARNING CURVE (ULC) TECHNIQUE COMBINES BOTH ENGINEERING AND PARAMETRIC ESTIMATING APPROACHES TO PROVIDE A "SHOULD COST" ESTIMATE OF DIRECT LABOR. ULC ALLOWS THE DISCIPLINED INTEGRATION OF THE DATA FOUND IN THE CONTRACTOR'S WORK MEASUREMENT AND COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ...

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THE ARMY HAS A NEED TO PLACE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL CHARGE ON POWDER PARTICLES USED TO GENERATE BATTLEFIELD SMOKE. CONVENTIONAL METHODS OF DOING THIS TASK ARE EACH NARROWLY LIMITED TO APPLY CHARGE OF A PARTICULAR POLARITY TO PARTICLES HAVING PARTICULAR PHYSICAL CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS. THE TURBULENT ELECTROGASDYNAMIC METHOD DOES NOT HAVE THESE LIMITATIONS, AND IT IS AS CONVENTENT AND PRACTI ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INVESTIGATE SEVERAL TECHNOLOGIES WHICH, WHEN TAKEN TOGETHER IN A COMPLETE SYSTEM, PROVIDE THE CAPABILITY TO OBTAIN FLIGHT TEST DATA ON VERY LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER AIRFOILS AT ALTITUDES BETWEEN 11 AND 30 KM FOR COMPARISON WITH WIND TUNNEL AND ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATIONS. THE APPROACH IS TO DEVELOP AN AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT TEST VEHICLE HAVING A WING SPAN OF 5.9 METERS. SMA ...

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE (ADA) AND PURINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE (PNP) DEFICIENCIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAINIMMUNODEFICIENCIES IN HUMANS. ENZON WILL USE PATENTED METHODOLOGY TO PREPARE THERAPEUTIC MODIFICATIONS OF ADA AND PNP. THE PROCEDURE CONSISTS OF ATTACHMENT OF MONOMETHOXYPOLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG) IN SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS TO ENZYMES TO PRODUCE CONJUGATES THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY NONIMMUNOGENIC AND S ...

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PERFORM A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF HOW TO OPTIMIZE THE COUPLING EFFICIENCY OF A SINGLE MODE FIBER AND A SINGLE MODE LASER DIODE OPERATING AT A WAVELENGTH OF 1.3UM. A PROTOTYPE HERMETICALLY SEALABLE PACKAGE WILL BE BUILT FOR MEASURING IMPORTANT PARAMETERS THAT WILL AFFECT THE COUPLING EFICIENCYTHE FEASIBILITY OF DESIGNING A HERMETICALLY SEALED PACKAGE WITH A ...

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LAMINATES WILL BE SUBJECTED TO ACCELERATED TESTING IN HEAT AGING, IN A WEATHEROMETER AND A HUMIDITY CHAMBER. THIN FILMS OF POLYVINYL FLUORIDE, POLYCARBONATE AND POLYMETHYL METHACRYATE WILL BE USED AS CONTROLS. ANY CHANGES IN PERCENT TRANSMISSION, ADHESION, MICRO-STRUCTURE AND PERMEABILITY WILL BE FOLLOWED AS A FUNCTION OF TIME AND CORRELATED WITH REAL LIFE PERFORMANCE DATA. THE RESULTING EMPIRICAL ...