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THE USE OF ULTRASOUND STANDING WAVES TO FACILITATE PRODUCTION OF MAMMALIAN CELL-CELL HYBRIDS BY ELECTROFUSION HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED. HOWEVER, NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PRESENTED THAT SUCH HYBRIDS ARE CULTIVABLE OR FUNCTIONAL. THE PROPOSAL SEEKS SUPPORT TO CREATE MOUSE-MOUSE HYBRIDOMAS BY ELECTROACOUSTIC FUSION AND BY ELECTROFUSION, TO CULTURE THE RESULTING HYBRIDOMAS FOR DETERMINATION OF RELATIVE YIELD ...

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CURRENTLY, AN ASSAY TO MEASURE THE RATE OF BONE RESORPTION IN AN EASY AND REPRODUCIBLE MANNER DOES NOT EXIST. OSTEOCALCIN, A BONE-SPECIFIC PROTEIN, IS ASSAYED AS A MARKER OF BONE FORMATION. SINCE THERE IS REASONABLE EVIDENCE THAT FRAGMENTS OF BONE PROTEINS ARE LIBERATED BY THE RESORPTIVE PROCESS, AN ASSAY OF OSTEOCALCIN FRAGMENTS SHOULD ALLOW AN ASSESSMENT OF RESORPTION. THIS, WHEN COUPLED WITH AS ...

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THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A HIGH-QUALITY, LOW-COST, SAFE, AND EASY-TO-USE WHEELCHAIR-BASED EXERCISE MACHINE. THE MACHINE WILL BE ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO GET OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR ON THEIR OWN. IT WILL PROVIDE CONTINUOUS PASSIVE MOTION OF THELEGS, ARMS, AND TORSO AT VARIABLE RATES, AND ALSO ALLOW VOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS TO BE PERFORMED SIMULTANEOUSLYWI ...

THIS PROJECT WILL PRODUCE A CORDLESS OPTICAL INPUT DEVICE THAT WILL GIVE THE SEVERELY DISABLED PERSON A COMMUNICATION AID AND ACCESS TO USE OF THE MICROCOMPUTER. THE DEVICE TRANSMITS SHORT PULSES OF INFRARED LIGHT TOWARD THE USER THAT ARE REFLECTED BACK BY A REFLECTOR WORN BY THE USER. A CAMERA MEASURES THE REFLECTOR'S ROTATION AND POSITION CHANGES AND SENDS THEM TO THE COMPUTER. A POP-UP KEYBOARD ...

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