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A 22-KDA PROTEIN THAT HAS POTENT ACTIVITY AGAINST A NUMBER OF CLINICALLY IMPORTANT HUMAN PATHOGENS HAS BEEN ISOLATED FROM MAIZE SEEDS. IN ADDITION, THIS PROTEIN, NAMED ZEAMATIN, HAS THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO SYNERGIZE WITH KNOWN ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS, DECREASING THE DOSE REQUIRED FOR FUNGAL CELL KILLING WHILE INCREASING THE SPECTRUM OF ACTIVITY. AS A PRELUDE TO IN VIVO TESTING, IT IS PLANNED TO DETERMINE T ...

AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH IS PROPOSED TO THE DESIGN PROBLEMS OF COMPONENTS FOR CHEMICALLY REACTING FLOWS. UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, A COMPUTER CODE WOULD BE DEVELOPED FOR USE IN A WORKSTATION ENVIRONMENT. ALL INPUT/OUTPUT WOULD BE PERFORMED ON THE WORKSTATION VIA INTERACTIVE PROTOCOLS AND ACTUAL COMPUTATIONS WOULD BE PERFORMED EITHER ON THE WORKSTATION OR ROUTED TO A MAINFRAME COMPUTER AT THE DISCRETION O ...

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AS THE GOVERNMENT TRANSITIONS TO THE USE OF GOSIP AND OTHER INDUSTRY INTERFACE STANDARDS, PROVISION MUST BE MADE FOR COST EFFECTIVE INTEROPERABILITY WITH EXISTING DOD SYSTEMS. THE TRI-TAC SYSTEM DEVELOPED IN THE 1970'S IS NOW BEING FIELDED. AT THE SAME TIME THERE IS INCREASING EMPHASIS WITHIN THE AIR FORCE ON THE UTILIZATION OF COTS EQUIPMENT, AND PROLIFERATION OF COTS BASED WORKSTATION/PC EQUIPME ...

A NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL TECHNIQUE FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUIDCHROMATOGRAPHY (HPLC) WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR THE ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES. IN WHOLE-COLUMN DETECTION CHROMATOGRAPHY (WCDC), COMPONENTS OF A COMPLEX MIXTURE ARE DETECTED SIMULTANEOUSLY AT MULTIPLE DETECTION ZONES ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF A LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC COLUMN. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS TECHNIQUE WILL OFFER MANY ADVANTAGE ...

BASED UPON THERMODYNAMIC DATA AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS, AMI HAS DETERMINED THAT ZIRCONIUM DIBORIDE IS ONE OF THE FEW CERAMIC MATERIALS THAT IS CHEMICALLY COMPATIBLE WITH TITANIUM METAL AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES. THEREFORE, THIS CERAMIC MATERIAL, REINFORCED WITH SUITABLE CERAMIC WHISKERS, SHOULD BE AN IDEAL CANDIDATE TO REPLACE TUNGSTEN CARBIDE AS A MACHINE TOOL INSERT FOR MACHINING TITANIUM ALLOYS. ...

THE URETHANE, EPOXY, AND POLYSULFIDE PRIMERS PRESENTLY UTILIZED ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ARE EFFICIENT FORMULATIONS BUT ARE SOLVENT-BORNE. IT IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TO CONVERT TO WATERBORNE SYSTEMS TO MINIMIZE AIR POLLUTION IN THE VICINITY OF BASES APPLYING THESE COATINGS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP A WATERBORNE URETHANE OR POLYSULFIDE THAT WILL MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS OF MIL-P-8585 ...

THE APPLICATION OF MODERN COMPUTER ASSISTED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (CASE) TOOLS IS PROPOSED TO ADDRESS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NAVY LOGISTICS WARFARE SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING (WSA&E) CONCEPT. THIS TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN APPLIED TO SIMILARLY COMPLEX AND INTERRELATED LARGE-SCALE ENTERPRISES. APJ HAS DEMONSTRATED THE VIABILITY OF STRUCTURED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS UTILIZING CASE IN THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZI ...

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VISIBLE SEMICONDUCTOR DIODE LASERS ARE OF INTEREST FOR OPTICAL RECORDING APPLICATIONS FOR INCREASED DENSITIES AND FOR DIRECT READ AFTER WRITE APPLICATIONS. CURRENTLY AVAILABLE DEVICES BASED ON INGAP/INGAALP HETEROSTRUCTURES GROWN BY MOCVD OPERATE AT WAVELENGTHS OF 0.67 UM. DIFFICULTIES ARISE IN REDUCING THE OPERATING WAVELENGTH OF THESE STRUCTURES DUE TO THE NEED TO INCORPORATE AL INTO THE ACTIVE ...