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INTRODUCTION: PRESENT BLOOD GAS AND ELECTROLYTE INSTRUMENTATION IS DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR HOSPITAL USE. A FIELD UNIT MUST BE PORTABLE, TECHNICALLY EASY TO OPERATE, AND BE OPERATIONAL ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING TAKEN FROMSTORAGE OR HAVING BEEN TRANSPORTED. PROJECTED OBJECTIVE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE FIELDLABORATORY FOR MEASUREMENT OF BLOOD PO2, PCO2, PH, HCO 3, K ...

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS (CPB) ARE MADE ON DISCRETE BLOOD SAMPLES DRAWN AT VARIOUS INTERVALS. ALTHOUGH THIS IS USUALLY SUFFICIENT, IT IS NOT ADEQUATE DURING AN ACUTE CRISIS. IT IS ALSO HIGHLY PROBABLE, PARTICULARLY IN OLDER PATIENTS, PATIENTS WITH MULTIORGAN DYSFUNCTION, AND POSSIBLYEVEN PATIENTS WITHOUT OTHER COMPLICATIONS, THAT RECOVERY TIME WILL BE LESS EVENTFUL WITH MORE PRECISE MONITORING OF BL ...

THE ART SOFTWARE SYSTEM SPECIALLY TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS. THE PROJECT WOULD PRODUCE A PACKAGE OF PROGRAMS SUITABLE FOR BOTH MAINFRAME AND MICRO-COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. PHASE ONE OF THIS PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF POTENTIAL USERS OF THE PACKAGE AND SURVEY THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ART IN DEMOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE TO DETERMINE GAPS IN EXISTING MATERIALS. COMPONENTS OF A DEMOG ...

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A VARIETY OF ELECTRICAL/HYDRAULIC MOTORS, PUMPS, FANS, AND BLOWERS EMPLOYED WITHIN COMBAT VEHICLES IMPOSE UNACCEPTABLE NOISE LEVELS ON CREW MEMBERS. THIS INVESTIGATION ADDRESSES DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A PROTOTYPE NOISE REDUCTION PROCESSOR SUITABLE FOR LATER IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN A SELF- CONTAINED HEADSET. COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN CREW MEMBERS WOULDBE ACOUSTICALLY COUPLED WITH NOISE REDUCTION ...

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SEVERAL PROPERTIES OF PHOSPHAZENE POLYMERS [R(2)PN]X APPEAR IDEAL FOR THE IMMUNOGENIC DELIVERY OF A WIDE VARIETY OF ANTIGENS. FIRST, THEY READILY FORM COVALENT LINKAGES WITH THOSE REACTIVE GROUPS COMMON TO POLYPEPTIDES, CARBOHYDRATES,AND MANY SMALL ORGANIC MOLECULES. SECOND, AT PHYSIOLOGIC PHTHE CONTROLLED HYDROLYSIS OF THE P-N BONDS RESULTS IN FRAGMENTATION OF THE POLYMER AND THE CONCOMITANT RELE ...

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THIS PROPOSAL SHALL BE FOR A STUDY TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THE EXTENDED USE, FEASIBILITY AND ADVATAGES THAT COULD BE REALIZED BY THE USE OF A REMOTE CONTROL\MEDICAL SUPPORT VEHICLE.THE STUDY SHALL RELATE KNOWN AND EXPECTED CONDITIONS AND PARAMETERS WHICH SHOULD LOGICALLY GUIDE A DESIGN\TRADE-OFF PHASE TO PLAUSIBLE CONCLUSIONS OF WHAT SUCH A VEHICLE COULD ACTUALLY PERFORM. THE SUB ...