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In the proposed effort, we will leverage this extensive experience and capabilities to realize a frequency agile mmW radiometer that can cover the range of DC-110 GHz and can be scaled to DC-200 GHz under Phase II. Ours is a photonic system that multiplies and up-coverts a low-frequency reference signal onto an optical carrier (laser) using EO modulation, then uses the modulation sidebands to inj ...

Training in the symptoms of Spatial Disorientation (SD) has shown to be valuable in aiding pilots to recognize its onset and provide a means for mitigating its effects, but such demonstrations have traditionally been associated with specialized equipment and devices. Since the vast majority of pilots for the commercial aviation jet fleet are trained (or recertified) on 6-degree-of-freedom (DOF) h ...

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BECAUSE THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE FOR AIDS, NOR ANY CURES CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED, THE MOST EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO THIS INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIC MUST BE THROUGH EDUCATION AND PREVENTION. UNFORTUNATELY, OVER A THIRD OF U.S. YOUTHS IN LARGE CITIES HAVE ABANDONED SCHOOL AND, IN CONDUCTING THEIR LIVES IN THE CONTEXT OF STREET CULTURE, ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR CONTRACTING AIDS. PHASE I OF THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVE ...

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THE IMMEDIATE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP AND OPTIMIZE AN AUTOMATED, SIMPLE HYBRIDIZATION TECHNIQUE USING HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (HPLC) AND LIQUID HYBRIDIZATION TO REPLACE THE TIME-CONSUMING AND LABOR-INTENSIVE PROCEDURES OF GEL ELECTROPHORESIS, BLOTTING,AND SOLID-PHASE HYBRIDIZATION CURRENTLY NECESSARY FOR SUCH A ROUTINE AND BASIC FUNCTION AS HYBRIDIZATION. PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS DEMONSTR ...

THE SPECIFIC AIM OF THIS WORK IS TO DEMONSTRATE AND IMPROVE A SAFE AIR-ENEMA TECHNIQUE FOR NONFLUOROSCOPY TREATMENT OF INTUSSUSCEPTION IN CHILDREN AND TO DEVELOP A NOVEL SINGLE-CHIP MICROPROCESSOR-BASED INSTRUMENT FOR REAL-TIME ON-SITE ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULT OF THE AIR-ENEMA TREATMENT. THE TECHNICAL APPROACH WILL EMPLOY THE PRESSURE-SENSING, DENSITY-SENSING, AND SOUND-SENSING TECHNIQUES, WITH MI ...

THE AIM OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND TEST AN EFFECTIVE,COMMERCIALLY VIABLE, SELF-HELP PROGRAM FOR TREATING TOBACCO DEPENDENCE IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS. THROUGH EVALUATIONS WITH PHYSICIANS AND THEIR STAFFS FROM HOSPITALS AND HMOS, A REPLICABLE TRAINING AND COUNSELING PROTOCOL WITH INTERVENTION AIDS WILL BE DESIGNED TO AUGMENT THE NCI MANUALFOR PHYSICIANS ON "HOW TO HELP YOUR PATIENTS STOP SMOKI ...

THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A SIMPLE, INEXPENSIVE PATCH THAT WILL TRANSDERMALLY DELIVER CONTRACEPTIVE DRUGS TO PATIENTS. THE PATCH WILL UTILIZE HERCON LABORATORIES CORPORATION'S PATENTED MULTILAYER POLYMERIC DISPENSER OF DRUGS, WHICH CONSISTS OF A RESERVOIR LAYER CONTAINING THE DRUG SEALED BETWEEN OUTER LAYERS. A PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE HOLDS THE PATCH ONTO THE SKIN; THE OUTERMOST LAYER IS IMPER ...