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THE GROWTH OF DEVICE QUALITY, LARGE AREA GAAS EPITAXIAL LAYERS ON SILICON SUBSTRATES IS RECOGNIZED AS AN IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT. THE QUALITY OF HETEROEPITAXIAL LAYERS OF GAAS ON SILICON ARE LIMITED BY GAAS-SI LATTICE MISMATCH AND THERMAL COEFFICIENT MISMATCH. THE DEFECT DENSITY OF THE GAAS EPILAYER IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE INTERFACE AREA. OUR LABORATORIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED A VIABLE ...

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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 ...

BIODE, INC., WILL UTILIZE THE RESULTS OF ITS PHASE I RESEARCH TO DEVELOP A TOTALLY NEW SOLID-STATE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR BIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS BASED UPON THE MERGING OF TWO OTHER RELATIVELY NEW TECHNOLOGIES: NUCLEIC ACID PROBES (NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION) WITH ACOUSTIC PLATE MODE (APM) MICROSENSORS. BY COMBINING THE SENSITIVITY OF APM SENSORS WITH THE SPECIFICITY OF NUCLEIC ...

BIODE, INC., WILL UTILIZE THE RESULTS OF ITS PHASE I RESEARCH TO DEVELOP A TOTALLY NEW SOLID-STATE BIOSENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR BIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS BASED UPON THE MERGING OF TWO OTHER RELATIVELY NEW TECHNOLOGIES, MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES (HYBRIDOMA TECHNOLOGY) WITH ACOUSTIC WAVE MICROSENSORS. BY COMBINING THE SENSITIVITY OF ACOUSTIC WAVE SENSORS WITH THE SPECIFICITY OFANTIBODIES, ...

RESPITE CARE IS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE CARING FOR A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. IN SPITE OF THE NEEDMANY RESPITE PROGRAMS ARE UNDER UTILIZED. REASONS FOR THIS INCLUDE: 1) A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE WAY SERVICES ARE ORG- ANIZED AND FAMILY NEED; AND 2) A LACK OF AWARENESS BY FAMI- LIES OF THE AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES AND HOW BEST TO USE THEM. ALSO, MANY FAMILIES MAY NOT BE COMFORTABL ...

MOST PAIN SUFFERED BY CANCER PATIENTS CAN BE CONTROLLED. THE GAP IN TREATMENT IS NOT CAUSED BY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OR BY LACK OF MEDICATIONS, BUT BY THE HESITANCY OF PROFESSIONALS TO ADMINISTER NARCOTIC DRUGS, THE LACK OF EXPERTISE IN THE TREATMENT COMMUNITY, AND THE NEED FOR EFFECTIVE TREATMENT REGIMENS. FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS; FOR EXAMPLE, CHILDREN'SINABILITY ...

THE FIRST OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING TWO TRAINING PROGRAMS-ONE FOR LONG-TERM CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND ONE FOR CONSUMERS (THE FRAIL ELDERLY AND THEIR FAMILIES). TRAINING WILL INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE USE OF LOW-TECHNOLOGY DEVICES TO MAINTAIN INDEPENDENCE OF THE FRAIL ELDERLY WHO LIVE ON THEIR OWN. PHASE I WILL INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF THE TRA ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A NOVEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NICKEL ALUMINIDE COMPOUNDS INTO MATURE MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED APPLICATIONS. THIS TECHNOLOGY COMPRISES A CONTINUOUS, TWO PHASE PROCESS IN WHICH CLOSED POROSITY NICKEL ALUMINIDE BODIES ARE FIRST FABRICATED BY EXOTHERMALLY-DRIVEN SELF PROPAGATING COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS FROM ELEMENTAL POWDER BL ...