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IN RECENT YEARS, CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES FOR GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF HIGHER PLANTS. MOST ADVANCES HAVE BEEN MADE USING EITHER PETUNIA OR NICOTIANA AS A MODEL EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM, MAINLY BECAUSE THESE PLANTS RESPOND WELL FOR REGENERATION IN CELL CULTURE. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS NEED TO EXTEND THESE STUDIES TO OTHER SPECIES, FOREST TREES IN PARTICULAR, ...

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THE EFFECT OF SCALING DOWN DEVICE DIMENSIONS OF VLSI STRUCTURES AND THE COMBINATION OF INCREASED CIRCUIT COMPLEXITY DURING THE SCALING PROCESS IS PLACING SEVERE LIMITATIONS ON THE MINIMUM PROPAGATION DELAY OF METALLIC INTERCONNECTS. OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS REMOVE THOSE SPEED LIMITATIONS AND OFFER A DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY THAT ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTS COULD NEVER OBTAIN. THE KEY OPPORTUNITY IS TO INTE ...

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HIGHLY RELIABLE COMPUTERS ARE NEEDED TO SUPPORT EXECUTION OF SAFETY CRITICAL SOFTWARE. MODERN VLSI TECHNOLOGY, COUPLED WITH ADVANCED FAULT TOLERANCE TECHNIQUES, OFFERS THE POTENTIAL OF A COMPUTER WITH A PREDICTED RELIABILITY OF .9999 OVER A 5 YEAR OPERATING CYCLE WITHOUT REPAIR. USING VOTING TECHNIQUES TO DETECT AND MASK THE EFFECTS OF BOTH...AND TRANSIENT FAILURES, IT APPEARS PRACTICAL TO REDUCE ...

IN THE NEAR FUTURE, SUSTAINED PRODUCTION OF LARGE (KG) QUANTITIES OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES (MAB) WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS AND MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS. MEMBRANE PROCESSES ARE WELL SUITED TO PROCESSING LARGE VOLUMES OF CULTURE FLUID FOR RECOVERY OF PROTEIN PRODUCTS. THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE AND ECONOMICAL MEMBRANE PROCESS FOR THECON ...

MANY U.S. INDUSTRIES ARE FINDING THAT THEIR SURVIVAL WILL DEPEND ON SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY. THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SENSORS IS VITAL TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ROBOTICS OR AUTOMATION, THE MOST COMMON MEANS OF INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY. IN ONE OF THE MOST PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO ANALYZING COMPLEX MIXTURES, PARTIALLY SELECTIVE SENSORS ARE COMBINED IN AN ARRAY WITH APPROPRIATE ELECTRONIC PROC ...

THE PROPOSED WORK IS DIRECTED TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL AND EFFICIENT METHOD FOR THE CONTINUOUS ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF BIOMOLECULES FROM COMPLEX AND DILUTE MIXTURES. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOLOGY ALLOW THE DESIGN AND CULTURE OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCINGSPECIFIC PROTEINS AND ENZYMES OF CLINICAL AND COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE. PRODUCTION OF THESE PROTEIN PRODUCTS CONSI ...

THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LIQUID OXYGEN ABSORBENT THAT COULD BE USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-PURI-TY OXYGEN. WHEN USED IN THE TEMPERATURE-SWING MODE, AND IN CONVENTIONAL GAS/LIQUID CONTACTING EQUIPMENT, THE ABSORBENT COULD PRODUCE HIGH-PURITY OXYGEN (98 TO 99%). IT IS ANTICI CIPATED THAT SUCH A PROCESS WOULD BE COMPETIVE WITH CRYOGEN IC FRACTIONATION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OXYG ...

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