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AMTRON, INC. WILL UNDERTAKE PRODUCTION AND TESTING LEADING TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) APPROVAL OF TWO IM-MUNITY INDUCERS(OFFICIAL NAME DISIGNATED BY USDA) TO PREVENTTHE OCCURENCE OF TRANSMISSIBLE GASTROENTERITIS (TGE) AND PSEUDORABIES VIRUS (PRV) IN NEWBORN PIGS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMMUNITY INDUCERS STEMS FROM ADVANCED RESEARCH IN IMMUNO-MODULATORS IN PHASE I, WHICH HAS ENABLED THE C ...

OPTOELECTRONIC SOURCES, INTEGRATED AS MONOLITHIC ELEMENTS ON SILICON VLSI CHIPS, OFFER IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES IN THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION WITHIN THE CHIP OR BETWEEN CHIPS IN ADVANCED COMPUTER SYSTEMS. THE SPEED OF OPTICAL-INTEGRATED VLSI DEVICES IS EXPECTED TO BE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN EQUIVALENT VLSI WITH METALLIC INTERCONNECTS, DUE TO ABSENCE OF THE RC DELAY INHERENT IN THE METALLIC CONDU ...

THE ULTIMATE HIGH-EFFICIENCY CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELL DESIGN CONSISTS OF A THIN FILM OF ELECTRICALLY-ACTIVE SILICON EPITAXIALLY GROWN ON AN OXIDE-OVERCOATED, INFRARED-TRANSPARENT GALLIUM PHOSPHIDE (GAP) SUBSTRATE. IN ADDITION TO HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY AND INTRINSIC RADIATION RESISTANCE DUE TO THE THIN ACTIVE LAYERS, THIS NOVEL DESIGN HAS SEVERAL UNIQUE PERFORMANCE ENHANCING FEATURES. THE ...

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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PHASE I STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A ZOOM LENS AS DESCRIBED IN SBIR TOPIC N86-154 IS PROPOSED. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVE CONFIGURATIONS TO FIND THE ONE MOST EFFECTIVE IN MINIMIZING PRODUCTION COST, SIZE, AND WEIGHT WHILE OFFERING APPROPRIATE OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE, REMOTELY ADJUSTABLE FOCAL LENGTH OF 12 TO 30 MM, APERATURE OF F/4, AND FI ...

THE PROPOSED WORK IS INTENDED TO REDUCE THE COST OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING (MRI) BY DEVELOPING SUITABLE, LOW-NOISE, LOW-COST CLASS AB PULSE AMPLIFIERS WITH SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER INITIAL COSTS AND OPERATING COSTS. NOVEL TRANSFORMER GEOMETRIES AND MATERIALS ARE PROPOSED FOR REDUCING LEAKAGE AND LEAD INDUCTANCES BELOW 10-9H WHILE MAINTAINING ADEQUATE MUTUAL INDUCTANCE FOR BROADBAND USE F ...

THE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE APPROACHES COMBINING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND SOFTWARE TO IMPLEMENT A WIDE AREA NETWORK LINKING DIVERSE NAVY AGENCIES. THE NETWORK WILL PROVIDE REMOTE ACCESS TO A COMPUTER SYSTEM WHICH, IN TURN, PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING GENERIC CAPABILITIES: 1. REMOTE LOGIN; 2. ELECTRONIC MAIL; 3. FILE TRANSFERS. A MASTER PLAN FOR THE N ...

OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO DEVELOP AN INEXPENSIVE DISPOSABLE UNDERGARMENT DEVICE FOR EARLY AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF URINATION AND TO DESIGN A QUANTITATIVE DEVICE TO BE USED IN CLINICAL RESEARCH AND OTHER APPLICATIONS. THE ELECTRONIC OUTPUT OF THE DETECTOR SYSTEM WILL TRIGGER A SIGNAL TO BE OBSERVED BY THE PERSON WEARING THE GARMENT AND/OR BY OTHERS (NURSE, ETC.). THE DEVICES WILL BE USEFULL A ...

A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND FIELD TESTING OF A NEW PROPRIETARY METHOD CAPABLE OF IN-LINE, REAL-TIME MONITORING OF FLOW OF SOLID AND LIQUID PARTICLES IN GAS STREAM PROPOSED FOR THIS PHASE I PROJECT. THE EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE IN WHICH COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE INSTRUMENTATION IS USED HAS ALREADY BEEN TESTED IN THE LABORATORY AND IN ONE FIELD APPLICATION. THE LABORATORY TESTS DEMONSTRATED THAT FLOW OF SOLI ...