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A NEW TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO ASSAY CLOTTING FACTORS: SOLID-PHASE FIBRINOGEN AND LABELLED FIBRINOGEN TOGETHER ARE USED AS A SUBSTRATE TO DETECT THROMBIN GENERA- TED FROM THE CLOTTING CASCADE. WHEN THROMBIN CLEAVES BOTH FORMS OF FIBRINOGEN TO FIBRIN, THE LABELLED FIBRIN IN SOLU- TION ASSOCIATES WITH THE SOLID PHASE. THIS TECHNIQUE, WHICHHAS BEEN NAMED "ENZYME-LINKED COAGULATION ASSAY" OR EL ...

A NOVEL HORIZONTAL LIGHT PATHVISION ENHANCING SYSTEM (HLP-VES) CAPABLE OF 2X TO 6X MAGNIFICATION AND MOUNTED ACROSS THE FACIAL PLANE WILL BE STUDIED 1. SURVEY OF CURRENT USAGE OF TELESCOPIC VISION AIDS; 2. OPTIMIZATION OF OPTICAL DESIGN IN DESIRABLE MAGNIFICATION POWERS INCORPORATING THE HLP-VES PRINCIPLE; 3. PRELIMINARY DESIGNS OF OPTICAL CHASSIS AND MOUNTING; 4. IDENTIFICATION OF COMPONENT SOURC ...

THE LONG-TERM RESEARCH OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE A MICROCOMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM TO FACILITATE PATIENT SELF-CONTROL OF INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS. THIS COMPREHENSIVE ""DIABETES IN SELF-CONTROL (DISC) SYSTEM'' IS COMPOSED OF: 1.AN INSTRUCTIONAL AND REINFORCEMENT COMPONENT FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED HOME BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; 2.A COMPONENT WHICH PROVIDES COMPUTER ASSISTED INST ...