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A. WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY BY WHICH THE GENES CODING FOR DISEASE-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS CAN BE RAPIDLY CLONED USING RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNIQUES. THE SYSTEM LENDS ITSELF TO HIGH LEVEL EXPRESSION OF THESE ANTIGENS AS HYBRID PROTEINS, WHICH FACILITATES PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES TO THE ANTIGENS. WITH BOTH ANTIGEN AND ANTIBODY, IMMUNODIAGNOSTIC TESTS CAN BE PRODUCED FOR DETECTION OF THESE ANTIGENS ...

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VOICE COMMUNICATIONS FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL CAN BE SEVERELY IMPAIRED BY THE PRESENCE OF BACKGROUND NOISE AT THE TALKER'S MICROPHONE. ONE OF THE MAJOR SOURCES OF BACKGROUND NOISE IS ENGINE OR TURBINE NOISE. SIGNATRON PROPOSES A NEW APPROACH FOR AN ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION SYSTEM TO REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF SUCH INTERFERENCE. THE NEW SYSTEM WILL USE MULTIPLE SENSORS TO OBTAIN THE MOST ACCURATE NOIS ...

POLYMERIC MATERIALS WITH EXCEPTIONAL MECHANICAL, CHEMICAL AND THERAML PROPOERTIES ARE BEING DEVELOPED AS PART OF AIR FORCE RESEARCH. THESE MATERIALS FORM IGID MOLECULAR CHAINS, HENCE THE TERM ROD-LIKE POLYMERS. CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND STUDY OF THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE RAPIDLY, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MATERIALS SHOULD PROCEED AT A SIMILAR PACE. THIS WILL DEPEND ON FABRICATI ...

ALUMINUM ALLOYS WITH IMPROVED HIGH TEMPERATURE CAPABILITIES ARE OF STRONG INTEREST TO NASA FOR POTENTIAL SPACECRAFT APPLICATIONS. RAPID SOLIDIFICATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY (RST) OFFERS EXECELLENT PROSPECTS FRO CREATION OF NEW STRUCTURAL ALLOYS WITH SUPERIOR PROPERTIES NOT ACHIEVABLE BY CONVENTIONAL METALLURGY. DURING PHASE I, THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES A NEW BASED ON MELT-SPINNING FOR MANUFACTURIN ...

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A LASER MICROPROBE FOR ANALYZING LASER PRODUCED MATERIAL BLOWOFF FROM BULK MATERIALS IS TO BE DEVELOPED. MOST WORK ON LASER-TARGET AND LASER-SURFACE INTERACTIONS HAS CONCENTRATED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTICS AND PROBES FOR MEASURING PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE PLASMA PRODUCED FROM PELLETS, THIN FILM TARGETS, AND BULK MATERIALS. LITTLE WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO ANALYZE THE MATERIAL BLOWOFF. WE SHAL ...

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ALPHATECH, INC. PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED DECENTRALIZED MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN METHODOLOGY FOR PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE ROBUST REAL-TIME CONTROL OF VERY LARGE FLEXIBLE SPACE STRUCTURES (VLFSS). A CRUCIAL NEED EXISTS FOR THE DEFINITION OF A SUPERIOR ARCHITECTURE OF SUCH CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THE REALTIME COORDINATION OF THE DECENTRALIZED MULTIVARIABLE CONTROLLERS. THE PROPOSED RES ...

AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE BASED ON A BIPOLAR STORAGE BATTERY WITH 'IN-SITU' FORMATION AND REGENERATION CAPABILITIES IS PROPOSED. SUCH A DEVICE IS EXPECTED TO FIND APPLICATION IN THE UTILIZATION OF OFF-PEAK POWER. THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED SYSTEM WILL BE INVESTIGATED BY BUILDING A PROTOTYPE SINGLE CELL UNIT WITH NECESSARY AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT. THE COST AND EFFICIENCY OF THE SYSTEM WILL BE ASSES ...