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THE PROJECT WILL REVIEW CURRENT INCENTIVES OFFERED BUSINESS FOR ITS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE TARGET POPULATION. RESEARCH EFFECTIVE METHODS OF PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO BUSINESS. EXAMINE ALTERNATIVES THAT INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT. STUDY VARIOUS MARKETING TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE PRESENTATION OF BENEFIT PACKAGES TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, E.G., SAVINGS, CUTTING-COST, AND PROFIT MARGIN. THE PROJECT WIL ...

TAC PROPOSES TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS FORWARD-LOOKING AUTONOMOUS SENSORS AND ALGORITHMS FOR TLAM-C. THE CURRENT TLAM-C USES A TERRAIN MAPPING RADAR ALTIMETER AND CORRELATES THE SENSED AREA AT KEY WAYPOINTS WITH A STORED DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TERRAIN AREA AT THE WAYPOINTS TO PROVIDE MID-COURSE AND TERMINAL GUIDANCE CORRECTION TO THE INERTIAL NA ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS DEVELOPMENTAL EFFORT IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A COMPUTER INTEGRATED ROBOT WORK CELL GAGING FINISHED PARTS OR OTHER ASSEMBLY/MACHINING OPERATIONS. THE FOCUS OF THE RESEARCH IS TO CONTROL THE ROBOT TOOL CONTROL POINT (TCP) THROUGH AN ADAPTIVE FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM. THE ROLE OF THE FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM IS TO CONTROL AND MODIFY THE PATH OF THE TCP TO WIT ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS TO DETERMINE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A THREE DIMENSIONAL VISION BASED PASSIVE OBJECT RECOGNITION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF GENERATING THREE DIMENSIONAL COORDINATE LOCATION INFORMATION IN REAL TIME AT VIDEO FRAME RATES OF 30 FRAMES PER SECOND. THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION UNDER INVESTIGATION WILL UTILIZE PARALLEL PROCESSING OF RAW VIDEO INPUT FROM MULTIPLE C ...

THE PHASE I RESEARCH PROJECT PROPOSES TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING AN AUDITORY MOBILE FOR INFANTS. THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS DEVICE ARE THAT IT PRESENTS MOTHERESE AND OTHER COMPLEX AUDITORY STIMULI THAT MIMIC SALIENT ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTICS TO INFANTS. THE DEVICE WILL BE PROGRAMMABLE AND WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF BEING VOICE ACTIVATED BY THE BABY. THE FOCUS OF PHASE I ...

OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF AN INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE RESIDUAL URINARY BLADDER VOLUME NON-INVASIVELY. THE INSTRUMENT IS BASED ON ULTRASONICS AND WOULD SPECIFICALLY BE DESIGNED FOR LOW COST, DIRECT DIGITAL READOUT, AND EASE OF USE BY RELATIVELY UNTRAINED PERSONNEL. THE PRIMARY VALUE OF THE INSTRUMENT IS IN REDUCING THE NEED FOR CATHETERIZATION, THUS SAVING PATIENTS FROM THE AS ...

SMALL DOPPLER ULTRASONIC CATHETERS, 1-2 MM IN DIAMETER, PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED BY THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM WILL BE USED TO MEASURE BLOOD FLOW IN VESSELS, 1-5 MM IN DIAMETER, TO DETECT VESSEL PATENCY AFTER MICROSURGERY. THE PRESENT PHASEWILL DEFINE BEST POSITIONING SITE FOR CATHETER TO VESSEL, DEVELOP APPROPRIATE SENSING AND DATA ANALYSIS ELECTRONICS, AND INVESTIGATIVE QUANTITATION METHODS FOR MAKING M ...

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A MEMBRANE-SENSOR SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR USE IN A MINIATURE FIBEROPTIC POTASSIUM-ION SENSOR (OPTRODE) FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING IN BODY FLUIDS. POTASSIUM LEVELS ARE COMMONLY MONITORED DURING CARDIAC SURGERY, DIABETIC ACIDOSIS, RENAL FAILURES, AND OTHER ACUTE CONDITIONS. POTASSIUM LEVELS CAN BE VERY LABILE REQUIRING FREQUENT MEASUREMENTS WITH SUBSTANT ...

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HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS, ESPECIALLY TYPES ONE AND TWO (HSV-1 AND HSV-2), IS ONE OF THE MOST FEARED DISEASES IN THE WORLD TODAY. NO KNOWN CURE IS AVAILABLE FOR THE TREATMENT OF THIS DISEASE. COMMERCIAL DRUGS PROVIDE ONLY TEMPORARY RELIEF. BASED ON ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE AND PRELIMINARY TISSUE CULTURE STUDIES, CERTAIN PLATINUM COMPLEXES SHOW CONSIDERABLE PROMISE AS EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR HERPETIC ...