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CURRENT SMOKE DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES SUFFER FROM SIGNIFICANT FALSE ALARM RATES. THESE PROBLEMS ARE CURRENTLY BEING ADDRESSED BY REDUCING THE SENSITIVITY OF EXISTING PARTICULATE DETECTORS. IN THIS WORK, THE FEASIBILITY OF A COMBINED PARTICULATE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR WILL BE EVALUATED. THE USE OF MULTIPLE FIRE SIGNATURES HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR REDUCING THE FALSE ALARM PROBLEMS WHILE INCREASING ...

This research will develop and demonstrate a new gripping tool for microsurgery that exhibitssuperior performance and extended life over current state-of-the-art stainless steel microsurgical forceps.Current stainless steel forceps rely on the alignment of gripping teeth to achieve high gripping power andsuffer from short service lives as a result of frictional and corrosive wear associated with m ...

MUCH OF THE CURRENT RESEARCH IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, ION CHANNELS, AND (TO A LESSER DEGREE) PHARMACEUTICALS INVOLVES MEASURING THE RESPONSE OF A CELL OR GROUP OF CELLS TO A CHEMICAL STIMULUS. OPEN CELL WELLS AND THE ASSOCIATES FLUID FLOW AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEMS REQUIRED FOR PROBING STATIONARY CELLS ARE CRUDELY MADE BY THE LABORATORIES PERFORMING THIS WORK. THE INSTRUMENT IS AN ADVANCED, YET ...

THE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO PRODUCE ACAP, A PERSONAL COMPUTER-BASED ADVISOR FOR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS OF ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER DEMENTED PATIENTS. UTILIZING EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNIQUES,THE SYSTEM IS INTENDED TO PROMOTE AN UNDERSTANDING OF DEMENTIA RELATED DISEASE PROCESSES, PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE MEDICAL, CUSTODIAL CARE, FINANCIAL, AND LEGAL PROBLEMS NORMALLY ENCOUNTERED, AND IDENTIFY SPECIF ...

This project will develop a computer-assisted consultation system for clinical radiologists in theclassification of benign and malignant (cancer) calcifications on mammograms. An automated screeningof digital mammograms can be further developed when this system is fully tested in various clinicalsettings. The success of this project will inspire revolutionary improvements in other cancer diagnosti ...

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To create a software product that seamlessly integrates a Geographical Information System (GIS)with a document imaging system, allowing public health officials and researchers to study the incidenceof arboviral encephalitis and distribution of mosquito vector species. Imaging combined with a GIS willallow case reports, vector distribution, and risk factors to be organized and retrieved based ongeo ...

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Association of human papillomaviruses (HPV) infection an carcinogenesis of the uterine cervixhas been firmly established both epidemiologically and in the laboratory. Several HPV subtypes are nowconsidered to be contributing factors for cervical cancer. However, the association of HPV and oralcancer has not been fully investigated. The Southern blotting technique, HPV-32, HPV-13 and HPV-6have been ...