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MICROBIOLOGICALLY DEFINED LABORATORY ANIMALS ARE REQUIRED FOR SOPHISTICATED BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. SEROLOGICAL PROCEDURES ARE THE MOST FEASIBLE AND ECONOMICAL MEANS TO MONITOR THEIR HEALTH STATUS. TYZZER'S DISEASE IS ONE OF THEMORE INSIDIOUS DISEASES OF LABORATORY RODENTS AND RABBITS FOR WHICH A SEROLOGIC TEST PROCEDURE IS NOT AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY. THE ELUSIVE FASTIDIOUS ETIOLOGIC AGENT, BACILLUS ...

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THE SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE IS AN EVOLVING INSTRUMENT FOR MICROTOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF REFINED SURFACES WITH RESOLUTION ON THE ATOMIC SCALE. THE GOAL OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE A NEW AND INNOVATIVE DESIGN FOR THE STM, EXTENDING ITS FLEXIBILITY AND ACCURACY. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE DESIGN GOALS ARE: 1) TO PROVIDE A COMPACT INSTRUMENT SUITABLE FOR VACUUM FLANGE MOUNTING ...

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POTOMAC MEDICAL SYSTEMS PROPOSES TO DESIGN AND PRODUCE A LOW-COST, MEDICAL IMAGE DATABASE SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM WOULD BE BUILT AROUND OFF-THE-SHELF, LOW-COST COMPONENTS, MANY OF WHICH ARE ALREADY IN PLACE IN THE TARGET INSTITUTIONS. THE IMAGES WOULD BE STORED ON REMOVABLE WRITE-ONCE, LASER-BASED,OPTICAL DISKS. THE INABILITY TO CONVENIENTLY STORE AND RETRIEVE LARGE NUMBERS OF IMAGES REPRESENTS A LONG- ...

We will support performance of a research study to develop a 4-channel prototype ambulatory distribrecorders system with computerized data reduction and analysis. The end product of this contract isshall summarize results of the research work conducted hereunder. Specifications for performance ofreport deliverable are provided in Section C, ARTICLE C.1.

UNDER THIS PROPOSED EFFORT, THE FEASIBILITY OF A MULTICHANNEL FM TELEMETRY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF TELEMETERING WIDE-BAND PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA WILL BE STUDIED AND ALTERNATE DESIGNS WILL BE EVALUATED VIA THE CONSTRUCTIUON OF PROTOTYPES. THE SYSTEM WILL INCLUDE A TRANSMITTER CAPABLE OF TELEMETERING SIGNALS FROM COMMONLY USED ELECTRODES AS THE MAJOR FOCUS ON THIS EFFORT, WHILE INTEGRATING COMMERCIALLY AVAILA ...

GOLD BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. IS STUDYING A NEW METHOD FOR GENERATING FULL-LENGTH CDNA. THIS METHOD SHOULD BE SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT AND THUS ALLOW CLONING OF BOTH RARE AND ABUNDANT MRNA. THIS METHOD IMPROVES UPON OTHER PROCEDURES IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: (1) NO S1 NUCLEASE IS REQUIRED FOR CLONING CDNA INTO THE VECTOR, AND (2) TAILING OF CDNA IS UNNECESSARY FOR BOTH INSERTION OF THE CDNA INTO THE VECTOR AN ...

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