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RECENT ADVANCES IN DIGITAL FLUOROSCOPY HAVE SHOWN THAT GOOD QUALITY PORTAL IMAGES CAN BE PRODUCED INSTANTANEOUSLY AND CONTINUOUSLY DURING HIGH VERSATILE IMAGER WHICH IS EASY TO USE AND IS READILY ACCEPTABLE BY THE RADIATION THERAPY COMMUNITY NEED TO BE DEVELOPED. SINCE THE MODERN RADIATION THERAPY MACHINES ARE ISOCENTRIC, THE FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGER HAS TO BE MULTI-DIRECTIONAL. BUILDING AN IMAGER WHIC ...

THE RESEARCH OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITYAND MERIT OF USING VOICE-MESSAGING TECHNOLOGY, I.E., AUDIOTEX, TO DEVELOP AN AUDIO INFORMATION LIBRARY PROTOTYPE TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT AND FINANCIAL SECURITY TO ENSURE A HEALTHY STANDARD OF LIVING FOR OLDER AMERICANS. THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS IS: A SIGNIFICANT NEED AND GROWING DEMAND FOR RETIREMENT AND FINANCIAL ...

PREVIOUS STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED THAT APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELDSCAN EFFICACIOUSLY FACILITATE THE FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF CNS INJURY IN RODENTS. WHETHER THE EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC FIELDS INVOLVE A REGENERATIVE RESPONSES IN THE CNS CAN ONLY BE ANSWERED BY USING A MODEL SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES A DEFINITE SOURCE OF AXONS WHICH CAN BE INTERRUPTED AND STUDIED FOR REGROWTH. THE RAT OPTIC NERVE IS SUCH A SYSTEM AND W ...

THE GOAL IS AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER PROGRAM TO FACILITATE TRANSFER OF STATE-OF-THE-ART CANCER PAIN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION TO PHYSICIANS, NURSES, AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, IN TRAINING AND IN PRACTICE. THE APPROACH ISA RULE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEM INCORPORATING RULES FOR PAIN DIAGNOSIS, PAIN MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING, AND INTERVENTION OUTCOME SIMULATION. PATIENT CONDITION DATA (CANCER DIAGNOSIS, ...

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THE ACCURATE DETECTION OF DISEASE CLUSTERS IS A WELL-ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM. FALSE DETECTIONS MAY BE EXPECTEDUNDER REPETITIVE TESTING, BUT THE OPPOSITE SITUATION, THAT OF FAILING TO DETECT CLUSTERS WHEN THEY ACTUALLY EXIST,IS INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZED. BOTH FALSE DETECTIONS AND FAILURES TO DETECT HAVE STRIKING IMPLICATIONS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES, BECAUSE SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING IS OFTEN A FIRST STE ...

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NUMEROUS CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS HAVE STRONGLY INDICATED THAT HIGH DIETARY INTAKE OF CAROTENOIDS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS CAN REDUCE THE INCIDENCE AND/OR REVERSE THE SYMPTOMS OF CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCER. IF THESE STUDIES CONTINUE TO BE CONFIRMED, CAROTENOIDS MAY INCREASINGLY BE CONSIDERED VALUABLE FOOD ADDITIVES, AS WELL AS CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER. FURTHERMORE ...

SKIN CANCER, RESULTING FROM ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT DAMAGE TO DNA, HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY IN THE UNITED STATES AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. APPLIED GENETICS, INC., HAS DEVELOPED A METHOD TO ENHANCE DNA REPAIR IN HUMAN CELLS BY TREATMENT WITH LIPOSOMES CONTAINING UV-DNA REPAIR ENZYMES. PHASE I RESEARCH WILL MEASURE MUTATION FREQUENCY IN HUMAN CELLS TREATED WITH LIPOSOMES TO DETERMINE IF ENHANCED DN ...