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PROVISION OF MEANINGFUL INSERVICE TRAINING FOR THE EDUCATORSOF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IS INCREASINGLY COSTLY AND DIFFICULT TO ADMINISTER. OUTDATED DELIVERY MODELS ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOCUSED CONTENT, AND ARE UNRESPONSIVE TO STAFF REQUIREMENTS. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR BETTER INSERVICE TRAINING WITH A DECENTRALIZED, SELF-PACED MODEL THAT PROVIDES FOCUSED CONTENT WITH COMPUTERIZED REVIEW ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP AN AUTOMATED CAD SYSTEM FOR THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF AEROSPACE MEMBERS. THE SYSTEM WILL ALLOW COMPLEX ASSEMBLIES TO BE SYNTHESIZED FROM STANDARD PARTS LIBRARIES IN A "TINKERTOY" ASSEMBLY FASHION. THE SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE THE FINITE ELEMENT MODEL OF MAJOR STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLIES FROM THE DESIGN PART DEFINITION ...

THIS INNOVATION PROPOSAL WILL RESEARCH THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A HIGHLY ACCURATE, LOW COST POLYMER SENSOR, UTILIZING THE PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF PVDF COMBINED WITHA DIAPHRAGM AND/OR OTHER FORCE SENSITIVE STRUCTURE TO PRODUCE A PRESSURE SENSOR. THE POLYMER SENSOR WILL BE EASILY ADAPTED TO COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT TO ADDRESS SENSORS UTILIZED IN SMART ANGLE OF ATTACK AND ANG ...

RECENT ADVANCES IN THE AREA OF SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS HAVE MADE AVAILABLE A NEW CLASS OF MATERIALS WHICH HAVE CONDUCTIVITIES IN THE PROPER RANGE FOR SYNAPTIC CONNECTIONS FOR NEURAL NETWORKS. THIS STUDY WILL INVESTIGATE THIS TECHNOLOGY IN FOUR TASKS: DETERMINATION OF SPIN-COATING PARAMETERS, MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES, EVALUATIONOF STABILITY AND REPRODUCIBILITY, AND FABRICATION AND TESTI ...

AS SWITCHING TIME REQUIREMENTS AND CHIP SIZES DECREASE, SUBMICRON GEOMETRIES WILL BE AN INEVITABLE TREND IN THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INDUSTRY IN THE 1990S. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED SMALL GEOMETRIES AND HIGH YIELDS, STRINGENT DEMANDS WILL BE MADE ON RESIST TECHNOLOGY. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY ELECTRON-BEAM RESISTS WHICH HAVE SUBMICRON RESOLUTION, NONE OF THEM TOTALLY MEET ALL PERFORMANCE REQUI ...

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STRIATAL TRANSPLANTATION OF NEUROTRANSMITTER CELLS, IMMUNOISOLATED WITHIN A PERMSELECTIVE POLYMER MEMBRANE CAPSULE, REPRESENTS A NOVEL APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE. THE TECHNIQUE HAS HAD PROMISING RESULTS IN SEVERAL RODENT MODELS, AND PRIMATE STUDIES ARE UNDERWAY. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENTS NECESSARY FOR WIDESPREAD MEDICAL ACCEPTANCE ...

THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS THE DEVELOPMENT AND INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL PRACTICE OF AN EFFECTIVE BIOCOMPATIBLE IMPLANTABLE HYBRID ARTIFICIAL ENDOCRINE PANCREAS THAT IS CAPABLE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE THERAPY OF INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES. THE SPECIFIC AIM OF THIS PROJECT IS TO EXTEND AND MODIFY A PROCESS FOR CELLULAR ENCAPSULATION TO THE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS, USING A CO-E ...

PHASE I WILL DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF A SIMPLE, COST EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR THE ON-SITE REGENERATION AND REACTIVATION OF SPENT CARBONS. THE SPENT CARBONS MAY CONTAIN HAZARDOUS COMPONENTS, BOTH ORGANIC AND INORGANIC. THE REGENERATION IS ACCOMPLISHED WITH AN INNOVATIVE THERMAL PROCESS WHICH PRODUCES HIGHLY REACTIVE CHEMICAL SPECIES AT HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE SURFACE OF THE CARBON MATRIX WHERE THE ...