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Bone marrow transplant (BMT) is an extraordinarily rapidly growing field, and the number of transplants in the U. S. is expected to grow from a current rate of 15,000 per year to over 100,000 per year by 1995. This rapid expansion is due to the diversity in the types of bone marrow transplantation procedures and the number of clinical procedures that can be benefitted by a BMT. Major limiting fact ...

As the ability to communicate with the health care system becomes more important, there isa risk that minority populations, particularly non-English speaking and undeserved persons, will fallfurther behind in the level of care they receive. We are currently developing a general healthcare planfor its member companies, expected to begin in April 1994, and to be fully insured and provided inpartners ...

A modified engine cycle based on the early intake valve closing of the Miller or the Adkinson cycle is proposed to meet the needs of the future Military Advanced Diesel Engine. The concpet involves the principle of short, effective compression with long expansion ratio to provide high brake thermal efficiency. This concept is executed by a variable timing rotary valve placed before the standard in ...

Hafnium diboride and zirconium diboride have properties that make them ideally suited for plasma containment vessels including high melting point, good creep resistance, high thermal conductivity, good oxidation resistance and good optical emissivity and absorptivity. Although these materials have good thermal shock resistivity compared to other structural refractories, their thermal shock resista ...

THE ALKAI METAL THERMAL OF ELECTRIC CONVERTER (AMTEC) IS A STATIC ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICE THAT OPERATES AT THERMAL TO ELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES THAT ARE INDEPENDENT OF SIZE, HAVE REACHED 19% AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 25% TO 30% IN EARLY 1995. THESE SYSTEMS OPERATE SILENTLY, WITH NO MOVING PARTS AND CAN UTILIZE ANY SOURCE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING HEAT AT 700 DEGREES CENTIGRde TO 900 DEGREES C ...

THE CURRENT FIVE-POINT MILITARY AVIATION RESTRAINT SYSTEM (FOR NON-EJECTION CREW SEATS) WHEN PROPERLY USED (I.E., TIGHTLY ADJUSTED), CAN PROVIDE GOOD OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION. THE RESTRAINT SYSTEMS ALSO INCLUDE AN INERTIAL REEL ON THE SEAT BACK WHICH IS DESIGNED TO LOCK THE SHOULD STRAPS AT THE ONSET OF A CRASH, IN THE SAME MANNER THAT THE COMMON AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELT INERTIAL REEL LOCKS WHEN JERK ...

The project objective is to test the feasibility of new network protocols for integration of a large collection of widely distributed heterogeneous databases and object data respositories into a unified system. Data contained in these databases will include text, graphics, sound, video, etc. The project will provide 2 kinds of services: 1. Index services to increase the ease and efficiency of loca ...

In the proposed work a complete elastic porous material theorywill be used as a basis for developing the first two-dimensionalacoustical finite element model of noise control foams. Althoughfoams are widely used for passive control of aircraft andaut

NEW METHODOLOGIES ARE BEING DEVELOPED FOR INTERRUPTING THE LYME DISEASE TRANSMISSION CYCLE, INCLUDING THE USE OF ACARICIDES IN REDUCING AN INFECTED TICK POPULATION, CONTROL OF PEROMYSCUS SPP. BY ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATION AND RODENTICIDAL TREATMENT, AND DEER POPULATION MANAGMENT. A SYSTEMIC, ORALLY ADMINISTERED ACARICIDE EFFECTIVE IN KILLING TICKS, (PARTICULARLY IMMATURE STAGES OF IXODES DAMMINI), ...

SEED ROT CAUSED BY THE FUNGUS PYTHIUM ULTIMUM IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF CROP LOSS IN NORTHERN CLIMATES WHERE COOL PLANTING SEASONS ARE COMMON. SEEDS ARE GENERALLY TREATED WITH THE FUNGICIDES METALAXYL AND CAPTAN (BANNED IN GERMANY) TO PREVENT SEED ROT. A BIOTYPE OF THE BACTERIA PSEUDOMONAS AUREOFACIENS -- AB 254 -- HAS PERFORMED AS WELL AS METALAXYL IN PREVENTING SEED ROT FOR SWEET CORN AND BEETS, AND, ...