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LABOR SAVING TECHNIQUES ARE ESSENTIAL GIVEN THE CURRENT PRESSURE ON CLINICAL COST CONTAINMENT. SINCE BLOOD CLASSIFICATION AND SCREENING IS A NOTORIOUSLY LABOR INTENSIVE AREA OF THE CLINICAL LABORATORY, MANUFACTURERS HAVE CONCENTRATED ON DEVELOPING VARIOUS ABO/RH TYPING TECHNIQUES. FEW OF US RECOGNIZE THE SPECIALIZATION NEEDED IN PERFORMING SUCH TESTS, AND THE MINOR IMPACT THESE TESTS HAVE HAD IN T ...

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THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPABILITY OF PRECISION PROTON RADIOGRAPHY WITH ACCELERATOR SYSTEMS DESIGNED OR USED FOR PROTON RADIATION THERAPY. A PROTON RADIOGRAPH TAKEN IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO RADIATION TREATMENT COULD GIVE INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN THE ADEQUACY OF THE TREATMENT PLAN, CHECK ALIGNMENT WITH TUMOR SITE, AND CONFIRM READINESS AND CALIBRATION OF THE ENT ...

THIS PHASE I PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A MANUAL FOR THE FINANCIAL REGULATION OF LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE, COVERING THE FINANCIAL BASIS, POLICY PROVISIONS, REVIEW OF PREMIUM RATE FILINGS, CUMULATIVE LOSS RATIOS, RATE INCREASE REVIEWS, RESERVE STANDARDS, NONFORFEITURE PROVISIONS, AND SOLVENCY REQUIREMENTS. IN PHASE II, AN ACTUARIAL COMPUTER MODEL WILL BE DEVELOPED THAT STATES CAN USE TO DETERMINE CUMULAT ...

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 OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF DETECTING AND MONITORING ISOCYANATES IN WORKPLACE AIR AT OR BELOW THE THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUE (TLV) 0.02 PPM USING A REAL-TIME MONITORING TECHNIQUE. THE INSTRUMENT WILL DETECT AND ANALYZE FOR ISOCYANATES IN BOTH VAPOR AND AEROSOL FORM AND WILL SERVE AS A WORKPLACE MONITOR FOR ISOCYANATES TO REPLACE ...

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THE SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE PHENOMENON WILL BE EXPLORED TO DEVELOP A QUANTITATIVE, SENSITIVE, ASSAY SYSTEM FOR REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES OF CLINICAL INTEREST. THE APPROACH CAN ATTAIN, WITH RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE INSTRUMENTATION, A SENSITIVITY LIMIT COMPARABLE TO EXISTING ASSAY METHODOLOGIES, WITHOUT THE USE OF DYES, RADIOISOTOPES OR ENZYMES FOR SPECIFIC SIGNAL GENERATION. PART OF THE PHASE I RESEARC ...

WE WILL DEVELOP A NEW DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE THE DEFINITIVE DIAGNOSIS OF PE. PE IS A COMMON DISEASE OF PREGNANT WOMEN AFFECTING THE MOTHER, FETUS, AND NEONATE. PE IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE ONSET OF HYPERTENSION, PROTEINURIA AND EDEMA AFTER THE 20TH WEEK OF GESTATION IN PREVIOUSLY NORMOTENSIVE WOMEN. RECENT STUDIES SUGGEST THAT THE PRIMARY PATHOGENESIS OF THIS DISORDER IS UTEROPLACE ...