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MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN MATERIAL ENGINEERING WILL BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MEET THE INCREASINGLY STRINGENT CONSTRAINTS OF HIGH STIFFNESS AND LOW WEIGHT STRUCTURAL MATERIALS FOR AEROSPACE VEHICLES. SIGNIFICANT EFFORT IS BEING SPENT ON DEVELOPING NEW EXOTIC METAL ALLOYS AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN AN ATTEMPT TO SATISFY THE STATED CHALLENGE. AN ALTERNATE APPROACH TO BE CONSIDERED IS THE CREATIO ...

THE PROBLEM OF INSUFFICIENT COMPETITION IS CREATING HARDSHIPS FOR THE AIR FORCE IN TERMS OF EXCESSIVE COSTS AND LOWERED PERFORMANCE. THE COMPONENT BREAKOUT ACTIVITY IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE TRANSITION TO COMPLETITION FOR AN ITEM/SUBSYSTEM. THIS PROJECT OFFERS TO EXPLORE THE NATURE OF THE BREAKOUT PROCESS, DETERMINE TRUE COSTS AND OTHER EFFECTS, AND RECOMMEND CHANGES THAT WILL PRODUCE TRUE COMPETIT ...

THIS PROPOSAL IS TO PERFORM A RESEARCH AND EVALUATION INTO THE TECHNICAL METHODOLOGY BY WHICH LONG RANGE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IS PERFORMED AT THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS DIVISION. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS FOR THE METHODOLOGY, PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR OPERATION OF THE ESD LONG RANGE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING FUNCTION. THE FINAL PURPOSE IS TO DEVELOP THE SET O ...

THE LONG TERM OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP A HIGHLY AUTOMATED FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY (FPIA) FOR FENTANYL AND ANALOGS. THE PHASE I SPECIFIC AIM IS TO SYNTHESIZE AND EVALUATE: 1) FLUORESCEIN LABELED FENTANYL ANALOGS USABLE IN A FPIA; 2) FENTANYL (HAPTEN) - PROTEIN CONJUGATES USED TO ELICIT AN IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BALB/C MICE; 3) MURINE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO FENTANYL AND ANALOGS. THE PHASE ...

THE STUDY OF OCEAN PROCESSES SUCH AS MINERAL DISSOLUTION, ION SPECIATION AND REDOX EQUILIBRIA AS WELL AS EFFLUENT AND POLLUTION MONITORING REQUIRE ACCURATE AND PRECISE MEASUREMENTS OF BOTH MAJOR AND MINOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS. ALTHOUGH SPECTROPHOTOMETRY AND FLAME PHOTOMETRY HAVE BEEN USED FOR SEA WATER ANALYSIS, POTENTIONMETRY WITH ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES IS THE MOST COMMON-METHODOLOGY, PARTICUL ...

THE USE OF BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE TREATMENT OF MANY PATIENTS IN SERIOUS OR CRISIS SITUATIONS. THE VALUE OF THESE MATERIALS, AND PARTICULARLY WHOLE BLOOD, HAS SERVED TO EMPHASIZE THE PROBLEMS IN PROVIDING THEM IN ALL APPROPRIATE CIRCUMSTANCES. THE USE OFBLOOD REQUIRES STORING OF AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY FOR ALL POTENTIAL EMERGENCIES AND CAREFUL CROSSMATCHING BEFORE USE. IN ...

BASED UPON EARLIER EXPERIMENTAL WORK, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ULTRASONIC RADIATION OF THE PROPER FREQUENCY WOULD PRECIPITATE SMOKE AND AEROSOLS WITHIN THE RADIATION PATTERN. THE PURPOSE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO EXPERIMENTALLY PROVE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING THE CONCEPT TO CLEAR SMOKE AND AEROSOLS FROM A BATTLEFIELD. TWO SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS WILL BE STUDIED, 1) TO CREATE A SMALL AREA OF CLEAR AIR TO TAR ...

REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT MANDATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPOSITE MATERIALS. ALTHOUGH GRAPHITE COMPOSITES HAVE MANY ATTRACTIVE MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES, THESE PROPERTIES DEGRADE SUBSTANTIALLY WITH OXIDATION. A NOVEL GRAPHITE FIBER HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WHICH HAS SUPERIOR PROPERTIES FOR TENSILE STRENGTH AND MODULUS. ALTHOUGH OXYDATION CHARACTERISTICS FOR THIS FI ...

THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ADAPT AN EXISTENT SINGLE-ACCESS HEMODIALYSIS MACHINE, THE BIOLOGIC-HD(TM), TO PERFORM NIGHTTIME PERITONEAL DIALYSIS WITH HIGH DIALYSATE VOLUMES. A DISPOSABLE PACKAGE ON THIS MACHINE WILL INCLUDE A 30 LITER BAG WHICH INCLUDES DRY PREMEASURED AMOUNTS OF NAC1, NAHC03, GLUCOSE, AND CARBOXYLIC AMINO ACIDS. UNDER CONTROL OF THE BIOLOGIC MACHINE, 30 LITERS OF PURE AND STERI ...

THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AN EXTRACORPOREAL DEVICE TO REVOVE LARGE AMOUNTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) FROM A RELATIVELY SMALL FLOW RATE OF BLOOD. THIS DECARBOXYLATOR DEVICE COULD HELP SUPPORT PATIENTS WHEN RESPIRATOR FAIL TO REMOVE SUFFICIENT CO2 OR BE USED IN PLACEOF RESPIRATORS IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE CO2 RETENTION. THE DECARBOXYLATOR SYSTEM WILL BE CREATED BY DEVELOPING A NEW DISPOS ...