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Improved methods for frozen storage of glycerolized red blood cells (RBCs) are needed both tomeet military and civilian needs in periods of high demand. Existing deglycerolization ssytems are labor intensive and considered "open" systems resulting in a maximum storage of 24hrs following washing. The washing of cells with flat sheet membrane filters has been proven effective by the Advanced Haemote ...

Diabetes is widely recognized as one of the leading causes of death and disability. Medical complicdiabetes can cause blindness, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, nerve damage, and amputations.and Complications Trial researched the effect of intensive treatment on insulin dependent diabetics.that intensive treatment significantly reduces the number of complications that diabetics suffer. Thro ...

Future battlefields will require independent operations and increased operational tempo, placing severe burdens on weapons platform crewmembers in the areas of information flow management, data fusion, and assessment of data to arrive at the most tactically acceptable decisions. Work continues in the development of decision aids to assist direct/indirect fire weapon platform commanders in accompl ...

AN IMPROVED METHOD OF WEIGHING TRUCKS WHILE IN MOTION IS PROPOSED. TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE TIME LOST AT WEIGH STATIONS, THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEEDS TO EXCHANGE DATA, INCLUDING WEIGHT DATA, BETWEEN MOVING TRUCKS AND ENFORCEMENT FACILITIES. LEGALLY LOADED TRUCKS WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITHOUT STOPPING. THIS INVOLVES WEIGH-IN-MOTION. PRESENT WEIGHING TECHNIQUES INVOLVE LOAD CELLS OR ...

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Community-based networks are vital for accurate surveillance of drug abuse patterns and trends becaprovide for information exchange about drug use patterns, risk factors for drug use, newly emergingdrug-related health consequences, and for improvements in outreach, prevention, intervention, and trknown about the nature and extent of drug abuse and health compromising behaviors among Native Ameripa ...

The investigator is developing Enzocide for use in the egg processing industry. The incidence of fooutbreaks associated with Salmonella has risen steadily since the mid 1970s. The monetary cost of saestimated at 4 billion dollars, annually. The primary cause of salmonellosis has been linked to theegg products containing Salmonella enteritidis. Enzocide is an effective microbicide that is non-toxhu ...

The observed antigenic cross-reactivity between the Borrelia species that causes Lyme disease and Bthat causes Relapsing Fever is one of the problems in confirming cases of Lyme disease in areas endeinfections. As thedemand for the development of Lyme disease diagnostic procedures increases, it isbe able to discriminate between the related Borrelia species. Serological assays for relapsing feverin ...

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