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Improvements in liquid lubricant performacne and life are required for the AIPS advanced military diesel engine. At the 340 degree F oil sump temperature of this engine, the antiwear/anti-oxidant additives in most AIPS candidate lubricants are rapidly decomposed. Several additive functions are thus lost. This can result in severe bearing wear and corrosion, high overhead wear, rapid loss of base n ...

ANTI-IDIOTYPIC MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY (AIMA) THERAPY HAS CURATIVE POTENTIAL FOR LOW-GRADE B-CELL LYMPHOMAS THROUGH IMMUNOLOGIC DOWN REGULATION OF THE MALIGNANT IDIOTYPIC CLONE AS WELL AS ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY. PRODUCTION OF AIMA IS PATIENT-SPECIFIC AND LABOR INTENSIVE REQUIRING A MEDIAN OF 912 MONTHS UTILIZING THE CLASSICAL MURINE MYELOMA $ HUMAN B-CELL HYBRIDOMA APPROACH. THE ...

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CURRENT RAILWAYS REHABILITATION METHODS IGNORE THE PROBLEM OF SOFT, VARIABLE SUBGRADES. THE PROPOSED CAST-IN-PLACE MINIPILE SUPPORT SYSTEM "STIFFENS" THE SUBGRADE AND OFFERS AN INEXPENSIVE, VERSATILE ALTERNATIVE TO THE COSTLY, CONVENTIONAL USE OF THICKENED BALLAST SECTIONS, GROUTING, AND GEOTEXTILES. AS PROPOSED, MINIATURE CONCRETE PILES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED OFSELF-CEMENTING TYPE C FLY ASH AT VARYI ...

Raising pigs has become a specialized agribusiness. Pork producers have a desire to improve their efficiency of production in a cost effective manner. One tool to accomplish this is knowing the weight of the pig as it grows. This knowledge provides greater assistance in managing the feeding program as well as avoiding financial penalties when marketing. Feed costs account for 60% of the cost p ...

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Delta Data Systems, Inc. (DDS), a key developer and supplier of GIS technology to clients such as NASA, COE, NOS, etc. and Neptune Sciences, Inc. (NSI), a developer of the Navy Surf Model and other nearshore related products, will combine their expertise to develop a Marine Geographical Information Systems. Presently, no one method exists to adequately assess the coastal environment. Large datab ...

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This project is designed to deposit coatings of the Thallium based high temperature superconducting (HTS) compound, T1-2-2-2-3, onto substrates with complex geometries, appropriate for use as magnetic shields in DC cryogenic current comparators (CCC's). In this first phase, MSI will coat MgO substrates with the length, diameter, and internal passages appropriate to magnetic shields for CCC design ...