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OIL REMOVAL FROM VOLUMINOUS STREAMS IS DIFFICULT. RESEARCH IS BEING CARRIED OUT TO DEVELOP NEW BIOREMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES TO SPEED UP THE DEGRADATION PROCESS FOR THE OIL EMULSIONS AND DISPERSIONS. THE TIME REQUIRED FOR OIL REMOVAL WITH TODAY'S TECHNOLOGIES IS UNACCEPTABLY LONG, POSING AN ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER WHEN AN ACCIDENTAL OIL SPILL OCCURS. A RESEARCH PROJECT TO INVESTIGATE THE FASIBILITY F ...

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Recent studies have shown that light has surprising neuroendocrine and anti-depressant effects in humans. Prompted by these findings, a UCSD group has three times replicated a 1967 study by Dewan showing that an ordinary bedside light can influence menstrual cyclicity. Before we can even begin to research the parameters of light effects in reproductive medicine, more sophisticated lighting devices ...

Existing balloting codes do not consider all of the forces and interactions that contribute to balloting of hypervelocity projectiles. This effort will result in the definition of a complete mathematical model and the design of an appropriate, user friendly, computational model to predict hypervelocity projectile balloting. Arrow Tech, whose engineers are well known for the development and applica ...

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FETAL MONITORING IS USEFUL IN ASSESSING THE PROGRESS OF LABOR AND FOR DETECTION OF PRETERM LABOR, A LEADING CAUSE OF FETAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY. COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SENSORS FOR MONITORING INTRAUTERINE CONTRACTIONS USE CUMBERSOME BELTS AND LARGE AND BULKY SENSORS WHICH ARE UNCOMFORATABLE AND LIMIT THE PATIENT'S MOBILITY. A SMALL AND SIMPLE SELF-ADHERING INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE MONITOR HAS BEEN ...

INTRAOPERATIVE AUTOTRANSFUSION SYSTEM (IOAT) ASPIRATES WASTE BLOOD FROM SURGICAL WOUND SITE, PURIFIES AND RETURNS IT TO THE SAME PATIENT. WE DEVELOPED AND EVALUATED IN-VITRO AND IN-VIVO A NEW IOAT SYSTEM WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PURIFY THE ASPIRATED WASTE BLOOD USING HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE FILTERS INSTEAD OF USING CENTRIFUGES, AND RETURN THE PURIFIED BLOOD CELLS TO THE PATIENT IN A CLOSED LOOP CONTINUO ...

The work involves the design and testing of new enzyme-based amperometric glucose sensors. Electrical communication between the flavin redox centers of glucose oxidase and an electrode is achieved via a network of donor-acceptor relays chemically bound to a highly flexible, insoluble, high molecular weight polymer. Improvements in stability and selectivity will be pursued through the use of protec ...

The overall objective is to develop highly stable electrochemical probes for the monitoring of the reduced cofactor nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), which is produced in many enzyme-based immunoassays. These sensors can measure NADH concentrations at low applied potentials, where electrochemical interferences and deactivating chemical reactions are avoided. The Phase I research will attem ...

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