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EMISSION OF SULFUR OXIDES (SOX) AND NITROGEN OXIDES (NOX) IN FLUE GASES IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF AIR POLLUTION AND ACID RAIN. CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOX REMOVAL ARE EXPENSIVE AND CUMBERSOME. SULFUR DIOXIDE IS CONVERTED TO SULFURIC ACID, WHICH IS VERY CORROSIVE AND DIFFICULT TO STORE AND TRANSPORT. REMOVAL OF NOX IS ACCOMPLISHED BY CATALYTIC CONVERSION USING PLATINUM CATALYSTS. PLATINUM CATALYSTS ARE ...

A SMALLER, LIGHTER, MORE EFFICIENT, AND MORE RELIABLE CLINICAL GAS ANALYZER FOR RESPIRATORY AND ANESTHETIC GAS MONITORING IS NEEDED. EXISTING LASER RAMAN-BASED INSTRUMENTATION USES A LARGE, HEAVY, AND EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT (0.1 PERCENT) ARGON ION LASER WITH AN INTRACAVITY GAS CELL. THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDYIS TO IMPLEMENT A SOLID-STATE ALTERNATIVE TO THE EXISTING ION LASER. SUCH A LASE ...

REAL TIME ON-LINE ANALYSIS OF STACK GASSES IS NECESSARY TO MONITOR EFFLUENTS AND TO PERMIT FEEDBACK CONTROL OF COMBUSTION PROCESS AND DOWN STREAM SCRUBBER SYSTEMS. MULTIMEDIA POLLUTION ANALYSIS REQUIRES MULTIPLE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY WITH PRESENT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE INSTRUMENTATION. CURRENTLY, COMPLEX ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS MUSTBE ASSEMBLED THAT ARE EXPENSIVE, PRONE TO DRIFT, AND DIFFICULT TO OPERATE A ...

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APPLIED GENETICS LABORATORIES, INC. PROPOSES TO UTILIZE NEWLY DEVELOPED MOLECULAR GENETIC TECHNIQUES TO ANALYZE THE SPECTRUM OF MUTAGENIC EVENTS THAT OCCUR AT THE TK AND HPRT LOCI IN MOUSE L5178Y CELLS. THE PURPOSE OF THESE STUDIES ISTO DETERMINE IF THE SPECTRUM OF GENETIC ABNORMALITIES REGISTERED AT THESE LOCI IS A FUNCTION OF THE HETEROZYGOUS/HOMOZYGOUS NATURE OF THE GENE LOCI INVOLVED, AND TO C ...

FOR PHASE I, APPLIEDMEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, INC. (AMSI) PROPOSES TO IDENTIFY AND ESTABLISH THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF A SELF-CONTAINED HULL POTENTIAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR UNDERWAY SHIPS. THREE GENERIC APPROACHES ARE CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED: 1) MEASUREMENT SENSOR SELECTION, 2) ELECTRONIC/SOFTWARE DESIGN, AND 3) STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENT DESIGN. MORE TECHNIQUES MAY RESULT FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE LITERATUR ...

CONCERN ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT ON A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT IS CAUSING HEARING EVALUATION TO BECOME A ROUTINE PART OF PEDIATRIC CARE. WHILE THE COMMERCIAL MARKET HAS FOCUSED ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT, BEHAVIORAL PROCEDURES WHICH MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATELY USED WITH OLDER INFANTS AND CHILDREN HAVE BEEN LARGELY IGNORED. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS PRO ...

LASER RADAR (LADAR) IMAGING HAS BEEN POSTULATED AS PROVIDING DATA SIGNIFICANT TO ROBOTIC VISION. WE PROPOSE TOADD DOPPLER VELOCITY MEASUREMENT TO EXISTING 3D AND INTENSITY IMAGING AND AN INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMABLE SCANNER/SIGNAL PROCESSOR CONCEPT, USING LONG RANGE CO2 LASERHETERODYNE IMPLEMENTATION. A DUAL FOV SCANNER APPROACH WILLBE INVESTIGATED TO ALLOW SIMULATNEOUS WIDE FOV BODY TRACKINGAND NARRO ...

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