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THE TOPIC OF THIS PROPOSAL IS THE DESIGN OF AN ENVIRONMENTALCONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE MORE THAN TWO MILLION INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES WHOSE PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS ARE SO SEVERE THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO FUNCTION IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT IN A NORMAL AND EFFECTIVE MANNER. A TWO-YEAR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH EFFORT BETWEEN THE BIOENGINEERING PROGRAM AT THE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE ASSOCIA ...

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CARRIED OUT TO PROVIDE PROTOTYPE, ACTIVELY CONTROLLED GAS BEARINGS FOR PRECISION MOVEMENT IN INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINE TOOLS. THIS WILL DRAW UPON PRELIMINARY WORK ON (1) FABRICATION, (2) DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF THE BEARING AND SUPPORTED MASS, (3) PIEZOELECTRIC VALVING AND PIEZOELECTRIC DISPLACEMENT OF THE BEARING SURFACE, AND (4) THE ADAPTATION OF A MICROPROCESSOR TO SER ...

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THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A FIELD PORTABLE GAS-CHROMATOGRAPH/TANDEM MASS-SPECTROMETER (GC/MS/MS) IS PROPOSED FOR APPLICATION TO CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING NEEDS. THE PROPOSED INSTRUMENT SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE A POWERFUL NEW TOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING THAT WILL GREATLY IMPROVE THE CAPABILITY TO MONITOR AND ULTIMATELY PREDICT THE DIFFUSION, DISPERSION, INTERACTION AND IMPACTS OF AI ...

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THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A DIAGNOSTIC KIT WHICH WILL PERMIT EASY AND RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF OVARIAN AMYLASE. THIS AMYLASE ISOZYME APPEARS TO BE A GOOD INDICATOR FOR OVARIAN CANCER. IN ADDITION, MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES WILL BE PRODUCED WHICH WILL ENABLE CLINICAL INVESTIGATORS RELIABLY TO DETECT THE AMOUNTS OF SALIVARY, PANCREATIC, AND OVARIAN AMYLASES IN PATIENT SPECIMENS. IT ...

RESEARCH ON AN ALTERNATE MATERIAL, ANHYDRITE CALCIUM SULFATE, FOR USE AS CULTCH IN CONSTRUCTING SEED BEDS AND ARTIFICIAL OYSTER REEFS IS HEREIN PROPOSED. GIVEN THE FACTS THAT OYSTER PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES HAS DECLINED GREATLY SINCE 1908 AND THAT NATURAL OYSTERSHELL IS SCARCE AND EXPENSIVE, MOTIVATION FOR USE OF THIS ALTERNATE MATERIAL AS CULTCH INCLUDES ITS CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION, LOW COST ...

METRACO, INC. PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE EVOKED-POTENTIAL INSTRUMENT THAT WILL ALLOW AUTOMATED SCREENING FOR HEARING PROBLEMS IN THE NEWBORN INFANT. THE INSTRUMENT WILL PROVIDE NEW, UNIQUE FEATURES AND TECHNOLOGY UNAVAILABLE IN EXISTING INSTRUMENTS. THE MAJOR GOALS ARE: (1) TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVE SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO AND ERROR REDUCTION ABILITY BY COMPUTATION OF THE MEDIAN RATHER THAN THE ...

MANY DIVERSE METHODS OF KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION HAVE BEEN USED BY AI RESEARCHERS. NONE APPEAR POWERFUL ENOUGH TO CAPTURE THE DIVERSE TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE THAT PEOPLE POSSESS NOR DO THEY APPEAR FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION SCHEME THAT INTEGRATES THREE MAJOR FRAMEWORKS: SCHEMAS/FRAMES, PRODUCTION RULES AND MENTAL ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SAFE AND EFFICACIOUS VACCINE FOR GONORRHEA BASED ON OLIGOMERS FROM PILI IS A MAJOR GOAL OF IMMUNOMED CORPORATION. EARLY ATTEMPTS TO DEVELOP GONORRHEA VACCINES USING INTACT PILI FAILED BECAUSE OF ANTIGENIC DIVERSITY AMONG THE BACTERIAL STRAINS IN THE POPULATION. A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF OLIGOMERS FROM THE TYPE 2 COLONIAL FORM OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE HAS SHOWN THAT THEY WERE BETT ...