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CURRENT MORPHOMETRY AND IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEMS CAN BE BROADLY DIVIDED INTO THOSE WHICH DISPLAY AN IMAGE AND REQUIRE THE USER TO TRACE THE POINTS OR LINES CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT, AND THOSE WHICH APPLY COMPLEX ALGORITHMS TO LOCATE SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS AUTONOMOUSLY. WE SEE A NEED FOR AN INTERMEDIATE TYPE OF SYSTEM IN WHICH THE USER COULD RAPIDLY INDICATE THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS ...

QUALITATIVE ADVANCES IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY HAVE LEVELED OFF SUFFICIENTLY TO JUSTIFY THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-USER, MULTI-FUNCTION, COMPREHENSIVE VISUAL TESTING INSTRUMENT FOR OPHTHALMOLOGISTS, VISUAL SCIENTISTS, AND OPTOMETRISTS. SUCH A SYSTEM COULD BE DEVELOPED WITH RELATIVE EASE WERE IT NOT FOR THE INDUSTRY STANDARD REFRESH RATE FOR GENERATING VIDEO IMAGES. UNFORTUNATELY, 60 HZ IS TOO SLOW FO ...

THIS PROPOSAL CONCERNS DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERACTIVE, MICROCOMPUTER/VIDEODISC TOOL FOR TEACHING LIFE SKILLS TO LEARNING DISABLED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WE HAVE TERMED IT A LIFE SKILLS SYSTEM (LSS), AN ATTEMPT TO REMEDY PRESENT DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM DEFICIENCIES IN TRAINING LD STUDENTS TO FUNCTION INDEPENDENTLY. THE LSS IS BASED ON FUNCTIONAL CONTEXT TRAINING, AND THUS IS A DISTINCT DEPART ...

A NEW TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO ASSAY CLOTTING FACTORS: SOLID-PHASE FIBRINOGEN AND LABELLED FIBRINOGEN TOGETHER ARE USED AS A SUBSTRATE TO DETECT THROMBIN GENERA- TED FROM THE CLOTTING CASCADE. WHEN THROMBIN CLEAVES BOTH FORMS OF FIBRINOGEN TO FIBRIN, THE LABELLED FIBRIN IN SOLU- TION ASSOCIATES WITH THE SOLID PHASE. THIS TECHNIQUE, WHICHHAS BEEN NAMED "ENZYME-LINKED COAGULATION ASSAY" OR EL ...

THE SPECIFIC AIM OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGIC- ALLY EFFICIENT AND COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS FOR THE SEPARATIONAND PURIFICATION OF MULTIGRAM QUANTITIES OF HIGH POLYUN- SATURATES (E.G., EICOSAPNOIC ACID, EPA, C20:5W3; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID, DHA, C22:6W3; AND ESTERS) FROM MARINE/FISH OILS, WITH THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF MAKING THESE AND POSSIBLY OTHER HIGH POLYUNSATURATES AVAILABLE FOR A WA ...

A NOVEL HORIZONTAL LIGHT PATHVISION ENHANCING SYSTEM (HLP-VES) CAPABLE OF 2X TO 6X MAGNIFICATION AND MOUNTED ACROSS THE FACIAL PLANE WILL BE STUDIED 1. SURVEY OF CURRENT USAGE OF TELESCOPIC VISION AIDS; 2. OPTIMIZATION OF OPTICAL DESIGN IN DESIRABLE MAGNIFICATION POWERS INCORPORATING THE HLP-VES PRINCIPLE; 3. PRELIMINARY DESIGNS OF OPTICAL CHASSIS AND MOUNTING; 4. IDENTIFICATION OF COMPONENT SOURC ...

THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DESIGN A SERUM-FREE CHEMICALLY DEFINED MEDIUM FOR OPTIMUM GROWTH OF MAMMALIAN CELLS IN VITRO. THE SPECIFIC AIM OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO SOLUBILIZE, BY MEANS OTHER THAN THE USE OF CARRIER PROTEINS, FATTY ACIDS, ALPHA-LIPOIC ACID, FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS, AND CHOLESTEROL IN AN EXISTENT SERUM-FREE MEDIUM, CHEE'S ESSENTIAL MEDIUM (CEM). BESIDES HORMONES, GROWTH ...

ACCESSORY APARTMENTS BENEFIT OLDER HOMEOWNERS. THEY CAN PROVIDE INCOME, SECURITY, COMPANIONSHIP, AND A SOURCE OF SERVICES IN RETURN FOR RENT REDUCTIONS. THEY ALSO CREATE INEXPENSIVE RENTAL HOUSING, AND, BECAUSE OF THE BENEFITS LISTED ABOVE, A MEANS TO HELP OLDER HOMEOWNERS AGE IN PLACE.IN CONTRAST, INSTALLATION OF ACCESSORY APARTMENTS IS RARELY SEEN AS A WAY FOR BUSINESS PEOPLE TO MAKE MONEY. AS A ...

THE LONG-TERM RESEARCH OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE A MICROCOMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM TO FACILITATE PATIENT SELF-CONTROL OF INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS. THIS COMPREHENSIVE ""DIABETES IN SELF-CONTROL (DISC) SYSTEM'' IS COMPOSED OF: 1.AN INSTRUCTIONAL AND REINFORCEMENT COMPONENT FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED HOME BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; 2.A COMPONENT WHICH PROVIDES COMPUTER ASSISTED INST ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Phase I. In the treatment of cancer, radiation therapy has been limited by the tolerance of the surrounding normal tissues, such as lung or mucosa. Until now, there have been no compounds available that protect the nor