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THIS PROJECT WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE SYSTEM FOR MACHINE READING AND UNDERSTANDING OF HARDCOPY, GRAPHICAL CHEMICAL STRUCTURES. THIS RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE A BASIS FOR DEVELOPING INTELLIGENT INPUT DEVICES FOR ENTRY OF CHEMICAL STRUCTURE DATA INTO EXISTING AND FUTURE CHEMICAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS. SUCH SYSTEMS HAVE APPLICATIONS FOR CHEMICAL PATEN ...

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THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO PROVIDE AN UP-TO-DATE COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT AND EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND THEIR COMBINATIONS USED AS INDICATORS OF ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM. IN PHASE I, THE PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY THE PERTINENT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE AND THEN PROVIDE A REVIEW AND CRITICALEVALUATION OF THE MAJOR FINDINGS IN DIFFERENT STUDIES, ESPECIALLY IN REG ...

THE USE OF POROUS COATINGS TO PROVIDE THE ATTACHEMENT MECHANISM FOR REPLACEMENT OF DISEASED JOINTS HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND IT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DO SO IN THE FUTURE. THERE ARE 300,000 HIP AND KNEE REPLACEMENTS PERFORMED ANNUALLY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 50 PERCENT OF THESE IMPLANTS RELY ON BONE INGROWTH AS THE MECHANISM OF ATTACHMENT BETW ...

A CALIBRATION PROJECTIVE FOR VIDEOMICROPHOTOMETRY WILL BE DESIGNED. IT WILL ALLOW CONTROL OVER THE MATCH BETWEEN PIXEL RESOLUTION IN THE MICROSCOPE, AND THE RESOLUTION OF THE VIDEOCAMERA. THE DESIGN WILL ALSO ALLOW MAINTENANCE OF EXACT MAGNIFICATION, EVEN WHEN HIGH DRY OBJECTIVES WITH COVERGLASS CORRECTION RINGS ARE USED, AND THE DESIGN WILL ALLOW ELIMINATION OF SPHERICAL ABERRATION DUE TO PREPARA ...

THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM IS AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM WHERE THE PERFORMANCE OF EACH PART DEPENDS ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ALL THE OTHER PARTS AND THE TOPOLOGIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THEM. IF STUDENTS ARE TO UNDERSTAND WHOLE-SYSTEM BEHAVIORS, THE FUNCTION OF THE SYSTEM MUST BE TAUGHT AS A WHOLE. OUR PREVIOUS WORK HAS DEVELOPED SIMULATIONS THAT ARE SUCCESSFULLY USED FOR TEACHING THE NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY OF ...

The high false-negative rate from Papanicolaou (Pap) smears has motivated the use ofcolposcopy to perform visual inspection of the uterine cervix. It has made a tremendous impact on theability of physicians to perform accurate punch biopsies for histological analysis. However, the difficultyin training gynecologists in the recognition of pathology has hindered the full utilization of colposcopy.Co ...

THIS PROJECT IS CONCERNED WITH A PATIENT DATABASE SYSTEM FORCARE PLANS AND MEDICAL RECORDS IN NURSING HOMES, HOME CARE INSTITUTIONS, AND SUBACUTE CARE FACILITIES. THE SYSTEM ALSOINCLUDES HANDLING OF DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, CENSUS REPORTS, PATIENT ASSESSMENTS, AND CARE PLANS. THE CARE PLANS ARE BASED ON AN HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE OF DIAGNOSIS, PROBLEMS, GOALS, AND APPROACHES. THE SYSTEM ALLOWS THE ...