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Adenosine produces coronary vasodilation through activation of A-2a adenosine receptors. However adalso acts at A1 adenosine receptors to slow atrioventricular conduction and when injected into man ican be blocked with A1 receptor antagonists. DTI has synthesized a number of adenosine analogs that2a subtype of adenosine receptor and have identified WRC-0470 as a potent selective short acting corou ...

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AbTech Corporation proposes to apply its unique Statistical Network ModelingTM technology to develop a non contact prognostic assessment tool that 1) acquires, processes, and analyzes electronic radiated signal data, 2) learns the expected characteristics and patterns of specific radiated signals measured from microelectronic semiconductor devices using AbTech's statistical network modeling techno ...

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This proposal has three main efforts:1. Extension of the ATM Forum ABR protocol to allocate bandwidth according to quality of service (QoS) and priority level of the individual connection. This project will utilize the informational bits provided by the fields to support QoS and priority level acknowledgment.2. Design of an ATM application that utilizes the ABR service via an application programme ...

The automated inspection of gas turbine components has proven to be difficult due to their complex geometry. While ultrasonics has demomstrated excellent capabilities in detecting and characterizing the erosion and corrosion on turbine components from the hot effluent gases, it's application details laborious alignment procedures for the ultrasonic transducer during inspection. The need for automa ...

RESEARCHERS ARE CONSTRUCTING TEST PANELS OF FIBER-REINFORCED-POLYMER HONEYCOMB (FRPH), INSTRUMENTED WITH STRAIN GAUGES AND ACOUSTIC SENSORS FOR CONDUCTING NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE) ACOUSTIC EMISSION (AE) AND PHYSICAL LOAD TESTING. FRPH STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS ARE HIGH-STRENGTH, LIGHTWEIGHT, CORROSION-RESISTANT, TOUTH, AND RESILIENT; THEY CAN BE MACHINE-MANUFACTURED USING A HIGH-VOLUME, CONTINUO ...

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ASSISTANT FOR THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (SE) PROCESS. A CASE-BASED-REASONING (CBR) APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE ELICITATION IS PROPOSED AS A SENSITIVE AND EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO DERIVE AND REPRESENT CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE. PHASE I WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A CBR APPROACH TO DEVELOPING A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ASSISTANT FOR THE EXTENSIVE AND COMPLEX TASKS A ...

IN RECENT YEARS THE CORROSIVITY OF THE TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT HAS BECOME MORE SEVERE DUE TO INCREASED USE OF ROAD SALTS, INCREASED ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS (SO(2) AND NO(X)), AND CHANGES IN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN SELECTED GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF THE WORLD. THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF THE ABOVE CONDITIONS AND MARINE SALTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF SELECTED VEHICLES AN ...