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DEFINITIONS ARE REQUIRED OF STRUCTURAL WEIGHT FRACTIONS FOR DELTOID AEROBODY PLATFORMS IN ORDER TO ASSESS THEIR POTENTIAL. PRIOR DATA ON CONVENTIONAL AIRPLANES AND ZEPPELINS CANNOT BE INTERPOLATED OR EXTRAPOLATED WITH CONFIDENCE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DEFINITION. THEREFORE, STRUCTURAL DESIGN STUDIES WILL BE MADE ESPECIALLY FOR THIS SHAPE, MASS DISTRIBUTION AND AIRLOAD. MODERN HIGH-STRENGTH AND ST ...

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THE SMALL FAMILY FARM IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED. NUMEROUS STUDIES HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE DECLINE OFFAMILY FARM, THE AGING POPULATION, AND MIGRATION FROM THE FAMILY FARM. WHEN A FARM FAMILY LEAVES THE FARM, MANY PEO- PLE FROM THE SMALL TOWN ARE WITHOUT A SOCIAL FUNCTION SO THEY TOO MIGRATE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO RESEARCHWITH FARM FAMILIES ALTERNATIVES TO THIS MIGRAT ...

THE AIM OF THIS REVISED PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP LEVEL IV INTERACTIVE VIDEODISC COURSEWARE TO ENABLE PERINATAL NURSES TO ATTAIN/MAINTAIN ELECTRONIC FETAL HEART MONITORING (EFHM) SKILLS SIGNIFICANT TO EARLY DETECTION/INTERVENTION IN FETAL DISTRESS. COURSEWARE WILL BE DESIGNED WITH FLEXIBILITY TO ENSURE RELEVANCE FOR PERINATAL NURSE PRACTITIONERS' CONTINUING EDUCATION NEEDS AND FOR NURSES IN BASIC/GRA ...

HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE MIXERS ARE BECOMING MORE IMPORTANT AS THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS INCREASE. SINCE IT IS USUALLY THE FIRST OR SECOND DEVICE FROM THE RF INPUT, THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MIXER IS CRITICAL IN THE OVERALL OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM. THE DESIGN OF THE PRESENT DAY MIXERS IN THE MILLIMETER WAVEBANDS ARE BASED ON SCHOTTKY BASED DIODES IN THE SELF BIAS MODE AND ADVANCEMENT ...

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THE PURPOSE OF THE EFFORT PROPOSED HEREIN IS TO DEFINE THE PROCEDURES TO ESTABLISH AN ANTHROPOMETRIC DATABASE WHICH CAN BE ADDED TO ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS, AND WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION NEEDED BY VARIOUS USERS IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE THE FIT OF GARB WORN BY MILITARY PERSONNEL. TO MEET THAT END, SPECIFIC FIT PROBLEMS WILL BE STUDIED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THEIR CAUSE. BY EXPERIENCED AND SPECIA ...

CALCITONIN IS A HORMONE THAT STIMULATES THE INCORPORATION OF CALCIUM INTO BONE AND THUS ARRESTS BONE DETERIORATION PROCESSES SUCH AS POST-MENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS AND PAGET'S DISEASE. THE SYNTHETIC HORMONE CALCITONIN HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTICALLY IN ARRESTING PROGRESSIVE BONE LOSS IN THESE DISORDERS. AN ESTIMATED 24 MILLION AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE VARYING DEGREES OF OSTEOPOROSIS. PRESE ...

THE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH AT BIOMETALLICS IS TO DEVELOP A RAPID, EASY TO USE ENZYMEIMMUNOASSAY, WITH ENHANCED SENSITIVITY FOR DETERMINING THE REPRODUCTIVE HORMONE, PROGESTERONE, IN SALIVA. THE MEASUREMENT OF PROGESTERONE INSALIVA IS ATTRACTIVE BECAUSE SAMPLING IS NONINVASIVE AND ESSENTIALLY STRESS FREE. BUT BECAUSE PROGESTERONE LEVELS INSALIVA ARE ONLY 1% OF PROGESTERONE LEVELS IN SERUM, ENHANCEDS ...