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THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN MAKES THIS DISEASE THE LEADING CANCER TYPE IN THIS POPULATION. THE PROPER STAGING OF THIS CANCER AND THE DETERMINATION OF THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF ESTROGEN RECEPTORS PLAY MAJOR ROLES IN DETERMINING THE COURSE OF TREATMENT. PRESENTLY AVAILABLEMETHODS FOR SUCH STAGING AND ESTROGEN RECEPTOR IDENTIFICATION REQUIRE INVASIVE TECHNIQUES (SUCH AS SURGICALBIOP ...

ENERGY INCORPORATED (EI) PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO GATHER PLANT-SPECIFIC DATA FOR THE NUCLEAR PLANT DATA BANK (NPDB). THE REQUIRED INFORMATION INCLUDES GEOMETRIC AND OPERATING DATA FOR THE PRIMARY SYSTEM SECONDARY SYSTEM, BALANCE OF PLANT, AND THE TRIP AND CONTROL SYSTEMS. ALTHOUGH, EVERY COMMERCIAL REACTOR IN THE U.S. HAS UNIQUE DESIGN FEATURES, MANY SHARE A COMMON BASIS BY WHICH THEY CA ...

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RESEARCH IS FOCUSING ON SURVEYING THE HIGH-TECH COMPANIES IN THE APPROXIMATELY 100 RURAL COMMUNITIES WITH RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION FACTORS FOR THESE COMPANIES. IDENTIFYING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH-TECH ENTREPRENEURS WHO HAVE STARTED IN THESE AREAS AND DEVELOPINGGROSS ESTIMATES OF POTENTIAL HIGH-TECH ENTREPRENEURS TO LOCATE IN THE RURAL UNIVERSITY SETTING.

TURBINE METERS CAN DIRECTLY MEASURE FLUID VELOCITY. PRESENTDESIGNS, HOWEVER, USING NEEDLE, ROLLER OR BALL BEARINGS, ARELIMITED TO RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE, PARTICULARLY AT LOW VELOCITIES AND UNDER SUDDEN PULSE LOADINGS. CONVENTIONAL UNITS ARE ALSO LIMITED IN LIFE DUE TO BEARING FOULING AND WEAR UNDER SEVERE OPERATING CONDITIONS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO REPLACE THE USUAL BAL ...

A MICROCOSM OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA RESISTANT TO ANTIOBIOTICS HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED IN OUR GEOGRAPHICAL AREA RESULTING FROM CLOSE CONFINEMENT OF PATHOGEN-CARRYING ANIMALS FROM THROUGHOUT THE NATION. OUR LABORATORY ROUTINELY SCREENS HUNDREDS OF CLINICAL SAMPLES MONTHLY FOR BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION AND ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY. IN PHASE I RESEARCH, RECENT RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY WILL BE APPLIED TO ...

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