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THE PROPOSED WORK INVOLVES APPLICATION OF SUPPORTED MOLTEN SALT CATALYSIS TO THE CATALYTIC ENDOTHERMIC DEHYDROGENATION OF METHANOL. THE CATALYSTS OF INTEREST INCLUDE EUTECTICS COMPOSED OF CU(+1) SALTS WITH HOMOGENEOUSLY DISPERSED ZN(+2) SALTS OR HETEROGENEOUSLY DISPERSED ZNO. IN ADDITION, THE STUDY WILL INCLUDE EVALUATION OF HETEROGENEOUS DISPERSIONS OF METALLIC PALLADIUM IN BINARY AND TERNARY EUT ...

GAS-TO-LIQUID HEAT EXCHANGERS FIND APPLICATION IN NEARLY EVERY ENERGY CONVERSION AND PROCESS SYSTEM. HOWEVER, DUE TO LOW HEAT FLUXES, THEY ARE EXCESSIVELY LARGE AND EXPENSIVE. LOW HEAT FLUXES ARE CAUSED PRIMARILY BY LOW GAS-SIDE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO DEVELOP A NOVEL FLUIDIZED BED HEAT EXCHANGER WHICH HAS SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER HEAT FLUXES THAN CONVENTIONAL HE ...

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THE LONG TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE AN INTERACTIVE TRAINING SYSTEM FOR NONSPEAKING CHILDREN AND ADULTS. THE COMPUTER-DRIVEN SYSTEM CAN BE CONCEPTUALIZED AS A FLEXIBLE HARDWARE CONFIGURATION WHICH CAN BE PERSONALIZED FOR EACH CHILD'S INPUT/OUTPUT NEEDS AND WHICH "OPENS THE DOOR" TO EXISTING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES. A MENU-DRIVEN SHELL, CONTROLLED BY THE CHILD OR CLINICIAN, WILL ALL ...

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INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM CONCENTRATION IS KNOWN TO PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN BOTH PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. RECENTLY, MUCH ATTENTION HASBEEN GIVEN TO THE DETERMINATION OF FREE INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM CONCENTRATION USING FLOW CYTOMETRY. NEWLY DEVELOPEDFLUORESCENT PROBES, SUCH AS INDO-1 WHICH EXHIBITS A LARGE SPECTRAL EMISSION SHIFT WHEN IT CHELATES CA(++) IONS, HAVE BEEN INSTRUME ...

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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROJECT RELATES TO THE NEED FOR A HIGH-RESOLUTION SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT) IMAGING SYSTEM TO PERFORM FUNCTIONAL BRAIN IMAGING IN BOTH ACADEMIC CENTERS AND HOSPITALS. FOR MANY DISEASES INVOLVING DISTURBANCES IN BRAIN FUNCTIONS, SPECT IMAGING HASBEEN SHOWN TO PROVIDE DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION THAT IS SIMILAR TO THAT OBTAINED FROM POSITRON EMISSION TOMO ...

THE DETECTION AND SEQUENCING OF PEPTIDES BELOW THE 1-PICOMOLE LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO ESTABLISH NEW FIELDS OF RESEARCH IN THE BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. RESIFT, INC., PLANS TO HELP OPEN THESE NEW FIELDS OF RESEARCH WITH AN INNOVATIVE INSTRUMENT THAT PROMISES FEMTOMOLE SENSITIVITY. THE INSTRUMENT IS SIMILAR TO A MASS SPECTROMETER BUT INSTRUMENTALLY IS MUCH SIMPLER. THIS RESEARCH WILL UTILIZE KNO ...

THIS PROGRAM'S OBJECTIVE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE USE OF EXISTING VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATED (VLSI) CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY TO MANUFACTURE A SINGLE-CHIP COMPONENT THAT WILL INTERFACE SILICON MICROSTRIP DETECTORS TO THE SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER'S (SSC'S) CENTRAL PROCESSOR SYSTEM FOR CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION. THE VLSI COMPONENT WILL CONTAIN 128 PARALLEL CHANNELS, EACH OF WHICH WILL COMPRISE 4-BIT P ...