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AN IBM-AT-BASED MULTIFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM-CAMREAD-IS PLANNED. CAMREAD IS AN INEXPENSIVE, REAL-TIME IMAGE-PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH THE CAPABILITY OF HIGH-SPEED CHARACTER RECOGNITION TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF CONVERTING PRINTED DOCUMENTS INTO MACHINE-READABLE RECORDS. DIFFERENT FROM OTHER COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE EXPENSIVE MONOFUNCTIONAL READING MACHINES, THIS SYSTEM HAS MANY UNIQUE FEATURES. FIRST, IT IS A ...

WE PROPOSE TO BUILD A MICRO-BASED VERSION OF NASA'S RECON CITATION SYSTEM. THIS WILL ENABLE NASA TO DECENTRALIZE THE RECON DATABASE AND THUS GREATLY ENHANCE ITS POWER. THE PRODUCT WILL EMPLOY OUR INNOVATIVE "VIEWCACHE" STORAGE APPROACH WHICH USES A REVOLUTIONARY DATABASE ACCESS METHOD FOR INCREMENTAL SEARCH IN A LIBRARY OF CITATIONS. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED AS AN ADD ON ENHANCEMENT OF THE DIS ...

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THE MAJOR GOALS FOR THE GRAPHICAL INTERNATIONAL FOOD RETRIEVAL AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM SYSTEM WERE TO COMPLETE THE INTERACTIVE PORTION OF THE SYSTEM AND TO ALLOW FOR THE INTEGRATION OF OTHER DATABASES. THE MICROSOFT WINDOWS SOFTWARE UNDER DOS WAS CHOSEN FOR DEVELOPMENT DUE TO ITS LARGER USER BASE. DURING PHASE I, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., DEVELOPED THE SYSTEM INTO A FULLY INTERACTIVE, GR ...

IN SPITE OF THE COMMON USE OF SKIN GRAFTS AND SKIN FLAPS IN PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS STILL ARISE. THE COMPLETE OR PARTIAL NECROSIS THAT CAN OCCUR IN SURGICAL FLAPS OR GRAFTS IS DUE TO PROLONGED TISSUEISCHEMIA THAT COMPROMISES TISSUE BLOOD FLOW. PROMPT REVASCULARIZATION OF THE GRAFT OR FLAP BY ANASTOMOSES AND NEOVASCULARIZATION IS A MAJOR DETERMINANT OF THE SUCCESS ...

ASTRONAUTS AND ANIMALS FLOWN IN MICROGRAVITY HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF RED BLOOD CELL MASS, BUT MECHANISMS CAUSING THIS PHENOMENON ARE NOT UNDERSTOOD. PREPARATIONS FOR IN-FLIGHT HEMATOLOGY STUDIES INCLUDE A DESIRE TO ELIMINATE RADIOACTIVE TRACERS AND SUBSTITUTE SAFE STABLE ISOTOPES. REALISTIC MULTIPLE SAMPLING FOR IN-FLIGHT STUDIESWILL REQUIRE MICROLITER 'PIN-PRICK' BLOOD SAMPLES. ACCURATEMEASURE ...

INCREASINGLY STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING PLACED ON THE DETECTION AND ACCURATE CHARACTERIZATION OF TOXIC ELEMENTS INENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. THE TOXICOLOGY OF NICKEL, IN ELEMENTAL AND METALLO-ORGANIC FORM, HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF MUCH ATTENTION IN RECENT YEARS. NICKEL HAS BEEN IMPLICATED IN NUMEROUS CARCINOGENIC, MUTAGENIC, METABOLIC, AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES. AS THE KNOWLEDGE OF BIOLOGICAL ME ...

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THE HUMAN HERPES VIRUS TYPE 6 (HHV-6) IS A NOVEL HERPES VIRUS ISOLATED FROM FRESH HUMAN BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS. ALTHOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS), HHV-6 MAY PLAY A ROLE IN LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE ABNORMALITIES. AS A RECENT VIRUS ISOLATE, LITTLE IS KNOWN OF THE BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF HHV-6, AND FEW REAGENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO INVESTIGATORS IN THE FIELD ...

THE HUMAN HERPES VIRUS TYPE 6 (HHV-6) IS A NOVEL HERPES VIRUS ISOLATED FROM FRESH HUMAN BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS. ALTHOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS), HHV-6 MAY PLAY A ROLE IN LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE ABNORMALITIES. AS A RECENT VIRUS ISOLATE, LITTLE IS KNOWN OF THE BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF HHV-6, AND FEW REAGENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO INVESTIGATORS IN THE FIELD ...