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THIS PROPOSAL WILL CONCENTRATE ON MAKING A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO PROVING THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF MULTI-ZONE SUNLIGHT "DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS" USING A MULTI-AXIS SUNTRACKER. THE MULTI-AXIS SUNTRACKER ACTIVE SOLAR OPTIC SYSTEM, TO BE USED AS A SUNLIGHT DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR THE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, WAS DESIGNED BASED ON GUIDELINES SET OUT BY THIS PROPOSER, AND IS OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME, DE ...

DRUG ABUSE WITH ITS POTENTIAL FOR DRUG OVERDOSE POISONINGS, BOTH ACCIDENTAL AND INTENTIONAL, IS A MAJOR NATIONAL HEALTH PROBLEM WHICH IS RAPIDLY ON THE RISE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS FOR THIS INCREASE ARE BOTH ECONOMIC (E.G., UNEMPLOYMENT) ANDMORE IMPORTANTLY FROM A LONG TERM STANDPOINT, THE RAPID INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PRESCRIPTIONS WRITTEN FOR DRUGS OF ABUSE (E.G., ANALGESICS AND PSYCHOPHARMACOLO ...

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WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AN INEXPENSIVE AND COST-EFFECTIVE GENERAL PURPOSE DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR THERESEARCH LABORATORY. THE PROPOSED SYSTEM WILL BE COMPATIBLEWITH COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE TELEMETRY EQUIPMENT. IN ITS INITIAL FORM IT IS INTENDED FOR USE IN CHRONOBIOLOGIC GASTROINTESTINAL STUDIES ON LABORATORY ANIMALS. THE SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF MONITORING UP TO 96 CHANNELS OF TEMPE ...

THE INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD APPLICATION OF MIL-STD-1553B TO MILITARY AND, POTNTIALLY COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT HAS CREATED A NEED FOR DIGITAL OUTPUT FLOW ANGLE TRANSMITTERS. THE CURRENT MEANS OF GENERATING A DIGITAL OUTPUT FROM EXISITING TRANSDUCERS HAS AN UNFLAVORABLE IMPACT ON SIZE, WEIGHT, POWER, COST AND RELIABILITY. DIGITIAL ENCODING TECHNIQUES ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BENEFICIAL APPLICATION TO EXISTIN ...

THE POSIDENT CONCEPT USES FINGER PRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM TO COMPARE THE SUBJECTS LIVE FINGER PRINT WITH A STORED FINGER PRINT. THE STORAGE MEDIUM CAN BE ONE OF SEVERAL TYPES. A PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGEIIS ONE METHOD OF STORAGE. DIGITAL DATA IN PROM IS A SECOND METHOD. THE ID CARD IS PLACED FON THE ELECTRO-OPTICAL CORRELATION DEVICE. A VIDEO CAMERA (VIDICON OR SOLID STATE CCD CAMERA) IS USED TO SCAN ...

THIS PROPOSAL WILL ADDRESS THE COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL OF PERFORMING CELL SURFACE MARKER ANALYSIS UTILIZING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TAGGED WITH A VARIETY OF HEAVY METAL COLLOIDS OF VARYING SIZE AND COLOR. CURRENTLY CELL MARKER ANALYSIS, PROVEN TO BE CLINICALLY IMPORTANT IN THE DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF HUMAN DISEASES, ARE PERFORMED EITHER MANUALLY VIA FLUORESCENT/LIGHT MICROSCOPY (IMPRECIS ...