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THIS STUDY WILL EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY AND PRACTICALITY OF UTILIZING CHARCOAL CLOTH IN A LIGHT-WEIGHT SOLAR POWERED DISTILLATION PURIFICATION DEVICE INCORPORATING CHARCOAL CLOTH AS THE ENERGY ABSORBENT WATER WICK. IN THIS PROPOSED DEVICE, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE CHARCOAL CLOTH WILL ACT NOT ONLY AS THE DISTILLATION MEDIA, BUT WILL ALSO REMOVE OBJECTIONABLE ODORS, CO-DISTILLABLE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS A ...

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A NEW APPROACH FOR ANTIGEN PRESENTATION AND POLYVALENT VACCINES IS PROPOSED. EXPERIMENTS ARE DESIGNED TO TEST THE IDEA OF COMBINING THE GENE OF A SECOND IMMUNOGEN WITH THAT OF HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN (HBSAG) SUCH THAT THE SECOND IMMUNOGEN IS ASSEMBLED INTO, AND PRESENTED ON, THE SURFACE OF THE HBSAG PARTICLE. THESE ENGINEERED GENES ARE EXPRESSED AS PARTICLES WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY BY TRANSFORMED ...

SOLICITATION ON THE SUBJECT OF DENTAL ANESTHESIA. THE MAIN OBEJECTIVE IS TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A PORTABLE, SELF-CONTAINED BATTERY OPERATED LASER BIOSTIMULATOR (LSB) TO ALLEVIATE DENTAL PAIN BY SEMI SKILLED DENTAL AUXILLARY PERSONNEL ESPECIALLY IN THE BATTLEFIELD. THE PROPOSED EFFORT ENCOMPASSES THREE TASKS: 1) DESIGN, BUILD AND CHECK OUT THE ELECTRICAL AND SAFETY FEATURES ON THE ...

Aspen Systems proposes to develop high dielectric constant (K), low loss tellurium polymers to meet the design objectives of high energy density capacitors. In the proposed Phase I program we will apply rigorous computational chemical techniques to predict the properties of this new class of polymers. We will attempt the synthesis of the parent polymer of the tellurium family, fabricate films for ...

B&B MANAGEMENT RESEARCH PROPOSES TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING AND MARKETING TWO MULTIMEDIA TRAINING PACKAGES FOR THE ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF MENTALLY ILL SUBSTANCE ABUSERS. ONE TRAINING PACKAGE WILL BE DESIGNED FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT PROVIDERS AND THE OTHER FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT PROVIDERS. THE PROPOSED WORK INCLUDES GATHERING TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT ...

ONLY A FEW OF THE 16 TAXA OF JUNIPERUS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN EXAMINED FOR THEIR YIELDS AND COMPOSITION OF CEDARWOOD OIL. ALTHOUGH THE BIOCIDAL PROPERTIES OF CEDARWOOD HAVE BEEN PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE FOR GENERATIONS, ONLY ONE U.S. SPECIES (J. VIRGINIANA) HAS BEEN EXAMINED FOR TERMITICIDAL ACTIVITY. PRELIMINARY RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THAT ONE WESTERN SPECIES PRODUCES CEDARWOOD OIL IN YIELD AND CO ...

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THE FEASIBILITY OF MODELING AND MODIFYING A BIVANE TO MEASURE SMALL SCALE AND VERTICAL WIND FLUCTUATIONS FOR USE IN HARSH ENVIRONMENTS AND REMOTE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS IS EXAMINED. THE THEORETICAL EQUATIONS USED TO DESCRIBE THE MOTION OF THE BIVANE ARE EXAMINED AND UTILIZED IN IMPROVING THE RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS. A PROTOTYPE WILL BE TESTED IN THE WIND TUNNEL. THE INFORMATION GAINED FROM THESE TE ...

INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DESIGNING CIRCUITS TO ENABLE BETTER SECURE TRANSMISSION OF DATA. DEVELOP SPECIFIC APPROACHES FOR ACHIEVING SUCH DESIGN AND DETERMINE CORRESPONDING CHARACTERISTICS IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL CIRCUITRY, RELIABILITY OF OPERATION, POSSIBILITY OF DETECTION, POSSIBILITY OF DISABLING OR COUNTERACTING, ACCIDENTAL SWITCHING, AND EASE OF INCORPORATION INTO EXISTING DESIGNS.