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HISTAMINE IS AN IMPORTANT BIOCHEMICAL MEDIATOR THAT CAUSES ALLERGIC SYMPTOMS. IGE MOLECULES HAVE A HIGH AFFINITY FOR RECEPTORS ON BASOPHILS. THE PRESENCE OF SPECIFIC ALLERGENS WILL BRIDGE IGE BOUND ON BASOPHIL AND INITIATE A CHAIN OF EVENTS LEADING TO HISTAMINE RELEASE. QUANTIFYING BASOPHIL-HISTAMINE RELEASE ESSENTIALLY MEASURES THE CELL-BOUND, ALLERGEN-SPECIFIC IGE AND WILL ALLOW EVALUATION OF A ...

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A MODEL-BASED PROTOCOL FOR OPTIMIZED INSTRUCTION. THE BASIC TECHNIQUE CENTERS ON THE USES OF THE OPTIMAL CONTROL MODEL (OCM) OF THE HUMAN OPERATOR, AN INFORMATION-PROCESSING MODEL OF SKILLED HUMAN BEHAVIOR WHOSE STRUCTURE AND PARAMETER SET REFLECT THE BASIC HUMAN LIMITATIONS AND COMPONENT SKILLS WHICH DETERMINE TASK P ...

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO ADVANCE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF DETERMINISTIC RISK ANALYSIS AND FIRE PROTECTION METHODOLOGY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. A COMPUTER CODE, BASED ON THE USE OF A FIELD (DISCRETIZATION) MODELING TECHNIQUE, WILL BE DEVELOPED THAT HAS SUFFICIENT FLEXIBILITY FOR ACCURATE/REALISTIC REPRESENTATIONS OF GEOMETRY, VENTILATION AND OTHER CONDITIONS PRESENT IN CABLE ROOMS AND CONTROL ROO ...

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THE PROGRAM'S GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A SAFE, RELIABLE SYSTEM FOR THE ON-SITE PRODUCTION OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE FOR DIRECT USE WITH THE REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER PURIFICATION UNIT. HYPOCHLORITES ARE WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR DISINFECTING POWER. THE PROPOSED METHOD, HOWEVER, REQUIRES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUITABLE FLOW-THROUGH ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR WITH THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: 1) LIGHT WEIGHT AND SMALL V ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTINUOUS SAMPLING GASEOUS HCL DETECTOR IS PROPOSED. THE SYSTEM WILL BE BASED ON A SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE SENSOR CELL. PROGRAM GOALS INCLUDE A RESPONSE TIME OF 90% OF FINAL RESPONSE IN LESS THAN 1 SECOND AND THE ABILITY TO DETECT GASEOUS HCL LEVELS AS LOW AS 0.1 PPM. WHEN DEVELOPED, THE METHOD WILL LEAD TO A RELIABLE, SENSITIVE HCL DETECTION SYSTEM.

THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO MODIFY CARBON CARTRIDGES FOR EFFICIENT REMOVAL OF BLOOD TOXINS. CARBON ADSORPTION IS EMPLOYED FOR THE REMOVAL OF STRONGLY ADSORBABLE TOXINS IN SOME ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY SYSTEMS AS WELL AS IN MOST ARTIFICIAL LIVER CONFIGURATIONS. IN THE REGENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY APPLICATION, A CARBON BED WITH ABOUT 250 GRAMS OF ACTIVATED CARBON IS USED TO ADSORB ...

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