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THIS STUDY IS INTENDED TO DETERMINE THE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS, THE CONFIGURATION AND THE ENGINE CONTROL PHILOSOPHY FOR A HIGH ALTITUDE VARIABLE CYCLE DIESEL ENGINE INSTALLED IN A RPV. WEIGHT, PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATION INFORMATION WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THE STUDY.

THIS PROGRAM IS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PLATINUM-POLYSTYRENE ELECTRODE WITH TEXTURED SURFACE FOR A SUBCUTANEOUS ELECTROCATALYTIC SENSOR. THE SUBCUTANEOUS SENSOR HAS LOWER RISKS COMPARED TO AN INTRAVENOUS SENSOR, SOIT IS CONSIDERED FOR LONG-TERM MONITORING PURPOSES. IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT TEXTURED SURFACES ARE FAVORABLE FOR IMPLANTATION TO THE SOFT TISSUE DUE TO BETTER VASCULARIZATIO ...

RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES (RTA) IDENTIFIED AND EXAMINED THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ALL MANPRINT FUNCTIONAL DOMAIN VARIABLES COMMON TO THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, FIELDING AND APPLICATIONS OF ALL TYPES OF TRAINING DEVICES. RTA PROVIDED A METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THESE VARIABLES AND GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING VARIABLE PRECEDENCE. RTA ALSO DESIGNED AN AUTOMATED METHODOLOGY ...

Toxoplasma gondii strain T-263 is an oocyst negative genetic mutant that induces immunity to oocyst shedding in cats when tissue cysts or bradyzoites are administered orally. The vaccine potential of T-263 has been proven in two separate efficacy studies. The stability of the oocyst-negative phenotype of T-263 has been demonstrated. Use of this feline vaccine will reduce oocyst contamination of ho ...

IT IS PROPOSED TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE PROCESS FOR THE STERILIZATION OF HEAT-SENSITIVE FREE-FLOWING FOOD PRODUCTS, SUCH AS SPICES, WHICH WILL REPLACE CONVENTIONAL ETHYLENE-OXIDE STERILIZATION METHODS. THE ETHYLENE-OXIDE METHOD CREATES POTENTIAL EXPOSURE HAZARDS TO EMPLOYEES AND POTENTIAL RESIDUAL COMBINATION PRODUCTS WHICH CAN BE UNACCEPTABLE IN CERTAIN FOODS. IN PHASE I, THE FEASIBIL ...

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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Effective communication between patients and healthcare professionals is important for positive clinical outcomes. However, patients with special communication handicaps [e.g., limited English proficiency, hearing impairment, aphasia, intubation for mechanical ventilation (MV)] have a limited number of tools to help them communicate their needs and physical sta ...

THE CURRENT PROCEDURE FOR REPORTING COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS SYSTEM SOFTWARE FAILURE USING PAPER FORMS IS ERROR-PRONE, TIME-CONSUMING AND INEFFICIENT. WHEN NUMEROUS TROUBLE REPORTS ARE ROUTINELY GENERATED, AS IS THE CASE WITH LARGE SYSTEMS OR SYSTEMS DEPLOYED AT MULTIPLE SITES, THE DEFICIENCIES OF PAPER FORMS MAY SEVERLY INHIBIT THE PROBLEM RESOLUTION PROCESS. THE TIMELY CORRECTION OF FIELD FAIL ...

COLORECTAL CARCINOMA IS ONE OF THE MOST PREVALENT AND LETHAL CANCERS IN THE UNITED STATES. ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, THERE ARE 130,000 NEW CASES EACH YEAR. EARLY DIAGNOSIS IS DIFFICULT AND THERE IS NO DIAGNOSTIC TEST WITH A HIGH POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE DISEASE. DEVELOPMENT OF A TEST THAT DETECTS EARLY COLORECTAL CARCINOMA WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE MORB ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO INTEGRATE THE APPLICABLE FIELD, DEPOT AND OTHER AIR FORCE MAINTENANCE DATA INTO A SINGLE AND CONCISE MAINTENANCE HISTORY OR BASIC DATA PACKAGE. THIS PACKAGE OR HISTORY IS DESIGNED TO CONTAIN THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY ALL OF THE USING DISCIPLINES, TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTING MAINTENANCE LEVELS (HARDWARE REPAIR, REMOVE AND REPLACE, CHECKED OK, ETC) AND, FINAL ...