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THE AGING AMERICAN POPULATION IS EXERTING INCREASING DEMANDS ON THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. HOME HEALTH CARE IS A RAPIDLY GROWING ALTERNATIVE TO INSTITUTIONALIZED CARE. IT INVOLVES PATIENTS DIRECTLY IN THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE, WHICH ALSO REDUCES COSTS. MEDICAL DEVICES UTILIZING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY WILL BE AN INCREASING FACTOR IN HOME HEALTH CARE. A CENTRAL ISSUE CONCERNS THE ABILITY OF OLDER PEOPLE, WHO ...

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A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP MATERIALS FOR PACKAGING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS (LCDS) USINGPLASTIC SUBSTRATES. THE PLASTIC LCD TECHNOLOGY WILL MEET THE DOD'S NEED OF DISPLAYS RANGING FROM HAND HELD TO BLACKBOARD SIZE. THE KEY TECHNOLOGY IS SELECTION OF PLASTIC SUBSTRATES AND DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION METHOD FOR A TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE THIN FILM ON THE ...

MANAGMENT OF GROUND WATER IS MORE EMPIRICAL ART THAN SCIENCE, MUCH OF WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE BRICK AND MORTAR INDUSTRIES OF MINING, TUNNELING, DAM AND POWER PLANT DESIGN. THIS PROPOSAL IS TO RESEARCH AND DOCUMENT THE STATE OF THE ART IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD, IDENTIFY METHODS HAVING POTENTIAL TO MEET USAF REQUIREMENTS, AND PREPARE A COMPENDIUM AS A BASE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TO MEET THE NE ...

PACER SYSTEMS, INC. (PACER) PROPOSES A PHASE I STUDY TO DETERMINE AN APPROACH FOR INTEGRATING EMBEDDED TRAINING WITH THE FUTURE UPDATE IV AVIONICS SYSTEM AND INVESTIGATING THE FEASIBILITY OF RETROFITTING A SELECTED PORTION OF THAT EMBEDDED TRAINING INTO THE EXISTING-P-3C UPDATE III. THE STUDY WILL INCLUDE A PARTIAL HARDMAN ANALYSIS, DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES, TRADE-OFF STUDIES, PREFERR ...

THE TORPEDO NOSE WINDOW APPLICATION REQUIRES MATERIALS WITH A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF PROPERTIES. THESE MATERIALS SHOULD BE STRONG, NOT VERY LOSSY, RELATIVELY INERT, ACOUSTICALLY WELL MATCHED TO SEAWATER, INEXPENSIVE, AND EASY TO FABRICATE. SOFT, RELATIVELY LOSSY RUBBERS HAVE BEEN USED SO FAR. TWO TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF RECENT YEARS FORESHADOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED MATERIALS WITH VERY L ...

THE PHASE I PROGRAM WILL EXTEND EXISTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND USE IT TO ANALYZE DOSE-RESPONSE DATA OBTAINED FROM BACTERIAL INTERACTIONS WITH SELECTED ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS. THE SPIRAL PLATING METHOD WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE - FROM A SINGLE PETRI-DISH - DATA ON BACTERIAL POPULATION CHANGES AND COLONY SIZE VARIATION OVER A RANGE OF UP TO 600:1 IN ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT POTENCY. EXISTING LASER SCANNING I ...

A ROBUST METHOD FOR ACHIEVING STOCHASTIC HEATING OF IONOSPHERIC ELECTRONS TO RELATIVEISTIC ENERGIES IS PROPOSED THAT USES MULTIPLE FREQUENCY ELECTRON CYCLOTRON HEATING (MFECH): ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FROM GROUND BASED ANTENNAS IS FOCUSED ON A SUITABLE REGION OF THE EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE; AND THE FREQUENCY SPECTRUM OF THE RADIATION IS CHOSEN TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF RELATIVISTIC LIMIT CYCLES ...

DURING THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, GREAT ADVANCES HAVE BEEN MADE TOWARD THE GOAL OF PRODUCING AN OXYGEN-CARRYING RESUSCITATIVE FLUID, COMMONLY CALLED ARTIFICIAL BLOOD SUBSTITUTE. FROM THE PRELIMINARY STUDIES IN THIS LABORATORY, IT APPEARS FEASIBLE TO SYNTHESIZE A SUITABLE SUBSTANCE IN FREEZE-DRIED FORM. THE ARTIFICIAL BLOOD PROPOSED IN THIS INVESTIGATION CAN BE PRODUCED FROM A STABLIZED TETRAMERIC HEM ...

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