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Plasma from AB donors is considered universal as it can be transfused regardless of recipient blood type and is frequently used to rapidly resuscitate massively bleeding hospital trauma patients and warfighters with combat casualties. However supplies can be rapidly depleted as AB donors make up only 4% of the population. Therefore robust a technology to cost-effectively generate universal plasma ...

The issue of organic and inorganic wastes from aquaculture production have received considerable attention in recent years due to the negative effects these wastes may have on the culture systems and on receiving waters. The primary origin of these waste comes from the feed. Wastes from unassimilated feed and the fish's metabolic process negatively affect water quality and fish growth. One way to ...

"The goal of this SBIR proposal is to develop and demonstrate a technique for improving the accuracy of DEMs generated from satellite imagery by using appropriate airborne imagery. It is anticipated that the positioning and pointing capabilities of futureUAVs will provide much more accurate geo-location of features on the ground than satellite systems and they, therefore, can provide the surrogat ...

This proposal consists of an innovative integrated solution for damage diagnosis of bridge structures using a non-contact image-based measurement methodology. High-resolution and regular camera systems will be used to capture the bridge movements and the traffic passing the bridge, respectively. Computer vision techniques will be used to extract the deflection time-histories of the bridge as well ...

SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE VALUE OF FLEXIBLE CERAMIC BLANKETS SUCH AS ADVANCED FLEXIBLE REUSABLE SURFACE INSULATION (AFRS) FOR REENTRY THERMAL PROTECTION ON AREAS EXPOSED TO MODERATE HEATING RATES. OTHER CERAMIC BLANKETS ARE BEING DEVELOPED FOR FUTURE SPACECRAFT SUCH AS THE NASP, SHUTTLE-C, AND AEROASSIST ORBITAL TRANSFER VEHICLES. PITTS AND KOURTIDES (1989) DESCRIBE A HYBRID INSU ...

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HIGHLY POLYMORPHIC ALU LOCI WILL BE USED AS GENETIC MARKERS TO REFINE THE HUMAN GENETIC LINKAGE MAP. A REFINED GENETIC MAP IS IMPORTANT FOR MAPPING INHERITED DISEASE GENES, FOR STUDYING LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY, AND FOR CONSTRUCTING A PHYSICAL MAP OF THE HUMAN GENOME. REGIONS FLANKING ALU ELEMENTS FROM VARIOUS LOCI WILL BE SEQUENCED AND PCR PRIMERS WILL BE DEVELOPED TO AMPLIFY THE ALU ELEMENTS. PCR ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Among the most undesirable sequelae of chemo- and radiotherapies for the treatment of cancer are bone marrow hypoplasia and pancytopenia. These can further lead to immunodeficiency, bleeding and hypoxia significantly i mpacting the morbidity of cancer patients. The discovery of growth factors that regulate hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) proliferation led to th ...

In the industrial northeast there is an under-fulfilled, year round demand for fresh, locally grown produce. The demand is measured by the steady growth (13% per year nationally) of farmers? markets since 1995. This project will use innovative hydroponic and LED technologies to study and verify if high nutrient, high quality greens can be grown cost effectively in small, urban, high density, indoo ...

The magnitude and dynamic range of data being generated by the NIDA MALDI-IM-o-TOFMS molecular imaging spectrometer demands a new approach to bioinfomatics. We are now able to record the spatial location of most molecules on the surface of bio-sample and are attempting to develop techniques which would yield depth profiles into tissues or the interior of single cells.