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AVIAN MYELOBLASTOSIS VIRUS (AMV), A SOURCE OF REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE FOR USE IN RECOMBINANT DNA WORK, IS CURRENTLY PRODUCED COMMERCIALLY FROM THE PLASMA OF LEUKEMIC CHICKS. PRODUCTION INVOLVES INOCULATION OF SEVERAL HUNDRED DAY-OLD CHICKS WITH AMV AND HARVEST OF VIRUS-CONTAINING BLOOD BY HEART PUNCTURE 7 TO 10 DAYS LATER. THE RESEARCH PROPOSED WILL INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF COMMERCIAL-SCALE PR ...

NEOGEN IS COMMITTED TO DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTICS WHICH WILLIMPROVE THE HEALTH OF BOTH PLANTS AND ANIMALS. USING INFORMATION GATHERED FROM PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES WHICH RECOGNIZE VARIOUS MYCOTOXINS, SIMILAR PROCEDURES WOULD BE USED TO PRODUCE POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM IN RABBITS AND MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES (SECRETED BY STABILIZED HYBRIDOMA CELLLINES) WHICH BIND TO SULFONAMIDES. THE INCORPORATION OF ANTI ...

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING ROBOTICS TODAY ARE ISSUES DEALING WITH NOVELTY, PROCESSOR FAULTS AND SELF-ORGANIZATION. TO MEET THESE NEEDS, THE PROPOSED STUDY WILL IMPLEMENT A PROTOTYPE OF A NEURAL NETWORK MODEL USED TO ADAPTIVELY CONTROL THE COORDINATION OF A MULTIJOINT ROBOTARM AND TWO STEREO CAMERAS. THE IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE BASED ON THE COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF AN EXISTING NEURAL NETWORK MODEL ...

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THE EXPANDING FIBER OPTIC SENSOR FIELD HAS POINTED TO INCREASING NEED FOR SUITABLE COMPACT, EFFICIENT, AND REASONABLE COST INTERFACE SUBASSEMBLIES. IN PARTICULAR, SPECTRAL ANALYZERS ARE NEEDED TO INTERPRET THE FIBER OPTIC SIGNAL FROM AN OF NUMEROUS TYPES OF FIBER SENSORS -- E.G., WAVELENGTH MODULATION SENSORS. A VERY PROMISING TYPE OF SPECTRAL ANALYZER FOR THIS PURPOSE IS A "HOLOGRAPHIC PROCESSOR" ...

NEW AND IMMERGING TECHNOLOGIES HAVE MADE POSSIBLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A "POCKET-SIZED, INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETER. SUCH AN INSTRUMENT WOULD HAVE APPLICATION IN THE ACCURATE AND RELIABLE REAL-TIME DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIN AEROSOLS. OPCOA PROPOSES TO USE MICROELECTRONICS AND MICRO-OPTICS TO REDUCE THE SIZE AND POWER REQUIREMENTS CONVENTIONAL IR SPECTROPHOTOMETERS AND DEVELOP A "SECOND GENERA ...

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PRESSURE PULSES WILL EXTRUDE LEAD DIAPHRAGMS INTO CAVITIES. THE SHAPE AND DESIGN OF THE CAVITY WILL PERMIT THE PRESSURE TO BE IDENTIFIED WHICH EXTRUDED THE DIAPHRAGM INTO THE CAVITY.

METHYLENE BIS O-CHLORO ANILINE HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A SUPERIOR URETHANE CURATIVE BUT TOXICITY CONCERNS HAVE LIMITED ITS USE. ALTERNATIVE COMPOUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, BUT THEY CANNOT MATCH THE HANDLING AND ULTIMATE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MOCA CURED ELASTOMERS. AN INVESTIGATIONS OF NOVEL PLYAMINE AND POLYOL COMPOUNDS SHOULD YIELD NEW AND USEFUL URETHANE CURATIVES. THE PROGRAM WOULD IN VOLVE SCREE ...

IS PROPOSED WHICH WILL CIRCUMVENT SEVERAL OF THE LIMITATIONSOF CURRENT LINEAR POSITION-SENSITIVE DETECTORS. THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE PROPOSED DETECTOR ARE: MULTIPLE ANODE WIRESIN A UNIQUE SPACING ARRANGEMENT WHICH WILL DISTRIBUTE THE SPACE CHARGE OVER A WIDER AREA AND WILL LEAD TO BOTH LONGER DETECTOR LIFETIME AND HIGHER COUNT-RATE CAPABILITY; AND A NEW CONCEPT FOR A PLANAR FAN-SHAPED CATHODE WI ...