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SPECTRALLY FILTERING THE SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION USED IN FIBEROPTIC ENDOSCOPES SO THAT REAL-TIME COMPUTERIZED COMPARISONS OF RESULTING IMAGES (OBTAINED AT TWO OR MORE DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS) CAN BE MADE WILL ADD AN IMPORTANT NEWDIMENSION TO GASTROINTESTINAL FIBEROPTIC DIAGNOSES. SUCH PROCESSING OF SPECTRAL IMAGES WILL ENABLE THE DIAGNOSTICIAN,DURING ROUTINE ENDOSCOPIC EXAMINATIONS, TO DETECT LOCATIO ...

THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CRITICALLY EVALUATE TWO ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT OF COMPLEX COATINGS ON TURBINE COMPONENTS, NAMELY EDDY CURRENT AND BETABACKSCATTER. THE COATING EVALUATION WOULD BE CARRIED OUT ON INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS AND ON ACTUAL PARTS INSTALLED IN ENGINES. ACHIEVEMENT OF THESE OBJECTIVES WOULD PERMIT COATING PROCESS MONITORING OF TURBI ...

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Methods for obtaining highly purified Langerhans Cells (LC) directly from epidermis or by directed differentiation of CD34+ progenitor cells are proposed. Development and commercialization of products for LC purification will aid basic research on the role of LC in skin diseases such as psoriasis, Kaposi's sarcoma and atopic dermatitis. The therapeutic goal of the work is to develop a method of gr ...

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THERMAL DESTRUCTION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE IN CONTAMINATED SOIL IS THE ONLY KNOWN METHOD OF PERMANENTLY MANAGING THIS THREAT TO GROUNDWATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER, THE COST ARE SO HIGH THAT TEMPORARY STORAGE HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THOSE SITES WHERE CLEAN-UP HAS BEEN PERFORMED. THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRETREATMENT TECHNIQUES TO MARKEDLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CONTAMINATED SOIL WHICH ...

The goal is to publish an assessment battery for normal and disabled children from 2 1/2 to 7 years of age and to make it available to clinicians, educators, and researchers. The battery will incorporate three innovative features that are important for effective assessment of children's cognitive functioning and are not included on any other early childhood assessment battery. These features are 1 ...

CURRENT HYDROGEN GAS DETECTION SYSTEMS DO NOT RESPOND QUICKLY ENOUGH TO SAFELY MONITOR THE HYDROGEN LEVEL IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS SYSTEMS. SFA PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NEW DETECTOR BASED ON MAGNETIC EFFECTS THAT WILL MEET THE 0.25-SECOND RESPONSE TIME REQUIREMENT AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF OPERATING WITHIN A TEMPERATURE RANGE OF 500 TO 3000 DEGREES R. THE RESULT OF THE PROJECT WILL BE TO DETERMINE IF TH ...

A SIGNIFICANT COST COMPONENT IN MANY CIVIL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS GEOTECHNICAL EXPLORATION. THE RESEARCH PROPOSEDFOCUSES ON DEVELOPMENT OF A GEOTECHNICAL EXPLORATION SYSTEM THAT WOULD HAVE CAPABILITIES NOT FOUND IN ANY CURRENTLY AVAILABLE SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM UNDER CONSIDERATION IS A COMBINATION OF TWO KNOWN TECHNOLOGIES, ELECTRIC CONE PENETRATION TESTING (ECPT), AND GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR) ...

THIS PROJECT IS INVOLVED WITH THE DESIGN AND VALIDATION OF DECISION-SUPPORT SOFTWARE WHICH CAN BE USED FOR BOTH SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM RESOURCE ALLOCATION DECISIONS IN THE CRITICAL CARE AREA. THE DECISIONS WHICH CAN BE ADDRESSED BY THE SOFTWARE INCLUDE THE DETERMINATION OF BED REQUIREMENTS, STAFFING REQUIREMENTS, AND OPERATING ROOM SCHEDULING POLICIES. THE SOFTWARE ALLOWS A HOSPITAL TO "MODEL" I ...