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A BETTER ELASTOMERIC MODIFIER WILL BE SEARCHED AND USED FOR BISMALEIMIDE (BMI) RESIN TO IMPROVE THE TOUGHNESS OF THE RESIN. THE GOAL IS GOOD ROOM TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS WITH GOOD STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE IN THE 350-450 DEG F RANGE. NEAT RESIN SPECIMENS AND LABORATORY SCALE GRAPHITE FIBER COMPOSITE SPECIMENS WILL BE MADE FOR TOUGHENING TESTS AND EVALUATIONS.

THERE IS A SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EQUIPPEDTO PROVIDE THE SPECIAL CARE NEEDED BY THE INCREASED NUMBERS OF ELDERLY. THERE IS ALSO A SHORTAGE OF FACULTY NEEDED FOR EDUCATING GERIATRICALLY COMPETENT PROFESSIONALS. CONVENTIONAL INSTRUCTION IS UNLIKELY TO RESPOND ADEQUATELY; THEREFORE, NEW EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES HOLD CONSIDERABLE PROMISE FOR SOLVING THESE PROBLEMS. THE ULTIMATE GOALS ...

CYSTIC FIBROSIS (CF) IS A LETHAL AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISEASEAFFECTING MAINLY WHITE CHILDREN. THE RISK OF BEING A CARRIER OF THE CYSTIC FIBROSIS GENE IN THE WHITE POPULATION IS HIGH-APPROXIMATELY 5%. AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS CAN BE DIAGNOSED BY HIGH SWEAT CHLORIDE LEVELS WITHAPPROXIMATELY 98% RELIABILITY. HOWEVER, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO CARRY A SINGLE CYSTIC FIBROSIS GENE AND ARE PO ...

THIS PROJECT WOULD DEVELOP AN INTERFACE BOARD FOR THE IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER AND COMPATIBLES WHICH WOULD ALLOW SOFTWAREDEVELOPERS TO PRODUCE INEXPENSIVE MULTISENSORY COURSEWARE. THE STUDENTS USING THE COURSEWARE WOULD GET HUMAN VOICE VER BAL INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO OPERATE THE COMPUTER AN BE TAUGHT THE SUBJECT MATTER THROUGH VERBAL. VISUAL AND TACTILE INTER ACTION WITH THE COMPUTER. TO KEEP THE METHO ...

THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING GENETIC ENGINEERING TO IMPROVE COMMERCIAL AQUACULTURE AND MARICULTURE. THE SPECIFIC PHASE I AIMS ARE TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES ON EGG HATCHING RATES AND TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCY. USING A 3X2 FACTORIAL ARRANGEMENT OF TREATMENTS(TRT), GENE TRANSFER WILL BE ATTEMPTED BY (1) INDUCED ABSORPTION ...

A VERY CRITICAL ELEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FILAMENT WOUND COMPOSITE STRUCTURES (FWCS) IS THE PRECISE TENSION CONTROL OF THE ROVING FILAMENT (AT THE POINT IT CONTACTS THE PART). PRESENTLY, THERE ARE NO OFF-THE-SHELF TENSIONERS ABLE TO MAINTAIN ACCURATE, DYNAMIC TENSION AT THE ROVING SPOOL. CONSEQUENTLY, BOTH THE MANUFACTURE AND THE R & D OF FWCS TECHNOLOGY IS SEVERELY HANDICAPPED. THE IDEAL TENS ...

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IT IS PROPOSED TO INVESTIGATE THE USE OF A NOVEL INFRARED SOURCE TO BE USED IN THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL MULTISENSOR CHEMICAL DETECTOR AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM. THE SOURCE IS ALL SOLID STATE, ELECTRONICALLY CHOPPABLE AND OPERATES WITHOUT ANY COOLING. IT IS PROPOSED TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF MODULATED OUTPUT WHICH CAN BE ACHIEVED FROM THE DEVICE, THE OPTIMAL SIZE OR CONFIGURATION FOR A G ...