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THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST RECORDS OBSERVATIONS AND EVENTS BY HAND DURING THE COURSE OF AN OPERATION. TWO TYPES OF INFORMATION ARE BEING RECORDED. TYPE I INVOLVES COMMENTS FROM DIRECT OBSERVATION OF THE PATIENT AND COMMENTS ABOUT DIRECT PATIENT INTERVENTION SUCH AS DRUG ENTRIES. TYPE II INVOLVES INDIRECT OBSERVATION OF THE PATIENT VIA VARIOUS MONITORS AND TRANSDUCERS. OUR PROPOSAL FOCUSES DIRECTLY ON TH ...

RESEARCH TO DETERMINE IF ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FOR COUNTIES ON A REASONABLY CURRENT BASIS ARE VALID. THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA WHICH ARE AVAILABLE ON A CURRENT BASIS FOR COUNTIES WILL BE COMPARED FOR RECENT YEARS WITH REFERENCE DATA FROM ESTABLISHED STATISTICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD RESOURCES. IF THE CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE RELIABLE FOR S ...

With nearly 10 million people as potential consumers of Personal Assistance Service (PAS), identifying effective methodologies for providing these services is vitally important. The growth of independent living has raised the level of visibility of consumer empowerment. At this time, very little solid data exist to indicate the level of PAS required or the preferred delivery model for the servic ...

THE PROPOSED FEASIBILITY RESEARCH IS TO USE A UNIQUE GRAFTI ING TECHNIQUE TO MODIFY MEMBRANE MATERIALS IN SUCH A WAY AS TO RENDER THEM USEFUL FOR SPECIFIC WATER TREATMENT SITUATIONS. THE WORK WILL SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON THE DEVELOP MENT OF THE GRAFTING TECHNIQUE FOR POROUS MEMBRANE MATERIAL S. THE TECHNIQUE WILL BE DEMONSTRATED BY THE GRAFTING OF CHARGED MONOMER AND POLYMERS ONTO SEVERAL MATERIALS ...

As the Tactical Air Forces modernizes its C3I assets, there is an increasing need for high capacity, interoperable data storage media for tactical battlefield information display and collection systems. Optical disk drives and disk media are uniquely suited for this environment because of their durability and the flexibility associated with removable media for data distribution. However, the lack ...

THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR TACHING BASIC MUSICIANSHIP TO STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES. IT IS PROPOSED THAT BY REMOVING THE BARRIER OF A CUMBERSOME NOTATION SYSTEM, THE PRESENT CURRICULUM WILL MAKE MUSICAL EXPRESSION AVAILABLE TO MANY FOR WHOM IT HAS BEEN INACCESSIBLE. THE PROPOSED MELOZ NOTATION SYSTEM ACCOMMODATES ALL TWELVE PITCHES IN EA ...

Fungi are medically and economically very important, contributing to waste, spoilage and disease. Treatment of human fungal disease, especially in immunodeficient patients suffering from Acquired Immunodeficien- cy Syndrome, is hampered by the virtual lack of clinically useful drugs. Filamentous fungal morphogenesis and growth are the direct result of polysaccharide polymers and other materials be ...

Translated GPS tracking systems are frequently used to track missiles, aircraft, and other aerospace vehicle for applications requiring real-time position and velocity. The GPS/TPS tracking system provides intermediate data that is recorded during tracking and available for post-mission trajectory analysis. Greater post-mission trajectory accuracy can be achieved by using improved error models and ...

The DOT has identified the need for an emergency location service as part of the IVHS program. GPS has been proposed as a method of providing location in support of this "Mayday" service. However, the expense, slow time-to-first-fix, and inability to compute a navigation fix except when four satellites are visible make conventional GPS receivers inappropriate for emergency location. NAVSYS has dev ...

THE SPECIFIC AIM OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGIC- ALLY EFFICIENT AND COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS FOR THE SEPARATIONAND PURIFICATION OF MULTIGRAM QUANTITIES OF HIGH POLYUN- SATURATES (E.G., EICOSAPNOIC ACID, EPA, C20:5W3; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID, DHA, C22:6W3; AND ESTERS) FROM MARINE/FISH OILS, WITH THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF MAKING THESE AND POSSIBLY OTHER HIGH POLYUNSATURATES AVAILABLE FOR A WA ...