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IT IS PROPOSED TO USE PHASE I TO ASSESS THE APPLICABILITY OF A NEW ULTRASONIC HEAD-TRACKER SYSTEM DEVELOPED FOR HELICOPTER USE BY AEG, A PROTOTYPE OF WHICH COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO W.W. GAERTNER RESEARCH, INC. FOR THIS TEST. IF THE ACCURACY OF THE ORIGINAL PROTOTYPE IS NOT ADEQUATE, SEVERAL DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS ARE SUGGESTED WHICH COULD BE IMPLEMENTED UNDER PHASE II.

RECENT RESEARCH SUGGESTS THE NEED TO DEVELOP A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO CURRENT SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAMS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS THUS THREEFOLD: (1) TO DEVELOP A HEALTHPRIZE 500 MOTIVATION ENHANCEMENT KIT AS A COST EFFECTIVE, MINIMAL INTERVENTION ALTERNATIVE APPEALING TO A BROAD SPECTRUM OF SMOKERS AND ACCELERATING THE SMOKING CESSATION PROCESS; (2) TO TARGET DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY FOR THE ...

A RAPID HIGH RECOVERY DIAFILTRATION PROCESS FOR THE SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES WILL BE DEVELOPED AND DEMONSTRATED. THE MILD PROCESS CONDITIONS AND SIZE SELECTIVITY OF MEMBRANE FILTRATION WILL BE USED TO RECOVER BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCED FUSION PROTEINS OF 15,000 TO 20,000 MOLECULAR WEIGHT. THE FUSION PROTEIN WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO CONTAIN THE DESIRED BIOLO ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO DEVELOP AN IN VITRO CULTURE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY STAGE EMBRYOS TO BLASTOCYST STAGES. A SERIES OF FOUR EXPERIMENTS ARE PROPOSED IN WHICH FOUR TREATMENTS; 1) BOVINE TROPHOBLASTIC VESICLES, 2) FETAL BOVINE UTERINE CELLS, 3) OVIDUCTAL EPITHELIAL CELLS AND 4) SHELL-FREE CHICK EMBRYOS ARE USED AS FEEDER CELLS TO CO-CULTURE WITH EITHER MOUSE OR G ...

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FISH SKIN MUCUS FUNCTIONING IN PRIMARY DEFENSE AND ENVIRON- MENTAL ADAPTATION CONTAINS BIOLOGIC ACTIVITIES THAT APPEAR TO REDUCE PATHOGEN INFECTIVITY AND PERHAPS ENHANCE PATHOGEN ANTIGENICITY. LEVELS OF THESE ACTIVITIES ALSO APPEAR TO BE GENETICALLY CONTROLLED. WE PRPOSED CHARACTERIZE MUCUS LYSOZYME,PROTEASE, AND PRECIP-ITIN ACTIVITES (MLPAS) IN A RAINBOW TROUT POPULATION BEFORE AND AFTER INDUCED ...

THE GENERAL PURPOSE ICE DETECTOR/ACCUMULATOR PROPOSED IN THIS DOCUMENT EMPLOYS TWO ULTRASONIC SENSING MODES. RAYLEIGH WAVES (SURFACE WAVES) ARE USED TO DETECT THE ONSET OF ICING, AND TIME-OFFLIGHT MEASUREMENTS IN A NORMAL INCIDENT REFLECTION OF ULTRASONIC PULSES FROM THE ICE LAYERS ARE USED FOR MEASURING APPRECIALBE BUILDUP THICKNESS OF THE ICE (>0.5MM). THE BASIC PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING A TIME-OF-F ...

A PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A PROJECTOR IS PRESENTED, BASED ON THE FITZGERALD FLEXBAR, THAT HAS AN ACOUSTIC OUTPUT AT FR 1000 HZ OF SOMEWHAT BETTER THAN 100 WATTS, WITH A QM 5 AND EFFICIENCIES OF 65 - 70%. THE PROPOSED FLEXDUCER MODULE IS 15" (...) IN DIAMETER BY 15" (...) HIGH AND CONSISTS OF 36 CERAMIC FLEXBARS, NODALLY MOUNTED IN TWO TIERS OF 18 EACH. THE PROJECTOR IS AIR-BACKED AND CARRIES ITS OWN ...

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