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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed collaborative project assesses the feasibility of integrating a new software module designed to collect, interpret, and manage family history into electronic health record (EHR) systems in a manner that is useful and acceptable to primary care providers and patients. The final product to be developed will be a commercially viable software module ca ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Phase I study was intended and did demonstrate feasibility of developing synthetic polyester monofilament sutures as alternatives to surgical gut sutures (SGS) with preferred properties in term of initial mechanical properties, strength retention profile, and tissue reactivity. Phase I results showed that (1) polyaxial amorphous polymeric initiators can be end- ...

THE DIAGNOSIS OF A VARIETY OF DISEASES (E.G., LEUKEMIA AND AIDS) CAN BE FACILITATED BY STUDYING THE VARIOUS SUB-POPULATIONS OF LEUKOCYTES IN THE BLOOD. ALTHOUGH MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES HAVE BEEN USED SUCCESSFULLY TO QUALITATIVELY CHARACTERIZE MANY PATHOLOGICAL DISEASES, IT REMAINS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO QUANTITATE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY BINDING SITES ON A PARTICULAR CELL TYPE. CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF ...

THE BUSINESS OF AQUACULTURE HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE UNITED STATES IN RECENT YEARS. THE USE OF INTENSIVE AQUACULTURE TECHNIQUES IN THE U.S. HAS PLACED AN INCREASING EMPHASIS ON MAINTAINING WATER QUALITY. DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW-COST AND RELIABLE AUTOMATED WATER QUALITY AND FEED CONDITION MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM WOULD PROVIDE BOTH RESEARCH AND COMMERCIAL AQUACULTURISTS WITH A MEANS OF ...

THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT EXISTING AT THE BORE SURFACE OF GUN BARRELS USED IN HIGH RATE OF FIRE AIRCRAFT CANNONS PRESENTS A FORMIDABLE DESIGN CHALLENGE TO THE GUN DESIGNER. HEAT, FRICTION, CORROSION AND WEAR AT THE BORE SURFACE ACT IN UNISON TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THE BORE. CHROME PLATING IS PRESENTLY THE ONLY COST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF IMPROVING BORE SURFACE LIFE. PLASMA SURFACE ALLOYING IS AN EMERGI ...