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HIGH CRITICAL TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING CERAMICS HOLD PROMISE FOR NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS IN ENERGY STORAGE, COMMUNICATIONS AND SENSING TECHNOLOGIES. HOWEVER, TECHNICALPROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FABRICATION AND PROCESSING OF THESE MATERIALS MUST FIRST BE OVERCOME. THIS RESEARCH PROJECT APPLIES ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION TO THE PROBLEMS OF PROCESSING THALLIUM GROUP SUPERCONDUCTING CERAMICS CONTAI ...

SUPERCONDUCTING CERAMICS HOLD PROMISE FOR NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS IN ENERGY STORAGE, COMMUNICATIONS AND SENSING TECHNOLOGIES. HOWEVER, TECHNICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FABRICATION AND PROCESSING OF THESE MATERIALS MUST FIRST BE OVERCOME. THIS RESEARCH APPLIED ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION TO THE PROBLEMS OF PROCESSING SUPERCONDUCTING CERAMICS. IF SUCCESSFUL, THE NONAQUEOUS TECHNIQUES PROPOSED COU ...

THE BATTERY SYSTEMS PRESENTLY USED TO POWER NAVAL MINES HAVE VERY LIMITED SHELF LIVES AND VERY LIMITED SPECIFIC POWER AND SPECIFIC ENERGY. THEY LIMIT THE LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE OF SOPHISTICATED SYSTEMS FOR DETECTION OF TARGETS AND CONTROL OF THE MINE. THIS RESEARCH INVESTIGATES THE FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING SINGLE CELL SEA-WATER BATTERIES FOR POWERING NAVAL MINES OF THE 1990S.

THIS RESEARCH INVOLVES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL TYPE OF CHEMICAL AGENT RESISTANT COATING (CARC) FOR AVIATION GROUND SUPPORT SYSTEMS. THE APPROACH IS TO EXTEND THE CAPABILITIES OF STATE-OF-THE-ART PAINTS BY INCORPORATING AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT WHICH WILL CHEMICALLY NEUTRALIZE THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF AND RENDER INNOCUOUS BATTLEFIELD CW AGENTS. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE PAINT WILL BE EASILY DECONTAM ...

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING ALUMINUM ALLOYS FOR ADHESIVE BONDING IS PROPOSED WHICH CAN SIGNIFICANTLY SIMPLIFY ADHESIVE BONDED REPAIR IN THE FIELD. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH EXPLORES THE FEASIBILITY OF USING NON-HAZARDOUS SURFACE TREATMENTS ON ALUMINUM ALLOYS WHICH PROVIDE ADHESIVE BONDS WITH EQUAL OR GREATER STRENGTH AND DURABILITY TO THOSE PREPARED BY CONVENTIONAL CHROMIC ACID ETCHING PROCESSES. THE NOVE ...

REMOTE DETECTION OF MINUTE CONCENTRATIONS OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN GROUNDWATER USING STATE-OF-THE ART ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT IS VERY DIFFICULT. ADDING THE CONSTRAINT OF MAKING THE MEASUREMENTS IN REAL-TIME, AND THE TASK BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE. THIS RESEARCH EXPLORES THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A NEW TYPE OF REMOTE REAL-TIME SENSING OPTRODE. THE PROPOSED APPROACH EMPHASIZES ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE, ...

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ALTHOUGH A LARGE NUMBER OF DNA CLONES EXIST WHICH COVER MANYOF THE GENES OF THE HUMAN MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX (MHC), A NUMBER OF LARGE GAPS EXIST, INCLUDING THE 275-300 KB REGION OF DNA BETWEEN HUMAN LEUCOCYTE ANTIGEN (HLA)-DR AND THE COMPLEMENT GENES. THE MHC ENCODES GENES DETERMING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DISEASE, INCLUDING JUVENILE-ONSET DIABETES, GLUTEN-SENSITIVE ENTEROPATHY, AND THE BLISTE ...

INFECTION OF HUMANS WITH THE SMALL HEPATOTROPHIC DNA VIRUS, HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV), CAN LEAD TO ACUTE OR CHRONIC HEPATITIS, CIRRHOSIS AND PRIMARY HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA. IN SPITE OF ADVANCES IN TESTING OF BLOOD AND THE RECENT INTRODUCTION OF A SAFE EFFECTIVE VACCINE, THERE IS STILL AN INCIDENCE OF ABOUT 6% INFECTION BY HBV IN INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVE A BLOOD TRANSFUSION OR BLOOD PRODUCTS. THUS T ...

DIABETES MELLITUS IS ONE OF THE MOST PREVALENT, MORBID AND MORTAL DISEASES KNOWN TO MANKIND. TRANSPLANTATION OF PANCREATIC ISLETS IN ANIMAL MODELS CAN COMPLETELY CURE DIABETES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY MAKE THE ANIMAL ABSOLUTELY INDEPENDENT OF INSULIN. THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSPLANTATION OF ISLETS CAN BE FACILITATED IN A CLINICAL SITUATION IF ADEQUATE MEANS OF PRESERVING ISLETS ARE AVAILABLE. THE OVERALL LO ...