NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

20040073586 Department of the Army, Washington, DC
The Physiologic Effects of Wounds, Surgery in World War II (Medical Department, USA Army)
Jan. 1952; 385 pp.; In English; Original contains color illustrations
Report No.(s): AD-A422425; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A17, Hardcopy
The volumes comprising the history of the Medical Department of the U. S. Army in World War II are divided into two
series: (1) The Administrative and Operational series which constitutes a part of the general series of the history of the U. S.
Army in World War 11, published under the direction of the Office of the Chief of Military History, and (2) the Professional,
or clinical and technical series, published as The Medical Department of the USA Army under the direction of the Office of
The Surgeon General. Both series are being prepared by the Historical Unit, Army Medical Service. This volume is one of
a number of surgical volumes to be published in the latter series.
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Medical Services; Military Operations; Physiological Effects; Surgery; United States
20040073607 Army Research Inst. of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA
Characterization of Uncertainties in a Thermal Strain Prediction Model for Military Applications
Yokota, Miyo; Matthew, William T.; Berglund, Larry G.; Buller, Mark J.; Hoyt, Reed W.; Dec. 2003; 38 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): AD-A422466; USARIEM-T04-03; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
Thermoregulatory prediction models are increasingly needed for accurate physiological status and risk assessment to
prevent heat and cold injuries among deployed soldiers. These biophysical prediction models can provide consistent and
repeatable simulations over a wide range of working and environmental conditions to assess physiological risks because they
are rationally based on thermodynamics and heat transfer coupled with active physiological control systems and biophysical
properties. In contrast, a statistical regression prediction model (8) is limited to the test conditions used in its development.
However, it is important to evaluate model predictions of physiological responses in real field situations for its acceptance and
useful application. Recent improvements in physiological data collection methods, physiological sensors and communication
devices have facilitated the military field evaluation process. Comparisons of physiological data with model predictions
provide the analytical basis needed to identify uncertainties and characterize model performance.
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Mathematical Models; Military Technology; Physiological Effects
20040073615 Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
Involvement of a Human Endogenous Retrovirus in Breast Cancer
Garry, Robert F.; Aug. 2003; 101 pp.; In English; Original contains color illustrations
Contract(s)/Grant(s): DAMD17-00-1-0472
Report No.(s): AD-A422489; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A06, Hardcopy
Our overall goal is to determine whether human mammary tumor virus (HMTV) sequences, present as an endogenous
retrovirus, are involved in a subset of human breast cancers. In studies completed for first specific aim, samples form a cohort
(>200) of breast cancer and appropriate control patients were obtained. Tn studies under the second specific aim, we
identified and sequenced HMTV nucleic acids in breast cancer tissue, control tissue, and blood of patients form our cohorts.
Results form a subset of blinded blood samples found that blood from approximately 20% of controls and 70% of breast cancer
patients were positive for HMTV sequences. The third specific aim was to construct DNA and CDNA libraries from tissues
positive for HNTV proviurses. As this task ahs been accomplished by others (Pogo and Mason), we are focused on confirming
the blinded PCR results in the entire cohort, which is nearly completed. The studies under specific aim four, to express HMTV
proteins in an insect cell system, and to characterize the immunological reactions of breast cancer patients and controls against
HMTV proteins, are in progress. If a definite link is established, HMTV will provide a target for vaccine development and
breast cancer therapy.
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Cancer; Mammary Glands
20040073638 Navy Personnel Research Studies and Technology, Millington, TN
Pregnancy and Parenthood: Results of the 2001 Survey
Uriell, Zannette A.; Apr. 2004; 78 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): AD-A422521; NPRST-AB-04-3; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A05, Hardcopy
The 2001 Survey of Pregnancy and Parenthood is the sixth in a series of Navy-wide surveys that began in 1988. A
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