PURCHASE OF STAR The semimonthly issues and the cumulative index issues are available postpaid on subscription and in single copy from the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, United States of America. Semimonthly issues. . . Annual subscription rates: $76.50 domestic: $95.65 foreign. Price per single copy: $3.25 domestic; $4.10 foreign. Cumulative index issues... Annual subscription rates: $25.55 domestic; $31.95 foreign. Price per single copy varies according to the number of pages. Domestic subscription rates... Apply to the United States, Canada, Mexico, and all Central and South American countries, except as noted below. Foreign subscription rates... Apply to Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, British Honduras, and all other countries throughout the world. Payment should be by check, money order, or document coupons, and must accompany order. Remittances from foreign countries should be made by international money order or draft on an American bank, payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by UNESCO book coupons. PUBLISHED BY: UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION OFFICE Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports, Volume 12. is prepared by the NASA The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has determined that the publication of this periodical is necessary in the transaction of the public business required by law of this Agency. Use of funds for printing this periodical has been approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget through June 30, 1977. ON-GOING RESEARCH PROJECTS 1. AERODYNAMICS 3.0001, DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED CATHODE SYSTEMS FOR HIGH ENERGY PRIMARY BATTERIES M.M. NICHOLSON, Rockwell International Corp., Canoga Park, California 91304 (F19628-74-C-0068) AF function-advanced missile applications. Deficiency - excessive weight and volume of existing battery power sources. Research into alternative electrochemical power sources. How research contributes - assists in development of new battery types with improved energy density and reliability. Methods of preparing and evaluating practical semiconductor fluoride cathodes for high energy battery applications will be investigated. The emphasis will be placed on studies of the mechanism of the cathodic passivation process previously observed for these materials in nonaqueous electrolyte solutions. Fabrication and electrochemical evaluation methods will be investigated for porous cathode structures using n-type cadmium fluoride, zinc fluoride and related materials developed in the program. Supporting agency address information: AF Cambridge Research Laboratories, L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Mass. 01730. SUPPORTED BY U.S. Dept. of Defense - Air Force 4. BIOSCIENCES Includes Aerospace Medicine, Exobiology, Radiation Effects on Biological Systems, Physiological and Psychological Factors. For Related Information See Also: 05 Biotechnology. 4.0001, UTRICULAR INFLUENCES ON VISUAL MOTOR CONTROL RESEARCH C.H. MARKHAM, Univ. of California, Graduate School, Los Angeles, California 90024 (970-21-11) SUPPORTED BY U.S. Natl. Aero. & Space Adm. 4.0002, EFFECT OF BEDREST ON INSULIN RESISTANCE G.M. REAVEN, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California 94305 (970-21-14) SUPPORTED BY U.S. Natl. Aero. & Space Adm. 4.0003, MECHANISMS OF INNATE AND ENTRAINED PATTERNS IN NEURONS F. STRUMWASSER, Calif. Inst. of Technology, Graduate School, Pasadena, California 91109 The research objectives are concerned with a continuing search for principles operating in the nervous system that organize the non- reflexive behaviors, particularly those that are periodic. All of the research will be performed on the sea hare, Aplysia californica (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) and other belated mollusks. The methods of research will be very broad-based. They will include quantitative behavioral measurements, multiunit and single neuron recordings in intact subjects and dissected (in-vitro) preparations, electron microscopy of nervous tissue, the use of organ-cultured ganglia and biochemical measurements on whole ganglia and on single neurons. The titles of the six major projects are as follows: I. The nature and mechanism of action of the egg-laying hormone on behavior. II. Morphological, electrophysiological and biochemical studies of the circadian rhythm in the eye. III. CNS organization leading to the circadian locomotor rhythm. IV. Synaptic organization of a neuron with a circadian rhythm and its relevance for entrainment by photoperiod. V. The synthesis and turnover of proteins in single neurons in relationship to their activity and circadian rhythm. VI. Dynamic aspects of long-term neuronal interactions studied under organ-culture conditions. SUPPORTED BY U.S. Dept. of Hlth. Ed. & Wel. - N.I.H. |