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Sensors Unlimited Inc. (Princeton, NJ) has been named one of the 500 fastest-growing companies in the United States by Inc. magazine, number 223 on the list. . . . Uncooled Infrared Imaging Arrays and Systems by Paul W. Kruse and David Skatrud, volume 47 of the Semiconductors and Semimetals series by Academic Press (New York, NY), is a comprehensive treatment of that subject. . . . Daedalus Enterprises Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI), developer and manufacturer of remote-sensing instruments for environmental applications, announced improved results for fiscal 1997—a net loss of $64,000 ($0.12 per share) on revenue of $3.0 million, compared to a net loss of $970,000 ($1.85 per share) on revenue of $2.1 million a year earlier. . . . Japanese production of liquid-crystal displays is expected to rise 31% from a year earlier, to $7.6 billion, according to the Electronic Industries Association of Japan.