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REMOVAL OF TOXIC METALS FROM WASTEWATER STREAMS HAS BECOME A PROBLEM OF INCREASING NATIONAL IMPORTANCE, AS A RESULT OF INCREASING CONCERN FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND INCREASINGLY STRINGENT WASTE DISPOSAL REGULATIONS. CHROMATOCHEM, INC., HAS DEVELOPED AN ECONOMICAL AND EFFECTIVE NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR THE REMOVAL OF LOW LEVELS OF TOXIC METAL IONS FROM WASTEWATER STREAMS, USING SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION (SPE) ...

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ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CORPORATION (EER) HAS DISCOVERED A RADICALLY NEW METHOD OF BURNING NATURAL GAS. WHILE THE BEST PRESENTLY AVAILABLE GAS COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES PRODUCE NOX AT THE 10 TO 20 PPM LEVEL, THIS NEW METHOD ALLOWS THE COMBUSTION OF NATURAL GAS TO BE DONE WITH A PRODUCTION OF NOX WELL BELOW 1 PPM. THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY IS PARTICULARLY WELL SUITED TO APPLICATION IN GAS FIRED D ...

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THE U.S. POSSESSES HUGE COAL RESERVES, BUT SULFUR DIOXIDE (SO2) RELEASED UPON COMBUSTION IS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO ACID RAIN. SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MICROBIAL PROCESSES FOR PRECOMBUSTION REMOVALOF INORGANIC SULFUR FROM COAL. THIOBACILLUS AND SULFOLOBUS SP. HAVE BEEN MOST FREQUENTLY EMPLOYED. THEY ARE OPTIMALLY ADAPTED TO FUNCTION AT A PH BELOW 3 AND OFTEN AT ELEV ...

STATIONARY GAS ENGINES PRODUCE A DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGE SHARE OF THE TOTAL NOX EMISSIONS IN THE U.S., BUT NO AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY OFFERS A SATISFACTORY MEANS OF REDUCING THEIR EMISSIONS. THESE ENGINES ARE PREDOMINANTLY TWO CYCLE AND PRODUCE AN EXHAUST HAVING A HIGH RATIO OF OXYGEN (O2) TO NITRIC OXIDE (NO). THUS, A SELECTIVE NO REDUCTION TECHNIQUE IS NEEDED WHICH CONVERTS THE NO TO NITROGEN (N2) ...

MOUTHSTICKS OR ORTHODONTIC ORTHOSES ARE WIDELY USED BY PEOPLE WITH SPINAL CHORD INJURIES OR SIMILAR DISABILITIES TO INCREASE CONTROL OVER THEIR ENVIRONMENT. PEOPLE WITH THE ADDITIONAL LIMITATION OF LITTLE OR NO ANTERIOR/POSTERIOR HEAD MOTION MAY BENEFIT FROM AN EXTENDIBLE MOUTHSTICK. HOWEVER, COMMERCIAL EXTENDIBLE MOUTHSTICKS SUFFER IN THAT THEIR ACTION IS OFTEN SLOW, EXTENDIBILITY IS LIMITED, OR ...

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ONE OF THE PROBLEMS FACED BY MAINSTREAM SCHOOL PROGRAMS IS THE LACK OF QUALIFIED SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS AND THE EXPENSE OF THE INTERPRETERS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE. THE PROJECT PROPOSED HEREIN WILL INVESTIGATE THE USE OF SPEECH RECOGNITION EQUIPMENT AND DESIGNATED SPEAKERS AS A POSSIBLE SUPPLEMENT TO SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN THE CLASSROOM. SPEECH RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT ST ...