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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 ...

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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JET PROCESS CORPORATION PROPOSED TO FURTHER DEVELOP ITS NOVEL, PATENTED JET VAPOR DEPOSITION (JVD) COATING TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE IT CAPABLE OF COST EFFECTIVELY DISPLACING ELECTROPLATING AND SIMILAR METAL FINISH METHODS IN A WIDE RANGE OF INDUSTRIAL METAL COATING APPLICATIONS. JVD IS A CLEAN, DRY PROCESS WITH PRODUCES MINIMAL PROCESS WASTE AND NO TOXIC EFFLUENTS. IT IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD TECHNIQUE BASE ...

THE THIRTEEN MILLION TWO AND FOUR STROKE GASOLINE UTILITY ENGINES SOLD IN THE U.S EACH YEAR ARE A MAJOR SOURCH OF TOTAL U.S. AIR EMISSIONS. THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD ESTIMATES THAT THESE RICH-BURNING UTILITY ENGINES CONTRIBUTE FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL STATEWIDE MOBILE SOURCES HYDROCARBONS AND FOUR PERCENT OF TOTAL STATEWIDE MOBILE SOURCES CARBON MONOXIDE. SIMILAR LEVELS MAY BE EXPECTED N ...

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 ...

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