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VARIOUS ACTIVITIES (EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT, RESEARCH) GENERATE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAW DATA. HOWEVER, DATA IS COLLECTED IN A DISJOINTED AND ISOLATED FASHION (I.E., ACTS, LITERATURE) CREATING BARRIERS IN DATA ACCESS AND DISSEMINATION. THERE IS A CONSENSUS AMONG FAMILIES AND PROFESSIONALS, THAT NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS COULD BE GREATLY IMPROVED IF ...

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) ...

RURAL COMMUNITIES CURRENTLY EXPERIENCE PRESSURE FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES. LAND INFORMATION IS, HOWEVER, OFTEN DISTRIBUTED AMONG A VARIETY OF AGENCIES, DATA FORMATS AND SCALES, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO INTEGRATE FOR LOCAL MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING WITHIN FISCAL AND TIME CONSTRAINTS. ALTHOUGH LAND AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM HAVE PROLIFERATED IN RECE ...

GENETIC PROGRESS FOR ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT PRODUCTION TRAITS IN DAIRY CATTLE IS DEPENDENT ON THE ACCURATE SELECTION OF GENETICALLY SUPERIOR INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE AS PARENTS OF THE SUBSEQUENT GENERATION. PROGENY TESTING PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION INDUSTRY TO IDENTIFY SUPERIOR SIRES, AND HAVE PROVEN TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE SINCE THEIR INCEPTION, BUT ARE QUITE COSTLY. ...

THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SHEEP DAIRYING AS AN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR RURAL AREAS, AND AS AN ALTERNATIVE REVENUE GENERATING OPTION FOR SMALL COW FARMERS BESET BY DETERIORATING INDUSTRY ECONOMICS. THE PROPOSED FEASIBILITY STUDY EMBRACES THREE AREAS: COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF SHEEP DAIRYING; COMPILATION ON SHEEP'S MILK; AND, INVESTIGATION OF INFORMATIONAL AND ORG ...

WE PROPOSE TO TEST THREE SPECIES OF MILKWEED AND THEIR ECOTYPES IN THE GREEHOUSE FOR RESISTANCE, TOLERANCE OR BOTH TO BLACK SPOT AND BACTERIAL BLIGHT CAUSED BY THE FUNGAL PATHOGEN, CERCOSPORA SP. AND XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV ASCLEPIADIS. THESE TWO DISEASES ARE THE PRINCIPAL OBSTACLES TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMERCIAL MILKWEED INDUSTRY. THEY CAM REDUCE THE YIELD OF FLOSS BY 75%. RESULTS FROM SO ...

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THESE IS A GREAT NEED FOR A SAFE, ENERGY-EFFICIENT, ON-SITE METHOD FOR DECONTAMINATING VARIOUS CHEMICAL TOXINS. NEARLY ALL (I.E., 99.8%) OF THE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) FOUND IN CURRENT APPLICATIONS ARE USED AS DIELECTIC FLUID. THIS AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 30,000,000 GALLONS OF PCB-CONTAMINATED FLUID. TO REDUCE THIS EXPOSURE RISK THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IS REQUIRING THE ACCELERATED PH ...

ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES AND OCTANE NEEDS POINT TO MORE OXYGENATE USE IN GASOLINE, HOLDING HOPE FOR INCREASED GRAINUTILIZATION AS ETHANOL. TEHCNICAL CONSTRAITS, SOLVED BY CONVERSION TO ETHYL T-BUTYL ETHER, HAVE KEPT ETHANOL FROM MAINSTREAM REFINERY USE. THIS PROJECT SEEKS OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS FOR LAB SCALE CONVERSION OF HYDROUS ETHANOL TO ETBE, AND A THOROUGH CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PROJECT. A 60 ...

DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SOLID-STATE DIRECTION-INDICATING APPARATUS, WITH TILT-IMMUNITY, THAT PROVIDES AN AUDIBLE OR TACTILE INTERFACE WITH THE USER. REDUCED SIZE TO ALLOW ENCAPSULATION IN A TYPICAL WALKING CANE. A DEVICE WILL BE DESIGNED THAT WILL PROVIDE A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON WITH AN INDICATION OF HORIZONTAL DIRECTION, WITH RESPECT TO THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD. THE DEVICE WILLALSO SIGNAL ...