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PROJECT SUMMARYTitle: A rapid field-portable sensor for detecting histamine in food.PD: Mendecki LukaszInstitution: Allergy Amulet Inc.Scombrotoxin poisoning is a leading foodborne illness caused by the consumption of spoiledfish and fishery products containing high concentrations of histamine. Histamine is thereforean indicator of freshness and microbiological quality of many perishable foods. De ...

Poor dietary quality and low fruit and vegetable (FV) intake in particular is an established riskfactor for many chronic diseases; current consumption among children is alarmingly inadequate.Engaging children through school and afterschool settings is a viable strategy to make positivechanges but for transformational and sustainable impact messaging must also reach familiesteachers retail environm ...

7. SummaryInland oyster seed production utilizing artificial seawater in a closed recirculating aquaculturesystems is being developed in Baton Rouge Louisiana at the Louisiana State UniversityInnovation Park. The Gulf Coast (and East and West Coast) oyster industry faces numerouschallenges including increased exposure to anthropogenic pollution climate change oceanacidification harmful algal bloom ...

Heterologous Synthesis of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids for AquacultureUSDA SBIR Phase II Applicationth The United States is a minor aquaculture producer ranking 18 in global aquaculture productionin 2022 but it is the leading importer of fish and fish products. Even though U.S. aquaculture hasbeen estimated to be growing at a compound annual rate of 4.1% we still depend heavily uponimports. By valu ...

As USSOCOM continues to assess the future operating environment, implementing innovative solutions that promote situational awareness (SA) is of increasing importance. While situational awareness can be tied to a variety of data-types impacting a mission, for the purposes of this effort, situational awareness tied to geospatial intelligence will be the focus. When a warfighter enters an operating ...

A cyber-physical trust anchor is an essential component of a secure additive manufacturing supply chain. Customer discussions show a strong need for low-cost trust anchors as well as high-security, more costly trust anchors. The concept underlying our trust anchor enables implementations that can be described as good, better, best. The two physical-digital components are first embedded digital cod ...

Title: Designing recombinant proteins to improve appetite and gastrointestinal health inperiparturient dairy cows.Project Summary: The USDA-NIFA has prioritized improving animal health and productionwhile generating more economically-viable animal production systems however newpharmaceutical products to improve dairy cattle health are surprisingly uncommon. ScienssBiotechnology LLC (SB) has the te ...

Advanced batteries require novel low-cost safe materials to charge faster last longer and work atwide-ranging temperatures. Currently dominant lithium-ion batteries use imported criticalminerals leading to a national effort to improve supply chains. Proposed domestic green solutionsfor carbon-based anodes address this issue. The project objectives are to: 1.) develop and optimizemethods to synthes ...

Development of a Simple and Easy to Use Diagnostic Assay for Rapid Detection of VirulentStrains of Aeromonas hydrophila (vAh)Project SummaryIn the U.S. commercial production of channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) is the leadingaquaculture industry. However in recent years the catfish industry has suffered huge economiclosses due to an epidemic of motile Aeromonas septicemia (MAS) caused by a hig ...

th The United States is a minor aquaculture producer ranking 17 in global aquaculture productionbut it is the leading importer of fish and fish products. Even though U.S. aquaculture has beengrowing at 12 to 14% per year we still depend heavily upon imports. By value 90% of theseafood we eat originates abroad. The USDA Aquaculture priorities are to identify and addressthe needs or constraints that ...