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CONCERN OVER THE USE OF CHEMICALS THAT POTENTIALLY CONTRIBUTE TO OZONE DEPLETION AND THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT HAS LED TO A BAN ON CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (CFCS) AND A PHASE-OUT ON THE USE OF METHYL BROMIDE. CFC REPLACEMENT COMPOUNDS, THE HYDROHALOCARBONS, ALSO HAVE EITHER OZONE DEPLETION POTENTIAL OR ARE POSSIBLE GREENHOUSE GASES. PRELIMINARY STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THERE MAY BE A NUMBER OF NATURALLY-O ...

Childhood obesity is a complex, multi-faceted problem which has been traced to many preventable risk factors, not the least of which includes; food access, outdoor ads, crime/safety, racial and income disparities, as well as increasing sedentary behaviors caused by excessive screen time. The economic impact of obesity related disease has proven quite significant. The direct cost of childhood obesi ...

Cooling and drying of feed pellets are the most important operations in the feed manufacturing industry. These operations are carried out simultaneously, in a single machine, by passing ambient air through a moving bed of pellets. However, simultaneous control of both these processes is very difficult. Overdrying of pellets is a common problem that costs several million dollars to feed processi ...

Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of western wildfires.The threat to peopleand infrastructure is growing with more population living in the wildland-urban interface.Advances in technology provide the opportunity to improve wildfire mapping accuracy timelinessand dissemination. An un-stabilized airborne fire mapping sensor is proposed utilizing an array ofminiature thermal inf ...

THE DESIGN OF INCINERATORS INVOLVES A CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO IMPORTANT GOALS: COMPLETELY DESTROYING THE TOXIC ORGANICMATERIALS WHICH ARE FED TO THE INCINERATOR AND AVOIDING THE EMISSION OF HEAVY METALS WHICH WILL ALSO BE PRESENT IN THE WASTE MATERIAL. IF THE INCINERATOR TEMPERATURE IS EXCESSIVE, THE ORGANICS WILL BE COMPLETELY DESTROYED BUT HEAVY METALS CAN BE VAPORIZED, SUBSEQUENTLY CONDENSING TO F ...

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THE POLLUTION CONTROL FIELD IS IN NEED OF AN EFFICIENT, COST-EFFECTIVE IN SITU TREATMENT PROCESS TO REMEDIATE AQUIFERS CONTAMINATED WITH CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS SUCH AS TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE). SUCCESSFUL IN SITU TREATMENT OF SATURATED ZONE SOILS AND LIQUID REQUIRES THE PRESENCE OF METABOLICALLY CAPABLE BACTERIA IN THE POLLUTED TARGET ZONE. IN MANY CASES, METABOLICALLY DESIRABLE MICROORGAN ...

Despite its clean and green nature when utilized in fuel cells and other devices, most hydrogen is currently produced primarily from non-renewable sources, such as natural gas, oil, and coal. Anaerobic digestion provides a potentially improved alternative to manufacturing hydrogen from petroleum and natural gas. Anaerobic digesters can produce hydrogen from inexpensive and renewable energy sources ...

THE TESTING FOR SALMONELLA CURRENTLY INVOLVES METHODOLOGY THAT REQUIRES 3-8 DAYS TO COMPLETE AND A FAIRLY SOPHISTICAT ED SKILL LEVEL TO PERFORM. THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO D DEVELOP BOTH MANUAL AND BIOSENSOR-BASED HOMOGENEOUS ASSAYS THAT WILL REDUCE THE DETECTION TIME OF SALMONELLA TO WITHIN 24 HOURS AND BE TECHNICALLY SIMPLER TO PERFORM. THE NOVEL ASPECT IS THE USE OF A LIMPSOME-ENCAPSULATED ENZ ...

In Phase I, PortaScience successfully built an automated prototype unit for determining the somatic cell count of dairy milk samples using a liquid colorimetric assay. The prototype unit can perform the following functions: sip milk samples, add buffer/dye solutions, mix all solutions and generate a voltage reading at a fixed timed interval yielding quantitative values for the somatic cell count. ...