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EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADVANCED, DIRECT AIR SAMPLING GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY (GC) MODULE IS PROPOSED. THE GC RIODULE CAN BE READILY COMBINED WITH EXISTING ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY (INS) EQUIPMENT FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS, E.G., THE CAM (CHEMICAL AGENT MONITOR) CURRENTLY ADOPTED BY SEVERAL NATO MEMBER STATES. THE GC MODULE INCORPORATES A NOVEL, AMBIENT AIR SAMPLING DE ...

WE PROPOSE A PHASE I PROGRAM TO EVALUATE THE INSECTICIDAL PROPERTIES AND COMPONENTS OF CERTAIN PARASITIC WASP VENOMS. MOST INSECTS, INCLUDING MOST IMPORTANT CROP PESTS. ARE ATTACKED BY ONE OR MORE SPECIES OF PARASITIC WASPS. THE VENOMS OF PARASITIC WASPS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF EFFECTS ON THEIR HOSTS, INCLUDING PARALYSIS, GROWTH REGULATION, AND SUPPRESSION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. THE BASE ...

THE UNDERLAYING HEREDITARY NATURE OF THE CHICKEN'S IMMUNOLOGICAL STATUS IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE FOR FURTHERING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESPONSE OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AS WELL AS FOR MAXIMIZING THE EFFICIENCY OF POULTRY PRODUCTION. FOR THESE REASONS THERE IS A STRONG SCIENTIFIC AND COMMERCIAL INTEREST IN TYPING THE MAJOR HISTROCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX (MHC OR B COMPLEX). THUS FAR MOST MHC TYPING HAS BEE ...