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Vaccination has been the most effective means of controlling influenza infections of pigs. Howeverprotective antibody responses are largely strain-specific and are not effective against different influenzaviruses. Therefore the development of a vaccine candidate that elicits broad-spectrum protection againstdiverse influenza A viruses (IAV) i.e. a universal swine influenza vaccine is critically ne ...

The goal of this project is to design and develop Semantic Analysis Technologies for the Identification of Dual Use Research of Concern (STIR). STIR processes scientific documents using semantic technologies and inference algorithms to identify potential for Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC). The focus is on 15 high consequence pathogens and toxins and 7 experimental categories identified as DUR ...

During the Phase I effort, Proportional Technologies, Inc. developed non-saturating components for a military battlefield dosimeter based on ionization chamber technology. Chambers were thimble-shaped, made out of carbon, and incorporated different materials for the conversion of fast neutrons, thermal neutrons, and gamma radiation. Extensive testing showed that the proposed solution is feasible. ...

In Phase II of PLATO, we will develop a prototype plan and goal identification system that employs a rich model of domain actions and events, extracted automatically from a massive amount of real-world domain-relevant information, to model agent-specific action costs and to process sequences of agent actions and events, extracted from text, as an agent plan in progress. The system will be able to ...

Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. (KBSI) is pleased to propose the further design and development of MySidewalk mobile application facilitating the crowd-sourced collection of sidewalk inventory and condition data. The MySidewalk application utilizes advances in social networks and data mining to provide integrated sidewalk datasets. Phase I and II research was facilitated by inputs from City of Colle ...

Not Available Paper recycling continues to increase in the United States, with public support and legislative mandates helping boost recycling of all paper grades. Office waste paper is a significant source of high grade paper fiber for recycling, but is currently underutilized, due to the challenges of fully removing xerographic and laser printer toner. These so called *laser inks* are designed t ...

Not Available Mastitis costs the average U. S. dairy farmer approximately $180 per cow annually in lost milk production, cost of antibiotic treatment, and discarded milk. Unfortunately, the disease is obvious only in the clinical form. Subclinical mastitis is about 15 to 40 times more prevalent and accounts for approximately 70% of all economic losses because of reduced milk yield. Many teat germi ...

Commercially available tents and vestibules are relatively inaccessible to people who use mobility devices or those with dexterity limitations. The objectives of this project are to develop and test tent-related technology which results in a vestibule and a combined tent and vestibule accessible to people of varying abilities, including people with mobility, dexterity, cognitive and visual impairm ...

PHASE II TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES The Phase I study demonstrated that ammonia gas can be venerated at high current efficiencies by the reduction of nitrogen gas to nitride ion (N) at a nickel cathode and that these ions can be oxidized, in the presence of atomic hydrogen, to form ammonia. The results also demonstrated that this method for ammonia production has the potential to reduce production costs ...

The overall objective of this Phase II project is the development, optimization and evaluation of a prototype mass spectrometer based electronic nose instrument for rapid aroma quality monitoring in brewing operations. This current project will expand on the previous Phase I feasibility study which explored the concept of integrating GC-Olfactometry, multidimensional GC, MS batch inletting and mul ...