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THE PRESENCE OF PENICILLIN RESIDUES IN MILK HAS POSED A LONG-STANDING HEALTH PROBLEM FOR CONSUMERS AND AN ECONOMIC PROBLEM FOR DAIRY PRODUCERS AND MILK PROCESSORS. CURRENT METHODOLOGIES USED TO DETECT THESE RESIDUES DO NOT POSSESS THE ATTRIBUTES CONSISTENT FOR TESTING OF MILK AT ALL STAGES OF PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING. THE APPLICABILITY OF DDX'S OPTEST TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DETECTION OF PENICILLIN RE ...

Gass fiber composites suffer from early deterioration when exposed to alkaline environments. This project incorporates bio-based ion exchangers into the polymer matrix of glass fiber composites in order to neutralize aggressive chemicals and thus enhance the chemical resistance of composites.

Rural communities throughout the Rocky Mountain region are in need of diversified, value-added crops to bolster a declining agricultural sector. The goal of this project is to demonstrate scaled-up field production of Osha root and to lay a foundation for long-term producer viability.

THERE IS A RECOGNIZED NEED, IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND IRRIGATION FARMING, TO DEVISE IMPROVED INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING PLANT AND SOIL WATER POTENTIAL. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH HAS THE OVERALL AND LONG-TERM GOAL OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE REDUCTION OF WATER USED IN IRRIGATION AND INCREASING CROP YIELDS. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ARE: 1) DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEPOSITING CUSTOMIZED PLASMA POLYMER MEMB ...

Magneto-Thermal MRAM uses both heat and magnetic field (current)to overcome thermal instabilities of very small memory cells. Self-generated heat in the cell raises the temperature of magnetic material in the cell above the exchange ordering temperature of the magnetic material (either ferromagnetic or anti-ferromagnetic). Magneto-Thermal MRAM is compatible with advances in photolithography down t ...

RPR's Phase I contract proved the feasibility of concrete recycling based o a shock-producing hammer/anvil concept for fracturing and sizing aggregate and separating reinforcing steel into marketable scrap. The Phase II project will develop a portable self-propelled prototype to remove and process a 12 foot wide roadway at a rate of about a mile a day. This is called "Fast Track" highway removal ...

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTERS ARE FOSTERING PRACTICAL PRODUCTS FOR MAPPING AND SPATIAL CONTROL OF CROP PRODUCTION VARIABLES. HARVEST YIELD MAPS, FIELD POSITIONING, AND ON-THE-GO AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL RATE AND BLEN CHANGES ARE BEING OFFERED TO AMERICAN AND WESTERN EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE. ACCESS TO ACCURATE SPATIAL INFORMATION DERIVED FROM AERIAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED BY ...

This Phase I and II SBIR will develop a user-friendly, run-time efficient software package dedicated to fitting and evaluating material models used in finite element codes like LS-DYNA. The software package will consist of a pre-processor, a core driver, and a post-processor. The pre-processor will allow the user to specify the material model, model parameters, and desired load history. The dri ...