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THE ADVENT OF ULTRAFILTRATION PROCESSES HAS ALLOWED THE CHEESE INDUSTRY TO PRODUCE HIGH-QUALITY, WHEY-PROTEIN CONCENTRATES FOR USE AS FOOD INGREDIENTS. AT THE SAME TIME,HOWEVER, MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE WHEY VOLUME IS COLLECTED AS ESSENTIALLY UNUSABLE WHEY PERMEATE CONTAINING 5% LACTOSE AND ACCOMPANYING SALTS. ABOUT 20% BY VOLUME OF THE WHEY REMAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHEESE CURD AND IS EXPELL ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAPID SIMPLE METHODS FOR SEQUENCING DNA HAS LED TO A REQUIREMENT FOR THE DAY TO DAY USE OF COMPUTERSIN THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY. THE LOW COST OF MICROCOMPUTERS HAS GENERATED CONSIDERABLE INTEREST IN THESE SMALL MACHINES AS THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY PROPOSED HERE IS TO DEFINE THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIR ...

NATIONAL ELECTROSTATICS CORPORATION (NEC) PROPOSES TO DESIGNCRITICAL COMPONENTS, AND INVESTIGATE REQUIRED ION OPTICAL ELEMENTS FOR A 3 MEV, 2-5 AMP DC ELECTRON BEAM. SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD BE BASED ON A VERTICAL TEST PELLETRON ACCELERATOR OF THE VAN DE GRAAFF TYPE OWNED AND OPERATED BY NEC. IN THIS CONCEPT AN ELECTRON BEAM PRODUCED IN THE HIGH VOLTAGE TERMINAL OF THE PELLETRON ACCELERATOR WILL BE ACC ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE EVALUATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR REMOTE WEATHER SAMPLING SYSTEMS APPLIED TO A SPECIFIED UNMANNED METEOROLOCIALRECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT. DATA TO BE GATHERED INCLUDE CLOUD STATISTICS, WATER CONTENT AND PARTICLE SIZE, DENSITY AND WIND. LIQUID WATER CONTENT MEASUREMENT IS CONSIDERED BASED ON USING EXISTING INSTRUMENTS AND THE PROPOSER'S CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF A NEW INSTRUMENT. D ...

THE LIQUID WATER CONTENT OF CLOUDS IS ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL QUANTITIES IN THE ATMOSPHERE. YET, NO INSTRUMENT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR MEASURING LIQUID WATER CONTENT IN BOTH LIQUID AND SOLID PHASE CLOUDS. THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF AN AIRBORNE INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING LIQUID WATER IN ALL NATURAL CLOUDS, WITH EITHER LIQUID OR ICE CLOUD PARTICLES. THE SYSTEM WILL FEAT ...

THE APPLICATION OF LOAD-SENSING HYDRAULICS IN AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM DESIGNED AS A TANK AMMUITION HANDLER IS PROPOSED. THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPONENTS LEND THEMSELVES TO EFFICIENT MATERIAL HANDLING APPLICATIONS AND HAVE BEEN PROVEN IN DESIGNS USING A MICROPROCESSOR CONTROL. A COMPUTER SIMULATION OF A LOAD-SENSING HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT WILL PERMIT TAILORING OF THE COMPONENTS BEFORE A HARDWARE COMMITMENT ...

THE COALBEDS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA CONTAIN OVER 1.6 BILLION TONS OF COAL RESERVES, BUT BECAUSE OF THE HIGH SULFUR CONTENT, MARKETING OPPORTUNTIES AS A BOILER FUEL ARE LIMITED. IN THE SAME AREA THERE ARE OVER 100 SAWMILLS WHICH PRODUCE LARGE QUANITITIES OF SAWDUST AND OTHER WOOD WASTES. MOST OF THIS LARGE, RENEWABLE WOOD WASTE RESOURCE IS NOT USED IN ANY BY-PRODUCT RECOVERY OPERATION AND ...

BECAUSE OF ITS POLITICALLY SENSITIVE NATURE AS A NUCLEAR WEAPON AND ITS DEPLOYMENT WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, THE SMALL INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE IS LIKELY TO BE TARGETED FOR ATTACK BY A VARIETY OF UNCONVENTIONAL THREATS TO INCLUDE TERRORISTS, DISSIDENTS AND ANTI-NUCLEAR ACTIVISTS. THIS ANALYSIS WILL DEFINE THE PHYSICAL SECURITY THREAT POSED TO THE SMALL ICBM TO INCLUDE AS ASSE ...

THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES A SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET SYSTEM TO SUSPEND AIRPLANE AND MISSILE MODELS IN WIND TUNNELS WITHOUT MECHANICAL STINGS. THE NEW OPPORTUNITY IS TO ACHIEVE MORE POWERFUL, MORE COMPACT, LESS EXPENSIVE, AND MORE RELIABLE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE TO PREPARE AND EVALUATE SEVERAL ADVANCED CONCEPTUAL SYSTEMS BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY WORK DESCRIBED IN REPORT NASA C ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR IMPLEMENTING A REALTIME, THREE-DIMENSIONAL CLOUD MODEL TO SUPPORT REENTRY VEHICLE TEST OPERATIONS. AN EXISTING RESEARCH CLOUD MODEL WOULD BE INTERFACED TO A MESOSCALE ATMOSPHERIC MODEL. THE COMBINED MODELING SYSTEM WOULD BE ADAPTED FOR USE AT THE KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE (KMR). FORECASTS OF DETAILED CLOUD FEATURES SUCH AS WATER CONTENT, RADAR REFLECTI ...