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In recent years the poultry industry has focused on detecting and eliminating meat quality disorderssuch as wood-breast white-striping and spaghetti-meat. The current industry method for detectionin a production environment is a manual technician-based scoring method that provides unknownaccuracy and limited speed. We propose a method to detect these meat quality disorders in chickenbreast fillets ...

Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) the toxic "forever chemicals" that do notbreak down naturally can be found in sewage sludge and biosolids commonly used as fertilizers.PFAS is an umbrella term for any of the 9000 PFAS compounds known to date currently there areno federal regulations on PFAS compounds. The PFAS contaminants concentrate in feed crops andwater supply which is then ...

The program objective is to build test and deploy the GeoFire Real-Time Wildfire Alert System(WAS) to definitively answer where a wildfire is right now and where it is heading next. This isaccomplished by using a high-density sensor network to track the location and growth of individualwildfire cells in real time. The GeoFire WAS is designed for exceptionally reliable operation:accurate fire detec ...

Mass spectrometers the gold standard for chemical analysis with wide ranging applications butare unfortunately limited in deployment by their high cost size weight and power. Currentportable instruments are ~$100k the size of a small suitcase and operate for only a few hours ona single charge. We have invented a patent-pending ion trap geometry with key benefits overexisting designs including the ...

An excellent process to generate a biobased product with little environmental impact is to breakdown a single-use product like plastics into its monomers and reuse those monomers to recreatethe original product. If non-biodegradable plastics could be reused as high-quality plastics positiveimpacts on the environment could be realized. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is accumulating inthe environm ...

Project Summary - Enchi SBIR Application to the USDA October 2022Title: Accelerated cellulosic ethanol production using continuous cascade fermentation andengineered thermophilic bacteria.Project Directors: Christopher D. Herring (PD) Lee R. Lynd (Co-PD).Enchi Corp. aims to develop consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) for conversion of cellulosicbiomass into fuels and chemicals at low cost and without ...

PROPOSAL ABSTRACTPhase II: Redesigning Floriculture Marketplace & Inventory Management Tools for SmallProduce Farms to Increase Accessibility and Reduce CostPD/PIs: Amelia Ihlo Annika Martell Justine McFarlandBackground: Rooted Farmers has developed a dynamic online platform that provides broadregional market access across wholesale and retail channels for small- and mid-sized farms. Ourcurrent pl ...

In the coming decades cell-cultured meat is expected to play a significant role in the developmentof sustainable climate-friendly food systems to feed the growing population. Analysis of beefproduction finds that switching from conventional to cultured beef production could result in a 95%reduction in land use and 92% reduction in carbon footprint. However to realize these impacts newinnovations i ...

Blast-induced Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a major threat to the health of military personnel serving in modern theaters. TBI incidence rates in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom approached 3% of all deployed personnel. Indeed, TBI has become known as the “signature” injury of these conflicts. Blast overpressure can also damage the lungs, eardrums, and eyes. Development ...

The detection of radionuclide aerosols is a critical indicator of a nuclear detonation. Current detection systems used in the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty’s  (CTBT) global monitoring network stations spend 24 hours collecting and concentrating particulates from the air to gather enough sample material for adequate detection sensitivity. This approach is inherently a batch process that ...