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FERTILIZED TURKEY EGGS CAN BE PRODUCED COMMERCIALLY ONLY BY ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION. CURRENT PRACTICAL METHODS PERMIT HOLDING OF TURKEY SPERM FOR ONLY 6 HOURS AFTER COLLECTION. THIS ALLOWS ONLY 2 HOURS FOR POSSIBLE TRANSPORT. SOLUTION TO THE CURRENT IMPASSE REQUIRES REGULATION OF OXYGEN CONCENTRATION IN MEDIUM AROUND THE SPERM WHILE MINIMIZING PEROXIDATION OF MEMBRANE LIPIDS. WHEN ADEQUATE OXYGEN ...

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THE OBJECTIVE IS A COMPACT, RELIABLE AND INEXPENSIVE METHOD FOR SAMPLING LARGE VOLUMES OF AIR RAPIDLY TO DETERMINE THE CONCENTRATION OF AIRBORNE EXPLOSIVES. THE APPROACH INVOLVES THE USE OF A MULTIVORTEX PRECIPITATOR CAPABLE OF EFFICIENTLY REMOVING FINE PARTICULATES AND LARGE MOLERCULES FROM THE AIR AND COLLECTING THEM FOR CONVENIENT ANALYSIS. DURING PHASE I, A PROTOTYPE WILL BE TESTED FOR COLLECT ...

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RURAL COMMUNITIES CAN INCREASE THE TOTAL VOLUME OF COMMERCE AND NUMBER OF JOBS BY SHARING IN THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES CREATED BY THE LOCATION MOTION FILM INDUSTRY. THIS SBIR WILL UTILIZE AN EXISTING ELECTRONIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL KNOWN AS IMAGENET TO ENABLE A COMMUNITY BASED EFFORT IN RURAL AREAS TO INVENTORY, PACKAGE, AND MARKET THEIR VISUAL ASSETS TO THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY. THE SPEC ...

TRADITIONAL METHODS FOR THE ENUMERATION OF BACTERIA ARE SLOW, INEFFICIENT AND LABOR- INTENSIVE. THERE ARE CONSIDERABLE ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO BEING ABLE TO ASSESS THE MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF FOODSTUFF RAPIDLY, AND THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR NEW METHODS. THE RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON A NEW METHOD FOR RAPID DETERMINATION OF BACTERIA IN MILK. BACTERIA FROM RAW MILK WILL BE PRECONCENTRATED ONTO POLYCAR ...

THE UNITED STATES POULTRY INDUSTRY PROCESSES APPROXIMATELY 7.5 BILLIN HATCHING EGGS THROUGH INCUBATING FACILITIES EACH YEAR. EFFECTIVE HATCHERY SANITATION PRACTICES TO ACHIEVE A HIGH LEVEL OF CHICK HATCHABILITY AND BROILER PERFORMANCE ARE OF PRIME CONCERN TO THE POULTRY INDUSTRY. FUMIGATION WITH FORMALDEHYDE HAS BEEN THE METHOD OF CHOICE TO SANITIZE POULTRY HATCHERIES. THE ENVIORNMENTAL PROTECTION ...

A NEW PROCESS IS PROPOSED FOR THE APPLICATION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS FOR AUTOMOTIVE WINDOWS. SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERIC MATERIALS CAN BE RENDERED CLEAR THROUGH 3-D ORIENTATION VIA SOLID STATE PROCESSING. APPLYING THIS TECHNOLOGY TO A HYBRID POLYMER STRUCTURE CAN RESULT IN CHEMICALLY RESISTANT, MECHANICALLY STRONG, OPTICALLY CLEAR AND ECONOMICALLY VIABLE PLASTIC WINDOWS FOR GROUND TRANSPORTATION.

THE ROLE OF MODIFIERS IN SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION (SFE) TECHNOLOGY IS TO AUGUMENT THE SOLUBILIZING CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE FOR ACHIEVING EFFICIENT EXTRACTIONS OF TARGET ANALYTES. THIS WORK WILL SERVE TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS MODIFIERS FROM A MECHANISTIC POINT OF VIEW TO DETERMINE EXTRACTION KINETICS AND MODIFIER EFFICIENCIES. THIS WILL BE DONE WHILE INCOR ...

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