Award Data

N/A

CERAMIC MEMBRANES ARE RAPIDLY EMERGING AS A NEW TECHNOLOGY IN MEMBRANE SEPARATIONS. HOWEVER, COMMERCIALLY-AVAILABLE DEVICES HAVE HIGH COSTS RELATIVE TO POLYMERIC MEMBRANES, TYPICALLY FIVE TO TEN TIMES HIGHER. THE TECHNOLOGY TO BE DEVELOPED EMPLOYS A UNIQUE APPROACH TO CERAMIC MEMBRANE MODULE DESIGN. THE MODULE CONCEPT SHOULD RESULT IN PRODUCTION OF CERAMIC MEMBRANES WITH A COST LESS THAN THOSE FOR ...

A NEW, RAPID AND SENSITIVE TEST METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF ERYTHROMYCIN IN ANIMAL-DERIVED PRODUCTS SUCH AS MILK AND MEAT WILL BE DEVELOPED BASED ON IMMUNOASSAY METHODOLOGY. DIRECTED SYNTHETIC TECHNIQUES WILL BE USED TO PREPARE THE IMMUNOGENS NECESSARY TO DEVELOP ANTIBODIES, BOTH MONOCLONAL AND CONVENTIONAL, WITH THE BROADEST RECOGNITION FOR ALL DRUGS IN THE MACROLIDE CLASS OF ANTIBIOTICS AS WELL ...

SWINE PRODUCERS AND SWINE INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS MUST DETERMINE WHAT AREAS OF SWINE PRODUCTION ARE LEAST EFFICIENT ECONOMICALLY IN ORDER TO REGAIN PROFITABILITY. BYDEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED, DETAILED FINANCIAL/BIOLOGIC DATABASE, SWINE PRODUCERS WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE INEFFICIENCIES IN THEIR OWN BUSINESSES THROUGH ANALYSIS OF THEIR DATA, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PLAN THE MOST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION BY ...

N/A

N/A

SOIL CONTAMINATION BY TOXIC WASTES HAS DESTROYED SIGNIFICANTVALUABLE LAND ACREAGE. RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF SOIL REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES PERMITS RECLAMATION OF MUCH LOST LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE REVEGETATION METHODS WHICH WILL COMPLETE THE SOIL DETOXIFICATION PROCESS AND PERMANENTLY STABILIZE THE RECLAIMED SOIL. UNDER PHASE I, GREENHOUSE TESTS WILL BE CONDUCTE ...

PRESENT-DAY HERBICIDE SPRAYING OF FIELD ROW CROPS IS VERY INEFFICIENT; OVER 75 PERCENT OF THE HERBICIDE IS WASTED AS OVERSPRAY, WHICH IS COSTLY AND CONTAMINATES THE ENVIRONMENT.THE FEASIBILITY OF EFFICIENTLY APPLYING TRANSLOCATABLE HERBICIDES WITH ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES WILL BE EXAMINED. STUDIES WILL EVALUATE DIFFERENT PARTICLE CHARGING MEANS, INCLUDING INDUCTION CHARGING, CORON ...

NOVEL AND RAPID ASSAY PROCEDURES WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR THE DETERMINATION OF TOTAL PROTEIN QUALITY OF FOODS. FOR TOTAL PROTEIN, A SPECIFIC ELECTRODE WILL BE DEVELOPED THAT WILL EFFECT A (5MIN) HYDROLYSIS OF PROTEIN TO L-TYROSINE, F FOLLOWED BY A SPECIFIC L-TYROSINE ASSAY. FOR PROTEIN Q QUALITY, SPECIFIC L-LYSINE ANDL-METHIONINE ELECTRODES WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP A RAPID CPER ASSAY. A SPECIFIC ELECT ...