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PRESENT SOIL FIELD INSTRUMENTS DETERMINE ONLY ONE SOIL PHYSICAL PARAMETER AT ONE TIME AND AT ONE POINT. THE COMBINATION OF FIBEROPTIC TECHNIQUES WITH INFRARED AND VISIBLE OPTICAL SENSORS PROVIDES A MEANS FOR PROBING, VIEWING AND SENSING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SITU SOIL PHYSICAL CHANGES. A FIBEROPTIC DEVICE WILL BE DEVELOPED TO INVESTIGATE IN SITU SIMULTANEOUS CHANGES OF SOIL WATER CONTENT AND SOIL TEMP ...

GREENHOUSES MUST MEET THE CONFLICTING REQUIREMENTS OF BOTH ADMITTING SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF SUNLIGHT TO THE ENTIRE GROWING AREA, OF PROVIDING VERY SUBSTANTIAL INSULATION TO REDUCE HEAT LOSS IN WINTER, AND MINIMIZE VENTILATION AND COOLING COSTS. BROAD BANDWIDTH HOLOGRAMS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO REDIRECT THE PORTIONS OF THE SOLAR SPECTRUM REQUIRED FOR PLANT GROWTH CAN BE AN IDEAL SOLUTION FOR ADMITTING ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SOIL COVER AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS WHICH INFLUENCE EROSION ARE MARKEDLY INFLUENCED BY TILLAGE, CROP ROOT CHARACTERISTICS AND SOIL MICROORGANISMS. CONSERVATION-TILLAGE PROVIDES COVER AND ALSO INFLUENCES THE MICROFLORA MAKEUP. A MAJOR FACTOR HOWEVER, LIMITING SUCCESS IN MANAGING THE MICROFLORA HAS BEEN A LACK OF TECHNOLOGY TO FOSTER LARGER POPULATIONS OF BENEFICIAL MICROBES TO SURVIVE INOCULATI ...

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 ...

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