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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 ...

THE LONG-TERM (PHASEII) PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO CLONEAND EXPRESS THE COMPLEMENTARY DNAS (CDNA) ENCODING PORCINE INTERLEUKIN 1 (IL1)-A AND-B, AND PURIFY BOTH CYTOKINES TO HOMOGENEITY. ALTHOUGH POTENTIAL CLINICAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE CYTOKINES ARE INDICATED, THESE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSAL NOR IS SUPPORT FOR CLINICAL STUDIES REQUESTED. IN PHASE I, SWINE ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES ELICITED I ...

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CURRENT SWINE VACCINATION PROGRAMS REQUIRE SPECIFIC PERIODS WHEN THE PRODUCTS ARE ADMINISTERED AS WELL AS MULTIPLE DOSES TO BE EFFECTIVE. THE ABILITY TO OFFER MORE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES WITH CONTROLLED ANTIGEN RELEASE AND FEWER INJEC- STRESS ON THE ANIMALS LOWER COSTS TO THE PRODUCER, IMPROVED EFFICACY AND LONGER IMMUNITY. THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR USING BIOAB-SORBABLE POLYMERS ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE I PROPOSAL IS TO RESEARCH, DEVELOP AND TEST A REMOTE RADIO TELEMETRY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUAL SPRINKLER VALVES AT MULTIPLE SITES THROUGHOUT AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM. PHASE I WOULD ENCOMPASS THE DESIGN, FABRICATION AND TESTING OF A TELEMETRY SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A BASE STATION PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL TRANSMITTER AND AT LEAST FIVE (5) CONTROLLER RECEIVERS (TO BE LOCATED AT ...

PRIOR WORK HAS SHOWN THE TANNINS EXTRACTED FROM SOUTHERN PINE BARK TO HAVE EXCELLENT POTENTIAL TO SERVE AS A SUB STITUTE FOR PHENOL-RESORCINOL-FORMALDEHYDE IN WOOD LAMINAT ING ADHESIVES. THIS STUDY EXTENDS THE APPLICATION OF TANNIN -SULFONATE-BASED ADHESIVES TO THEIR USE IN END-JOINTING ADHESIVES FOR WOOD. ADHESIVE FORMULATIONS IN WHICH AT LEAST 50 PERCENT OF THE RESIN SOLIDS ARE MADE UP OF TANNIN ...

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 ...