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THE METHODS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THIS PARTICIPATORY EXPERIMENT SEEK TO UTILIZE VISUAL AND DEMONSTRATION METHODS IN TEACHINGNEW CRAFTS AND BUSINESS SKILLS TO WOMEN WITH MULTIPLE BARRIERS, (E.G. ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEFICIENCIES; LOW SELF-ESTEEM; LACK OF PERSONAL PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS) IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THE DISSIMILARITIES OF CULTURAL AND ETHNIC VALUES AND TRADITIONAL SKILLS. IT IS THE AIM OF THIS EXPE ...

THE LIGASE CHAIN REACTION (LCR) ENABLES AS FEW AS 10 DNA TARGETS TO BE AMPLIFIED TO LEVELS DETECTABLE USING MANY CONVENTIONAL DETECTION METHODS. THE AMPLIFICATION TECHNOLOGY CAN BE APPLIED TO THE DETECTION OF SALMONELLA IN FOOD SAMPLES WITH BENEFITS REALIZED IN THE REDUCTION OF PRE-ENRICHMENT AND SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT GROWTH TIMES AND IMPROVEMENT IN ASSAY SENSITIVITY, SURPASSING ALL CURRENT DETECTI ...

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THE COST OF REPAIRING AND REPLACING PUBLIC PROPERTY DAMAGED BY SHALLOW TREE ROOTS TOTALS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY. THE UNEVEN GRADE OF THESE SIDEWALKS ALSO PRESENTS A LIABILITY FOR MUNICIPALITIES. THE PROBLEM IS LIKELY TO BE COMPOUNDED BY THE PROPOSED PLANTING OF AN ADDITIONAL 60 MILLION URBAN TREES. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A POPULATION OF SEEDLING TREES WITH KNOWN ROOT GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS, SPAN ...

A GENETIC MARKER ASSOCIATED WITH YIELD TRAITS IN AN ELITE FAMILY OF DAIRY CATTLE HAS BEEN FOUND. THE MARKER HAS PROVEN TO BE USEFUL IN DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN SONS IN SPITE OF THE NEARLY IDENTICAL PEDIGREE MERIT. CHARACTERIZATION OFTHE AVAII POLYMORPHISM DETECTED WITH CDNA PROBES FOR PROLACTIN WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE STRUCTURAL VARIATION IS IN THE PROLACTIN GENE.

HIGH LEVELS OF ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION ARE KNOWN TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BIOLOGICALLY HARMFUL EFFECTS IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS. CONCERN ABOUT INTENSITY OF THE ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION AT THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH HAS GREATLY INCREASED SINCE THE DISCOVERY OF THE "OZONE HOLE" OVER ANTARCTICA IN 1985. THE TASK OF LONG TERM MONITORING OF UV LEVELS IS CURRENTLY MADE DIFFICULT BY INSTRUMENTATION NOT ADEQUATE TO TH ...