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MARRON LOBSTER, CHERAX TENUIMANUS, A FRESHWATER LOBSTER OR CRAYFISH INDIGENOUS TO SOUTHWEST AUSTRALIA, IS A PROMISING NEW SPECIES FOR UNITED STATES AQUACULTURE. IT LOOKS AND TASTES LIKE MAINE LOBSTER AND GROWS WELL AT HIGH DENSITIES IN POND CULTURE FEEDING ON DETRITAL ORGANISMS. TRAVERSE GROUP, INC. (TGI) PROPOSES TO CONDUCT PHASE I EXPERIMENTS TODETERMINE GROWTH RATE, DENSITY EFFECTS, AND REPRODU ...

THIS PHASE I PROPOSAL IS DESIGNED TO EXAMINE CLOSELY AN INNOVATIVE CONCEPT FOR RECOVERING THE RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF ORGANIC MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE MATERIALS. THE WASTE MATERIALS WILL BE SUBSTITUTED FOR TOPSOIL IN A NOVEL SYSTEM FOR GROWING GRASS SODS. THE NEW GRASS GROWING SYSTEMAPPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A SOD CROP IN AS LITTLE AS 6 WEEKS AS COMPARED TO 1 TO 2 YEARS FOR SOD PRODUCED IN ...

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IMMUNOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES HAVE MANY DIVERSE APPLICATIONS. HOWEVER, THEY ARE RESTRICTED TO USE ONLY IN AQUEOUS MEDIA. ECONOMICAL TECHNIQUES FOR DIRECT ORGANIC PHASE ANALYSIS AND IMMUNOAFFINITY ISOLATION WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY BROADEN THE USEFULNESS OF ANTIBODY-BASED TECHNOLOGY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF EXPLOITING ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY BINDING IN THE ORGANIC PHASE. A SE ...

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE THE ABILITY OF NEUROSPORA CRASSA TO EXPRESS AND SECRETE BIOLOGICALLY-ACTIVEMAMMALIAN PROTEINS. THE ABILITY TO GENETICALLY ENGINEER BACTERIA AND YEASTS FOR THESE TASKS IS WELL DOCUMENTED. HOWEVER, RECOMBINANT PRODUCTS FROM THESE ORGANISMS OFTEN REQUIRE COSTLY DOWNSTREAM PURIFICATION AND PROCESSING. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FILAMENTOUS FUNGI INDICATE THAT THEY ARE ...

THE APPLICATION OF IMPELLER FLUIDIZED MICROEMULSION LIQUID MEMBRANES TO THE SEPARATION OF CONTAMINANTS SUCH AS HEAVY METALS AND ORGANICS FROM WASTEWATER IS PROPOSED. THE IMPELLER FLUIDIZER DEVELOPED BY HELIPUMP CORPORATION IS A SELF-PUMPING, DURABLE, AND INEXPENSIVE FLUIDIZER DESIGN WHICH PROVIDES HIGHER MASS TRANSFER AND THROUGHPUT RATES THAN TYPICAL FLUIDIZERS. LIQUID MEMBRANES HAVE BEEN EMPLOYE ...

AN IMPROVED ULTRASONIC SYSTEM USEFUL FOR THE FIELD INSPECTION OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES IS PROPOSED. IMPROVEMENTSINCLUDE A RELIABLE LASER PULSE METHOD TO GENERATE THE ULTRASONIC SIGNAL AND ANALYSIS OF THE RETURN SIGNAL IN TERMSOF AMPLITUDE, TIME AND FREQUENCY. A NOVEL FLAT FREQUENCY RESPONSE ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER WILL AID THE FREQUENCY ANALYSIS. THE LOW-POWER LASER INPUT TRANSDUCER IS EXPECTED TO PRO ...

LOW LOSS INFRARED FIBERS FOR THE 2-11 MICRON REGION HAVE NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS IN MEDICAL AND INDUSTRIAL SENSOR AND LASER POWER DELIVERY SYSTEMS. HOWEVER, CURRENT FIBERS FOR USE BEYOND 5 MICRONS HAVE HIGH LOSS. THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS INTENDED TO RESULT IN IMPROVED FIBERS MADE FROM CHALCOGENIDE GLASS, BY DEVELOPING NOVEL PREFORM AND FIBER PROCESSING TECHNIQUES. IN PARTICULAR, OPTIMIZED CLADDING W ...

THE STEWART PLATFORM IS A SIX DEGREE OF FREEDOM PARALLEL MANIPULATOR. IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED IN LOW SPEED,LOW ACCURACY APPLICATIONS. THE STEWART PLATFORM PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL MECHANICAL STIFFNESS AND IS EASY AND COST EFFECTIVE TO MANUFACTURE. NO RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE IN THE APPLICATION OF THE STEWART PLATFORM AS A HIGH SPEED, HIGH ACCURACY MANUFACTURING OR ASSEMBLY MACHINE. THIS REALM O ...