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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...