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THERE IS A NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ECONOMICAL ACOUSTIC DOPPLER BACKSCATTER INSTRUMENT WHICH CANBE EASILY DEPLOYED AND USED TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ACQUIRE CURRENT PROFILE DATA AND BACKSCATTER AMPLITUDE INFORMATION RELATING TO PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS IN THE WATER COLUMN. THE RESEARCH PROPOSED IN PHASE I IS DIRECTED AT TWO AREAS OFDOPPLER BACKSCATTER MEASUREMENT WHERE ADVANCES IN ...

THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS IN THE US. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ON TRIBAL LANDS IS HIGH AND THERE IS MINIMAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN SPITE OF THE OBSSTACLES OF ISOLATION, LACK OF CAPITAL FORM- ATION AND LACK OF TRAINED PERSONNEL, SOME ENTERPRISES HAVE SUCCEEDED AND ARE PROFITABLE. THIS RESEARCH PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE WHAT ENABLED THESE PROJECTS TO SUCCEED ...

MILLIONS OF ACRES OF UNMANAGED PRIVATE NON-INDUSTRIAL FORESTLAND ACROSS THE RURAL SOUTH PRESENT AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPOR- TUNITY TO CREATE NEW BUSINESSES AND JOBS. MOST PRESENT FORESTRY CONTRACTORS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES SUCH AS TIMBER HARVESTING AND SITE PREPARATION OPERATE WITH EQUIPMENT TOO LARGE AND INEFFICIENT FOR LANDOWNERS. TO ASSIST LANDOWNERS IN BEGINNING INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT, ADDITIONAL NEW ...

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SPIRULINA ALGAE WILL BE USED AS A MEANS TO RECOVER NUTRIENTS FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER. AT THE SAME TIME, THE ALGAE WILL RENOVATE THE WASTEWATER IN A COST-EFFECTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE MANNER ALLOWING RESEARCHERS TO HARVEST AN ECONOMICAL, RELIABLE AND SAFE SUPPLY OF PRO- TEIN. COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF THIS CONCEPT INCLUDE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF A HIGH PROTEIN ALGAE FOOD OR FEED AS WELL AS ...