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EMISSION OF SULFUR OXIDES (SOX) AND NITROGEN OXIDES (NOX) IN FLUE GASES IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF AIR POLLUTION AND ACID RAIN. CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOX REMOVAL ARE EXPENSIVE AND CUMBERSOME. SULFUR DIOXIDE IS CONVERTED TO SULFURIC ACID, WHICH IS VERY CORROSIVE AND DIFFICULT TO STORE AND TRANSPORT. REMOVAL OF NOX IS ACCOMPLISHED BY CATALYTIC CONVERSION USING PLATINUM CATALYSTS. PLATINUM CATALYSTS ARE ...

A SMALLER, LIGHTER, MORE EFFICIENT, AND MORE RELIABLE CLINICAL GAS ANALYZER FOR RESPIRATORY AND ANESTHETIC GAS MONITORING IS NEEDED. EXISTING LASER RAMAN-BASED INSTRUMENTATION USES A LARGE, HEAVY, AND EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT (0.1 PERCENT) ARGON ION LASER WITH AN INTRACAVITY GAS CELL. THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDYIS TO IMPLEMENT A SOLID-STATE ALTERNATIVE TO THE EXISTING ION LASER. SUCH A LASE ...

REAL TIME ON-LINE ANALYSIS OF STACK GASSES IS NECESSARY TO MONITOR EFFLUENTS AND TO PERMIT FEEDBACK CONTROL OF COMBUSTION PROCESS AND DOWN STREAM SCRUBBER SYSTEMS. MULTIMEDIA POLLUTION ANALYSIS REQUIRES MULTIPLE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY WITH PRESENT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE INSTRUMENTATION. CURRENTLY, COMPLEX ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS MUSTBE ASSEMBLED THAT ARE EXPENSIVE, PRONE TO DRIFT, AND DIFFICULT TO OPERATE A ...

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COMMERCIAL HARVEST OF YELLOW PERCH IN THE GREAT LAKES REGIONCANNOT MEET MARKET DEMAND. ADDITIONAL CONTROLS BEING PLACEDON COMMERCIAL HARVEST, CONSUMER DEMAND AND HIGH PERCH PRICESHAVE GENERATED RENEWED INTEREST IN PERCH AQUACULTURE. ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH COMMERCIAL PERCH CULTURE HAVE FACED THREE MAJOR CONSTRAINTS: 1) SEASONAL SUPPLY OF FINGERLINGS, 2) FEEDING FRY PRACTICAL FEEDS, AND 3) PROVIDING ...

ELECTRONIC IMAGE PROCESSING OF ONE- OR TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORETIC GELS REQUIRES SPECIALIZED SOFTWARE FOR ANALYSIS. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PACKAGES PROVIDE GENERIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS, A HIGH DEGREE OF USER MODIFICATION IS NECESSARY TO PRODUCE USEFUL DATA FOR ONE- OR TWO-DIMENSIONAL GELS. DEDICATED SOFTWARE FOR ELECTROPHORETIC GELS FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON TWO-D ...

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IN THIS PROJECT, THE FEASIBILITY OF A NOVEL, SOLID-PHASE, COLORIMETRIC ASSAY WILL BE INVESTIGATED; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES WILL BE COVALENTLY IMMOBILIZED ON GLASS AS THE SOLID MATRIX. SEVERAL CHEMICAL REACTIONS WILL BE STUDIED TO IDENTIFY LINKAGES THAT GIVE LOW NONSPECIFIC BINDING OF PROTEINS AND SMALL MOLECULES WHILE MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS. GLASS WILL BE CHEMICALLY REFINED TO ...

THE LONG-RANGE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A DEVICE INCORPORATING AN ASSAY FOR SIMPLE, QUICK, RELIABLE, ACCURATE, AND HIGHLY SENSITIVE MEASUREMENTS OF COMPOUNDS IN HUMAN SALIVA. PHASE I FEASIBILITY RESEARCH IS FOCUSED ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLID-PHASE ASSAY PORTION WITH PROGESTERONE AS THE PROTOTYPIC ANALYTE. THE PRIMARY APPLICATION OF THE PROGESTERONE ASSAY WILL BE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF F ...

IN THE FIELD OF REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLES (RPV'S) GREATER EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PLACED ON ACHIEVING COMBINATIONS OF HIGHER ALTITUDE, LONGER ENDURANCE, GREATER PAYLOAD CAPACITY, AND ARE MORE COST EFFECTIVE. TO THIS END A LIGHT-WEIGHT, POWERFULL, COMPACT, FUEL EFFICIENT AND INEXPENSIVE ROTARY PROPULSION ENGINE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS PLANNED WHICH WOULD ADDRESS ITSELF TO ACHIEVING THE ABOVE EMPHASIZE COM ...