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40640 November 12, 1996 Adherent Technologies, Inc. Scintillators have been used for over 90 years to detect ionizing radiation, but solid organic scintillator, commonly used in physics experimentation, suffer from errors caused by pulse pileup. To minimize this problem, this project will examine a new class of polymeric materials which also offer the po ...

The use of sub-therapeutic concentrations of anti-microbial agents in animal feed has contributed to theproductivity of the U.S. meat and dairy industries by preventing infectious diseases, by decreasing theamount of feed required and by increasing the rate of animal weight gain. However, failure to observerecommended practices of drug withdrawal can result in concentrations of antibiotic residue ...

40417 November 18, 1996 American Research Corporation of Virginia This project addresses the hazardous waste problem at Department of Energy sites by developing a new class of ultrafiltration membranes for use in corrosive aqueous or organic streams. These membranes will utilize mesoporous ceramics, which have narrow pore size distributions and tailorabl ...

40063 November 4, 1996 Amparo Corporation First-generation radioactive beam facilities, in use or under construction, cannot completely address many of the scientific opportunities envisioned until an intense production beam is employed. This project addresses a key element in filling this need, the design of high power nuclear targets. The targe ...

The ready-to-assemble (RTA) construction system is a new method for assembling wood structuresbuilt from the following engineered wood products: parallel strand lumber (PSL), laminated strandlumber (LSL), and laminated veneer lumber (LVL). The RTA system is designed for rapid assemblyby small crews of unskilled labor using common hand tools. The design of the RTA systemincorporates engineered w ...

86 A Low Cost Acoustic Property Sensor for Measuring Natural Gas Composition in Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Powered Vehicles--Commercial Electronics, Inc., 801 North 15th Street, Broken Arrow, OK 74012-2838; (918) 251-0925 Mr. Scott Phillips, Principal Investigator Mr. Michael A. Phillips, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-97ER82353 Amount: $75,000 Among the various alternative fuels propos ...

Equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) is a retrovirus that causes a chronic infection in horses. In theabsence of a vaccine, the control of this disease depends on the diagnosis and elimination of infectedhorses. Currently approved diagnostic procedures utilize agar gel diffusion (AGID), or enzyme-linkedimmunosorbant (ELISA) methodologies to detect antibodies against the virus in horse sera as e ...

Water quality and soil erosion are high priority issues for U.S. agriculture. In more humid areas of theU.S., vegetation filter strips have proven to be an effective method of reducing erosion and improvingwater quality. Filter strips are less effective in the West due to sparser vegetation and more variablerainfall. In addition, establishment of vegetation is more difficult in many western wat ...

87 LNG Storage and Delivery System Analysis--Directed Technologies, Inc., 4001 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 775, Arlington, VA 22203-1614; (703) 243-3383 Mr. Brian D. James, Principal Investigator Mr. Ira F. Kuhn, Jr., Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-97ER82357 Amount: $75,000 To reduce foreign fuel dependence and improve the Nation¿s air quality, new high-efficiency, direct-injection d ...

16 Fiber Optic for the Detection of Co-Contaminant Compounds--F&S, Inc., P.O. Box 11704, Blacksburg, VA 24062-1704; (540) 953-4274 Mr. Mark E. Jones, Principal Investigator Ms. Garnett S. Linkous, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-97ER82371 Amount: $74,994 Innovative technologies to advance the measurement of biological and physicochemical properties of natural systems are necessary in ...