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This project addresses two problems of environmental and economic importance to New Mexico.The first problem is the value-added utilization of pecan shells, and agricultural waste from oneof New Mexico's most important crops. The second problem is the need to remove metal andorganic contaminants of environmental concern from wastewater produced by some of NewMexico's economically important indust ...

WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A PORTABLE MONITORING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF DETECTING TRACE QUANTITIES OF RADIONUCLIDES IN SOILS USING A HIGH RESOLUTION CADMIUM TELLURIDE ARRAY DETECTOR AND A RUGGED MULTICHANNEL DATA LOGGER. THE PROPOSED MONITORING SYSTEM BUILDS UPON THE DESIGN OF A SIMPLE MONITOR DEVELOPED TO AID IN THE DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING OF A URANIUM PLANT. THE SIMPLE SYSTEM IMPROVED THE SPEE ...

This project represents the potential for a major advancement in helicopter fire fighting capability for forests and grasslands. Although early work with helicopters attempted to maximize the quantity of water delivered for initial fire attack, the Light Aircraft Foam Application System (LAFAS) focuses on the precise delivery of quality foam-water mixtures, while retaining previous delivery quant ...

The proposed product to be developed will be an inexpensive system to monitor activities ofpersons who must, or who prefer to live alone, and to alert a responsible individual on a timelybasis of potential medical emergency situations which are indicated based on this activity or lackof activity. An expert system will monitor the activity levels as well as simple user inputs suchas codes for ever ...

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 ...

SWINE DYSENTERY (SD) HAS BEEN ESTIMATED TO COST SWINE PRODUCERS IN EXCESS OF 130 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY, AND IS QUARANTINABLE IN MOST STATES. CONFIRMATION OF THE DISEASE IS BASED ON THE DETECTION OF THE BACTERIA, TREPONEMAHYODYSENTERIAE, FROM THE FECES OF INFECTED PIGS. THE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ASSAY IS TIME CONSUMING, LACKS SENSITIVITY, AND IN MANY CASES REQUIRES AN EXPERIENCED TECHNICIAN FOR AN ...

The incidence of food borne outbreaks associated with Salmonella has risen steadily since the mid1970's. The monetary cost of salmonellosis has been estimated at $4 billion annually. The primarycause of salmonellosis has been linked to the consumption of eggs or egg products containingSalmonella enteritidis and 80% of all eggs consumed in the United States are transported to thepurchaser in the ...

WE PROPOSE TO EXPLOIT THE PROPERTIES OF OUR NEW, FAST, BRIGHT SCINTILLATOR, YAIO3:CE(+3) (YAP), TO CONSTRUCT A DETECTOR FOR PHOTONS WITH ENERGIES FROM 20 KEV TO 3 MEV. AN ARRAY OF THESE INDIVIDUAL DETECTORS WILL SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR A BROAD-BAND Y-RAY DOSIMETER CAPABLE OF MEASURING EXPOSURES FROM 5 MR/H TO 1 R/H AND EQUIVALENT DOSES FROM 5 X 10(-2) TO 10 (+4) MSV/H. THEA ADVANTAGES OF YAP SCINTI ...

AVAILABLE INSTRUMENTS USED TO MONITOR AIRBORNE PARTICLES (SUCH AS DUST) ARE TYPICALLY INTEGRATING DEVICES WHICH COLLECT OVER LONG PERIODS -- HOURS TO DAYS. THESE DEVICES, SUCH AS PM-10 SENSORS, ARE ACCURATE BUT PROVIDE ONLY A TOTAL OVER TIME, AN AVERAGE CONCENTRATION. IMPROVEMENT OF AIR QUALITY REQUIRES DETERMINATION OF CAUSE AND MEASUREMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TAKEN. THERE ...

APPLE PACKING PROCESS STILL IS DONE BY HAND. ALONG THE APPLE CONVEYERS, WORKERS ARE PLACED TO MONITOR THE PASSING APPLES AND REMOVE THE ROTTED, DAMAGED, DISEASED APPLES AND FOREIGN MATERIALS. THIS LABOR INTENSIVE WORK IN A WET AND DIRTY ENVIRONMENT IS NOT ONLY TEDIOUS AND CAUSES FATIGUE TO EYES, BUT ALSO DIFFICULT TO PREVENT THE UNDESIRABLE OBJECTS FROM PASSING THROUGH THE LINE. IT HAS BEEN AN INC ...