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Empirical-based mathematical framework and computer algorithms, for representing human perception and cognition processes and limitations, which influence the recognition of salient information about rapidly changing events.

Due to the limited amount of rhenium present in the earths crust (approximately 1-2 part per billion) there is a significant benefit to be realized in recovering for reuse the rhenium from scrap material, spent catalysts, or end-of-life superalloys. Rhenium is found in molybdenum-copper porphyry deposits. If rhenium is present in ore that is processed, it will show up in the resulting molybdenum ...

1-hexanol is a widely used intermediate chemical with applications in the perfume, food, chemicals ?and polymer industry. It can be dehydrated to make 1-hexene which is widely used a co-monomer for polyethylene applications. Current industrial production of 1-hexanol uses petroleum based feedstocks and involves several steps that are carried out at high temperatures and high pressures, making the ...

Semiochemicals, especially pheromones, are of critical importance to integrated pest and vector management. Some pheromones, however, are too expensive, costing over $50,000/kg. This makes them far too costly for many control agencies to use in aggressive management regimes, as the required quantities for effective formulations are high. The development of a synthetic process to convert low cost b ...

Cranberries are a native North American fruit; domesticated in Massachusetts in the early 1800's and are currently vital to numerous small and mid-size U.S. farmers. Cranberry production is a particularly important component of the economy in many states, including Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington. Moreover, cranberries are the top fruit crop in Wisconsin, grossing ...

American Solar, Inc. proposes to research and analyze two low cost solar air heating systems for poultry houses. The solar heating systems will use an existing poultry house metal roof and a new wall-mounted, solar curtain system to harvest renewable, solar heated air. The solar heated air will displace cold outside ventilation air that would be brought into the house and require heating by non-re ...

A small number of mycotoxins released by mold infestation in dairy cattle feed lots are responsible for most cases of acute diarrhea in cattle. It is common for feed to be contaminated with more than one species of mycotoxin, so it is important to have a screening tool that is rapid, reliable, cost-effective, and sensitive to different toxins.The proposed cattle feed mycotoxin detection system wil ...

Lygos develops technologies for the production of chemicals from renewable raw materials, mainly sugar. Specifically, Lygos' scientists engineer microbes that grow in fermentation tanks to consume sugar and produce a target chemical, which is then purified from the fermenter for sale. Lygos' technology provides a method to produce the same chemicals currently made from petroleum but at bot ...

Ixodes scapularis is a species of tick, commonly referred to as deer tick, it is of major medical and veterinary significance throughout the northeastern United States due to its capacity to transmit tick borne diseases like Lyme disease and several other zoonotic pathogens. The increasing incidence of transmission of these tick-borne disease, in both animals and humans necessitates a control prod ...

Aztech Games addresses a key national priority, "Development of technologies and services that specifically address the needs of youth and the low-income sector of the rural population" through software designed to raise the mathematics achievement of English language learners in rural communities. As this subgroup continues to rise as a proportion of the population, addressing the educational nee ...