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In this project, we will develop cost-effective, environmentally benign architectural roof coatings derived from agricultural products. Each year more than 5 billion pounds of material are used for roof coatings leading to the emission of more than 2.5 billion pounds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Our preliminary studies have shown that cationic photopolymerizations of epoxidized soybean ...

Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) causes an economically significant, untreatabledisease in salmonid fish. Immunization appears to be the most promising control method, butcommercial vaccines are not readily available. We have previously developed and tested arecombinant IPNV vaccine in rainbow trout and brook trout fry. Although the vaccinesignificantly reduced fish mortality, it di ...

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Wood fiber reinforced cement complements the high tensile strength, toughness, impact resistance and workability of wood with the fire resistance, durability and dimensional stability of cement-based materials, offering a unique balance of performance characteristics and aesthetic qualities at competitive cost. Current wood fiber cement processing systems, however, yield products of relatively hig ...

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In Phase I, a new family water-borne latex dispersions were prepared that incorporate the sugar ?dextrose' from corn. Targeting at a minimum the performance of conventional synthetics, these new sugar based polymers have important environmental benefits: they are recycling-friendly, incorporate an annually renewable resource, and contain no volatile organic compounds (VOC's). The sugar is first mo ...

The demand for natural flavors is increasing both in America and Europe. This project will optimizean innovative technique to recover benzaldehyde (natural cherry flavor) from cherry pit hydrolyzate.The concept is based on the hydrolysis of crushed cherry pits, adsorption of benzaldehyde fromhydrolyzate passed through an adsorption bed, and recovery of the benzaldehyde by regenerating theadsorbe ...

Marek's disease vaccines are the most widely used vaccines in the poultry industry. Since there are nosustainable cell lines suitable for propagating Marek's disease virus (MDV), the MDV vaccine industryuses primary chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) for production of vaccine virus. CEFs constitute asignificant proportion of the total cost of MDV vaccine production. Therefore, a significant reduc ...

Recreation and tourism have become a major part of the economic stability in rural areas over the past decade. Revenues brought into small businesses by travellers into and through rural communities bolster and sustain the local economy. Snowmobiling has become a major winter pastime and has the potential to bring a considerable influx of money into hotels, restaurants, markets and other establi ...