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Species identification of blue crabmeat is necessary for the detection of inappropriately labeled products. Atlantic blue crab is the most valuable crab industry in the United States. Due to its high cost, popularity and demand Atlantic blue crab meat is susceptible to substitition using less valuable crab species. Authenticity of crab products marketed in the United States will ensure consumers a ...

The overall goal of the proposed program is to demonstrate the technical and scientific feasibility of combining the biopulping and fiber loading technologies at a pilot-scale simulating industrial conditions to minimize the initial research and development costs. The combined technology will save electrical energy, improve paper quality (strength and optical properties), and reduce the environmen ...

The relatively short growing season in the Midwest presents a problem for farmers who wish to capitalize on the growing demand of chile peppers products. Chile pepper is a warm-season crop and grows best in the long frost-free season in the Southwest. There is a lack of productive varieties available to Midwest farmers. The objective of this research are to evaluate experimental chile pepper hybri ...

With record-breaking disastrous wildfires along with the human toll fighting them, no real-time technology is available to hot shots or heli-tanker suppression crews to easily detect and pinpoint water/retardant suppression on latent or lingering hot spots which are often obscured by dirt, smoke or dust. We propose to generate functional requirements of a microwave radiometer handheld sensor and a ...

"Reflex triode bremsstrahlung sources potentially provide warm X-ray sources (20 keV to 500 keV), capable of generating high doses (~10 cal/g gold) over exposure areas of ~20 cm2. This needed capability allows experimental verification of warm X-ray inducedthermomechanical response, SGEMP, and box IEMP models for achieving component and system certification to hostile environments.In a reflex trio ...

"Nuclear Weapons Effects Tests (NWET) frequently require that the test article be irradiated in an ultra-clean environment, making survivable shields a necessary part of many debris systems. Survivable shields as large as 12 inches in diameter are requiredbut have yet to be demonstrated in Plasma Radiating Source (PRS) environments. The loads on a survivable shield are a combination of radiation i ...

"Measurements of fluence from a Plasma Radiation Source (PRS) are critical to the performance of accurate Nuclear Weapon Effects (NWE) experiments. Fast, total stopping calorimeters have been demonstrated to provide a robust, reusable, economic sensor forfluence measurements. However, the output of these sensors is a few millivolts and thus high signal to noise recording is difficult to achieve, ...

Platypus/TM/ technology is a novel, platform technology for the detection of molecular interactions. It is based on the exquisite sensitivity of liquid crystals to nano-scale features on surfaces. It can be used for the detection of a wide range of target molecules. It's advantages are: simplicity, rapidity, freedom from secondary amplification systems, enzymes or labels, the use of visible light ...

Farmstead soap adds value to goat milk, greatly exceeding gross returns on raw milk sold to creameries $21/100 weight) and specialty farmstead cheeses ($160/hundred weight equivalent). More than 60 3.5-ounce bars of soap, however, can be made from one gallon of milk. At $3 per bar of soap, 100 weight of milk generates more than $2,250 in gross income. Technical difficulties arise for traditional f ...

The proposed Web-based informational database for rural educational facilities will enhance economic opportunity and quality of life for the educational facility and for the community. The primary object of the proposed Web-based informational database is to improve and strengthen the communication and exposure of rural educational facilities. We intend to develop the most efficient means of conve ...