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Coldwater disease (CWD), caused by Flavobacterium psychrophilum, results in severe losses to salmonid aquaculture worldwide. In recent years, this disease has had a significant economic impact on commercial, Federal and State aquaculture facilities in the U.S. Immunization against this disease would provide the most benefit to producers, and although significant protection has been observed under ...

Military, government and civilian personnel need timely and cost-effective warning of chemical and biological hazards in many arenas.Timely warning allows for effective personnel protection. ManningApplied Technology proposes to construct a novel Fouriertransform-infrared spectrometer which is modular, compact, costs less than $5000in quantity, and is optically tilt-compensated. The proposed des ...

A novel Fourier transform-infrared spectrometer will be developed. The instrument is modular, rugged, compact, and optically stable. Large volume pricing will be less than $4000 per unit. Two months of Phase I effort have demonstrated conclusively thefeasibility of three critical technical objectives, generating strong commercial interest. Confidence is high that the remaining objectives will be a ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will investigate the problem of chlorinated solvent contamination in saturated, low permeability soils. The specific objectives of Phase I research are : (1) to quantify the effectiveness of chitin as an electron donor facilitating reductive dechlorination and enhancing bioavailability of tetrachloroethylene (PCE and TCE); ( 2) to inco ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Most current purification methodologies are very expensive due to the requirement for multiple steps and empirical development. In principle, immuno-affinity chromatography (IAC) should provide a very attractive alternative as it affords remarkable enrichment in a single step and is easily adapted to any target compound. Unfortuna ...

DESCRIPTION (adapted from applicant's abstract): An innovative system is proposed for the utilization of the adenoviral terminal protein to facilitate the construction of adenoviral vectors used for gene transfer, and in particular gene therapy. So far, adenoviral vectors are best generated using bacterial plasmids, because they eliminate potential viral ...

We propose to develop scripting language enhancements to enable the rapid synthesis of publish-subscribe fuselets through a unified framework for subscription and resource discovery based on XPath and XQL extensions, to design and prototype itsimplementation in an extensible manner by mapping onto existing interpreter and runtime infrastructures using a combination of dynamic source-to-source tran ...

We propose to define a universal graphics interchange format which extends existing Extensible Markup Language (XML) graphics languages such as SVG and XGL so as to enable portability among display formats for the test and evaluation (T&E) of aircraft andspace systems, to design a unified framework for interoperability which specifies mappings between formats as multi-stage XML StyleSheet Transfor ...

Pacific Northwest Fiber is proposing a project to evaluate strawboard as a substrate for the production of laminated materials. Our objective will be to determine the proper pretreatment of strawboard, the appropriate adhesives for each class of laminates, and the best procedures for achieving a bond that will pass the standard tests for the intended products. Further tests will evaluate the perfo ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): The Positive Action (PA) program has been used for drug prevention since 1982. It is a comprehensive program that includes components for K- 12 classrooms, school climate change, parent involvement and community partnerships. Evaluation data demonstrate its effectiveness at reducing drug use and other problem behavio ...