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Non-nutritive food additives and antibiotics are entering the food chain in ever increasing amounts. Consequently, there is increased public health concerns over the effects these compounds may have on the human intestinal microflora. Shifts in populations of intestinal bacteria can result in colonic disorders such diarrhea, flatulence and decreased resistance to intestinal pathogens. Whereas ther ...

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP A SURVIVABLE, LIGHTWEIGHT HIGH ENERGY DENSITY ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS. A NEW CLASS OF ELECTROLYTES, LOW TEMPERATURE MOLTEN SALTS (AND MODIFICATIONS THEREOF), OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY OF UTILIZING HIGH ENERGY DENSITY POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODES IN PREVIOUSLY UNTRIED COMBINATIONS. THE USE OF THESE LOW TEMPERATURE SYSTEMS OBVIATES SOM ...

Semi-refined carrageenan (SRC) is a minimally processed form of carrageenan that requires less energy to make, but has the same food efficacy as the traditional, more highly refined form. Only Eucheuma(tropical red seaweeds) weeds, which yield strong gelling kappa and iota types of carrageenan have been successfully used to produce marketable SRC. To date, Gigartina and Chondrus (cold water red se ...

A LAMBERTIAN ATTENUATION MODEL WILL BE COMBINED WITH A VERY FAST RAY TRACING ALGORITHM ON A NETWORK OF TRANSPUTER ELEMENTS TO DETERMINE THE APPLICABILITY OF PARALLEL COMPUTING TO EXAMPLE RADIATION TRANSPORT MODELING.

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Pulmonary inflammatory diseases linked to oxidant stress in lung tissues represent a major health concern in the U.S. These diseases include allergic asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, viral and bacterial in fections, and related sepsis-induced acute lung injury. Evidence indicates that antioxidant defenses in the tissues play a pivotal role in redu ...

A METHOD TO DEVELOP A MODEL SYSTEM FOR NONRADIOACTIVE DNA HYBRIDIZATION/DETECTION FOR IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA WILL BE DEVELOPED. DNA FOR AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE WILL BE LABELED WITH BIOTINYLATED DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE BY NICK TRANSLATION AND USED AS PROBE. COLONY HYBRIDIZATION PROCEDURES FOR THE DETECTION OF IN E. COLI WILL THEN BE DEVELOPED. DETECTION OF HYBRIDIZED BIOTINYLATED DNA WILL BE DO ...

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NATIVE OYSTER PRODUCTION AND POPULATION HAVE FALLEN DRAMATICALLY IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE PUBLIC FISHERY HAS BEEN DECIMATED BY DISEASE WHILE THE PRIVATE CULTURISTS HAVE BEEN BURDENED BY A RIGID LEGAL AND SOCIAL FRAMEWORK. A METHOD OF PRODUCTION WHICH UTILIZES THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE PUBLIC FISHERY AND THE DISEASE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF THE PRIVATE CULTURISTS NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED. T ...

TREATMENT OF DISEASED FINFISH AND SHRIMP LARVAE IS LIMITED TO CONTACT EXPOSURE WITH CHEMICALS ADMINISTERED IN THE WATER. HOWEVER, LARVAE REQUIRE INGESTION OF APPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTICS FOR FAST, EFFECTIVE RECOVERY FROM SYSTEMIC BACTERIAL INFECTIONS. THE AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY LACKS A MEDICATED PRODUCT DEVELOPED FOR LARVAL ANIMALS. MICROENCAPSULATION IS CURRENTLY BEING TESTED AS A DELIVERY SYSTEM OF LIV ...