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USING RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY AND SOLID-PHASE DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS, A UNIQUE HYBRID GENE CONSISTING OF A FRAGMENT OF DIPTHERIA TOXIN AND THE SEQUENCEENCODING APLHA-MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE (MSH) HAS BEENCONSTRUCTED AND EXPRESSED IN E. COLI K12. PRELIMINARY STUDIES OF THE CYTOTOXIC PROPERTIES OF THIS NOVEL POLYPEP- TIDE (MSH-TOXIN) ON HUMAN MALIGNANT MELANOMA CELLS DEMONSTRATE THA ...

LOCATING NATIVE QUARTZ GRAVEL DEPOSITS WITH THERMAL IMAGERY HAS BEEN FOUND FEASIBLE BY THE USDA FOREST SERVICE SOUTHERN REGION, BUT THE COST OF OBTAINING IMAGERY WITH RESEARCH SCANNERS IS EXCESSIVE AND IMPRACTICAL. THE PYROELECTRIC VIDEO SYSTEM MANUFACTURED BY THE ISI GROUP OFFERS A POTENTIAL LOW COST ALTERNATIVE, BUT NEEDS RESEARCH TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS APPLICATION. A DUAL CAMERA S ...

The United States is experiencing a public health crisis on a massive scale due to the number of people with dementia, lack of cures, and challenges associated with caregiving for this population.1,2 Until cures for the dementias are discovered, new technologies and interventions are imperative that can reduce the stress and emotional burden of Alzheimerandapos;s disease (AD) and Alzheimerandapos; ...

Using Renewable Energy to Make Tilapia Production Financially Viable for Small FarmsInvestigator: Fox W.S. Institution: Arizona Green (Div. of Teach Sharp LLC) Elfrida AZMaking production of tilapia (and other warm-water fish) financially viable and sustainable on asmall-farm scale depends on several factors. The number-one constraint is the need to maintaino o tropical water temperatures (70 to 1 ...

Bulzi will adapt its Technology Readiness Level 9 (TRL-9) “zBeacon” product line to support Base Security applications. zBeacon utilizes Radio Frequency (RF) Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to passively identify the location of mobile devices in an area of interest. Our commercial zBeacon products are used to inform outdoor advertising networks about consumers exposed to locations of int ...

This project develops and evaluates the technical feasibility of implementing a suite of Social Activity Modules to be used with the CosmoBot™ system, an interactive robotic toolkit, for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The CosmoBot™ system is equipped with social activity modules and interactive games to engage multiple children, providing an engaging, effective mode of deliverin ...

SARCOS RESEARCH CORPORATION (SRC) AND THE CENTER FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN (CED) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HAVE DEVELOPED AND COMMERCIALIZE HUMANOID ROBOTS WITH REMARKABLE HUMAN-LIKE MOTIONS FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. WITH THEASSISTANCE OF THE BATTELLE-OPERATED PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABS, A NEW COMPUTER-BASED PROGRAM CONTROLLER AND DATA ACQUISITIONSYSTEM CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO A SPACE SUIT TEST. IT ...

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This Phase I project will investigate using scrap tires to form a protective system for mitigating local scour around bridge piers. Local scour is the erosion of the riverbed around bridge piers, which is induced by the recirculating juncture flow at the intersection of the pier and the riverbed. Bridge failure caused by this phenomenon has long been an important issue with respect to both publi ...

This work contributes to the transition from visualization tools to the integrated environment envisioned in DHS S&T`s Precision Information Environment (PIE). We seek to enable DHS operating components and first responders to rapidly access and deploy new products from DHS Centers of Excellence (COEs) or other sources of countless visual and data analytics capabilities. In partnership with the VA ...