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NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: The productive use of surface water for agriculture has become a critical national and international priority as competition for water resources increasingly outpaces supply. This is demonstrated by the World Bank's investment of $3 billion a year in water projects. Small earth-lined irrigation ditches are used to deliver water from larger canals or streams directly to field ...

The need for a rapid, reliable needle free delivery system for Hu BCHE bioscavengers is identified. The critical medical and design issues involved are presented. A needle free jet injection system is detailed. The Phase I effort comprises detailedpharmacokinetic studies and preliminary and detailed device design. The fabrication of a size appropriate injector for test rodents will also be underta ...

Phase II will focus on the design and development of a prototype needle-free injection system for administering BChE enzyme into humans to provide protection against chemical warfare agents. The Phase I proof-of-concept demonstrated the accelerateddelivery of BChE into the circulatory system using needle-free injection. The second phase of this project will consist of the following three tasks: ...

Due to current threats against the United States, there is a very real need for an efficient, effective and portable method to neutralize or defeat unknown chemical and biological warfare agents (CBWAs). In the event of toxic agent attack on civiliantargets, a rapid and intelligent response by civilian authorities is required to minimize the spread and scope of the attack. It has been suggested ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a dearth of powerful, readily available computational tools for analyzing irregularly spaced data such as seizures and the effect of therapeutic interventions, and for intelligent optimization of therapies through quantitative analysis. The refinement and validation of a statistical methodology for analyzing the effects of an anti-seizure therapy (brai ...

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Managing free-ranging animal distribution in real-time remains a worldwide challenge. Most conventional approaches to improve animal distribution cannot be implemented in real-time because the tool to bring about the change is fixed in time and or space while forage and animal resources are temporally and spatially dynamic. Until recently Bilateral Virtual Fencing (BVF) was ...

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Managing free-ranging animal distribution in real-time remains a worldwide challenge. Most conventional approaches to improve animal distribution cannot be implemented in real-time because the tool to bring about the change is fixed in time and or space while forage and animal resources are temporally and spatially dynamic. Until recently Bilateral Virtual Fencing (BVF) was ...

72255S03-I In the materials processing industry, melting raw materials and forming them into products involve high-temperature operations in which large amounts of energy are consumed. Sensors that work in these high-temperature industrial processing environments (which also have harsh chemicals, physical restrictions, and electromagnetic interference) will contribute significantly to minimizing ...

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Based on previous work we anticipate that this project will provide a proof of principle for hybrid rice production as an attractive alternative to the use of CMS in rice. We expect that this technology will become standard to the rice industry and integrated into worldwide breeding programs. We also anticipate that this technology will be used in a wide array of other cerea ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this project is to develop an online system to augment current foster parent training programs. The system will assist in teaching parenting skills to individuals who want to begin foster parenting and those who want to improve their existing skills. Additionally, the system will decrease social workers' work loads by improving the efficiency of tra ...