Proofing technologies

The trend toward lower proof beverages will also likely continue because of new consumer preferences, cost reduction, and tax savings opportunities. Pressures to improve production efficiencies and lower costs will increase and new technology must play a greater role in this area. Distilled beverages have been produced for several thousands of years and will continue to be consumed in an ever increasing variety of forms and packages. 

In principle, diluter technology accurate to 10 /rl or less would have been an option, and appropriately smaller sample amounts could have been taken at the third step (a reduction at step 1 would have entailed another proof of homogeneity and representativity if the number of crystals per sample became too small if unlimited material is available, reducing the sample... 

Fine-chemical companies have definitely shown interest in micro-reaction technology (see also the commitment in [137]) and have formed their own task forces for this purpose. The increasing number of patents is further proof of the beginning commercial use of micro reactors (see, e.g., [318-321]). 

Since the first description was only two decades ago, combinatorial biosynthesis has advanced from a limited set of proof-of-principle experiments into a more mature scientific discipline. To reach the maximal potential of natural product structural diversity, the combination of this approach with other established and emerging technologies will ultimately provide access to a rich variety of unnatural natural products with improved properties or new biological activities for future drug discovery and development. 

Printing Materials. The application of photopolymer technology to a wide variety of imaging applications in the printing industry is a quite important. Most printing plates and pre-press proofing products used today are based on, or utilize some element of, photopolymer chemistry. 

Rodents present a very different problem. They are perhaps the greatest escape artists in the world. Many experiments have been ruined because the controls and treated animals have "visited" each other or totally "disappeared." Rodent facilities need to be "escape proofed." In practical terms, this Is more of a vigilant art than orderly technology. There should be as few penetrations as possible in the walls, ceiling, and floors. All penetrations should be carefully sealed, in a fashion similar to a biocontainment facility. Air vents and drains should be screened. Care must be taken not to use too small mesh as it will interfere with airflow. The wall material should be smooth. 

This still needs to be evaluated. The technology provider plans to test the new RDM at the vendor s facility prior to shipment. No proof of principle prior to this time is anticipated, especially demonstration of the efficacy of the tube-cutting concept for concurrent cutting of firing tubes and contained rockets. Also, the capability of the punch-and-drain and rocket-cutting operations to prevent agent contamination of energetics has not been demonstrated. 

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