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High Precision Devices, Inc. (HPD) proposes to continue and complete development of the 25 kW Flowing Water Optical Power Meter for Laser Measurements begun under a Phase I SBIR award. In the proposed Phase II work described, HPD will complete mechanical and electrical subsystems, apply a ceramic carbon nanotube coating to the internal surfaces of the optical head, complete development of control ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become a primary diagnostic tool in scientific research and clinical imaging. Despite the excellent image quality that can be obtained with today’s MRIs, images acquired using different MRI systems and during longitudinal studies are not reproducible, and hence can be difficult, if not impossible, to compare. To address this issue, a standardized test of the ...

Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the most rapidly growing waste problems worldwide. Improper handling of e-waste results in vast amounts of toxic waste being sent to landfill and leaching into the water supply. Due to these concerns, e-waste recycling is a rapidly growing industry. Unfortunately, most current e-waste recycling processes rely on either manual hand sorting or differential densit ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Nearly 12 million wounds are treated in U.S. emergency departments every year. Skin wounds such as severe burns, large trauma wounds, or non-healing/chronic wounds that are too extensive or complex to close by natural healing are often reconstructed using autologous skin grafts. Although autologous skin grafts are currently the gold standard in complex wound re ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Dental caries are the most common childhood disease in the United States. Dental sealants are materials that are applied to the pits and fissures of healthy teeth to prevent dental caries or other forms of decay. This method prevents bacteria ingress and acid dissolution and targets the portions of the tooth surface where ~90% of the decay develops. Peer-review ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Summary Oral mucositis, a severe oral ulceration, is a common toxic effect of radio- or chemoradio-therapy and a limiting factor to using the maximum dose of radiation for effective cancer treatment. About 17.9 millionadults have been diagnosed with cancer in the United States, which is ~7.9% of the total population. At least 40%, and up to 70%, of individuals ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Novel Methacrylate-Thiol-Ene Composites for Dental Restorative Materials. As the demand for aesthetically pleasing restorative materials has increased, so has the desire and demand for improved performance. Despite their increasing prevalence, the resin phase of these materials has remained largely unaltered since Bowen first proposed the materials nearly 50 ye ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Preventable hospital admissions and readmissions are indicators of health system fragmentation and are associated with suboptimal patient outcomes and avoidable costs of care. Readmissions often result from leaving discharged patients to their own devices, unable to follow instructions they didn't understand, and not taking medications or getting the nece ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term objective of diabetes treatment is to create an artificial pancreas to substitute for the role of the biological pancreas in patients. This artificial pancreas must constantly measure glucose and respondwith an appropriate dose of insulin and/or glucagon to achieve an artificial analog to homeostasis. However, the artificial pancreas is subject ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to make air pollution personal by enabling K-12 students to act as citizen scientists using sophisticated, mobile air pollution monitors to measure their individual exposures to black carbon, a primary pollutant, and ozone, a secondary pollutant. Through their experiments and specially designed curricula, students will learn when and where they and o ...