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This project develops a nutrition program, MenuChoice©, for community-based group homes for persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD). Adults with IDD experience poorer nutritional health and more nutrition-related secondary conditions than adults without disabilities. These conditions are preventable and modifiable through a safe, healthful diet, but multiple challenges precl ...

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"Coprime proposes to investigate the applicability of learning-based source separation methodologies to the problem of multiple targets in a complex acoustic environment. The Phase I effort will focus on identifying viable learning-based source separationalgorithms specifically tuned to the multiple combat vehicle scenario. A prototype architecture will be developed and numerical software rapidly ...

"Magnetic field-enhanced electrocatalysis at the hydrogen and air electrodes of PEM fuel cells have reported improved power densities, three-fold over conventional PEMFCs. Leddy, et al. used micron-sized polymer-encapsulated beads of permanent magnetsplaced in conventional inks of carbon-supported platinum electrocatalysts to enhance MEA performance. Their work showed a qualitatively improved CO ...

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During this Phase I effort Optomec will demonstrate that the Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) process provides a viable means for both repair and fabrication of functional prototype components for the MPH needs. This work will serve to establish abenchmark part that can be used for calibration and set up of the LENS equipment, as well as other commercially available RP equipment. The goal of ...

The invention of a portable, lightweigh, rugged, and non-invasive deep tissue pH monitor is proposed. Tissue pH is an acutely sensitive indicator of circulatory demise and tissue perfusion. Currently, arterial bood gas measurments are used to measure tissue pH, but they are relatively slow and require the drawing of a blood sample. A non-invasive deep tissue pH monitor would provide an instantan ...

A Vehicle Real-time Attitude Estimation System (VRAES) is proposed which will use existing real-time tracking systems and proven software for object detection, outlining, and feature extraction. Using generalized shape parameters obtained during the detection and feature extraction processing, a subset of outline filters from a large bank of prestored object outlines will be selected. These will ...

The crew of direct fire weapon systems in an active fire fight are subject to information overload and conflicting priorities, particularly in a target-rich environment. Such parameters as distance to target, immediacy of threat, target value assessment (TVA), lethality against a specific target type, slew angle required to engage, and type of round in the tube may all be factors in selecting whi ...

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