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Because the data products generated by modern imaging ladar systems are inherently large in information content, there is currently a severe bottleneck in the communications of these products to end users, particularly when full-waveform recovery is desired. During the Phase I effort, Bridger demonstrated that their 3D imaging system architecture was ideally suited for seamless integration of high ...

S-RAM Dynamics (S-RAM) will design, fabricate, test and commercialize a transcritical CO2 refrigeration system using the recently invented S-RAM CO2 oil-less, integrated expander/compressor unit (ECU). This CO2 refrigeration system will be targeted for mobile military cold storage assets and commercial transportation refrigeration units. The refrigeration system will meet the specified space requi ...

Resodyn Corporation proposes to develop a novel cold chain system with a Lifetime Warranty (20+ years) for the vacuum container.The container is composed of a passive energy efficient system for transporting blood and pharmaceuticals in hostile environments for up to three days.Capacity is four unit blood transfusion bags.Energy efficiency is possible by the novel shape and super insulating qualit ...

Solid oxide fuel cells have long suffered from degradation due to impurities in the fuel and complexities associated with dissimilar materials and high operating temperatures. This degradation lowers the usable cell power output and requires ancillary equipment for fuel sulfur removal and reformation. A unique microstructure for the tubular anode will be produced using a novel freeze-casting tec ...

This Small Business Innovative Research Phase I project is to develop a broad band detection system for air toxicity. Our overall objective is to show that honey bee orientation and locomotor behaviors can be used as reliable and measurable indicators of certain airborne toxicants. Locomotor sufficiency and directional orientation are behaviors that should unambiguously indicate toxicant exposu ...

This project's objective is to develop honey bee colonies as broad band, wide area detectors of airborne toxicants. Phase I focused on identifying behavioral endpoints that assess the locomotor and task solving performance of 'exposed' foragers returning to the hive. Preliminary results indicate that speed of maze navigation and recognition of 'exposed' foragers by entrance guard bees hold prom ...

Many Unites States Army, and other Department of Defense (DoD) sites, are contaminated with a variety of contaminants including highly energetic compounds, such as 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), chlorinated aliphatics (such as trichloroethylene,TCE) and chlorinated aromatics. These compounds often persist in soil or groundwater for extended periods of t ...

Many Unites States Army, and other Department of Defense (DoD) sites, are contaminated with a variety of contaminants including highly energetic compounds, such as 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), chlorinated aliphatics (such as trichloroethylene,TCE) and chlorinated aromatics. These compounds often persist in soil or groundwater for extended periods of t ...

This project develops a conjugate vaccine against Shigella flexneri 2a utilizing cGMP-compatible manufacturing processes. The antigenic component of the vaccine is deacylated-polysaccharide from the bacterial LPS that has an average of one O-antigen repeat unit per polysaccharide molecule. The polysaccharide is deacylated by a biological process, and has a core structure with intact phophosphory ...

There is need for a commercial vaccine against shigellosis because all groups of pathogenic Shigella have acquired resistance to antibiotics. Shigella conjugate vaccines have proven safe and protective in previous clinical trials, but obstacles associated with large-scale manufacturing of these subunit vaccines have apparently hindered commercial development. The present project uses a new and s ...