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"Three-dimensional textile reinforcement architectures with straight in-plane fibers and optimized through thickness fiber content are considered as efficient solutions for the next generation of light weight, damage tolerant, high strength compositesallowing for cost-effective manufacturing solutions. The 3-D weaving process is gentle to the fibers, thus making automated fiber optic sensor insert ...

Three-dimensional woven and braided fiber architectures provide important advantages to composites, including suppression of delamination, high damage tolerance, improved through-the-thickness properties, simplicity and cost-effectiveness of manufacturing complex composite structural components. However, in order to diversify applications and reach high volumes of utilization of these materials in ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Pretest probability assessment (PTP) plays a pivotal role in the evaluation of pulmonary embolism (PE) in the emergency department (ED) and accurate PTP assessment can modify defensive test-ordering behavior by physicians. However, current methods of PTP assessment produce broad categories of risk that tend to over fit individual patients and seldom obviate tes ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A rapid, noninvasive, and accurate, point-of-care device to diagnose and exclude pulmonary embolism (PE) remains an unmet need, especially for patients with conditions that activate inflammatory and coagulation pathways and therefore predispose to PE. These conditions include surgery, cancer, age >70 years, prolonged hospitalization, hemodialysis, connective ti ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Genomics Revolution and the resultant explosion of knowledge in genomics are shaping our futures. Therefore, it is crucial that knowledge of genomics is broadly disseminated, so that future scientists, educators, policy makers, community leaders, and heads of households can harness the beneficial power of genomic science. Given the indiscriminate impact of ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The American Cancer Society estimates that a total of 240,430 new breast cancers were diagnosed in 2007 (178,400 new cases of invasive breast cancer, and 62,030 new cases of in situ breast cancer). Approximately 180,000 of these patients undergo breast conserving surgery (BCS), also called lumpectomy. Multiple recent studies show that a staggering 20-70% of the ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): This application seeks Phase II funding to continue the development of the Elementary School Success Profile (ESSP) Drug Abuse Prevention Sreening Tool. The long-term objective is to help school-based health and mental health professionals quickly and accurately assess students' risk and protective factor status for adolescent substance use and other harmfu ...

The Architecture Analysis and Design Language (AADL) is an SAE standard language for describing the software and hardware architecture of performance-critical real-time systems. In addition, the AADL standard allows the definition of annexes, i.e., formal extensions to the standard language to enhance the design specifications of hardware or software components. We propose to leverage the AADL la ...

We propose to further develop a new technique for imaging underground facilities based on the passive monitoring of acoustic emissions from both stationary and moving equipment within such facilities. It is well known that all mechanical devices, such asmotors, gears, etc, emit acoustic signals. It is possible to identify an acoustic source based on its noise spectrum. During Phase I, we have demo ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a Phase I of a fast-track STTR application submitted in response to Program Announcement PA-03-001 ("Knowledge Integration across Distributed Heterogeneous Data Sources"). We propose a collaborative effort between Heart Imaging Technologies, LLC (HeartIT) and Duke University's Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center (DCMRC). The goal of the collaborati ...