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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a Phase II STTR application for funds to build, test, and optimize a full-size prototype of RAFT (Rapid Automated Flow cytometric Testing), a novel device for rapid, automated blood typing and compatibility testing. Phase I Aims of performing blood bank testing with inert filter membranes have been exceeded using RAFT in the manual format. RAFT is 1) ac ...

Terahertz plasma wave detectors and emitters utilizing the high-density 2-D electrons in submicron AlGaInN/GaN-based Quantum Well Heterostructure Field Effect Transistors (QW-HFETs)with high-sensitivity levels for the sensing of terahertz (THz) frequency electromagnetic radiation are proposed and developed.

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): After successfully demonstrating the feasibility of virtual reality cue exposure (VRCE) for smoking in a phase I trial, we proposed to develop a virtual reality skills training (VRST) treatment for nicotine dependence based on traditional cognitive behavioral coping skills programs. VRST combines computer graphics with sensory input devices including: tracking ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Individuals with social phobia are less educated, less likely to be married, and are of a lower socioeconomic status (Schneier et al, 1992; Stein & Kean, 2000). Public speaking appears to be the most commonly feared social situation among socially phobic individuals, as well as the general population. Cognitive-behavioral treatments for social anxiety are effec ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term goal of the collaboration between the USC and Southern Sun BioSystems is to create a plant breeding and remediation technology-development center which would supply hardware, protocols for breeding-selection and mass production of elite plants for nurseries and remediation businesses, with licensing and tracking mechanisms for protecting intellect ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to develop a novel dual FRET molecular beacons technology for living cell detection and analysis of cancer. Molecular beacons are dual-labeled oligonucleotide probes with a stem-loop hairpin structure. Hybridization of molecular beacons with target mRNAs corresponding to cancer markers results in fluorescence of the cell. Thus, cancer cells (brig ...

This work will continue the use of numerical methods to determine optimal design parameters for a compact hybrid fuel cell power system driven by a statistically determined load profile. Detailed physics-based models will be used to represent the bahavior of the components in the hybrid system. The components considered in the hybrid system for Phase II will be a PEM fuel cell, Li-ion batteries an ...

Location TRANSFUSION AND TRANSPLANTATION TECH, INC. 3455 SPALDING DR ATLANTA, GA 30350 United States 4R42HL076945-02 $262 778.00 2 007 Amotosalen PCT of Leukapheresis Units for GvHD Therapy Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of He ...

Aerotonomy, Incorporated, the Georgia Tech Research Institute, and the Boeing Company propose here to continue work towards the development of commercially viable enabling technologies for a Cruise Efficient, ESTOL-capable Transport Aircraft (CEETA). Results of the Phase I effort provide a broad, systems-based assessment of several innovative Combined Circulation Control (C3) techniques that repr ...

Future multiband communications systems demand frequency agile filters. While such devices are available at millimeter wave, they suffer from large size and high cost, among others. For this STTR Phase II effort, nGimat, working with Georgia Tech, will develop a miniaturized, low-loss, tunable Ka-band bandpass filter using its low-cost tunable thin film technology. In Phase I, nGimat has succes ...