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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term objective of the proposed work is the development of innovative detection technologies for biochips (a.k.a. DNA microarrays). It is envisioned that the proposed technologies will enable the application of biochips to biodefense, particularly when a rapid and reliable diagnostic screen is required in the field. The Specific Aims of the proposed wo ...

We propose the development of advanced encryption techniques to make integrated circuits more secure against unauthorized intrusion, specifically the use of innovative embedded techniques to make reprogramming of high performance deep sub-micron or nano-scale FPGA or custom ASIC systems by other than the intended recipient essentially impossible. The specific concerns addressed in this proposal r ...

Military and space-application FPGAs are invaluable for improving defense capabilities and deployment schedules; however, they also create a potential vulnerability if their configuration code can be discerned or if they can be directly used in unauthorized systems. Modern IC debug and repair techniques, such as PICA and FIB, represent formidable attack tools, which when combined with other attac ...

The objective of this proposal is to further explore PbSnSe detector array on Si substrate. Two approaches are proposed. One is a zero-risk incremental advance that employs a new growth condition to reduce the dislocation density. Another approach is a novel fabrication technique with high-risk but it could enable revolutionary rather than evolutionary advances. IV-VI semiconductors such as Pb1-x ...

The objective of this proposal is to further develop IV-VI PbSnSe detectors epitaxially grown on Si substrates. The motivation of fabricating IV-VI detector arrays on Si is based on the following advantages of IV-VI Pb-salt semiconductors. (1) The large dielectric constant helps screen and localize the defect related effects. (2) The epitaxial material on Si is highly uniform, and thus the cutoff ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Becoming a mother is a significant transition in a woman's life. It is associated with considerable social, personal, career/job, and financial changes. Such transitions can precipitate major changes in health behaviors , like physical activity (PA). Up to one-year postpartum 57 percent of women are rarely or never exercising. With subsequent pregnancies women ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Becoming a mother is a significant transition in a woman's life. This transition can precipitate major changes in health behaviors, like physical activity. Once a woman has a child she is much less likely to participate in regular, moderate to vigorous physical activity compared to women without children. Thus, new mothers are at risk for future weight gain and ...

In this proposed effort, Embeddetech identifies its general-purpose ‘low-code’ platform architecture as the ideal architectural choice to support hardware virtualization, after extensive market research and experimental development. The architecture provides a flexible hosting environment for target code dynamically executing on multiple simulated processors, executing in real time. Each simul ...

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's Abstract): The investigators have developed a plasmid vector that expresses the normal human alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) gene in human respiratory epithelium when delivered as a plasmid-cationic liposome complex. In subjects with inherited AAT deficiency, they showed that liposome mediated transfer of the normal AAT gene to the nasal respiratory epi ...

Boulder Nonlinear Systems (BNS) and Prof. Rikky Muller at UC-Berkeley propose a two-phase effort to address current speed limitations in holographic photostimulation. Specifically, the proposed innovations aim to achieve streaming of high-resolution holograms at up to 10,000 frames per second (fps) to enable closed-loop optogenetic control.Optical imaging and photostimulation have emerged as compl ...