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High concentrations of supplemental oxygen are used routinely by pilots and divers prior to and during missions to prevent and treat decompression sickness, avoid detection during covert operations, and to support oxygenation following pulmonary injury. Due to pulmonary oxygen toxicity (PO2T), exposure limits are imposed to prevent damage to pulmonary tissues. Current policy focuses on preventing ...

According to the Joint Commission, approximately 70% of sentinel events in medical care are related to communication mishaps, and despite regular and frequent occurrence, poor communication during patient handoffs (i.e., transfer of patient care information, responsibility, and authority from one provider to another) remains a major contributor to medical errors (Nether, 2017; The Joint Commission ...

This STTR project aims to commercialize a simple, robust, yet high-quality sleep physiological monitoring platform with the aim of helping PTSD and other veteran populations restore normal healthy circadian and sleep function. The core of the project focuses on developing the hardware device along with clinical trials using the device at VA locations to assess the data quality along with researchi ...

The unprecedented growth in wireless demand has caused the radio spectrum to become overcrowded. Modern Software Defined Radios (SDRs) must provide satisfactory performance and agility while operating in congested and contested spectrum environments. To do that, complex learning algorithms must be paired with capable, flexible, and wideband radio hardware. Space Micro and its partner research inst ...

Oceanit proposes a Phase II project to create a highly effective end-to-end technology solution that mitigates the threats that ransomware poses to computer memory systems.

Robotic systems in general, and Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs) in particular, pose a threat for both military and civilians when in the wrong hands. The triad of Kinetic, High-Power Microwave and Laser weapon systems currently used or considered for Counter-UAV (C-UAV) operation though effective in disrupting their performance, might be hazardous when used in a populated area. In the Phase I progr ...

Intelesense Technologies (rebranding as IoT/AI), in partnership with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), proposes to enhance performance and scale for Edge Learning System Orchestration and Management system.  The system is distributed and hierarchical adaptation and learning system for distributed intelligence “edge as a service” systems that aggregates sensor data, executes machine learnin ...

Advances in DNA sequencing technology have generated a rapid expansion of human genome information and the revelation of extraordinary individual-level genetic variation.  Individual genome sequencing will soon be routine and cost-effective.  To exploit this resource to the benefit of warfighters, we propose an approach for identifying and characterizing genetic variants that compromise metaboli ...

Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) together with University of Michigan (UMich) experimentally confirmed the capability of one-step solar water splitting to H2 and O2 and the potential for subsequent PEM quality H2 generation via a unique membrane architecture. The disruptive photodiode approach does not require the use of electricity or conductive electrolyte, as required for electrolysis. The nove ...

The Tunable Active HEterodyne Terahertz Imager (TAHETI) system will use Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers (QCL) combined with a Schottky diode detector for ultra-high dynamic range FMCW heterodyne imaging. Distributed feedback (DFB) QCLs with multi-milliwatt power levels are engineered to emit at slightly offset frequencies, and are used as local oscillator and illumination for imaging. The QCLs wi ...