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Previous efforts have demonstrated that targeted observations of tropical storms by UAS can provide extremely valuable data sets for improving forecasts and models, but are also difficult to obtain. A number of obstacles including regulations and the distance required to intercept evolving storms have limited the number of land based flights. The use of airborne deployed UAS have recently overcome ...

This project will develop and demonstrate an inexpensive and portable calibration system for low-cost aerosol sensors. Current calibration methods are cost prohibitive and lack generalizability from one location (or season) to the next, making them impractical for implementation. Access Sensor Technologies (AST) proposes to improve and validate a solar powered aerosol reference calibrator (SPARC) ...

The Bottom Feeder project is designed to prove out the research done in Phase I using a prototype platform. The prototype will be a full size version of the platform designed during Phase I. The Phase I platform was designed to work in two operational configurations, a highly efficient mode and a highly maneuverable mode, with the ability to switch between them while submerged. The platform is equ ...

CytomegalovirusCMVis a very common intrauterine infectionaffecting approximately one in everychildrenThe overall disease burden in the US with congenital CMV was estimated at $billion annuallyCMV is also a cause of serious morbidity and fatal infections in immunocompromised patientsThere is currently no generally accepted therapy and developing a CMV vaccine is high priorityCurrently CMV trials re ...

Clonogenic assays measure the ability of single cells to proliferate and form a colonyThis process approximates closely the regrowth and recurrence of tumors after treatment with radiation or chemotherapyproviding an assay to screen for drugs that block this processYetclonogenic assays are labor intensive and too cumbersome for high throughout screeningHTSof compound librariesHere we propose to de ...

This application describes the commercialization of the Geodesic Transcranial Electrical NeuromodulationGTENtechnology to achieve noninvasive neuromodulation with improved spatiotemporal precisionThe GTEN system enables both EEG source analysis and configurable electrical neuromodulation with theelectrodes of the Geodesic Sensor NetNow in beta release to selected research customersthe GTEN technol ...

Abstract SignificanceDonor tissue shortage remains a critical problem in lung transplantationRecent advances in tissue engineering have allowed for the possibility of generating bioengineered lungs from decellularized organ scaffoldsThese scaffoldscreated from the donor s tissuebecome functionalized after recellularization with a patient s own cellsHowevertranslation of whole lung decell recell te ...

Personal Mercury Monitor for Exposure Measurements Project Summary AbstractWorkers in the oil and natural gas industry are vulnerable to exposure to toxic mercuryHgvapor as a result of routine inspection and maintenance of equipment such as compressors and other process equipment that concentrate species of low volatility over timeExposure of workers to elemental mercury vapor is of concern in man ...

Project SummaryGenome editing technologiessuch as CRISPR Casprovide a rapidand targeted means of both knocking out gene expression and knocking in gene modificationsSince our initial Phase I submissionthe utility of CRISPR technology has expanded beyond the generation of cell linesto forward genetic screeningin vivo manipulation of gene expression and even human therapeuticsPhase I efforts success ...

Sepsis is a devastating cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care unitsICUswith estimates of U Sincidence ranging fromtomillion cases annuallyThe heterogeneity of clinical presentationetiologypatient historyseverityetccreates a major challenge for patient management and has significantly complicated development of new therapiesalmost all of which have failed to show significant benefitBec ...