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Various methods and techniques have been developed in the laboratory for the detection and identification of exposure to chemical warfare nerve agents (CWNAs). A broad range of analytical methods is available to screen urine, blood or body tissues for traces of CWNAs or their breakdown products. Laboratory-based methods allow the differentiation between CWNAs and non-CWNAs that are used in agric ...

ChemImage Corp. and ITT are proposing to demonstrate the feasibility of detecting and identifying chemical and biological threats using UV Raman Chemical Imaging techniques from a stand-off distance of 1 meter and against complex stationary backgroundmaterials such as asphalt and soil as commonly encountered by fielded military and homeland security personnel. The use of a standoff surface detect ...

The goal of the proposed research is to develop a highly sensitive and specific amplification system that can be coupled to any pathogen detection and quantification unit for sensitive real-time detection of biological warfare agents. The system is builtaround a dual-enzyme substrate-recycling electrochemical amplification system coupled to an immunoassay detection technology that has already been ...

U.S. forces require rapid, early and accurate pathogen detection systems designed for use in extreme combat situations. Numerous options to deliver weaponized pathogens drives the necessity for U.S. forces to have technology to detect infectious pathogens.TPL has conceived a unique methodology for amplifying the presence of a pathogen without multiplying physical number of pathogens. TPL proposes ...

We will develop two programs to process data describing a model geometry and convert it to input acceptable to the Monte Carlo transport codes MCNP and MCNPX. One program will read CAD files in the ACIS solid body SAT format. Solid bodies, surfaces, and cells described in the SAT file will be converted to equivalent MCNP objects where available. Where there is no MCNP equivalent, such as for splin ...

"The Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program has a need for a highly effective, relatively low cost, low human toxicity coating or surface treatment that can be applied to fabrics and other surfaces to render them self-decontaminatingto chemical and biological warfare agents. ETEC has identified a novel chemistry that promises to be a highly effective self-regenerating decont ...

THE RESEARCH PROGRAM WILL DEVELOP A MICROCOMPUTER BASED SYSTEM OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE WHICH WILL ALLOW THE USER TOEXECUTE MAINFRAME BASED CODES ON THE MICROCOMPUTER. IN ADDITION PARALLEL EXECUTION OF SEVERAL CODES AT ONCE IS POSSIBLEA SPECIAL INPUT AND OUTPUT PROCESSOR MODULES WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED TO DEMONSTRATE THE USER FRIENDLY CAPABILITIES OF THE SYSTEM AND FACILITATE INPUT PREPARATION AND ...

WORKER/DOSIMETER (W/D) GEOMETRY AND RELATIONSHIP TO A SOURCEOF RADIATION CAN PROVIDE FALSE RECORDING OF THE RADATION DOSE RECEIVED BY AN INDIVIDUAL. HENCE, TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED (TII) IS PROPOSING A TWO PHASE EFFORT WHICH INVOLVES A COMPUTER SIMULATION EXPERIMENT USING GEOMETRIC MODELING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A DOSE COMPUTATION ALGORITHM, FOLLOWED BY PERFORMANCE OF EXPERIMENTEMPLOYIN ...