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"Adaptive Materials Inc. will explore the feasibility of small scale power generation using microtubule solid oxide fuel cells as outlined in Topic Area 3; Materials and Processes for Electrochemical Energy Conversion. We believe microtubule solid oxidefuel cells are the key to a soldier portable, rapid starting, field-rugged, compact, and light weight power source. Individual cells demonstrating ...

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's abstract): Toward the goal of developing an automated, miniaturized device to detect the body's reaction to exposure to environmental toxins, Advanced Sensor Technologies, Inc. proposes to develop a miniature device capable of providing differential blood cholinesterase analysis. The device will provide analysis of cholinesterase levels (acety ...

"AST proposes to develop a non-invasive methodology able to continuously monitor blood glucose concentration. As opposed to employing near infrared spectroscopy, which suffers from the limitations of sensitivity, stability, and repeatability, AST intendsto employ direct measurement of glucose, via amperometric sensors coated with glucose oxidase membranes, from minute amounts of interstitial flui ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) This project will develop an artificial intelligence to provide the core functionality for virtual reality and computer based treatments for anxiety disorders. The use of artificial intelligence offers a number of advantages over existing treatments: (1) artificial intelligence provides personalized treatment - using multiple real time physiologic and subjective ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): One in nine women suffer from pelvic floor dysfunction, including urinary incontinence and vaginal wall or uterine prolapse (VUP). Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) affects 38% of women over the age of 65 years and over 13 million women in the United States. Pelvic muscle strength is commonly assessed in these patients. However, current measurement techniques a ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): One in nine women suffer from pelvic floor dysfunction, including urinary incontinence and vaginal wall or uterine prolapse (VUP). Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) affects 38% of women over the age of 65 years and over 13 million women in the United States. Pelvic muscle strength is commonly assessed in these patients. However, current measurement techniques a ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Angiogenesis is a necessary process for continued tumor growth and provides a convenient method for tumor metastasis. Tumors utilize the host's vascular system to direct new blood vessel formation from the host to the tumor. The process requires endothelial cell division and endothelial cell migration from the existing blood vessel to the tumor mass. Over the ...

Metabolism of arichidonic acid by 12-lipoxygenase results in the formation of 12(s)-hydroxy eicosatetraenoic acid, which exhibits profound biological activity and plays an important role in tumor cell survival, angiogenesis, and metastases. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed neoplasm and second leading cause of male death in the United States. Human prostate cancer cells express incre ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective is to determine the relationship between clinical growth in pubertal girls and boys and shifts in the irregularity of underlying growth hormone (GH) secretory patterns. Novel clarifications of this time-evolution could be significant in determining the proper timing of hormone replacement therapies in pathophysiological settings such as T ...

"The modern warfighter has to process a large amount of constant critical information. While cognitive performance evaluation of a warfighter's capabilities can be done in the lab, it has yet to be taken out into the field where the real stresses occur.Fortunately, it is now technologically possible to gather warfighter cognitive workload data through the use of wearable computers. Current cogni ...