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There is a need for accurate and cost effective airborne techniques to estimate fish biomass in the open ocean. Arete proposes to develop in Phase I optimal detection algorithms using existing imaging LIDAR data collected with the Fisheye(R) sensor. These algorithms will be developed to allow real-time detection of fish and fish schools, discrimination between fish and ambient clutter, and discr ...

The traceability of on-wafer calibration standards has long been an issue among the microwave measurement community, and the proliferation of new calibration methods, elements, and applications only exacerbates the problem. This diversity in calibration needs has made traceability of a physical reference impractical. As a result, the NIST developed a procedure which can compare on-wafer calibrat ...

WYKO proposes to demonstrate the feasibility of an optical contouring system that will quickly measure the shape of both the resting and loaded foot to allow automated manufacture of therapeutic footwear directly from the data provided in an open architecture format. This bypassess the steps of manually forming casts and forming visual opinions of loaded skeletal structure. WYKO will integrate t ...

There is an increasing awareness about the problems associated with blood transfusions. One concernbacterial contamination of blood bags. If contaminated blood is transfused, the person receiving thebecoming sick and dying. Current standards require that blood be visually inspected before leaving tblood has an abnormal appearance, it is not used. This visual quality check is subject to human judgt ...

The objective of this research program is to demonstrate the feasibility of a new controlled-releasuse in an injectable formulation of buprenorphine to improve treatment of opioid dependence. The keytechnology is the use of bioerodible microporous microbeads with a controllable structure that allowas well as easily varied release rates and durations of release. These controlled-release microbeadsi ...

We will develop and test a model by which health plan report card information is disseminatedto publicly-sponsored consumers to use in selecting health care systems/plans. The model willincorporate a decision-making paradigm enabling Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries to integratepersonal values/preferences, medical histories, etc. with features of health plans. Model developmentwill use both pri ...

This project addresses the need for sensitive and predictive measures that can identify elderlypersons at risk for falling, thereby preventing some of the human and societal costs of devastatinginjuries. Dynamic balance assessment methods will be combined with virtual-reality techniques toproduce an innovative technology for evaluating balance in simulated real-world environments. Presenttechnique ...

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