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The feasibility of developing a photonics-based, real-time, high-power-radio-frequency (HPRF)/high-power-microwave (HPM) detection-and-analysis system is to be investigated. Design and development of foundational elements will take place to demonstrate how self-contained, shielded, photonic and source-power subsystems, interconnected to a network of non-polarimetric sensors via optical fiber, will ...

We propose to create TEAMMATE, a system that can give individual instructor trainees Tailored, Extensible, Automated Mastery Measurement for Actionable Teaching Evaluation. TEAMMATE will combine low-cost, COTS sensors like a camera and microphone with intelligent software to assess multiple key aspects of verbal and nonverbal communication. Like a peer observer in civilian teacher training, TEAMMA ...

Low cost and high capacity make lithium sulfur batteries (LSB) the next generation of lithium ion batteries. Practical application of LSBs remains limited by low utilization of sulfur and fast capacity fading of sulfur cathodes. The root causes are poor electronic conductivity of the cathode combined with high solubility of intermediate polysulfide products formed during cycling. To overcome these ...

Under the parent grantTetra Discovery Partners is developing phosphodiesteraseBPDE Ballosteric inhibitors as a treatment for major depressive disorderUniquelythe Tetra drug will address inflammation as a contributor to depressionThis is a new mechanism of action for an antidepressant drug which should prove complimentary to current therapeuticsThe company estimates thatof patients with depression ...

Access to experienced technicians is not always available to a maintainer at sea. Correcting naval electronic systems issues as they occur can leverage accumulated knowledge that resides in databases, detailed test plans, repair procedures, and other documents if available to ship-based maintainers. This effort is to develop an Interactive Instructor chatbot technology that is an interface between ...

The United States Navy has a special need to provide potable water for deployed personnel worldwide. The logistical and economic cost of provide potable water is considerable. There is a critical need to develop lightweight, energy efficient, squad sized water treatment systems that can create potable water from any water source. Although many technologies which can purify water; current technolog ...

Fatigue properties of metallic aerospace structures are improved significantly by cold working to impart favorable compressive residual stresses (RS) at and near the surface. In Phases I and II, Proto designed and developed a first generation x-ray diffraction (XRD) based NDI/E tool to measure RS distributions surrounding cold-worked holes in aerospace structures. Subsequently, Proto self-funded a ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Analyzing temporal trends in cancer incidence and mortality rates can provide a more comprehensive picture of the burden of the disease and generate new insights about the impact of various interventions Join point regression developed by NCI Surveillance Research Program is increasingly used to identify the timing and extent of changes in time series of heal ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Diabetes mellitus affects andgt million individuals worldwide and its incidence is increasing at alarming rates Diabetic retinopathy DR the most common complication of diabetes is the leading cause of new blindness in working aged persons in the United States Unfortunately existing therapies are limited to advanced forms of DR While therapeutic appr ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Our product will monitor intravenous IV blood lactate levels for andgt days of critical ill patients with sepsis organ failure trauma or acute inflammatory response in the ICU and infant patients with congenital heart disease CHD recovering from cardiopulmonary bypass CPB surgery This device will alert doctors or nurses at the ICU when dangerous ...