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This proposal suggests the design and development of a kernel for distributed collaborative multi-organizational decision support system for emergency preparedness, anti-terrorism, and homeland defense. The proposed research is based on a systematicapproach that pays careful attention to both technical and human factors in the process. It offers a collection of novel technology-based solutions to ...

The objective of the proposed research is to use non-invasive physiological monitoring to aid in managing the workload of military personnel in a multi-task or high stress environment. Numerous physiological sensors are currently available for monitoringphysiological parameters such as electrical activity in the brain, heart rate variability, respiratory rate, vascular blood volume, and skin con ...

Context-Based Indexing and Retrieval (CBIR) is a critical C4ISR system capability needed by many important Air Force and Homeland Defense initiatives (e.g., JBI, SSW and CBP). ARGTEC is pioneering the use of a new, innovative technology for context-basedindexing and retrieval of documents over large multi-media databases, employing the theory of Attributed Relational Graph (ARG). We have been succ ...

The need for innovative combined cycle engines for Space Access and hypersonic vehicles leads the Air Force design engineers to the requirement for analysis tools that provide higher levels of fidelity than are available today. The engines for thesevehicles, rather than being separate systems, are integrated systems that share inlets, nozzles and in many cases, combustor flow paths. Because analyt ...

The objective of Phase I: identify and develop innovative methods for portraying information for decision makers so that data uncertainty and content are readily understood. The specific objectives of the proposed effort are:1. Review the present practice of visualizing uncertainty in battlefield data;2. Examine the use of various visualization methods, as discussed in Section 1, for various ...

This proposal describes an integrated research and development plan leading to a novel portable biowarfare detection platform capable of meeting all key requirements for universal pathogen detection. Effective technologies for the detection andidentification of biological warfare agents (BWAs) are of critical and growing importance. Despite ongoing advances in this area, current technologies are l ...

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Economic impacts due to coldwater disease (CWD) have dramatically increased in recent years at public and private aquaculture facilities and CWD is the number one disese problem in the commercial rainbow trout industry in Idaho. In the United States, antibiotics available for the therapeutic treatment of fish with this disease are very limited and not expected to increase. V ...

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Economic impacts due to coldwater disease (CWD) have dramatically increased in recent years at public and private aquaculture facilities and CWD is the number one disese problem in the commercial rainbow trout industry in Idaho. In the United States, antibiotics available for the therapeutic treatment of fish with this disease are very limited and not expected to increase. V ...

Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc. (CSE) proposes to develop an advanced modeling tool that incorporates the abilities of CFD to properly predict flow field variables with the ability to consider complicated chemical kinetics through the use ofchemical reactor modeling. This tool will be capable of predicting the ignition, relight, and lean blowout behavior of aircraft gas turbine combustor d ...

Currently, initiation of primary explosives such as lead azide is achieved by a hot wire ignition system. In order to decrease the fuze size, eliminate complexity of the fuze box and reduce the ignition time, there has been a need to replace the hot wireignition system by laser ignition.Because lead azide is white in color, it scatters most of the laser radiation and requires very high powered las ...