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This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to develop a device to deliver therapeutic drugs in a controlled and monitored manner. This device will be used to control delivery of therapeutic doses of drugs, and to monitor blood levels of such drugs continuously, with on-demand administration, in order to minimize the dosage fluctuation that occurs through oral and injection ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will define technologies to successfully recover painted plastic automobile parts from end-of-life vehicles. 400 million pounds of plastic is consumed annually to produce automotive exterior parts. These parts are typically large and readily identifiable and could be recovered from automobile salvage yards yet they continue to be disposed of ...

WE PROPOSE A PROGRAM TO FABRICATE SINGLE MODE SYMMETRIC WAVEGUIDES IN ALXGA1-XN, AND TO MEASURE THE ELECTRO-OPTICAL PROPOERTIES OF THE MATERIAL SYSTEM. OUR PROGRAM IS SIGNIFICANT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF USING ALXGA1-XN WAVEGUIDES FOR UNIQUE ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES OPERATING IN THEULTRAVIOLET AND VISIBLE PARTS OF THE SPECTRUM. WE SPECIFICALLY DESIRE TO FABRICATE SUCH A SOLID STATE LASER SCANNER UNDER ...

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A LARGE NUMBER OF TOXINS (SUCH AS PARALYTIC SHELLFISH TOXINS, TETRODOTOXIN, AND BACTRACHOTOXIN) ARE POTENTIALLY LETHAL CONTAMINANTS IN SEAFOOD SAMPLES. THESE TOXINS ARE KNOWN TO ACT BY ALTERING THE CONDUCTANCE PROPERTIES OF A WELL-CHARACTERIZED SODIUM CHANNEL FOUND IN MUSCLES AND NERVES. IN THIS STUDY, WE WILL PREPARE AN ENZYME-LINKED ASSAY TO DETECT THESE TOXINS: ENZYME- OR COENZYME-TOXIN CONJUGA ...

SCIENTIFIC AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS DICTATE THAT MANY VACCINES AND GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PROTEINS FOR USE IN IN HUMANS ARE BEST PRODUCED IN MAMMALIAN CELL LINES DERIVED FROM NON-MALIGNANT SOURCES. THESE CELLS USUALLY REQUIRE A SURFACE UPON WHICH TO GROW, AND SEVERAL BIOREACTOR CONFIGURATIONS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WHICH HAVE LARGE SURFACE AREAS COMPRESSED INTO SMALL VOLUMES, THEREBY IMPROVING T ...

Moore's law states that computing performance doubles every 18 months. While this has held true for 40 years, it is widely believed that this will soon come to an end. Increases in performance coincide with decreases in scale on the computer platform. Dueto the small scale of computer components, both interference effects are starting to play a role in the development of new components. This impli ...

This proposal describes the design and creation of an interface for controlling multiple UAVs in a real-time situation. Named the Uninhabited Air Vehicle Management Interface (UAVMI), it is centered on a 3-dimensional graphical representation of theoperational geographic area. The operator is able to move a 3D cursor around within this geographic volume, selecting groups, paths, and targets in 3D ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project seeks to develop, deploy, and evaluate a virtual reality-based modeling kit, called Contagious Disease Modeling (CDM) Toolkit, which will enable students to build virtual 3-D models of viruses and bacteria within a web-based inquiry framework. This system will enable students to explore fundamental questions of virus/bacteria trajectories, i ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project provides a plan to develop, deploy, and evaluate a virtual reality-based modeling kit that will enable students to build virtual models of gorilla motion and social interaction within a web-based inquiry framework. Using the Virtual Gorilla Construction Kit, students will build virtual models within the context of answering questions ...