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This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project is to fabricate, characterize, and verify performance of a new type of frequency steered acoustic transducer (FSAT) for structural health monitoring for impacts and leaks in aerospace structures. FSATs will be demonstrated both in the laboratory and on relevant NASA structure. Testing would be performed on both simple and complex parts. M ...

Products produced from Hydrastis canadensis L. commonly known as goldenseal are among the top 20 herbal supplements sold in the U.S. and the sixth most used botanical in children. However, there has never been a controlled clinical study to evaluate its safety and effectiveness for any indication primarily due to the lack of a well characterized, standardized product. This lack of data not only pr ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is focused on the development of a bioabsorbable polymeric scaffold intended to provide both time-release delivery of therapeutic agents as well as structural support in the treatment of aortic aneurysms.An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a condition in which the aorta, the main blood vessel in the abdomen, expands like a balloon. The aneurysm ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this FAST TRACK SBIR is to develop and evaluate a culturally relevant health literacy- training program for Latinos to improve the knowledge and skills to protect health and prevent disease. This programis tentatively entitled Entre Nuestra Familias/Among Our Latino Families (ENF). Drawing from traditional Hispanic values, the ENF Program provide ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Repetitive exposures to psychosocial stress are associated with several human diseases (e.g., cancer, drug addiction, heart disease, depression) of noteworthy public health burden. However, our progress is limited by the lack of a portable device that can enable rapid, dependable, non-invasive and continuous measurement of personal exposure to psychosocial stre ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The ability to introduce drugs, genes, nucleic acids, and/or imaging agents into living cells is critical to drug design and delivery, as well as many cell biology and genetic modification protocols; however, currentlyavailable physical and reagent-based techniques are inadequate for applications requiring transfection of difficult-to-transfect cells (e.g., pri ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): BioTechnical Communications, Inc. (BTC) will develop and produce an animated serial drama Webisode based on the Entertainment-Education model of health education. The series will be marketed to healthcare websites and general interest African American-targeted websites. Using innovative new media approaches to reach a large African American demographic, the goa ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I project is proposed to address high temperature superconductor insulation to help improve stability and quench protection. Most importantly stability will be increased so that the power level at which quench occurs is greatly increased. Quench is the rapid, unintended transition from superconducting to normal conducting. It is a consequence of a faul ...

ABSTRACT: Providing electrical power for long duration hypersonic flight is a technology that is required to bring about this revolutionary mode of transport. Whether for weapons delivery or for space access, the long duration missions anticipated require a novel approach to the generation of electrical power during flight. Scramjets contain no rotating shafts from which typical generators or mec ...

Argos Intelligence, LLC proposes to continue its development of the Turbulence-Enhanced Monocular Passive Rangefinding (TEMPR) System, an innovative and robust remote passive rangefinding technology for improved boost-phase ballistic missile tracking. TEMPR is a cost-effective solution that is designed to leverage existing sensors in order to support the Misile Defense Agency''s (MDA) g ...