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Hyperkalemia continues to be a concern when treatingcombatcasualties.Like other stabilizinginterventions such as damagecontrol resuscitation,“Bridge Dialysis”is needed to improvethesurvival of patients with post-traumatic acutekidney injury. Unfortunately,current hemodialysis systems (includingthe new home ones) are bulky. TDA Research, Inc(TDA), in collaboration with University of Alabama, Bi ...

Advancements in body armorcombined with bettercombatcasualty care havegreatly increased thesurvival rate ofsoldiers suffering battlefield trauma injuries. Theincreased survivability, however, has resulted in an increase of wounded warriors beingsent home with severe injuries that ultimately reducetheir quality of life post-treatment,especially those with severe damageto genitourinary tissues and o ...

TDA Research, Inc. has designed and tested new sorbents thatcan improvethe performance of a commercial dosimeter badge.We demonstrated that our sorbent works well with eight differentclasses ofcontaminants specified by the DoD, five of which were previously not analyzable. Novel TDA sorbents wereexposed to known concentrations of toxicsubstances, the amounts thatcould beextracted from each sorbent ...

Commercial off the shelf (COTS) sequential samplers that pull contaminated air through thermal desorption (TD) sample tubes have many limitations that hinder their use in measuring VOCs in air. Current sequential samplers can only sample VOCs using one flow rate, for each of the tubes during the sampling session within each bank. The minimum flow time for each tube cannot go below one minute, and ...

Because of its overall popularity, pork represents a significant, worldwide meat-protein source to be utilized in feeding the world's burgeoning population. In fact, most of the world prefers pork over any other animal protein. Interestingly, the U.S. is the larger exporter of pork but China is the largest producer and consumer of pork. Globally more than 109 million tons are produced, 11.3 mi ...

Honeybees are critical to our economy, food security, and environmental health. The honeybee pollination industry adds more than $15 billion in value to agricultural crops each year. This industry supports an estimated 90-130 crops, the harvest which accounts for up to one-third of the U.S. diet. These valuable pollinators ensure that our diets are plentiful with fruits, nuts, and vegetables. Not ...

Candidus is a horticultural lighting technology company that develops lighting strategies strategiesfor commercial greenhouses, combining plant physiology and bioengineering to provide growers with unprecedented control over crop production. Our "biofeedback control of LED lights" developed during Phase I is a method to determine how efficiently crops can use light to photosynthesize and grow. It ...

Floriculture and nursery crops represent one of the highest value-per-acre industries in the farm sector. Similar to food crops, ornamental crops are infected by many fungal and bacterial pathogens, resulting in substantial yield and quality losses. This project addresses stakeholder needs by developing a novel, low-risk disease management tool. This project will reduce the inappropriate applicati ...

Investments by the Department of Defense (DOD) have led to the development and demonstration of electronic textiles capable of transforming traditional textile systems into wearable power and data systems. The Defense Health Agency (DHA) has identified an opportunity to leverage advancements in smart garment systems for military personnel to aid in the prediction in performance declines and healt ...

Current Issue/Need: Hyperspectral Imagery allows for the spatial classification, identification, and detection of vegetation phenomena that relate to the agricultural industry, including: plant species identification, insect and disease detection/monitoring, stress detection, soil quality, and vegetative health that is key to effective precision agriculture. Existing hardware used in hyperspectral ...