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Modern DoD applications are benefiting from the proliferation of EO/IR sensor technology. As imagers become cheaper and smaller, they are being more widely deployed for a variety of scenarios. This trend is exemplified by the Navys Future Targeting System (FTS), which will provide laser designation, laser spot imaging, and some target location functions in a single 5.5-pound unit, replacing discre ...

The US Army needs a method for large scale repair and additive manufacture of Ti-6Al-4V components in support of its light weighting initiative. Cold spray metal deposition technology is a solid-state bonding technique where supersonic powdered metal is deposited on a metallic substrate through adiabatic shearing processes at low temperature. Cold spray offers an ideal solution for the Army’s ne ...

To reach the end user, oil and gas production at the wellhead must be transmitted through the country and distributed to a wide range of customers. This logistical system requires natural gas gathering lines, processing facilities, product storage tanks and lots of other equipment. What results is air pollution caused by industry losses during these operations and the use of continuous or intermit ...

SUMMARY Although solid tumors oftentimes arise from the uninhibited growth of a single aberrant cellthe population of cells within a tumor are genetically and molecularly heterogenousThis makes it very difficult to evaluate a therapy s efficacy when using bulk population measurementsFurthermorerecent research has implicated microRNAsmiRNAsas drivers of progression and malignancy in many tumor type ...

The purpose of this proposal is to develop a validated physiological model of the human physiologyespecially the cardio renal axisfor submission to the FDA Medical Device Development Tool pilot programThe model will be used to aid in the development and regulation of medical devices designed to treat hypertensionExamples include devices for renal nerve ablationelectrical stimulation of the carotid ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is one of the most prevalent inflammatory diseases in the U.S., affecting up to 16% of the population and substantially diminishing the quality of life and productivity of patients. In four years, the annual U.S. health care expenditure to treat patients with CRS dramatically increased from $9B to $64B (5% of the health care budget), with a correspondin ...

Summary Enhanced Recovery of Pharmaceutical Solvent driven by EPA InitiativeThe United States Environmental Protection AgencyEPAis establishing new safeguards for hazardous secondary materials with objectives to promote the economicenvironmentaland public health benefits of recycling wasteswith an emphasis on several industrial sectorsincluding the pharmaceutical industryOn averagepharmaceutical m ...

Project Summary Abuse of prescription opioids and fatalities related to their misuse have increased sharply in recent yearsmaking the development of pain medications with reduced abuse potential a major public health priorityWhen combinedopioids and cannabinoidCBreceptor agonists show analgesic effects appear to be at least additive in a number of pain modelsCannabidiolCBDalthough much less psycho ...

Project Summary Abstract Peripheral artery diseasePADaffects overmillion people worldwide and can result in life threating complicationsCurrentlydrug coated balloonsDCBsare used to treat lesions in the peripheral arteriesHowevercommercially available DCBs are designed to treat only a single blockage siteIn PAD patientscomplex lesions involving longdiffuseand or multiple blockages are often found r ...

Project Summary Metabolic reprogramming plays a critical role in carcinogenesisin part due its ability to promote immune suppressive properties within tumorsHoweverit is unclear whether inhibition of fatty acid metabolism in tumors affects their immunogenicityHerewe show for the first time that inhibition of stearoyl CoA desaturaseSCDthe rate limiting enzyme involved in fatty acid synthesis conver ...