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"The BMD program has been redirected to develop fully integrated, layered defenses capable of defending against all ranges of threats. A critical aspect of this development is an integrated firing doctrine; i.e., that part of the battle management systemthat allocates interceptors to attackers across all the layers. Optimal firing doctrine is a function of both offense and defense capabilities. ...

"The objective of this research is to develop a behaviorally-based risk/threat assessment system that can determine the validity of threats directed against American assets and ultimately suggest likely scenarios of attack based on assessed vulnerabilities.This counter-terrorism system is proposed to be an intelligence-based behavioral system based on a well-tested behavioral model. Previous rese ...

"Proprietary theft and subsequent economic loss is a serious and growing problem with U.S. corporations and organizations. The purpose of the proposed Phase I project is to further develop and refine an experimental threat and risk assessment model and todetermine user requirements and system specifications required to fully develop and market a reliable and valid corporate espionage assessment s ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cancer is an important public health issue in US and worldwide. Every year, more than 1.2 million Americans are diagnosed with invasive carcinomas; half of them will eventually die from the diease or disease-related complications. These statistics make cancer the second leading cause of death in adults in US. Traditional treatments such chemotherapy and ionizin ...

A new class of antimicrobials based on dendrimer technology has been identified and shown to possess potent biocidal activity. Laboratory evaluation of these polycationic dendrimers has shown that they are more than 100 times more effective than a comparable amount of free quaternary ammonium compound at killing Esherichia coli. Potent activity against Staphylococcus aureus has also been demonstra ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): State of the Art is developing a healthcommunication and education campaign-"Arthritis Education Campaign: Pain and Exercise (AEC). AEC will include a 13-part broadcast television series (one season), which will be edited to create a video set, and a companion workbook. The goal of AEC is to lessen pain disability and health distress of people with arthritis ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Phase I goals are to: 1) develop educational multimedia body exploration software targeted toward 8 to 11 year old subjects using introduction to heart health as a prototype example; 2) pilot test and address subjects' concerns about educational concepts and ease of use of the prototype; and 3) measure knowledge and skill changes associated with use of the prot ...

"The proposed Corrosion/Erosion Resistant (C/ER) coating is amulti-layered "Titanium-Nitride" coating that is applied todifferent compressor airfoils via a Cathodic-Arc PhysicalVapor Deposition process.The C/ER coating has been applied to over 2000 Russianmanufactured TV2-117 turboshaft engines and demonstratedsignificant operational savings due to decreasedrejection of compressor airfoils, decrea ...

"This proposal will develop a new computer model to predict the effects of alternative interception strategies under consideration for incorporation into the emerging weapon systems tasked to neutralize enemy threat clouds in the event of a hostile missileattack. Traditional U.S. countermeasures focus on hit-to-kill methodology as a result of treaty limitations. The hit-to-kill approach requires ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this Phase I SBIR, HealthMark Multimedia proposes to investigate the feasibility of using an online multimedia informed consent process for patients entering cancer clinical trials. Phase I will focus on understanding the needs of prospective participants and clinical investigators; developing a content outline for informational components; developing design ...