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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant WHFM MS DIARY An Integrated Wearable Hot Flash Monitor and Portable Electronic Diary for Menopausal Symptomatology Summary The majority of American women transitioning through the menopause will experience hot flashes and night sweats These vasomotor symptoms are the leading cause of treatment seeking among menopausal women With recent results of the Women ...

TIAX,LLC proposes to develop a non-aqueous electrolyte formulation that will enable Lithium-ion batteries to deliver high power and achieve long operational life across an extended temperature range from -40 ºC to 70 ºC, and will also provide enhanced safety for these batteries. This will be accomplished by formulating a novel combination of salt and solvents chosen so as to achieve specific be ...

A need exists to significantly improve the low temperature performance of lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries presently being developed for U.S. Army field applications. State-of-the-art Li-ion battery performance rapidly declines as the temperature falls below -10°C; yet high rate capability with useful battery capacity at temperatures as low as -40°C is required to meet warfighter requirements on ...

Sand ingestion into aircraft turbine engines can cause severe erosion of turbine compressor components. This erosive blade wear will reduce engine efficiency. Repair/replacement of these blades is costly, both in terms of down time and labor and materials cost. Infoscitex proposes to develop and deposit functionally gradient coatings by precisely controlling material nanostructure and component r ...

Insulation systems for large, Brushless DC propulsion motors typically use Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) power converters with high frequency (>10KHz), high voltage switching for efficiency and control benefits but this places significant demands on the insulation system. Switching frequency, peak voltage amplitude and voltage rate of change (dv/dt) are key factors in the degradation of insulation ...

Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) is proposing to develop a hydrogen generation system for PEM fuel cells using a novel catalytic steam reforming process, capable of utilizing Navy logistic fuels efficiently for improving overall system efficiency. The steam reformer, will be based upon PCI's patented and trademarked Microlithr substrate technology. This technology will be modeled and developed i ...

Triton Systems Inc. proposes to develop a long lasting insecticide-treated bednet (LLITN) with high insecticidal efficacy, long lasting residual property, UV-resistance, lightweight, durability, and ease of assembly. The proposed LLITN will be able to repel, block, and kill mosquitoes, sandflies, and crawling pests to protect soldiers from biting insects in dessert climate region. The design of th ...

In recent years there have been significant improvements in the Army personnel body armor in the area of the head, torso and feet. The new generation of armor is saving lives daily and is more comfortable, allowing greater ease of mobility for the soldiers. Unfortunately, without adequate protection of the joints, soldiers are still suffering devastating injuries. KaZaK proposes to develop next-ge ...

The increasing use of small platforms such as unmanned underwater vehicles, which cannot support large hydrophone arrays, is driving the development of compact sensors which also work at lower signal-to-noise ratios. The acoustic vector sensor incorporates 3-axis accelerometers whose output can be integrated to give local fluid particle velocity information, so a single AVS can give unambiguous be ...

Active two-dimensional and three-dimensional Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition sensors are being developed by the military to improve its target identification capability. One of the most promising optical sources for this application is a fiber laser operating at the eye-safe wavelength of about 1550 nm and at high pulse repetition rates of 50-1000 kHz. These lasers are based ...