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The goals of this Phase II STTR are to evaluate the outcomes of REAL mediaan interactiveselfpacede learning substance use prevention media literacy curriculum and prepare it for marketing to community organizationsincluding our partnerHSubstance use increases in frequency and risk through mid adolescenceyet prevention interventions primarily target early useare time intensiveand are implemented in ...

SUMMARY Sepsis is a medical condition caused by an overwhelming systemic inflammatory response to infection Although the underlying infection can now be efficiently treated with antibiotics there are no effective therapies to control the organ damage caused by the inflammatory response of the host As a result sepsis is the leading cause of mortality in intensive care units and is the tenth lea ...

Quality assurance QA is a critical component of radiation oncology that ensures both effective treatment delivery and patient safety Over the last decade dQA is now particularly important asramatic innovations in treatment delivery technologiesy have led to increasingly sophisticated and complex treatments that are difficult to adequately verify with conventional dosimetric verification system ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Hypertension or sustained systolic and diastolic blood pressure BP of and mm Hg or higher is among the most frequently encountered conditions in primary care in the U S The estimated prevalence is among all U S adults and increases with age to affect of seniors Hypertension is also the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease global mortality ...

ABSTRACT The incidence of heart failure HF continues to increase in the United States despite significant advances in pharmacological therapies and novel devices There is an acute need for novel treatment strategies for heart failure A key abnormality in HF is defective handling of calcium that has been partially related to abnormal sarcoplasmic reticulum SR function in cardiac myocytes Red ...

Space platforms are complex dynamical systems and there are many reasons to model them from ground telescope imagery as well as from space-based sensor platforms. One key motivation is to determine the operational state and configuration of the vehicle. Key questions such as did the solar panels fail to deploy, did the object begin to tumble unexpectedly may be addressed by a sufficiently detaile ...

There is a demand for scalable, wideband architectures that support spectrum monitoring, source localization, and emitter classification. RF spectrum is becoming increasingly congested as the number of emitters grows and their bandwidths widen. Technologies that improve the DoDs ability to create an accurate, detailed assessment of operating spectrum are critical to improving situational awarenes ...

To address the US Air Force need next-generation optoelectronic systems with heterogeneously integrated photonic and electronic components, Applied Optronics (AO) proposes to develop a Three-Dimensional Integrated Silicon Photonic Chip, which is based on a novel multilayer photonic architecture, enabled by interlayer optical coupling. The TISPIC architecture is compatible with silicon photonic and ...

ABSTRACT: In this proposal, the MaXentric team outlines its strategy for creating a Radar-based Compressive Sensing and Target Classification system, code-named Rad-CSC. In this Phase I, the team will implement and optimize compressive sensing and classification algorithms for use with conventional and synthetic aperture radar data. Data will be chosen from publicly available datasets, such as the ...

ABSTRACT: Accurate aeroelastic predictions are critical to the development of aircraft and assessment of aircraft/store compatibility since structural deformation and aeroelastic instabilities during flight affect pilot/aircraft safety and mission success. Indeed, several fighter aircraft have demonstrated recurring susceptibility to Limit Cycle Oscillations (LCO) when certain external stores ar ...