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The objective of this proposal is to continue the development and prove the manufacturability of fast axis collimating lenses for quantum cascade lasers (QCL) which emit in the midwave-infrared (MWIR) range. These lenses must withstand the stress of both continuous wave (CW) and pulsed laser emission. These high laser powers may cause ablation of lens material reducing effectiveness of the optic a ...

ABSTRACT Nearlypercent of death and diseaseworldwideis linked to environmental factorsWHOthereforeit is critical that the general public has a basic understanding of how the environment affects their health and how they might protect themselves against environmental exposuresUnfortunatelyenvironmental health is typically covered minimallyif at allin secondary school classroomsMartinaand there are ...

The increasing incidence of multi drug resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and other bacteria represents a public health crisisTwo thirds of hospital associated Saureus infections andof those acquired in the community are now methicillin resistantMRSAMRSA causes rtinfections in the US each yearand it is responsible for half of all US deaths caused by drug resistant bacteriaThis threat to public he ...

Embedded systems are critical to national security and personal safety. However, the level of security provided by most embedded systems is low. In this project, we are building WARP, a tool for Weaving Application-specific Runtime Policies into embedded systems binaries. WARP enables end users to formulate and enforce custom run-time policies that protect the software from external attacks and in ...

The Thunderlane Phase II effort defines a new hypervisor model that dissolves the boundary between hypervisor and operating system, and leverages state-of-the-art software diversity techniques for increased resistance to exploitation. The most widely used operating systems (e.g., Microsoft Windows and Linux) use monolithic kernel architectures that execute most system software with full root-level ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Over $billion dollarsworth of biological productsincluding antibodiesvaccines and proteinsare produced each yearThis continues to grow worldwide at aboutyearmaking biopharmaceuticals a fairly recession proofgrowing and pro table industryThis shift towards biopharmaceuticals re ects a fundamental shift within the pharmaceutical industryBiomanufacturers are under constant pressure to ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The overall goal of this Phase II STTR proposal is to develop a PET CT imaging tool that will help accelerate the development of effective cancer therapies by improving the utility of oncology trials using PET imaging The growing cost time and complexity of clinical trials are driving patient and pharmaceutical company demand for more objective efficient a ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Translational studies are proposed to support the continued development of the JAA F antibody based therapy to address the critical need for a safe and effective treatment for metastatic breast cancer including triple negative breast cancers Building on the success of our Phase I project the overarching objectives of the Phase II application are to advanc ...

This Phase II STTR effort is focused on generating the data necessary to identify the phenomenology that produces carbon deposition within kerosene film cooled rocket engines.This data is essential to guide the model development and validation process.Program outputs will be both data and a physics-based model for carbon deposition.

Project SummaryAbstract The goal of this project is to develop a novel device for respiratory therapy that uses interactive gaming and music to encourage patient complianceIn order to maintain pulmonary healthmany post operative surgery patients as well as people with quadriplegia and other spinal cord injurieshigh level motor neuron diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosisALSand multiple sc ...