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Pre-packaged, turn-key solution for back-up power, peak shaving using solar, battery storage in a mobile hurricane resistant container. This solution is perfect for the military, telecom, disaster relief, greenfield construction, resource extraction, health systems, data center and anywhere there is a need for reliable power when there is none. This project will have fixed solar, large battery cap ...

Long-duration wide-area surveillance missions increasingly are space-based. MEO orbits offer space-based radar systems more time on station, but require very large array apertures on the order of 100m in diameter. Achieving larger apertures with smaller, lighter launch packages and stable on-orbit pointing is a challenge that E-Textiles promises to meet. Textile processes can be used to achieve a ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This SBIR Phase II project will develop and evaluate a more practical and comprehensive approach to standardizing the self-assessment of disease-specific Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in the growing population of aging (45+ years) adults with, and at-risk of, co-morbid chronic conditions. Specifically, we propose to simplify disease impact screening (f ...

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) that infects the urogenital, anorectal and pharyngeal tracts in humans. In 2018, there were an estimated 1.14M cases in the US, and 86.9M cases worldwide. Of concern is the growing incidence of antimicrobial resistance not only due to inappropriate use of antibiotics, but also because NG interact ...

Perinatal brain injury resulting in mental retardation and cerebral palsy is the most severe disability in children and affects 40-148 in preterm and 1–2/1000 in full term infants. This places a huge burden on society, emphasizing the critical need for improved prevention/treatment strategies to decrease perinatal brain injury. Hypothermia (HT) is the only FDA approved therapy to attenuate brain ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Anthrax is recognized as a class A bio-threat microbial pathogen that is readily weaponized and exceedingly difficult to treat. This bacterium is highly virulent inducing lethal infection in immunologically normal hosts by its intrinsic capacity to disseminate rapidly and induce sepsis, along with its ability to generate two highly potent exotoxins, lethal toxi ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT In the United States, the postpartum period is a critical time for both maternal and child health; the US maternal mortality rate is the highest among other developed, high-income countries. More than half of all maternal deaths occur postpartum, from one day to one year after birth.1-9 There are vast racial and ethnic disparities in maternal mortality and severe morbidity ...

The development of broadband high-isolation active circulators with simultaneous transmit and receive (STAR) capabilities would enable increased persistence in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems and allow multiple simultaneous radar modes including SAR, GMTI and AMTI for global and local multifunction and multi-task operations. Previous works in MMIC active circulators dem ...

INACCURACY IN AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL APPLICATION CAUSES INCREASED PRODUCTION COSTS AND RELEASES UNNECESSARY PESTICIDE AND FERTILIZERS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. APPLICATION CONTROL IS PRIMARILY A MANUAL OPERATION AND ON-THE-GO ADJUSTMENT OF SPRAY OUTPUT FOR SPRAY TARGET OR TRAVEL SPEED VARIATION IS RARE. HOWEVER, COMMERCIALIZATION AND USE OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS FOR SPEED-BASED APPLICATION CONTROL IS INCR ...

Present sonobuoys allow for the selection of functions such as RF Channel, Depth, etc. by use of a single selector button and LED display along with a second button used for verification located on the side of the sonobuoy. Selection or verification requires access to the buttons and cannot be accomplished once the sonobuoy is loaded into the launcher. The capability to select and verify functions ...