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The goal of this Phase I project is to develop an affordable, accurate, and rapid absolute interferometric length measurement technique with improved repeatability and accuracy. API has a patent-pending technology, Frequency-Modulated Time-to-Frequency Mapping Interferometer (FM-TFMI), that is an absolute interferometer capable of measuring at high speed and with exceptionally high accuracy. The T ...

New shape-engineered iron-based microscopic contrast agents (MCAs) for magnetic resonance imaging promise to increase diagnostic accuracy while reducing side effects, and enhance scientists’ ability to track stem cells. Currently, techniques used for making multispectral microscale contrast agent particles are cost prohibitive. In Phase I, an innovative technique (employing template-guided elect ...

The objective of this Phase II project is to research, develop, and commercialize a resonant scan lens (RSL) for use in a resonant light detection and ranging (R-LIDAR) distance sensor. R-LIDAR uses a resonant optomechanical system to generate a beam scan. While resonant optomechanical systems produce high-speed and large field-of-view (FOV) scans from a miniature form factor, the beam scans lack ...

The ready availability of universal donor plasma to rapidly treat massively bleeding hospital trauma patients and warfighters with combat casualties is a key element of current recommendations for trauma resuscitation, yet universal AB donor plasma is rel

This proposal from Climate Forecast Applications Network addresses the challenge of providing business-relevant subseasonal forecasts for the energy and agricultural sectors, including applications to renewable energy. An innovative multi-model prediction system using the CFSv2 and ECMWF forecasts will be developed to exploit the advantages of each model. An interactive web-based dashboard system ...

The vast majority of casualties who die in combat do so before they reach a definitive care facility highlighting the role of the combat medic. The recent change of policy, lifting the ban on women serving in combat arms makes it likely that the number of females serving in combat roles will increase in the future. Data from recent conflicts has shown that female casualties have suffered a greater ...

Hyperkalemia will clearly continue to be a concern in the treatment of combat casualties. The risk of death from hyperkalemia-induced cardiac arrhythmias is significant in the absence of renal replacement therapy (RRT).Rapid evacuation out of Iraq and Afghanistan ensured that most hyperkalemia occurred further up the evacuation chain, thereby limiting the need for non-RRT hyperkalemia treatment op ...

In recent military engagements, thoracic injuries occurred in nearly 10% of wounded US personnel and are a primary or contributing factor in up to 75% of all civilian trauma-related deaths. Hemothorax, an accumulation of blood in the pleural space, is a common, life threatening result of chest trauma. The primary treatment of hemothorax is tube thoracostomy. While the majority of traumatic hemotho ...

NAPP is a 3rd person 3D role-playing adventure gaming app built for Android and iOS platforms. NAPP integrates real-world data from current health management systems and offers interactive feedback about own behaviors as part of an engaging game storyline. The game integrates evidence-based psychological theories of behavioral change and provides individually tailored feedback. Sleep hygiene knowl ...

Health Delivery Organizations (HDOs), including the Military Health System, are increasingly using networked medical devices to benefit from improved information accuracy, lowered costs, and improved patient outcomes. These benefits, however, are threatened by the security risks posed by the interactions between the networked devices, and their connection to IT systems which are at risk of cyber a ...