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Chemical manufacturers require high accuracy and high sensitivity pressure sensors to efficiently monitor the various manufacturing systems and processes in the chemical plant, to ensure any changes proceed in a safe and reliable manner, adhering to expected standards and practices. In addition, NIST has a need for highly accurate absolute and differential pressure measurements, especially for det ...

The underlying framework for modern-day weather forecasting is numerical weather prediction (NWP). Even the current and planned weather observing platforms leave gaps that are insufficient to meet the requirements of NWP. Mano Nanotechnologies, Inc. proposes to commercialize a new environmental sensing system, known as “GlobalSense”, which will enable transformational forecast improvements by ...

The DOD is investing in mobile computing, information and warrior health systems to support network-centric military capabilities. Computerized health records, telemedicine, wearable monitoring, mHealth have the potential to reduce costs, promote health, ensure soldier fitness. The goal of this project is to design, develop, demonstrate, deploy a Warfighter Health Avatar (WHA), a simulation framew ...

VitaMe Technologies Inc. and Cornell University will develop the FePhone - a point-of-care diagnostic system for iron status determination.The FePhone comprises of (1) a test cartridgewhich accepts the blood sample and performs the test, (2) a TidBit readera custom portable hardware system developed by Cornell which operates the test, and (3) a mobile appwhich provides step-by-step instructions fo ...

Iron deficiency is one of the most common nutritional deficiencies in the United States. Left untreated, iron stores continue to deplete, resulting in iron deficiency anemia. Women undergoing basic military training are particularly susceptible to reduced iron stores. To date, there are no comprehensive point-of-care instruments for accurate determination of iron status. We propose to develop a no ...

Injuries to the chest occur in about 60% of all trauma cases and roughly 90% can be treated without surgical intervention. With rib fractures or lung damage, blood often accumulates in the pleural space between the lung and the chest wall. Current treatment guidelines suggest that a tube be placed through the chest wall to drain the collection. Unfortunately, in about 15-20% of these patients, the ...

Vascular trauma is the leading cause of death in military environments and hemorrhage is the major preventable cause of mortality among trauma patients. Recent experience from Iraq and Afghanistan has demonstrated improved 24-h and 30-day survival in combat casualties requiring early massive transfusion. Unlike plasma and erythrocytes, which can be cold stored for longer time periods, platelets ca ...

Abstract:Warfighters are being pushed further and further afield, leaving them outside the range of medical experts. Existing Virtual Interactive Presence and Augmented Reality (VIPAR) systems have shown great potential in making medical expertise available in the field, but require network and hardware performance characteristics that are typically unavailable in combat scenarios. Expensive and s ...

One of the most important infectious diseases affecting the health of military recruits is adenovirus, which causes acute outbreaks of respiratory disease in military facilities incapacitating personnel, burdening hospitals, disrupting military operations and increasing medical costs. We propose to continue the development of a new generation of adenovirus vaccines based on adenovirus-like particl ...

An enormous military and civilian need exists to develop capabilities for salvage, preservation and re-implantation of genitourinary tissues and especially reproductive organs. Yet methods for salvaging and clinical banking of whole testes are non-existent, while approaches to bank whole ovaries have been attempted thus far and have resulted in mixed successes. Reproductive organ banking has yet t ...