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The Air Force has demonstrated that a water is capable of extinguishing comparable H2O2 oxidizer fires with 23 pounds of water vs 67 pounds of halon. Recent advances in sensor technology make it possible to detect an H2O2 leak prior to ignition, or to rapidly detect ignition in order to initiate fire protection system water flow. Recent findings by Streamline Automation also indicate that fire e ...

Many Unites States Army, and other Department of Defense (DoD) sites, are contaminated with a variety of contaminants including highly energetic compounds, such as 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), chlorinated aliphatics (such as trichloroethylene,TCE) and chlorinated aromatics. These compounds often persist in soil or groundwater for extended periods of t ...

Many Unites States Army, and other Department of Defense (DoD) sites, are contaminated with a variety of contaminants including highly energetic compounds, such as 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), chlorinated aliphatics (such as trichloroethylene,TCE) and chlorinated aromatics. These compounds often persist in soil or groundwater for extended periods of t ...

Our Phase II goal is to develop (model, design, fabricate and test) a miniaturized biofuel cell capable of generating energy from biomass to power the OFW sensor suite. Phase I goals were successfully met by demonstrating a prototype using glucose as fuel. In contrast to conventional technologies, this biobattery promises to be compact/lightweight, require little/no logistical support (re-supply ...

Our Phase II goal is to develop (model, design, fabricate and test) a miniaturized biofuel cell capable of generating energy from biomass to power the OFW sensor suite. Phase I goals were successfully met by demonstrating a prototype using glucose as fuel. In contrast to conventional technologies, this biobattery promises to be compact/lightweight, require little/no logistical support (re-supply ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of this project is the development of a fully automated, wireless ethernet capable, near realtime, field deployable immunoassay-based analysis system for the concurrent, ultra low-level detection of biowarfare agents in air or water by using innovations in surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and related supporting materials and hardware. A ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Antibiotics are an essential component in bio-defense preparedness. Soil microorganisms were a major source of antibiotics during the 20th century, yet antibiotic discovery is now severely limited. A primary reason is that drug discovery from microorganisms has been confined to those microbes that can be recovered by laboratory cultivation, yielding high rates ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) infection with antiretroviral agents invariably leads to selection and accumulation of drug-resistant mutants that arise due to the intrinsically low fidelity of HIV polymerase. Early detection of these growing variants may be clinically relevant. Before the level of clinical importance can be ascertained, ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will enhance the MASTERCATALOG, EraGen's product that combines an evolutionarily organized protein sequence database with tools to enable phylogenomics analysis. This will help maintain the commercial advantage of the MASTERCATALOG over public databases and tools, and help ensure that the MASTERCATALOG continues to enjoy its status as the "best in ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Paclitaxel (Taxol) and doxorubicin (DOX, Adriamycin) are chemotherapeutic drugs used in treatment of metastatic breast cancer. When used individually, they produce a 30-40 percent response rate. When combined, using high doses of DOX (450-550 mg/m2), the response rate is increased to 85-95 percent. This represents a significant improvement in tumor responsivene ...