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Military aircraft maintainers face heightened risks to their health and safety in the workplace due to long work hours, exposure to particulates, noxious gases, dangerous noise levels, and adverse weather conditions, to name just a few examples. Industrial hygienists help to mitigate these risks by identifying and anticipating potential hazards as well as recommending changes that minimize future ...

Despite the advances in a combat helmet design and materials’ evolution, the major drawback of the current state-of-the art ACH helmet, as well as some more recent advanced designs such as FAST and ECH, is that they still don’t offer enough of blast shockwave energy dissipation and absorption to fully protect a soldier from concussive brain injuries. As such, a new supplementary lightweight de ...

The ability to deliver oxygen to patients requiring supplemental oxygen is an essential part of treatment for combat casualties who incur traumatic injuries. The current centralized oxygen generation and distribution system used by Army to meet this high oxygen demand is extremely heavy, maintenance intensive and require large dedicated power generators. Therefore, if the Army could replace the cu ...

The twenty-first century has seen a global rise in bacterial infections exhibiting antimicrobial-resistance (AMR). More than ninety percent of chronic wounds contain microbial biofilms that exhibit AMR, and the bacteria responsible for several of these recalcitrant infections are called ESKAPEE pathogens. Eradicating ESKAPEE pathogenic infections is challenging, but bacteriophage (phage) therapy i ...

Cornerstone Research Group Inc. (CRG) proposes to develop an automated system that associates environmental conditions and activities with chemical and physical exposures in order to aide industrial hygienists with risk assessments. The Exposure and Activity Classification System (EACS) will be capable of integrating a number of sensors commonly used on most military bases for exposure monitoring ...

This Topic aims to develop a computational model of human lung for underwater explosion (UNDEX), with the focus to identify a modeling approach that can characterize the physiological response of human lungs to underwater blast. A combined experimental and numerical study is proposed to develop a method to elucidate the biomechanical response of a lung surrogate physical model subject to underwate ...

Military service members are exposed to an array of challenging conditions and dangerous environments that can result in traumatic brain injuries (TBI) or musculoskeletal injuries (MSKI). Combined, TBI and MSKI significantly impact military operational readiness and present a significant burden on the military health system. TBI and MSKI can each present as disordered balance, however, their etiol ...

We have identified a novel protein target which is specific to Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA). Inhibition of this target will decrease PA virulence, restore the host immune response, and balance the microbiome in addition to inhibiting PA growth. In this project we will conduct a high throughput screening campaign to discover inhibitors of the target protein. Then we will assess in vitro potency and ...

Early recognition of impending decompensation and appropriate intervention is critical to patient survival in many situations; yet, military personnel receive limited training about the early signs of decompensation through established training courses. Descriptions of respiratory distress, shock, and poor perfusion may be offered in training, but with little opportunity to practice recognizing th ...

Physical Sciences Inc. proposes to develop a novel low-cost wearable sensor to detect exposure to high-power microwave (HPM) weapons. The sensor will be lightweight, small, and require minimal maintenance to facilitate widespread distribution, allowing definitive identification of invisible HPM weapon usage and support treatment decisions by medical personnel. HPM attack is suspected in the sympto ...