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Approximately 70% of sentinel events in medical care are related to communication mishaps, and despite regular and frequent occurrence, an even higher percentage (80%) of severe medical errors are related to miscommunication during handoffs (i.e., the transferring of information, responsibility, and authority for patient care from one provider to another). The TiER1 team proposes to address challe ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) often occurs when a sudden trauma or head injury disrupts the function of the brain. Common causes of TBI include damage caused by explosive devices, falls and vehicle or motorcycle accidents. Sepsis is the result of a massive immune response to bacterial infection that gets into the blood. Sepsis often leads to organ failure or injury, and has always been a significan ...

The Thermoelectric coolers (TECs) are solid-state devices with no moving parts that provide reliable cooling power compared to traditional cooling systems such as vacuum compressors. However, their relatively high cost and low coefficient of performance (~ 0.5) have relegated them to niche applications such as small-scale portable coolers and, have yet, to be competitive from an efficiency standpo ...

GaN power semiconductors offer a technological breakthrough for improving the performance of power electronics including power density, conversion efficiency, and reliability of power converters. These are the three most critical requirements for military, aerospace and many commercial applications. In this STTR program, Qrona Technologies will collaborate with the University of Central Florida to ...

TrueNano, Inc. will in collaboration with the University of Colorado and industry partners, develop a novel single-wafer, high-throughput hot filament CDV reactor for the growth of high quality silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial layers, suitable for the next generation of power electronic devices and systems. This includes the design and simulation of the reactor, the development of a throughput mode ...

Phase I will determine the feasibility that one-sided measurements of low power, noninvasive, nondestructive microwave energy can be used to determine the strength and condition of concrete along with relevant spatial and statistical information. We will make different types of concrete with variations in constituent ratios as test samples; use ASTM tests to destructively determine true strength; ...

RDRTec proposes to design, develop, and demonstrate feasibility of a comprehensive suite of software tools and simulations that supports future Navy procurement and certification of non-cooperative sensor technologies for Detect And Avoid (DAA). These tools are an expansion, enhancement, and focusing of those already under developed as a part of RDRTec efforts on the ongoing Triton DAA radar devel ...

Texas Research Austin (TRI-Austin) will partner with the University of Texas, Austin, and will use diverse printing technologies to fabricate the components of selected battery chemistries (Li-ion, Zn-air, Zn-Ag). In the Phase I base period, each battery component will be printed with a technology that has been previously used to deposit the required material (i.e. ADM for metals, SLS for polymers ...

Standard protocols such as SSL, SSH, etc. are implemented as one-size-fits-all libraries. To maximize compatibility, these libraries implement rarely used features that increase attack surface. Examples include the SSL Heart Beat feature (HeartBleed) and weak SSH ciphers (LOGJAM).The Navy would like to reduce software attack surface by removing unused protocol features. Our proposal, LeastProtocol ...

The underpinning science and sensing associated with autonomous navigation is advancing on numerous fronts. The navigation capability required for ship hull grooming in a low visibility environment is a natural application of this technology. Enormous benefit will be realized in the public and private sectors of the shipping industry. The economic and environmental impact realized using proactive ...