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Consumers are now demanding more information about farm production processes and their resulting harvests. Harvest records, although difficult for farmers to capture, can contain rich product data such as grading information and macro and micronutrient content, allowing farmers to differentiate themselves from competitors and market their produce effectively, as in organic farming. Harvest records ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) is an autosomal recessive storage disease caused by the absence of a-L-iduronidase (IDUA), resulting in systemic accumulation of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) storage materials, hepatosplenomegaly, skeletal dysplasias, cardiopulmonary obstruction, progressive neurologic impairment and death by age 15. MPS I is currently treated b ...

The goal of this effort is to build a fully on-board vision based navigation system for small micro air vehicles (SMAVs) that will allow autonomous flight and navigation in a ship-borne environment. The target platform is a hovering air vehicle of 7cm to 20cm in size with a payload capacity between 2 and 10 grams. Short range navigation, e.g. stability, relative orientation, and obstacle avoidance ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of this project is to develop a novel gene-based delivery system to treat neovascular age- related macular degeneration (wet AMD), a debilitating ocular disease. AMD is the leading cause of blindness inAmericans over 60 years of age, with wet AMD accounting for 90% of all AMD-related blindness. An estimated 2,000,000 people in the United States ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There exists a subculture of gay men at high risk for club drug use and unsafe sexual behavior for whom working out/physique building is central to their life. Currently available prevention material that focuses strictly on drug use or safer sex is not engaging this gay subculture concerned with body image. ACCESS will develop club drug prevention and HIV ri ...

Long range Naval Gun Fire Support (NGFS) represents a cost efficient and highly effective enabling technology for the U.S. and Allies to retaliate against remote terrorist elements without relying on expensive missiles and air assets. This proposaldescribes a chemically driven hydrogen gun that will provide two to three times the range of next generation rocket propelled munitions for standard bar ...

Planning for theater missile defense (TMD) is complicated because defense coverage is, in general, dependent upon the location of the attacker's launch sites and not all attackers can cover all targets. In addition, there may be considerable uncertaintyassociated with launch-site locations and stockpiles. An attacker synthesis problem is formulated in which the attacker, with knowledge of the de ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this project is to complete development and evaluation - through focus group discussions, observed pulse-taking skills, and randomized trial survey data - of an upper elementary level interactive anatomy and physiology education product. This product will enable students to learn about the fundamental processes and care of the human body (the circul ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term goal of this project is to develop and evaluate through focus group discussions and user questionnaire survey data, multimedia software designed to help parents understand and raise their child from 18 months to 5 years. This user-friendly product will have unique features to help parents access, learn, and use new knowledge, skills, and resource ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): The long-term goal of this project is to develop and evaluate through focus group discussions and questionnaire survey data, a multimedia resource designed to help individuals and caregivers of individuals navigate through the maze of intricacies associated with long-term care planning, and to help them make informed decisions about long-term care options i ...