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The objectives of this proposal are to develop an animal surrogate finite element (FE) model and environment that can be used as a tool to investigate injury mechanisms and mitigation of traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to blast overpressure. A rat head model with a high degree of anatomical detail will be refined for used within an FE blast environment. To avoid the use of unnecessarily costly ...

Recent statistics from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) show that 61% of soldiers injured in explosion blast events endure Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The current understanding of TBI mechanisms is incomplete and is limiting the development of protection and therapeutic measures. Animal testing, in vitro study, and analysis of clinical data are useful and necessary but these are slow, expensive, a ...

We propose to construct a computer program to help young children cope with home life while a parent is absent. This program is meant to help fill the time and parental voids that happen immediately upon deployment all the way up to homecoming. The application we propose, Assisted Reading with Absent Family (AFAR), is a personal interactive dialogue application centered on the activity of story ...

Innalabs has developed a unique solid state Coriolis vibratory gyroscope, CVG, which shows great promise toward use within gyrocompass systems. Within the scope of its proposed work Innalabs proposes to investigate the use of its CVG technology within a gyrocompass system that will meet the requirements as listed within the topic. The research will include both Innalabs current metallic resonato ...

The Army’s One Tactical Engagement Simulation (OneTESS) program is adopting a sensor based approach to obtain weapon’s aim point. Current absolute attitude and heading reference system uses magnetometers to obtain heading information. However, the magnetometers are highly sensitive to a variety of random error sources such as sun spot activity and hard/soft –iron effects. These error sources ...

IN RECENT YEARS THE CORROSIVITY OF THE TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT HAS BECOME MORE SEVERE DUE TO INCREASED USE OF ROAD SALTS, INCREASED ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS (SO(2) AND NO(X)), AND CHANGES IN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN SELECTED GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF THE WORLD. THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF THE ABOVE CONDITIONS AND MARINE SALTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF SELECTED VEHICLES AN ...

The current M-4 carbine in use by the US Army can be equipped with numerous optics, laser designators/sights, and lights, all with different power requirements and battery supplies. The result is a heavy weapon and a heavier field load of batteries to accommodate the various accessories, which ultimately impacts the soldiers' effectiveness, particularly on longer missions. The Army requested tha ...

The current M-4 carbine in use by the US Army can be equipped with numerous optics, laser designators/sights, and lights, all with different power requirements and battery supplies. The result is a heavy weapon and a heavier field load of batteries to accommodate the various accessories, which ultimately impacts the soldiers’ effectiveness, particularly on longer missions. The Army requested t ...

MONOCRYSTALLINE SUBSTRATE OF CDZNTE (4 AT% ZN), NOMINALLY LATTICE MATCHED TO HGCDTE (20 AT% CD), WILL BE PREPARED FROM CRYSTALS GROWN BY A NEW PROCESS. THE NEW CRYSTAL GROWTH SYSTEM IS FREE OF QUARTZ AND PROVIDES IMPROVED GROWTH CONDITIONS THROUGH 1) TEMPERATURE PROFILING AND PRESSURE CONTROL TECHNIQUES THAT CANNOT BE USED IN CONVENTIONAL GROWTH SYSTEMS BECAUSE OF TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE LIMITATI ...

THERE IS CURRENTLY A NEED FOR LOW-POWER, HIGH PERFORMANCE\ PROCESSOR MODULES FOR STANDARD BUS CONFIGURATIONS. DEDICATEDMODULES, IN THE PAST, HAVE PROVIDED HIGH SPEED PROCESSING, BUT AT THE COST OF HIGH POWER CONSUMPTION AND INFLEXIBILITY.DVP INC. PROPOSES A UNIQUE METHOD TO ACHIEVE A HIGH SIGNAL PROCESSING THROUGHPUT WHILE MAINTAINING LOW POWER OPERATION.IN ADDITION, THE PROPOSED PROCESSOR MODULE ...