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DESCRIPTION Caused by Borrelia burgdorferi Lyme disease LD can affect the skin heart joints or nervous system leading to an array of largely non specific symptoms that overlap with those of other debilitating illnesses Disease progression can lead to development of conditions with unfavorable prognosis such as antibiotic refractory arthritis or Post Treatment Lyme disease Syndrome PTLDS ...

Long-duration wide-area surveillance missions increasingly are space-based. MEO orbits offer space-based radar systems more time on station, but require very large array apertures on the order of 100m in diameter. Achieving larger apertures with smaller, lighter launch packages and stable on-orbit pointing is a challenge that E-Textiles promises to meet. Textile processes can be used to achieve a ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Autoimmune diseases are thought to arise from abnormalities in innate or adaptive immune responses and most likely have both genetic and environmental components. Diagnosis of autoimmune disease is often difficult, as t he symptoms can be relatively nonspecific. Furthermore, no available blood test can accurately exclude the possibility of an autoimmune disease ...

An advanced degaussing system utilizing high temperature superconducting (HTS) cables is being developed by the the Navy for application to new ship systems. The proposed system reduces the system weight and installed cost over degaussing system designs that use copper cables. HTS cables operate in a cryogenic environment, and are housed in a vacuum-jacketed conduit. The terminations for HTS cab ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Hospital acquired microbial infections are the fourth largest killer in America taking lives and adding $ B to hospital costs The emergence of drug resistant microbes has further amplified public health concern Fungi are prolific producers of anti microbial secondary metabolites SM and since the turn of the century have provided of bioactive m ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant In the absence of effective approved drugs or vaccines vector control remains the only means of intervention for many against mosquito borne diseases This problem grows more complex with the recent establishment of multiple exotic mosquito species and mosquito borne pathogens Furthermore changing climate conditions are predicted to alter the traditional ra ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting women and is a worldwide health problem. Unlike most cancers, cervical cancer is caused by a virus - the human papillomavirus (HPV). Two preventative vaccines against HPV were recently licensed in the United States. Merck and Co. developed a vaccine called Gardasil(tm) and GlaxoSmithKline has develop ...

Replacement of obsolete analog systems with software-based digital systems in nuclear facilities has been hindered by significant costs associated with traditional quality assurance testing. This project proposes advanced software validation tools that will ensure that digital systems are safe, reliable, and cost effective for the nuclear industry.

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Genital tract infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae gonorrhea does not induce a state of specific protective immunity and can be acquired repeatedly Despite public health measures the disease persists at an unacceptably high frequency there is no vaccine against it and resistance even to the latest generations of antibiotics continues to emerge Recent fin ...

As the current fleet of operating nuclear power plants ages, equipment degrades and causes increased incidences of failures which lead to plant shutdowns. This proposal offers to develop testing technology for fault detection in live electrical circuits to identify and resolve problems as they occur.