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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant WHFM MS DIARY An Integrated Wearable Hot Flash Monitor and Portable Electronic Diary for Menopausal Symptomatology Summary The majority of American women transitioning through the menopause will experience hot flashes and night sweats These vasomotor symptoms are the leading cause of treatment seeking among menopausal women With recent results of the Women ...

During Phase I, we experimented with several transition approaches and ran into three hurdles: 1) No matter how good the method for transitioning technology, if the development process has not been well-managed, there will be no technology to transition; 2) Transition does not happen without an incredible amount of expertise and data; 3) Good technology does not matter if no one is aware of its e ...

Visidyne has identified two new and innovative concepts for reducing false alarms in Overhead Non-imaging InfraRed (ONIR) surveillance systems. We propose to conduct system and engineering trade studies to provide a basis for selecting one or both of these concepts for future system upgrades. Initial simulations for both concepts show potential for orders of magnitude reduction in false exceedance ...

Traditional landmine detection techniques are both dangerous and time consuming. Landmines can be square, round, cylindrical, or bar shaped. The casing can be metal, plastic, or wood. These characteristics make landmine detection challenging. In Phase I, we have developed new methods that improve the performance of both surface and buried mine detection. Extensive tests using actual MWIR images ha ...

Traditional landmine detection techniques are both dangerous and time consuming. Landmines can be square, round, cylindrical, or bar shaped. The casing can be metal, plastic, or wood. These characteristics make landmine detection challenging. In Phase I, we have developed new methods that improve the performance of both surface and buried mine detection. Extensive tests using actual MWIR images ha ...

Gateway buoys are used to provide communications telemetry between remotely deployed undersea assets such as submarines and AUV’s and surface or share based command centers. These buoys are capable of transmitting information via acoustic modems, Iridium and Freewave RF. Previous versions of these buoys required battery power and needed to be moored. Operational effectiveness was limited. In ...

MEMS gyroscopes are impractical for long-term navigation in part because of their bias instability. MSSA has introduced a means to separate the signal from the noise that will enable stable operation of MEMS gyroscopes and enable inertial navigation over periods of time necessary for the execution of precision airdrop applications and thereby provide for operation without GPS. The gyroscope is a ...

KaZaK Composites proposes to develop and implement improvements to current CLF dunnage systems by designing and prototyping a cost-effective adjustable stanchion and stanchion accessories. Key requirements for a redesigned dunnage system include elimination of wood dunnage, supporting structural loads, significant reduction in total ownership costs, easily repaired system components, light weight, ...

Infrared missile domes are a demanding application for materials due to severe aero-thermal heating, requiring excellent thermal shock and abrasion/erosion resistance while maintaining a high transmittance. Currently, only single-crystal alumina (sapphire) meets these demanding criteria, though at a high cost due to the processing involved in producing sapphire domes. CeraNova’s nanocrystallin ...

Triton Systems, Inc. proposes to engineer, prototype, and test the lightweight and low-cost Triton Composite Airdrop Platform (TCAP) to support the US Army’s future Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) and other military cargo and airdrop missions. The TCAP will enhance Army Future Force and Future Combat Systems (FF/FCS) mission performance by increasing net payload weight and decreasing init ...