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RF sources for accelerator applications are dominated by expensive klystron technologies. Life cycle costs require replacement of the entire microwave tube at the end of life. End-of-life for the RF source is a combination of the power supply design and microwave tube design with failures the result of a combination of these two expensive components where the microwave tube is the fuse. GENERAL ST ...

Abstract In response to NOT-AA-20-011, this administrative supplement will enhance the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) support solution proposed in the parent grant (1R43AA028453-01) to help combat the dangerous combination of risky alcohol use behaviors and COVID-19, and to address the new challenges to SBIRT implementation in primary care during the COVID-19 era. ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Ohmx Corporation is developing integrated point-of-care (POC) bioelectronic sensor technologies for protein biomarkers relevant to cancer diagnosis and risk stratification. The principal goal of this SBIR proposal is to develop an assay for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) proteolytic enzyme activity to improve the early diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cance ...

ACETYLENE-TERMINATED RESINS ARE ONE OF SEVERAL CANDIDATE POLYMERIC MATERIALS BEING DEVELOPED FOR POTENTIAL AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS. THE ACETYLENE-TERMINATED RESINS POSSESS PROPERTIES REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED APPLICATIONS SUCH AS TEMPERATURE, MOISTURE, AND SHEAR INSENSITIVITY. THE LIMITING FACTOR FOR THE COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURE OF THESE RESINS IN A COST-EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF AN ESSEN ...

MDA is developing deployable airborne systems such as the Airborne Laser (ABL) for boost-phase missile defense. The ABL’s mission would significantly benefit from enhanced target detection and ranging capabilities. We propose an active sensing system compatible with ABL that is based on HgCdTe avalanche photodiodes (APDs), which are an attractive choice for active sensing applications because t ...

The Ablation process is a liquid to solid phase conversion process that has cooling rates exceeding 400F per second coupled with steep thermal gradients approaching 900F over a .500" span. Preliminary work casting Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites (359, 30% SiCp) using this technology demonstrated better SiC particle distribution than shown in other casting processes. Preliminary data suggest high ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): ROS Technologies, Inc, is a medical diagnostics company developing a blood test to predict sudden death risk in patients with heart failure (HF). Heart failure affects more than five million Americans and increases therisk of sudden death. This application sets out to develop a simple, inexpensive blood test to help predict sudden death risk that may prevent un ...

ABOUT 7 MILLION COUPLES IN AMERICA HAVE FERTILITY PROBLEMS, 40 TO 50 PERCENT OF WHICH ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE MALE. CURRENT METHODS OF DIAGNOSING MALE INFERTILITY BY MICRO- SCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE SEMEN SPECIMEN ARE INADEQUATE, AND MORE RELIABLE TESTS NEED TO BE DEVELOPED. THE AIM OF THIS STUDY IS TO DEVELOP SUCH A TEST BY USING A SILICA WOOL FILTRATION TECHNIQUE. THE METHOD IS BASED ON THE OBSE ...

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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Abstract ISS Inc. proposes to develop a novel non invasive instrument for quantitative monitoring of infant brain development. The instrument will be based on Frequency Domain Near-Infrared Spectroscopy technique and will feature eight (8) laser sources modulated simultaneously using the OFDM technology. The laser sources will emit at different wavelength. The ...