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The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is the reduction in the cost of renewable energy. The dramatic decline in the cost of wind energy over the last several decades has been fueled by the ever increasing turbine size and the introduction of new manufacturing methods and materials. However, the industry is approaching the limits of this trend due to the increased wear and tear of ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will provide the first technical advancement in the specialty metals industry (manufacturers of titanium and nickel) in more than 4 decades. Specialty metals are ubiquitous in our lives, with applications from aircraft parts to medical implants, yet the vacuum arc remelting (VAR) process, the work horse for this industry, has remained relativ ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will apply the novel nanotechnology to the problem of pneumonia and sepsis. Pneumonia is the second worldwide cause of death and first among children under 5 years old, and is the number one cause of sepsis. The mainstay of treatment is empiric antibiotic selection, which increases multidrug resistant organisms and may not appropriately addre ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to develop a novel, bioabsorbable surgical clip and applicator for rapid closure of the dura mater in open and minimally invasive spine surgery. The dura mater is the protective membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Openings in the dura (duro ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to revolutionize the way that woven textiles are designed and manufactured. The textile industry is currently organized around fixed catalogs of fabrics, with significant barriers to the introduction of new products, including limited access to industrial equipment. The project will create ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project, if successful, will be to advance the development of a novel microbial fuel cell (MFC) system that generates energy from the wastewater being treated. MFC technology could revolutionize wastewater treatment for small and mid-sized breweries, fruit processors and other food and beverage processing p ...

The speed resolution and high mass accuracy of modern mass spectrometers have revolutionized proteomics particularly for determining fragile post translational modifications that control most cellular processes Accurate identification and quantitation of phosphorylation sites remain a major challenge in proteomics The key weakness with mass spectrometry for phospho proteomics lies in the metho ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The long term goal of this project is to reduce falls in older adults by improving their ability to recover equilibrium during a slip or trip The proposed strategy is to use AMES an FDA cleared non invasive intervention that has been shown to enhance motor performance in able bodied adults and to reduce sensorimotor impairment in both the upper and lower lim ...

The proposed Dynamic Mining and Contextualization of the Scientific Literature DMCSL provides an open lane of communication between authors science journals readers and databases The outcome of this communication portal will be a database containing mineable metadata for researchers reagent supply and biotech companies Data will be available to companies through individualized subscription ...

The overarching goal of the proposed research is to demonstrate the feasibility of modifying an existing effective computer based tobacco prevention program Click City Tobacco funded by NIH R CA to prevent the initiation of e cigarette use e g e cigarettes and other vaping devices among youth Click City Tobacco is a school based program for th graders with a booster in th ...