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Standard U.S. Navy fiber optic assemblies require that the fiber be bonded to the connector using an adhesive that is labor intensive and heat controlled (MIL-A-24792). Advanced Material Systems (AMS) proposes a study that could solve this problem through the development of an adhesive system that would cure at room temperature in less that 3 minutes and yet meet all of the in-service req ...

A compact lightweight electronic device will desalinate sea water for drinking. The process is based on capacitive deionization of water. The process can be compared with charging a capacitor. The device will consume very little current. The technical approach is different from ion exchange techniques. It is completely different from an activated charcoal system, in the sense that ionic contam ...

We proposed to integrate second generation infrared thermography, real time image analysis and patient information stored in a medical database into the risk assessment for breast cancer patients, detection and diagnosis of breast cancer and prognostic determination for breast cancer patients. Previous attempts to use first generation thermographic instruments showed that the results were applica ...

Standard Object Systems, Inc. proposes the adaptati on of its Standard Objects for Phonetic Speech Recognition software to the development of a Software Package for Speaker Independent or Dependent Continuous Speech Recognition. This application supports both speaker independent and dependent connected word recognition with adaptation to multi lingual and multi accent envir ...

Standard Object Systems, Inc. proposes the adaptation of its Standard Objects for Phonetic Speech Recognition software for the development of a language based speech recognition module that will enable efficient speech communications with a computer. The module will be a generic phonetic speech recognition system based on the international phonetic alphabet. It will support both discrete word re ...

Time Domain Spectroscopy (TDS) is a precision metrology technique which allows the condition of an electrochemical cell or battery to be quantitatively evaluated in real time, obviating the protracted data collection times associated with the more familiar Frequency Response Analysis Method. In the FRA method, the cell's responses to a sequence of sinusoidal excitations are used to estimate the p ...

Universal Sensors, Inc., proposes to create piezoelectric biosensors for the detection of either antigen or antibody in human whole blood, serum, saliva or urine. These sensors will be based on capture immunoassay techniques which will show specific binding of the followeing: 1) ricin onto anti-ricin antibody coated biosensors and 2) anti-ricin antibody binding to ricin coated biosensors. Due to ...