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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): For a normal individual, driving is the most complex and dangerous activity that he/she will participate in on a daily basis. Accident statistics show that drivers above the age of 65 are involved in more accidents thanany other group except novice drivers. Furthermore the trend gets worse as accident rates double then triple with each successive 10 year increa ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The need to improve patient adherence to treatment protocol is immense, both for improved individual patient outcomes and advancement of scientific treatment knowledge. Past interventions to improve adherence have had mixed results, with the most success stemming from those that were very complex and costly. Convenient, cost effective tools to increase clinicia ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This research will develop, implement and evaluate a restaurant-based incentive program that promotes and rewards healthy eating behaviors in restaurants and at the same time, provides funding to schools to support fitness and healthier lunch programs. This project will make an important contribution to the prevention and control of obesity and other nutrition- ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Elevated levels of flammable, explosive and toxic gases in underground mines are well-documented causative factors in the fatalities and injuries associated with mining activities. Sensor Research and Development (SRD)Corporation will advance the current technologies used to detect and monitor the unsafe gases found in underground coal mining operations by deve ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary/Abstract The Specific Aim of this proposal is to test the efficacy of Light-Activated Anti-Microbial fabrics to biologically inactivate three model pathogens, influenza H1N1 swine, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and cowpox virus (as a surrogate for variola virus). These viruses are pathogenic to humans and spread rapidly from infected to ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Indoor air quality (IAQ) is of rising concern as indoor air pollutants can pose significant health risks, including asthma, sensitization, allergies, fatigue, cancer and the transmission of airborne diseases. IAQ is especially important in health care facilities. In such facilities, health care workers (HCW) are at a much greater risk of exposure to pathogenic ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Explosions in United States coal mines resulting due to ignition of methane pose a significant hazard. Detecting methane is of special relevance in many industrial and safety applications. To address this occupational safety concern Waddan Systems will develop a Wireless Optical Fiber Sensor Network (WOFSNet) for the ultra trace detection of methane gas. The un ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Mining accidents are still a regular occurrence, often resulting in the loss of dozens of lives. Many of these fatalities could have been averted had there been a reliable emergency communications system in place to provide life-saving information to search-and-rescue parties and to trapped miners. To address this problem, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) prop ...

****NOTICE: ABSTRACT EXTRACTED FROM APPLICATION FOR REPORTING CATEGORIES AND DISEASE CODING (RCDC). THIS TEXT HAS NOT BEEN PROOFED BY SRA. WHEN THE UPLOADED ABSTRACT IS NOT IN THE EXPECTED FORMAT, THE EXTRACTED TEXT MAY BE INCORRECT OR INCOMPLETE.**** PROJECT SUMMARY Traffic accidents are the leading cause of teenage injury and death. This Phase II proposal describes a project to translate and dis ...

There is an urgent need for a rapid biological detection system that demonstrates the efficacy of decontamination products for inactivating Bacillus anthracis spores on environmental surfaces. To address the U.S. Army/CBD need for such a fieldable, rapid, NIST-certified, quantitative bio-indicator system, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Spores Viability Detection (SVD) ...