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Face masks and respirators are frequently deployed in critical protective applications (such as medical and construction environments) where fit testing is not routinely performed before each shift. N95 and related testing protocols effectively assess filtration efficiency for respirators that remain tightly fitted throughout activity, but since these protocols prescribe sealing the tested product ...

The 21st century is the Age of the Network. Operators and clients of critical infrastructure networks are now vulnerable to cascading failures that they could not have seen coming. “Cascading” failure events remain a vital unsolved challenge as critical infrastructure network operators and regulators struggle to define and operationalize resilience, and measurement of interdependent network re ...

Summary As the COVID19 pandemic and vaccine deployment continue there is an urgent need to monitor emerging variants for their infectivity and ability to escape both prior infection and vaccine induced neutralizing antibodies. Currently, there is no way to rapidly quantify emerging variants infectivity and immune evading capacity. The standard for quantifying viral infectivity involves the use of ...

For decades, the Air Force flightlines have been plagued by a lack of data connectivity, and as technology advances, this digital divide has grown wider. Aircraft maintenance, communications, and training have all gone through digital transformations that

The main objective of this effort is to provide a secure and lightweight framework for real-time analysis of sensory data from wearables. Our goal is to continuously monitor warfighter health and readiness at the edge in real-time while consuming less than 5% of the wearable battery over 10 days. Our system enables the provisioning and instantiation of different edge-deployed algorithms to address ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) have the potential to improve DAF workflows by accelerating and automating processes and tracking metrics to inform future decision making. Primer seeks to fill an intelligence gap identif

Inland search and rescue (SAR) are the responsibility of the Air Force. The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC) at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida coordinates all inland SAR operations in the continental United States. However, the prosecution

SCI incidence ranges from 250k-500k globally/year, with rt7M people impacted. Currently rt300k U.S. individuals live with SCI. SCI results in life-altering consequences in terms of morbidity, mortality, functional status, employment, and quality of life. For quadriplegics with cervical injuries, even basic ADLs are severely compromised. Individuals learn assistive strategies for ADLs such as eatin ...

DC voltage regulators are crucial DC power management components in practically all modern defense electronics. Next generation satellite payloads require voltage regulators with state-of-the-art SWaP, electromagnetic interference (EMI) attributes, as wel

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACTAfrican American men have the highest rate of hypertension (HTN) in the United States. Once diagnosed, they are also less likely to achieve blood pressure (BP) control. This health disparity is critical, as elevated BP is the primary modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. One reason for this HTN disparity: stress. African Americans report more stress than their ...