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DESCRIPTION Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women with over one million new cases reported in the world each year A diagnosis of breast cancer is frequently and understandably associated with high levels of psychosocial distress While support groups and stress management interventions have increased social support reduced psychosocial and physiological stress improved active co ...

VOC Technologies, Inc. (VOCTEC) developed a patent-pending new technology for analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) by compressing an air sample to high pressure before injecting it into a specially designed gas chromatograph (GC). This GC is constructed entirely within a personal computer (the “GC-in-a-PC”), which operates unattended ...

The overall goal of this research project is to develop load-bearing, structural building elements from oriented straw. The production of building elements from surplus straw will help provide low-cost housing in rural areas and reduce greenhouse emissions associated with the production of typical construction materials. The production of building materials free from volatile organic compounds and ...

Quality vehicle health management systems are critical to the successful operation of modern sounding rockets, and other unmanned vehicles. Unfortunately, the software of these systems tends to be complex and rigid and thus expensive and failure-prone, especially given the several real-time constraints of rocketry. We propose to develop the ``Magic Bullet'' Adaptive Intelligent Vehicle Health Ma ...

The innovation in this Phase I project is to prove the feasibility of using model-based design (MBD) tools to predict the performance and useful life of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components and COTS-based systems outside of their rated temperature range. These tools will consist of novel modeling tools, advanced system and data analysis capability. The modeling tools will differ from all kno ...

Volume reduction is a critical element of Solid Waste Management for manned spacecraft and planetary habitations. To this end, a Heat Melt Compaction System is under development at Ames Research Center. During the heating process, certain volatile organic vapors are produced. Here we propose the development of a catalytic system for the treatment of these gaseous byproducts which will decompose ...

Future Exploration Initiative missions will require substantial reductions in ESM for water processing hardware. Significant reductions can be achieved using water treatment systems based upon thermally regenerable ion-exchange (TRIX) resins. Ion-exchange (IX) has been the preferred method for removal of aqueous ionic contaminants due to the efficiency of flow-through beds. Attributes of IX syst ...

Development of a microgravity and hypogravity compatible catalytic methane pyrolysis reactor is proposed to recover hydrogen which is lost as methane in the conversion of carbon dioxide to water via the Sabatier process. This will close the hydrogen loop which currently requires 50% resupply and also produce carbon nanotubes, a high value product which may be employed as an adsorbent or catalyst ...

The proposed innovation involves the concept of using a Superpressure Tow Balloon (STB) with existing NASA high altitude balloon designs to form a tandem balloon system that provides significantly higher performance at a relatively low cost. Performance improvements include: longer durations, higher altitudes and greater stability, larger payload percentages, improved trajectory control, and more ...

The development of advanced methods for Microwave Enhanced Freeze Drying of Solid Waste (MEFDSW) is proposed. Methods for the recovery of relatively pure water as a byproduct of freeze drying will also be fully developed. The Phase II project will result in the design, assembly, thorough testing, and delivery of a technology demonstrator prototype which may be employed over a broad range of missi ...