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The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project includes the development and implementation of a robot for post-harvest grain management with the goal of reducing waste, increasing efficiency, and improving the overall sustainability of the agricultural sector. Post-harvest grain management is a crucial aspect of agriculture; However, it can also be ...

C56-10d-273616To meet the need for more sustainable manufacturing supply chains with reduced greenhouse gas emissions and to remove reliance on foreign supply chains, policymakers and researchers have begun exploring the possibilities of biomanufacturing commodity chemicals and materials. Acrylates are a primary monomeric component in paints, coatings, plastics, and super-absorbent polymer applica ...

PROJECT SUMMARY While there are now successful treatment regimens and prevention strategies for people living with HIV/AIDS, the HIV pandemic remains a public health crisis in the United States and worldwide, with nearly 40,000 new infections each year in the US alone. To prevent the spread of HIV in vulnerable populations, the US Preventive Services Task Force has recommended HIV pre-exposure pro ...

American chicken farmers struggle to attract and retain the needed labor to operate farms that areexpanding in size and scale. Manual labor is currently required to walk up and down the barn tostimulate the flock and check on the birds. Birds Eye Robotics' proposed innovation the CaretakerRobot seeks to reduce labor costs associated with checking broiler barns and flock stimulationwhile improving ...

Red Berry Innovations, Inc. (RBI) is pleased to propose the development of a Cyber Anomaly Detection System for Autonomous Air Platforms, which will expand our proven Fleet Defender cyber defense technology to meet a key Air Force need by protecting Next

PROJECT SUMMARY Actively involving informal caregivers in direct patient care at the bedside in the intensive care unit (ICU) has the potential to improve patient, informal caregiver, and health care system outcomes. Practice guidelines call for the liberal inclusion of informal caregivers as active partners in ICU care, but there is a critical, unmet need to develop tools that effectively operati ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. Significant challenges remain for developing preventive or curative approaches targeting ALD. No effective treatments for ALD currently exist but for reducing alcohol consumption or liver transplantation. The current paucity of clinically relevant experimental models impedes any effort ...

AgilityHealth’s robust measurement and continuous improvement platform has enabled many Fortune 500 companies to foster a culture of innovation, and significantly improve business outcomes, as a result of implementing iterative project management frameworks and working to develop “agile” teams. Considering ongoing geopolitical instability, it is imperative that U.S. warfighters embrace prove ...

Project Summary Ting Therapeutics LLC is a pharmaceutical company developing drugs to prevent and treat hearing loss. Cisplatin is one of the most widely used drugs to treat cancers. However, cisplatin therapy causes hearing loss in 40-60% of the patients. To date, no drugs have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for protection from cisplatin-induced hearing loss (CIHL). Most candid ...

Acoustic blasts exposure can induce hearing loss and traumatic brain injury (TBI), changes linked to memory dysfunction, cognitive decline, suppression neurogenesis and formation neurotoxic Aβ:Zn plaques in the hippocampus. The blast-induced changes in the inner ear and hippocampus are believed to result from oxidative stress, metal dyshomeostasis, and the increased expression of neurotoxic amylo ...