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This proposal focuses on the design and realization of a Rapid Development Environment (RDE) for synthesizing Physiological Diagnostic Systems. A high level of productivity will be reached through the development of libraries of sensors, and of elementaryand complex physiology models. The user will compose a diagnostic algorithm and system prototype by combining building blocks thorough an intelli ...

There is a critical need for rapid, accurate measurement of serum cholinesterase activity in the field to provide a timely determination of nerve agent exposure. The overall objective of the project is to develop an easy-to-use analytical system consistingof small, inexpensive (and therefore disposable) silicon microchips used with a portable instrument, thus permitting field cholinesterase measur ...

A thermal infrared imaging spectrometer is proposed for the remote detection and identification of surface contaminants. The instrument will use a high power, pulsing CO2 laser to vaporize the liquids while it scans the target scene generating 3Dspectral-images. The instrument will be pre-programmed with a library of contamination filters that can automatically identify contaminants that could b ...

The early genomic responses of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) to in vitro infection with specific microbial pathogens are being assessed by DNA microarray technology to determine host gene expression

Accurate usage information collected by Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) coupled with improved structural fatigue life calculation methodologies promise to reduce helicopter operational and support costs while maintaining current flight safetylevels. Current fatigue life calculations assume worst-case flight profiles in determining component life. This approach may be outdated or not r ...

There is an obvious and urgent incentive to improve the abilities of military leaders. The problem we address in this proposal is how to provide useful training in a simulated decision environment, in order to improve the situation awareness of leaders.There also appears to be a move towards more distributed command and control, thus, the need is to provide training that will help commanders buil ...

Interim Phase Status. Currently this Phase is in progress, and the planning documents required are in progress. This document is one of the deliverables of the Interim Phase. Phase 2 Focus. Phase 2 is focused on implementing adaptive technology andsupplemental curriculum for Anatomy and Physiology. Although commercialization issues are important, most of these issues will be deferred to the Commer ...

Three challenges must be addressed in order to develop efficient hardware compression of video data for Distributed Interactive Simulation: (1) 10 microsecond latency requires supercomputer power; (2) the compression algorithm must be developed carefullyin order to preserve low latency and high image quality at the same time; (3) asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) interfaces must be optimized to se ...

Accurate and timely measurement of the developing environment toxicity is of great importance for general pollution control and for military operations. Biosensors, which are based on a combination of biological sensing element and an electronic signaltransducer, are finding a wide spread use in the environment toxicity measurements. Standard statistical approaches used commonly in the analysis of ...

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