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Biological agents pose high threats, because they are invisible and odorless and a relatively small amount can infect a large population when released in a densely populated area. For the same reasons, assuring safety after cleaning decontaminated sites c

Human butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) is an effective bioscavenger of organophosphates and has potential for acting as a pre-exposure prophylactic or post-exposure treatment for organophosphate (OP) nerve agents, such as sarin. Ideally, a single dose of BChE could be administered and protect the warfighter for days or even weeks while in combat. To be effective in a military setting, especially as a ...

The project team will develop Powerskills Game Lab, a game-based intervention for high school students to develop career readiness abilities in communication and adjacent intrapersonal and interpersonal domains. The intervention will include modules on different career readiness topics (clear and effective communication, personal and social awareness, work ethic and professionalism) and will addre ...

This development is to address the current limitation in respiratory protection neck seal designs. The developed system will allow for a smart splitneck seal design that allows for donning versatility, improved comfort, and will provide feedback to the user regarding seal performance. Theapplication of smart technology will help balance comfort with protection in ensuring that a hermetic neck seal ...

Synthetic opioids including fentanyl and its derivatives pose a serious threat to both civilians and warfighters. The serum half-life of the current FDA-approved antidote for acute opioid poisoning, naloxone, is shorter than that for fentanyl and its synthetic analogs, and thus does not provide effective protection against these threat agents. The mechanism of action of naloxone is by competitive ...

This project will fully develop an early childhood holistic assessment platform that combines observation and direct (game-based) tools to assess the school readiness of individual children. This approach will reduce the assessment burden for teachers and provide usable data to improve instruction in real-time. The games are intended for low-stakes assessment – children interact with the adaptiv ...

Systems & Technology Research (STR) proposes to design a nanosatellite payload in support of Warfighter ISR via Distributed Satellites (WISRDS), a radio frequency (RF) signals intelligence (SIGINT) solution to rapidly provide actionable information to special operations forces in the tactical theater from satellites in low Earth orbit. The payload consists of a wideband, tunable, miniature antenna ...

The research resulted in the development of a new approach to hyperspectral imaging utilizing Compressive Sensing. The newly conceived snapshot spectral imager will provide spectral data in a very compact package. It will be virtually indistinguishable from a standard infrared camera but with the added capability for spectral measurement. The camera will thus deliver chemical species information m ...

Triton Systems propose to integrate 3-D printing into the capabilities of the DLA medical supply chain. This proposed innovation includes development of our medical 3-D printing technology and the demonstration of its capability to print of a variety of life-saving suplies in the DLA medical supply chain such as medical equipment, human tissue, and medicine. Medical 3D printing will enable the DLA ...

The proposed project covers manufacturing improvements in the production of specific high volume batteries of interest to DLA as specified in their SBIR Proposal Submission Request noted above, with the exception of the PRC-154 and PLM-4 Batteries. Bren-Tronics proposes to go directly to Phase II because we have already demonstrated the feasibility of the proposed manufacturing improvements on the ...