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We are proposing to develop a novel coating system for plated zinc-nickel fasteners and for cast magnesium alloys. The new system is based on the use of Cr(III) conversion coatings, but we will develop one from scratch. The system will come in three different versions, two of which contain silane in some form. Version I is the Cr(III) conversion coating with the silane added to the Cr(III) Bath. V ...

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will address the problem of solvent-based primers and coatings on metals that require a conversion coatings on the substrate for adhesion and corrosion performance. Such primers also contain toxic chromate-containing anti-corrosion pigments. The ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project addresses the important problem of replacing anti-corrosion chromate-based pigments in primers for metals. We will mimic the properties of chromate in two novel, on-demand pigments, both added to a primer. The primer will then provide corrosion resistance to several metals such as steel, galvanized steel and aluminum alloys and also protectio ...

The focus of this project is to develop a low-cost, wearable, easy to use, continuous socket/suspension monitoring system (SSMS) that tracks the relative displacement between the amputees’ residual limb and their socket or pistoning through the use of magnetic sensors. To do this, the project (1) designs and constructs the SSMS and demonstrates its capability through a bench top experiment; (2) ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This grant will seek to develop a methodology that will allow us to test whether a promising new class of drugs for Alzheimer's disease is having the desired effect in the human brain. This methodology will allow pharmaceutical companies to make informed decisions about which drugs to advance into late stage clinical trials, and to optimize dosing and administr ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This grant will seek to develop a methodology that will allow us to test whether a promising new class of drugs for Alzheimer's disease is having the desired effect in the human brain. This methodology will allow pharmaceutical companies to make informed decisions about which drugs to advance into late stage clinical trials, and to optimize dosing and admi ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Recently, Drs. Randall Bateman and David Holtzman at the Washington University School of Medicine developed a novel stable isotope labeling kinetics (SILK) methodology for measuring the metabolism of amyloid beta (AB) in the human central nervous system (CNS). This methodology measures the ratio of labeled to unlabeled AB at multiple time points after subject i ...

RECENT IN SITU OBSERVATIONS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION DURING THE 1985 HAWAIIAN WARM RAIN PROJECT REVEALED DROPS WITH DIAMETERS >2MM IN MUCH HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS THAN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THESE LARGER DROPS HAVE OFTEN BEEN MISSED DUE TO THE LIMITED SAMPLE VOLUME OF THE IN SITU DISTROMETERS. ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS OF PRECIPITATION SPECTRA ARE CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING AN ...

THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CIRRUS CLOUDS REMAIN A MAJOR UNSOLVED COMPONENT IN CLOUD AND CLIMATE RESEARCH (LIOU 1986). THE CURRENT INSTRUMENTATION AVAILABLE FOR IN-SITU MEASUREMENT OF THE SIZE, SHAPE, AND LIGHT-SCATTERINGPROPERTIES OF ICE CRYSTALS IS NOT CAPABLE OF PROVIDING SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO VERIFY REMOTE MEASUREMENTS (E.G., SATELLITE, AIRBORNE LIDAR, AND RADIOMETERS) OF THE OPTICAL AND RAD ...

In fogs, accretion of supercooled water drops is responsible for icing of power lines and structures. In clouds, the same process causes icing on aircraft. In both cases the concentration and size of liquid wate drops, along with their velocity relative to the icing surface, primarily determines the shape and mass of the accreted ice. Better measurements of the concentration and size of water drop ...