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Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in males. Treatment with androgen ablation therapy after radical prostatectomy (RP) eventually leads to relapse and development of androgen-independent disease. Patients with androgen independent prostate cancer experience high morbidity and morality. At present, the ability to monit ...

The objective of the program is to develop and demonstrate a new lightweight, low-pressure drop, low cost, high heat transfer heat exchanger material for military vehicles. Mezzo Technologies of Baton Rouge, Louisiana designs and manufactures heat exchangers whose design is fundamentally different from traditional compact heat exchangers. This program will focus on developing a plastic heat exch ...

K2 Energy Solutions is currently manufacturing and selliing the highest energy density lithium iron phosphate batteries on the market today. K2 produces cells in both 18650 and 26650 formats with versions that optimize the cell for either maximum capacity or maximum power output. In addition, the company possesses design tools that enable us to tailor a cell’s performance for the requirements ...

LithChem Energy (LCE) will develop a new ultrasafe rechargeable lithium-ion cell/battery which has higher recharge rate (>C/3 rate), higher energy density (>165 Wh/kg), higher discharge rate (>6C rate) and with the maximum operating voltage of 4.8 V. This new cell will be the building block for the new all-American cell and battery for the BB2590 Warfighter battery increasing performance and decr ...

Conventional approaches to developing Insensitive Munitions (IM) solutions for composite rocket motor cases have involved the development of improved energetic material formulations combined with various techniques to achieve venting of the composite case structure prior to propellant ignition and catastrophic failure of the motor. Such approaches have achieved some degree of success in enhancing ...

The use of lightweight, high strength carbon fiber reinforced composites in rocket motor cases has provided the ability to increase the propellant mass fraction, extend range and/or increase velocity for advanced tactical missile systems. While continuous fiber reinforced composites are being used for the motor case, relatively heavy metallic components are still employed for the case end closure ...

MaxPower's overall goal of the Phase I program is to use electrospinning technology to produce carbon nanofibers for ultracapacitor applications. These fibers will be subjected to subsequesnt processing to enhance their electrochemical performance and then coated onto foil to form composite electrodes. The composite electrodes will be used to fabricate prototype ultra-capacitors that are capable ...

Modern supercontinuum (SC) light sources are generated by non-linear interactions between ultrashort pulse lasers and optical fibers. Output in near-ultraviolet to near-infrared wavelength ranges has been demonstrated. These light sources have high brightness and are spatially coherent. Recently, output to 4.5 µm was achieved using fluoride glass fibers; optical absorption by the fiber prevents l ...

This Phase II project will develop a system for the perioperative management of head trauma patients that is compliant with the proposed Integrated Clinical Environment (ICE) standard. Device interoperability will be implemented using a microprocessor-based adapter that translates communication protocols of specific legacy medical devices into a standard protocol readable by an open-source API. T ...

A conceptual design study was performed for the Phase I effort of a development of a Combat Medic Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (CM-UAV). During this effort, a Concept of Operations (CONOPS) was developed, decomposed, and translated to functional requirements. From the requirements, enabling capabilities and technologies were identified to meet these challenges. Critical enabling technologies in colli ...