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DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): This application seeks Phase II funding to continue the development of the Elementary School Success Profile (ESSP) Drug Abuse Prevention Sreening Tool. The long-term objective is to help school-based health and mental health professionals quickly and accurately assess students' risk and protective factor status for adolescent substance use and other harmfu ...

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: The fire hazard in many forests is increased by small diameter trees which are costly to remove. The technology described in this proposal will allow an operator to monitor and control a number of small, unmanned vehicles. These vehicles will reduce the cost of removing small diameter trees and provide an effective tool for reducing the fire hazard in many forests.

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The exploding field of genomic research, which promises many revolutionary advances in healthcare, is currently being "hindered" by commercial lab ware that contains numerous processing aids and mold release additives that either 'bind" proteins or release into the dilute solutions of proteins used in genomic research. The major objective of this program is to ...

We propose to further develop a new technique for imaging underground facilities based on the passive monitoring of acoustic emissions from both stationary and moving equipment within such facilities. It is well known that all mechanical devices, such asmotors, gears, etc, emit acoustic signals. It is possible to identify an acoustic source based on its noise spectrum. During Phase I, we have demo ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cardiovascular disease is the leading killer of Americans today and heart attacks are its most visible sign. New medical discoveries now show that heart attacks are primarily caused by undetected vulnerable plaques. Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) imaging is a promising approach to the identification of vulnerable plaque, but current state-of-the-art transdu ...

The objective of proposed work is to demonstrate that AlN single crystals are suitable for nonlinear optical (NLO) and electro-optic (EO) applications in the visible and UV spectral ranges. AlN is a promising material for photonic applications that requireUV-compatibility, mechanical, chemical and optical robustness, as well as radiation hardness. As a non-centrosymmetric material, AlN has a 2nd o ...

Through the proposed research, we plan to demonstrate the feasibility of the ammonothermal growth method for commercial production of high quality GaN crystals. This will be achieved by fabrication of a classical autoclave especially designed for thisprocess, demonstration of adequate solubility, and demonstration of transport and re-deposition of the material on GaN seeds. The ammonothermal cry ...

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: The horticulture industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. Humidity is the most important and difficult to control environmental parameter in greenhouses. It affects the quality, yield and health of plants. Environmental control systems with distributed humidity and condensation sensors are desired to manage dynamic environments to enhance crop yield, prevent disease, and ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our new method for household forecasting, known as ProFamy, has substantial merits as compared to the classic headship-rate method, which is not linked to demographic rates, projects a few household types only without size information, and deals with household "heads" but not other household members. ProFamy uses demographic rates as input and forecasts much mo ...

The US Navy seeks science and technology feasibility research emphasizing innovative imagery and data fusion approaches for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and exploitation (i.e., ISR). Interest includes using data from multiple sensors/systemsfor comprehensive and timely ISR, supporting operational users in joint force battlespace environments.We propose to research and develop linear ...