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Promotion of access to information in educational, employment, and community settings to develop an "accessibility first" authoring tool to support actively technical authors in the creation of accessible electronic documents

Computational steering consists of determining initial parameters for a problem and monitoring progress of software in order to stop the process if the calculation is not proceeding well. The "operator" then resets parameters based on some measure and restarts the compuutation. This process is repeated until the desired result is obtained or a critical limit is achieved. The purpose of this pro ...

In this SBIR project we aim to exploit a new invention in quantum cryptography to secure free-space optical links and networks. Unlike the techniques based on single-photon states that are limited to low bit rates and short distances, our approach is based on coherent states emitted by ordinary lasers, permitting scaling to high speeds and deployment over realistic distances. We have already demon ...

The use of optical technology in both terrestrial and space-based wireless links has compelling advantages in terms of data rate, power consumption, weight, and size of the system. However, with the adoption of such technology, we have become heavily reliant on high data rate optical communication systems for our economy and national security. It is thus prudent to give careful consideration to th ...

During a Phase I STTR Contract #F49620-03-C-0064 provided by AFOSR, Nukove Scientific Consulting addressed “Adaptive Laser Beam Control Using Return Photon Statistics” with considerable success. The Nukove/NMSU Team demonstrated the feasibility of combining Nukove’s statistical approaches to pointing estimation and target identification with a laboratory testbed at NMSU. This proposed Phase ...

NumerEx will provide computational support to on-going Air Force efforts to develop the means to robustly initiate and focus volumetric blast weapons, such as thermobarics and fuel-air mixtures, via electrified shape charge jets . Based on detailed multi-dimensional first-principle calculation, NumerEx will validate the model against experimental data, design a suitable proof-of-principle experim ...

The advent of advanced scientific computation capabilities has enabled high fidelity simulations that can predict the performance of experimental tests over a wide variety of physical problems. This ability to virtually test and prototype can open new avenues of scientific inquiry by providing the means to study complex physical phenomena at institutions without the resources to field experimenta ...

Addressing the issue of cognitive performance in the battlefield necessitates addressing the issue of sleep. Mounting evidence suggests that sleep deprivation impairs cognitive function by disrupting gene expression within the hippocampus. Our approach to cognitive enhancement of brain function under sleep deprivation will take advantage of the Clock mutant model that retains cognitive performance ...

The objective of this Phase I proposal is to do the critical characterization of passive formic acid fuel cells (FAFC) and to complete a conceptual design for a 20W device. FAFC has a straightforward design and is being developed at Renew for low power range applications (i.e., milliwatts to 30 watts). The basic components of the FAFC are the same as a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) except that ...

High throughput proteomics and genomics methods have gained widespread acceptance as ways of monitoring global changes in gene transcription and translation in response to environmental changes. While quantification and identification of mRNA and protein is now routine, software is still required to relate expression patterns to broader biological phenomena. Specifically, given an mRNA or protein ...