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A critical aspect of exoskeleton control that has to date introduced a performance limitation is the ability of the exoskeleton to recognize the intent of the operator so it can apply assistance to their desired motion. This intent recognition effort is typically solved using ad-hoc methods where subject matter experts make design decisions and tune transitions to identify intended maneuvers as re ...

The final product will include a suite of three app-based puzzle games aligned to national math standards for number sense, algebraic thinking, and problem solving. The games will be designed for use in grade 5 and 6 classrooms where students develop and apply content expertise to solving challenges. The games will include an adaptive engine that assesses and adjusts content based on student level ...

On-demand cell and tissue samples are critical for both mass trauma care and advanced personalized medical procedures and continue to grow in importance. Biological tissue banks to support these on-demand applications lack safe and effective long-term storage methods. Current cryopreservation techniques and protocols use toxic cryoprotective agents that prevent successful full viability recovery o ...

Vascular trauma is the leading cause of death in military environments and hemorrhage is the major preventable cause of mortality among trauma patients. Recent experience from Iraq and Afghanistan has demonstrated improved 24-h and 30-day survival in combat casualties requiring early massive transfusion. Unlike plasma and erythrocytes, which can be cold stored for longer time periods, platelets ca ...

Ocular injuries have constituted approximately 13% of all casualties from Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom. Of 76 patients that sustained open globe injuries and underwent surgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to restore vision, 38% ultimately went blind.In many cases, severely scarred corneas preclude adequately visualizing the retina and other intraocular structures to ...

The focus of this effort is to enable the deployment of patient-centric and context-aware networked medical systems. Securing medical device communications is a foundational requirement before the Medical Internet of Things can become a reality. Devices and applications need to be provisioned with certified credentials; they need to discover each other through a secure discovery process; and mecha ...

VecTOR Test Systems, Inc. will develop assay for rapid detection of the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks in a field setting. In Phase I prototype assays to detect Borrelia burgdorferi were developed that met Phase I objectives. The development work will continue in Phase II in which the assay with the required sensitivity and specificity will be completed and evaluated in the la ...

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in North America and one of the fast-growing infectious diseases in the United States.An inexpensive, portable and accurate diagnostic device for the detection of Borrelia bacteria in the deer tick will be developed.The diagnostic device will consist of an efficient extractor for disrupting the hard exoskeleton on the tick, an ultra-sensitive late ...

This program will demonstrate how additive manufacturing technologies can be used with reactive and high energy materials to create rapid and flexible fabrication of payload and munitions. Our primary approach to this problem will be to use powder bed binder printing techniques to print reactive structures. The anticipated feedstock will consist of composite particles containing all reactant spe ...

While aluminum casing materials provide some enhanced performance and thermal loading to explosive ordinance, their overall effectiveness is highly limited by incomplete combustion and long residence times. In order to reduce these problems, the casing material must be designed to facilitate rapid fragmentation through either specialized casing geometries or greatly refined initial particle sizes. ...