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ABSTRACT Obesity and comorbid binge eating are serious health problems for more than 40% of adults across the US.7 Health complications due to obesity comprise more than 20% of the nation’s healthcare budget, and the healthcare costs of individuals with binge eating are $18,152 higher than in obese peers without binge eating.13 The prevalence of binge eating and the substantial burden of healthc ...

C56-10b-272692It is a broad goal of our country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by fifty percent by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050. The built environment plays a critical role in addressing this goal as our building sector accounts for thirty-six percent of national carbon dioxide emissions. Buildings also act as a reservoir of carbon dioxide where it concentrates and results in increased en ...

Statement of the problem – The Fuel Cell Integrated Power Electronics Module (FCIPEM) project addresses urgent needs to promote standardization and manufacturing of power electronics for heavy-duty fuel cell applications. A key barrier to developing cost-effective fuel cell-based power systems is the complexity and cost of integrating DC-to-DC converters and DC-to-AC power inverters. Commercial ...

In order to accelerate widespread electric vehicle adoption, improving battery energy densities, charge rates, manufacturing costs, and safety is imperative. Herein, we propose a scalable manufacturing process to improve LIB cell design using 3-D electrode architectures which will minimize inactive material (30% decrease) leading to a 15% increase in cell energy density (330 Wh/kg) and a 10% decre ...

The United States is committed to achieving net-zero emissions in the aviation sector by 2050 as a means of combatting climate change. The use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) which can offset 10% or more GHG emissions from petroleum-based jet fuel is essential to decarbonize this sector. In 2022, SAF accounted for 22 million gallons of the 23 billion gallons of jet fuel consumed at a cost that ...

Leading alternative meat companies aim to produce meat mimetic products capable of displacing, in particular, beef livestock with a plant-based food system lower in greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, and environmental pollution. However, the initial success of the products from these companies has waned, as the nutritional quality, eating experience, and price did not entice customers. T ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Despite the enormous value of radiopharmaceuticals for imaging and therapy in clinical nuclear medicine, and for research and drug development, the production of these compounds remains very expensive because of the need for complex, capital-intensive equipment and infrastructure (i.e., hot cells, stack monitor, radiosynthesizer, and a suite of QC testing equipment) at each site. F ...

Robotic systems in general, and Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs) in particular, pose a threat for both military and civilians when in the wrong hands. The triad of Kinetic, High-Power Microwave and Laser weapon systems currently used or considered for Counter-UAV (C-UAV) operation though effective in disrupting their performance, might be hazardous when used in a populated area. In the Phase I progr ...

Project Summary and Abstract The most common neurogenic voice disorder is unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP), which can substantially reduce quality of life. Current available surgical treatments offer only temporary improvement in voice through placement of resorbable materials or involve permanent, invasive alteration of the larynx that incompletely restores voice and often requires revision ...

Pepin Associates, Inc. has developed a unique, aligned discontinuous textile reinforcement for composite structures.  This reinforcement architecture is composed of short, overlapped tow segments.  The architecture allows the textile to stretch in its reinforcement direction.  This ability permits rapid fabrication of complex shaped thermal protection system structures from simple low cost sh ...