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Aerodyne Research, Inc. (ARI) and The University of Massachusetts at Amherst will collaborate to develop a novel technique for efficient mass spectrometric analysis of high molecular weight analytes such as proteins and polymers. Laser desorption and ionization with minimal analyte fragmentaton will be carried out on metal nanoparticle substrates in a particle beam sampled by Aerodyne’s proprie ...

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Theoretical computations have proven that metal coatings will increase the IR attenuation of graphite fibers. We propose a novel highly conformal and scalable process for metallizing carbon fibers in bulk with optimal IR obscurant dimensions. The metal coating will provide complete coverage of the individual fibers, have high electrical conductivity along the entire fiber length, and the coated fi ...

THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A SUPERIOR, HIGHLY CONTROLLABLE AND PRODUCTIVE AFFINITY MEMBRANE DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR THE HIGH-RESOLUTION SEPARATION OF PARTICULAR CELL SUBSETS FROM COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS. CELL SEPARATION IS ACCOMPLISHED BY EXPOLITING HIGHLY SPECIFIC INTERACTIONS THAT TAKE PLACE BETWEEN CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING IMMUNOAFF ...

TIAX proposes to demonstrate the feasibility of a new flame retardant (FR) treatment for nylon/cotton combat uniform textiles, like that used in the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform (MCCUU). Currently the military procures specialty FR uniforms to meet its needs. Although these uniforms provide critical FR properties, they are twice as expensive as standard uniforms and not as comfortable or d ...

VIStology, Northeastern University and BBN are proposing a standards-based solution to seamless insertion of new RF devices and capabilities into multifunction Electronic Warfare (EW)/Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) networks without re

According to existing data, there are more than 1.5 million of Americans sustaining a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) each Year. Balance disorders represent one of the main regular problems that patients have to deal with, and thus everyday. Rehabilitation programs do exist but they are dependable of the clinician or physiotherapist and they do not take in account the multimodal aspects of balance co ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed research focuses on the development of a DNP-NMR system for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) enhanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy at 400 MHz. High-resolution structures are essential to the understandingof the complex functions of bio-macromolecules and NMR spectroscopy is a major source for such information. However, the method suffers from an ...

As the Air Force organizational structure grows more distributed, geographically separated team members will need a collaborative working space where they can generate shared understanding and synchronize collective C2 and ISR activities. Currently, there is no way to collaboratively visualize coordinated information from operations and intelligence sources across operational and planning functio ...

THE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A PRELIMINARY PROTOTYPE OF A HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM FOR DATA FUSION. THE SYSTEM WILL UTILIZE BOTH THE QUALITATIVE AND JUDGEMENTAL REASONING PROCESS OF A HUMAN EXPERT, AS WELL AS THE QUANTITATIVE CAPABILITIES OF MOST STATISTICAL AND PROBABILISTIC TECHNIQUES. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT AND DIFFICULT TASKS IS TO INTEGRATE CONFLICTING INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS SEN ...