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The aging population in the US and globally has led to an urgent need for therapeutics to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease (AD). Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis (AHN) is critical for normal learning and memory and declines in patients with AD. Work in animal models has underscored the role of AHN in improving cognition in the face of AD pathology. Thus, restoring AHN has emerged as an attracti ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT In the United States, the postpartum period is a critical time for both maternal and child health; the US maternal mortality rate is the highest among other developed, high-income countries. More than half of all maternal deaths occur postpartum, from one day to one year after birth.1-9 There are vast racial and ethnic disparities in maternal mortality and severe morbidity ...

Increasingly heightened concerns about environmental contaminants necessitates a customizable, accurate, precise, real-time, easily deployable, and flexible yet comprehensive monitoring solution. Critical applications include; Corrosion monitoring;  Situa

In May 2019, the Defense Health Board (DHB) released a report finding that the Military Health System (MHS) was endangering patient and warfighter lives by not adequately training for, measuring, and benchmarking the outcomes of low-volume, high-risk procedures. More than 30 years of healthcare research demonstrate that patient outcomes for procedures are significantly better in facilities that ro ...

Fourth State Communications’ Enhanced Thermo-Scatter System (ETSS) capability is the high-speed (200MBPS), omnidirectional, low-cost, resilient over-the-horizon (2000 miles) communications solution allowing the Air Force and its Special Operations Command

There is increasing need for transportation decarbonization and rising consumer interest inelectric vehicles (EVs) but higher cost and lower range compared to internal combustion enginevehicles have severely restricted consumer adoption. These range and cost limitations are due tothe low gravimetric energy density (kWh/kg) and high cost of current lithium batteries (LiBs).Evoseer LLC has developed ...

BTech will develop directional acoustic transmitters that can be scaled for use on various unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs). Contractor will expand its current developments in compact, broadband, directional projectors to meet the Navy’s needs.

Wildfire response planning is limited by the lack of high-resolution data for use in wildfire prediction. Wildfire models depend on many variables, including weather, topography, vegetation type and arrangement, fuel moisture content, and regional fire prevention measures, among others. Some of these variables are static or nearly so, but some of these are highly dynamic. In particular, live fuel ...

SAR/GMTI payloads are required for advanced weapons. Applied Radar has developed a SAR/GMTI capability through its commercially-developed Attritable Lightweight Sensing & Targeting Radar (ALSTR) for Air Force SAR and GMTI applications. The ALSTR was recently demonstrated as an airborne SAR for the US Army at Eglin AFB, FL in July 2020. Under the proposed funding, the radar will be upgraded to meet ...

By integrating conductors into composite structures, data and power networks can become part of the vehicle’s airframe, allowing for size, weight, and assembly savings and improved mission endurance.  During the proposed effort, project team members Nautilus Defense, The University of Rhode Island, and Goetz Composites seeks to validate the structural and electrical performance of these compo ...