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In the future, relatively junior leaders will face broader responsibilities. To predict and guide more rapid development of command leadership ability, it is necessary to know what personal attributes and experiences mold it. We will construct a novelbattery of accurate, objective direct-leadership assessments to predict performance in real world settings. The centerpiece is a command situation si ...

This proposal focuses on developing a protein manufacturing platform based on a novel vector system that can rapidly and efficiently generate cell lines capable of producing proteins at high yield and purity in a short time period. Lentigen is able to perform such a quick protein manufacturing process based on its LentiMaxT lentiviral (LV) gene delivery technology that stably delivers one or more ...

We propose a new method developed by our employees and collaborators for the digital representation of real world objects. This will result in an implicit surface urban terrain model that interpolates raw point cloud data. The method can handle complex topologies and geometries easily. Topology changes pose no difficulties. The key idea involves shrink wrapping an implicit surface around data poin ...

"The use of 3D, micromachined high resistivity silicon to fabricate high frequency RF circuits which are self packaged and hermetic has been successfully demonstrated. To incorporate optical components in the hermetic silicon package an equivalent opticalexit port from the hermetic package needs to be developed. We propose the demonstration of a compact, low cost, hermetic optical port using micr ...

This Phase I proposal for evaluation of combat personnel for optimum fitness and performance will be based on measuring lipid and amino acid biomarkers prior to and during the performance of ultra-marathon participants. Plasma or serum samples will be collected before individuals participate in the marathon and at various times during the race. The specific aims are to analyze and profile structur ...

Polyoxometalate (POM) and/or coinage-metal complexes that exhibit dramatic color changes on reaction with chemical warfare agents (CWAs) will be incorporated into cellulose matrices (paper and cotton) by robust electrostatic and covalent bonds to preparelightweight, easy-to-use, color-indicating CWA-detecting tear strips. These strips are expected to show very high sensitivity to CWAs, and thus b ...

The overall objective of this Phase II program is to produce, by the end of the two-year effort, a low-cost, ready-to-use, field-deployable simple kit comprising paper, wood or plastic strips that detect the principal chemical warfare agents (CWAs) - Mustard, Sarin, Soman, and VX - in liquid as well as vapor forms, by fast and dramatic color changes. Our Phase I work produced prototype demonstra ...

Mitochondria are intracellular organelles that regulate a number of vital processes in eukaryotic cells. They are not only the primary sites of energy production but are also the primary source of the harmful reactive Oxygen Species that cause oxidativedamage to the cell. In addition they regulate the critical process of programmed cell death (apoptosis). Thus proper mitochondrial function is crit ...

The military’s needs for soldier portable power are growing rapidly, and the only way to address this power need today is through batteries. Fuel cell power systems offer the potential of greatly reduced weight to support the soldier’s power needs, but fuel cell power systems today are only poorly optimized. To enable optimization of the fuel cell power systems for given user-specified power ...