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Investigation of the role of bacteria in the sarcoidosis trimolecular complex
$372,976Wonder P. Drake · Vanderbilt University · R01 · FY2007 · HL
Multiple Mechanisms of Nasal Chemoreception
$372,969Diego Restrepo · University Of Colorado Denver · R01 · FY2010 · DC
Behavior Science Core
$372,946Michael F Cataldo · Hugo W. Moser Res Inst Kennedy Krieger · P30 · FY2009 · HD
DEVELOPMENT OF A DAMAGE FUNCTION FOR GALVANIC CORROSION DEGRADATION OF COATED AL ALLOY SYSTEMS
$372,939Ohio State University, The · · FY2017 · Department of the Navy
Imaging Predictors
$372,925Peter Thornton Fox · University Of Texas Hlth Science Center · U19 · FY2025 · AG
Understanding Resistance to Next Generation Antiandrogens
$372,919Charles L Sawyers · Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research · R01 · FY2012 · CA
Understanding Resistance to Next Generation Antiandrogens
$372,919Charles L Sawyers · Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research · R01 · FY2015 · CA
Understanding Resistance to Next Generation Antiandrogens
$372,919Charles L Sawyers · Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research · R01 · FY2016 · CA
HIGH-SENSITIVITY DOT FOR MAPPING HUMAN BRAIN FUNCTION
$372,856Joseph P Culver · Washington University · R01 · FY2011 · EB
Administrative Core
$372,846Susan G Dorsey · University Of Maryland Baltimore · P30 · FY2015 · NR
Modulation of Post-Ischemic Astrogliosis by Human Glial Progenitor Cells
$372,831Steven A Goldman · University Of Rochester · P01 · FY2008 · NS
SUB-PIXEL DETECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS USING NASA SATELLITE AND AIRCRAFT DATAMOST PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS OF DIRECT DETECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES USING REMOTE SENSING REQUIRED THAT THE TARGET SITE BE 1)SPECTRALLY DISTINCT FROM THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE AND 2)PHYSICALLY LARGER THAN THE SPATIAL RESOLUTION OF THE IMAGING SYSTEM BEING USED. WE PROPOSE FOR PERHAPS THE FIRST TIME TO EXAMINE WHETHER SUB-PIXEL ARTIFACTS(I.E. SITE MIDDEN AND CONCENTRATIONS OF OBSIDIAN ARTIFACTS AND POTTERY SHERDS ) CAN BE DIRECTLY DETECTED/IDENTIFIED USING AIRBORNE AND SPACEBORNE IMAGE DATA. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH ARE TO: 1)USE NASA IMAGE DATA IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACTUAL FIELD/LABORATORY MEASURED SPECTRA OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS TO TEST THEDETECTION LIMITS OF SELECTED ARTIFACT CLASSES (OBSIDIAN CERAMICS AND MIDDEN)AT THE SUB-PIXEL SCALE BY APPLYING PREVIOUSLY DEMONSTRATED THEORETICAL DETECTION LIMIT MODELING (AUTHOR 1992 AUTHOR ET AL 2003) 2)EXAMINE THE INFLUENCE THAT BACKGROUND SEASONAL VEGETATION CHANGEAND OTHER ON-SITE CHANGES HAVE FOR THE DETECTABILITY OF THESE OBJECTS IN IMAGE DATA 3)ESTABLISH THE INSTRUMENTATION SPATIAL SCALE AND SPECTRAL BANDS NEEDED TO IMPROVE THE DETECTABILITY OF THESE OBJECTS AND 4)TO TEST PREDICTIONS OF NEW LOCATIONS FOR ARTIFACTS AT SPECIFIC(SPATIAL) DENSITIES IN OTHER IMAGE SCENES AND GROUND TRUTH THESE PREDICTIONS. PRIOR RESEARCH BY THE PROPOSERS HAS SHOWN THAT OBSIDIAN AND POTTERY ARE THEORETICALLY DETECTABLE AT REALISTIC CONCENTRATIONS AT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES. CERTAIN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS SUCH AS POTTERY SHERDS AND OBSIDIAN HAVE CHARACTERISTIC SPECTRAL SIGNATURES INVISIBLE AND THERMAL INFRARED WAVELENGTHS. SITE MIDDEN MAY AS WELL. THE GROUND SURFACE AT ANY GIVEN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE IS COMPOSED OF A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS AND/OR NATURAL MATERIALS INCLUDING THE TARGET ARTIFACTS AND BACKGROUNDS COMPOSED OF SOIL ROCK AND VEGETATION.A SPECTRUM COLLECTED BY AN AIRBORNE/SPACEBORNE SENSOR IS A COMBINATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPECTRA OF THESE MATERIALS; AS THE PERCENT COMPOSITION OF A MATERIAL ON THE SURFACE INCREASES ITS SPECTRAL REPRESENTATION IN THE MIXED SPECTRUM INCREASES. WE PROPOSE TO INVESTIGATE TWO LOCATIONS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA WITH COMMON CONCENTRATIONS OF OBSIDIAN (GLASS MOUNTAIN CA) AND POTTERY/MIDDEN (LOWER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY AZ). NASA DATA IN VISIBLE AND TIR ARE THE PRIMARY IMAGE DATA TO BE USED AND ARE AVAILABLE FROM AIRCRAFT AND SATELLITE AT VARYING SCALES OVER THESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES. SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TARGETS AND BACKGROUNDS WILL BE MEASURED IN THE FIELD AND LABORATORY AND A MIXTURE MODEL CONSTRUCTED LINKING THESE SPECTRA TO IMAGE DATA. THE SUCCESS WILL BE EVALUATED BY MAPPING PREDICTED CONCENTRATIONS NEARBY AND CONDUCTING GROUND TRUTHING TO DETERMINE ACCURACY. USE OF THIS APPROACH HAS SOME CLEAR THEORETICAL ADVANTAGES OVER INDUCTIVE PREDICTIVE MODELING APPROACHES COMMON IN ARCHAEOLOGY.THE LINKAGE BETWEEN ATTRIBUTES OF ARTIFACTS AND IMAGES IS CLEARLY SPECIFIED AND DIRECT. OBJECTS OF INTEREST ARE DIRECTLY DETECTED RATHER THAN INFERRED THROUGH STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION WITH VEGETATION TYPES OR SOIL WHOSE SPECTRAL SIGNATURES THEMSELVES MAY BE POORLY UNDERSTOOD. IT MAY ALSO PROVIDE SOME MEASURE OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS FOR RAPIDLY INSPECTING LARGE AREAS IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL "HOT SPOTS"FOR MORE CONCENTRATED SURVEY. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES TWO ELEMENTS SOLICITED BY THE NASA SAP PROGRAM:1)IDENTIFICATION AND EXPLORATION OF THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF PAST HUMAN SETTLEMENT PATTERNS; 2) PLANNING FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW METHOD TO IDENTIFY CULTURAL RESOURCES. THE PROPOSAL MAKES INTENSIVE USE OF NASA DATA ESPECIALLY THAT COLLECTED FROM MASTER ASTER AND AVARIS INSTRUMENTS. THIS RESEARCH WILL GIVE ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND PREHISTORIANS A NEW WAY OF USING NASA DATA TO EXAMINE THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD AND MAY PROVIDE LAND MANAGERS IN THE US WITH NEW TOOLS FOR IDENTIFYING AND PROTECTING
$372,784Nevada System Of Higher Education · · FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Womb to womb: Programming reproductive development in the female marmoset monkey
$372,776Julienne N Rutherford · University Of Illinois At Chicago · R01 · FY2013 · HD
The role of Entamoeba histolytica trogocytosis (trogo-: nibble) in the pathogenesis of amoebiasis
$372,773Katherine S Ralston · University Of California At Davis · R01 · FY2019 · AI
Deficits in KCC2 activity and the pathophysiology of Status Epilepticus
$372,756Stephen J Moss · Tufts University Boston · R01 · FY2014 · NS
Natural disaster effects on aggressive children and their caretakers: Outcomes ac
$372,732John E Lochman · University Of Alabama In Tuscaloosa · R01 · FY2015 · HD
Novel Microstructures and Enhanced Properties Through High Magnetic Field Treatment and Extraordinary Thermomechanical Processing in Ferromagnetic Alloys
$372,725William A Soffa · University Of Virginia Main Campus · · FY2007 · MPS
Oxidative pentose phosphate pathway regulates AMPK homeostasis by balancing opposing LKB1 and PP2A
$372,721Jing Chen · Emory University · R01 · FY2020 · CA
"Engaging Moms." An Intervention for Family Drug Court
$372,721University Of Miami School Of Medicine · R01 · FY2004 · DA
Regulation & Function of Calponin
$372,720Jian-Ping Jin · Wayne State University · R01 · FY2009 · HL
An optogenetic approach to establish the interplay between stress granules and TDP-43 proteinopathy in ALS/FTD
$372,719Christopher James Donnelly · University Of Pittsburgh At Pittsburgh · R01 · FY2021 · NS
Understanding protein folding and function via molecular simulation
$372,703Robert Best · National Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases · ZIA · FY2014 · DK
Methods for the analysis of RNA-Seq and related sequence census based experiments
$372,651Lior S Pachter · University Of California Berkeley · R01 · FY2011 · HG
Using FAP to Selectively Target Epithelial Cancers
$372,632William W Bachovchin · Tufts University Boston · R01 · FY2012 · CA
A Participatory Design Process Addressing Ergonomics of Hospital Patient Rooms
$372,549Steven A Lavender · Ohio State University · R01 · FY2015 · OH