Eer proposes to conduct a 4 1 man month exploratory development effort which will focus upon the fesibility of adapting a previsously developed management tool which is capable of identifying both hierarchial and relational data base attribiutes. specifically,eer proposes to adapt a requirements… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Respiratory screening and diagnosis is an important part of medicine and health. Incidences of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and emphysema have grown to epidemic proportions in the last few years. Hospital ventilators are being used more and more… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Respiratory screening and diagnosis are important in today's health care. Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) constitute major health problems in the US. Mechanical ventilators are used increasingly for life support in patients with serious… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Due to technological advances and improvements in patient care the survival rate of the extremely low birth weight (ELBW) preterm infants has increased substantially, resulting in a significant increase in the number of patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Exercise induced paradoxical vocal fold motion (EI-PVFM) is a condition which symptoms include breathing difficulty and stridor during exercise, particular in adolescent athletes. Because its symptoms mimic exercise ind uced asthma, it is often treated with… More