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PROJECT SUMMARY Improving STEM focused curriculum is a primary objective of the current U S administration and is crucial for ensuring that upcoming generations receive the training and skills necessary to compete in the existing global economy To that end there is an urgent need for additional effective teaching tools able to reach a generation that requires instant access to information and a ...

Large scale electrophysiology recordings are recognized as a powerful tool for systems neurobiology and investigation of normal and pathological brain function Buzsaki Continuous high spatial and temporal resolution intracranial electroencephalography iEEG and single neuron recordings from animals and humans are increasingly being used to investigate both normal and pathologic brain f ...

ABSTRACT SignificanceGravesdiseaseGDone of the most prevalent autoimmune diseasesis caused by stimulating autoantibodiesTSAbto the Thyroid Stimulating Hormone ReceptorTSHRresulting in hyperthyroidismCurrent methods for managing hyperthyroidism in GD target excess thyroid hormone secretion by ablation or removal of the thyroid or by blocking thyroid hormone synthesisEach of these therapies is assoc ...

The fundamental objective of the BRAIN Initiative is to understand how dynamic activity in distributed neural circuits mediates human cognitive behavior The non human primate NHP is a key animal model in this effort due to the close similarities of its brain to that of humans and its ability to perform complex cognitive tasks However developing and testing novel hypotheses for how neural cir ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Improving STEM focused curriculum is a primary objective of the current U S administration and is crucial for ensuring that upcoming generations receive the training and skills necessary to compete in the existing global economy To that end there is an urgent need for additional effective teaching tools able to reach a generation that requires instant access to information and a ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will develop a commercially viable device that uses micro scale acoustic streaming low frequency sound energy to deliver mixing to the interior of three dimensional D scaffolds used for stem cell cultivation applications The enabling advantage of low frequency sound energy is the ability to generate micro scale mixing in and around sca ...

PROJECT SUMMARY The goal this Phase SBIR project is to develop an agonist bias assay for screening drugs that target seven transmembrane G protein coupled receptors GPCRs Phase will establish the feasibility of a robust assay platform to detect when particular GPCR agonists activate both arrestin and G protein pathways This assay will detect responses in living cells on automated fluores ...

The U.S. Army is interested in the development of innovative materials, films, coatings and technologies or manufacturing techniques which allow current U.S. Army airdrop related hardware and equipment to survive fresh and salt water operations with increased reliability and without damage and significant maintenance impact. Resodyn Corporation proposes for development a durable, moisture-impermea ...

Copy Number Variations CNVs are a common cause of disease in humans As of today CNVs are most often detected using microarrays However microarrays are expensive and are not able to effectively detect CNVs below K bp range This project is designed to detect both point mutations and CNVs in one clinical test without having to utilize microarrays It is our goal to develop an easy to use solu ...

Disability is the nation's largest public health issue; with over 35 million Americans experiencing disability and annual disability-related costs exceeding $170 billion. Planning for the efficient and equitable allocations of state and local rehabilitation services has generally been inadequate, however. Geographic information systems (GIS) approaches have the potential to dramatically improve ...