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The purpose of this application is to perform the necessary clinical studies to seek regulatory approval for an artificial intelligence (AI) software as medical device (SaMD) for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) diagnosis. ROP is a leading cause of childhood blindness worldwide, with approximately 50,000 babies going blind annually, most of which is preventable with accurate and timely diagnosis. ...

ABSTRACT This Phase I Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) proposal aims to develop and validate a synthetic Soft-tissue Operative Female Training (SOFT) platform that improves training for complex and high-risk procedures in gynecology. The sedentary lifestyle of Americans is expected to increase the incidence of gynecological pathologies treated surgically, including uterine fibroids (U ...

The first 3 years of a child’s life are critical in setting the stage for future learning, behavior, and health. Children living in poverty during these formative years are exposed to environments characterized by insufficient human service resources and greater exposure to multiple forms and frequency of adverse events, which can undermine their developmental potential. Home visiting has become ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which is subdivided into ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), constitutes a prevalent and growing clinical health problem worldwide. These diseases are characterized by debilitating symptoms including diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fatigue, and increased risk of gastrointestinal cancers. In addition, IBD patients have perturbed intestinal microbiomes ...

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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT A highly effective intervention to prevent perinatal depression, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for perinatal depression (MBCT), exists; however, critical implementation gaps prevent its wide use. And though universally recommended, not all prenatal care clinics effectively screen for perinatal depression (PD). Overcoming current implementation gaps is imperative to a ...

Project Summary Stigmatization of people with substance use disorders (SUD) during perinatal results from the toxic belief that people who use substances are incapable of being good parents and do not care about their children. This belief perpetuates cyclical and systemic harm towards people with SUD and their children. Home visiting programs are less likely to sustain engagement with parents wit ...

ABSTRACT Manual analysis of biomedical images by researchers and pathologists is time consuming, requires intensive training, and is prone to introduce bias and error. Optical analysis of targets within tissue samples, cultures, or specimens is fundamental to detecting biological properties. Unintentional bias and attentional limitations during analysis of biomarkers can underlie poor reproducibil ...

Abstract Women with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) face a plethora of structural and systemic factors in the perinatal period that can compromise maternal health, emotional well-being, and parenting capacity, which can threaten infant health and well-being. These mothers are often excluded from intervention development and efficacy studies that target maternal emotional well-bei ...

To address the Space Force need for enhanced reliability of the Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS), Auxon proposes to adapt its automated testing software to support real-time predictive failure analysis. It will be able to identify when the system, or