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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a continuum of neurodevelopmental characteristics that includes deficits in communication and social interaction, as well as restrictive, repetitive interests and behaviors. ASD is an increasing public health concern, with about 1 in 45 American children diagnosed with ASD in 2014, a 10-fold increase in prevalence over the past 40 years. The effect of ASD on both ...

Project Summary As part of the FDA approval process for novel therapeutic drugssafety screening demonstrating that the candidate drug does not have deleterious effects on the human cardiac action potential is requiredHealthy human heart cells are not available for such preclinical drug testingThere is currently no consensus on the best experimental approach to provide the most efficienteconomicala ...

The goal of this fast track STTR proposal is to expand buprenorphine maintenance therapy for opioiddependent patientsOvermillion people in the US are addicted to opiatesProviding effective agonist therapymethadone or buprenorphinecoupled with behavioral counseling greatly improves outcomesreduces morbidityand reduces societal costsMethadone maintenance treatment has been limited due to complex sta ...

ABSTRACTAdolescents face increased HIV riskinfrequent testinginconsistent linkage to careand a lack of prevention related knowledgeWe propose to address this by completing and evaluating the Mobile Augmented ScreeningMAStool to increase youth HIV testing via a tablet based intervention in clinical settingsand then use text messages to facilitate linkage to care for those who test positiveand deliv ...

AbstractThe primary goal of this study is to develop an automated scoring system of leptomeningeal collaterals based on CT angiographyCTAas a quantitative assessment of acute ischemic strokeLeptomeningeal collaterals provide an alternate path of blood flow in the setting of a proximal vessel occlusionThe presence and effectiveness of leptomeningeal collateralsi ecollateral statusvaries significant ...

AbstractPersons living with dementiaPWDoften require assistance with routine activities and daily tasksWorkloads placed on caregivers often results in high levels of physical and emotional stressand depressionand higher overall morbidity and mortality ratesFocus group of caregivers for individuals with mild to moderate dementiaidentified dressing the PWD as the most pressing and stressful daily co ...

Project Summary Morphometric analysis is a primary algorithmic tool to discover disease and drug related effects on brain anatomy. Neurological degeneration and disease manifest in subtle and varied changes in brain anatomy that can be non-local in nature and effect amounts of white and gray matter as well as relative positioning and shapes of local brain anatomy. State-of-the-art morphometry meth ...

ABSTRACT This project will create the first objective measurement toolthe VisBoxfor the vision subtype of concussionVSCThis will enable physicians to identify VSC without an eye care professionalfor referral to a vision specialist for personalized vision therapy recommendationsThe persistence of concussion symptoms beyond several weeks is often a life altering situation for affected individualsand ...

Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathyCIPNcan be a chronicseverely debilitating consequence of cancer therapy for which there are no effective management strategiesMoreoverupwards ofof CIPN patients reported using prescription opioids for pain management despite the fact that there is only weak evidence that long term continuation of opioids provides clinically significant pain relief in these ...

Project SummaryChildhood TB is estimated to contributeof the disease burden in high burden settingswith approximately a million cases per year inworldwideExisting gold standard diagnostic culture tools fail to confirm TB in most childrenwho typically have low bacterial counts and cannot produce sputumMore sensitive and child friendly diagnostic tools are urgently needed to diagnose TB in childrenC ...