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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) remain prevalent despite effective anti-retroviral treatments. Cognitive impairments in the current treatment era are often mild and not readily detectable because currentscreening measures (e.g., the HIV Dementia Scale) lack sensitivity to detect subtle impairments in cognitive function. Although more sensitive t ...

Despite significance advances in anti retroviral treatments HIV associated neurocognitive disorder HAND remains prevalent and can affect a broad range of everyday activities An effective brief cognitive screen that could be implemented in busy HIV clinics where clinicians have limited time to provide care for patients with complex medical psychiatric and cognitive conditions has the poten ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) is most notably recognized for its role in acne vulgaris, the most common skin disease, affecting 85-100% of the population at some point in their lives. Current treatments for vulgari s acne using isotretinoin (13-cis-retinoic acid) or antibiotics can have many undesirable effects, including depression, teratogenicity, hormon ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Reliable diagnostic differentiation between acute and chronic myocardial infarcts would be of great benefit for cardiac surgeons and interventional cardiologists. Such differentiation could be used to make decisions about which vessels and in what order would be reopened or bypassed. MRI is an intrinsically noninvasive diagnostic tool and the Delayed Enhancemen ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The overall goal of this project is to demonstrate the ability of our acute myocardial infarct selective paramagnetic contrast agent Gadolinium ABE DTTA to differentiate between acute and chronic infarcts in a reliable manner using contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging ceMRI In our Phase I data we have shown that Gd ABE DTTA exclusively highlight ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease in the elderly. To date, no satisfactory treatment is available for AD. One of the pathological hallmarks of AD is deposits of amyloid protein (Aa) in neuritic plaques and cerebral vessels. Increasing lines of evidence support the notion that Aa and its precursor (APP) play pathogenetic roles i ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A high percentage of the ~ 500,000 children born prematurely each year in the US require intravenous feeding after birth because they do not tolerate oral feeding. This is accomplished with a total parenteral nutrition (TPN) solution, which is prepared from component solutions: small and large volume parenterals (SVPs and LVPs). Aluminum (Al) is a common contam ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A high percentage of the ~ 470,000 children born prematurely each year in the US require intravenous feeding after birth because they do not tolerate oral feeding. This is accomplished with a total parenteral nutrition (TPN) solution, which is prepared from component solutions: small and large volume parenterals (SVPs and LVPs). Aluminum (Al) is a common conta ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Heterotopic ossificationHOis defined by bone formation in soft tissue and is a frequent debilitating complication of surgical procedures required by musculoskeletal and neurological injuriesUnfortunatelyit is not possible to accurately predict which patients will develop symptomatic HOwhich is characterized by pain and impaired functionThe current prophylactic standard of ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our long-term goal is to enhance the implementation fidelity of Reconnecting Youth [RY(r)], a NIH/SAMSHA model prevention program. Implementation failures of model programs include unrecognized, persistent structural features, poor management, meager attention paid to the adults who lead and carry out the program. Hence, we focus on innovative ways to prepare a ...