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We propose a novel suspended multiferroic thin film structure fabricated by semiconductor processing technologies as the basis for the approach to designing the multiferroic microstrip-based circuit elements such as tunable filters. The proposed approach

The proposed effort will extend existing proofs of concept and advanced research systems to: (a) provide an efficient, low-level, data-parallel runtime for graph processing on GPUs; (b) provide a high-level abstraction for writing graph analytics that are

We propose to build a framework around an operator formulation to enable rapid development of massively parallel solutions to large graph problems. Graph algorithms are expressed by a small number of operators that are applied to components of the graph.

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Current approaches to medical education produce new physicians with insufficient clinical competency to practice effectively with limited supervision, which has serious implications for patient outcomes during hospitaloff hours. Up to 70% of patients admitted to a hospital are admitted on nights or weekends, when staffing is low and residents may be in charge o ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Fast Track Small Business Technology Transfer study between Materia, Inc. in Pasadena, CA and the University of Kansas intends to build upon successes of our current Phase II Fast Track STTR grant (1R42GM097896-03)which ends on March 30, 2014. Preliminary results serve as a solid foundation for this Fast Track submission entitled Development of Recyclable ...

? DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and injury for teens, accounting annually for over 3000 deaths, 100 times as many injuries, and over 14 billion dollars in associated costs. Speeding contributes to more than 30% of teen driving crashes and is the primary factor in over 20% of serious teen crashes. Among teens, driving too fast for cond ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Visual impairment is a global epidemic affecting millions of individuals currently. A large portion of these individuals suffer from chronic age-related macular degeneration (AMD), characterized by progressive neovascularization and vascular leakage near the central region (macula) of the retina. Current treatments for AMD, including laser photocoagulation, photodynamic th ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this STTR proposal is to develop a 2-D diffusion point-of-care assay (POC) for B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP). The primary goal of the proposed work is to create a test format that will allow patientswith chronic heart failure to quantitatively self-monitor serum levels of BNP. Determination of baseline level of BNP and changes in this level ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Animal pharming is the process of using transgenic animals to produce human drugs, mostly in the mammary glands of female animals. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its first approval for ATryn, the recombinant human antithrombin III, produced in the milk of transgenic goats in 2009. Prior to FDA approval, this drug gained the approval by the Eu ...

? DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): NMR is probably the most powerful and widely used analytical technique for structure determination and function elucidation of molecules of all types, but it suffers from low sensitivity, particularly for insoluble biological macromolecules. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) with Magic Angle Spinning (MAS) has recently demonstrated S/N gains exceeding t ...