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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Nearly half of all college students have a diagnosable mental health problem Blanco et al College counseling centers CCCs are faced with increasing demands for services from Universities students and parents to meet the treatment needs of their students Kay and Schwartz in the context of increasingly severe cases and declining resources ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The goal of this project is to create a system to conduct research with the assistance of a andapos High Throughput Multifunction System for Neurophysiology of Behaviorandapos This Phase II application to the Omnibus Solicitation is based on the Phase I for PA that was funded by NIAAA R AA The advanced system will provide capabilities for m ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Burn injuries and chronic wounds present a significant burden to patients and the US healthcare system Each year in the US there are burns that require medical treatment and burn patients that require hospitalization The mortality rate associated with severe burns can be as high as with of patient deaths arising from infection In add ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Retinal prosthetic devices currently under development are designed to bypass the non functioning portion of the visual pathway photoreceptor layer in individuals suffering from diseases including retinitis pigmentosa RP and age related macular degeneration AMD Current devices enable patients to only see object positions and read large letters and furth ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Some of the most significant therapies that treat disease target nucleic acids Drugs that target nucleic acid include cancer drugs antibiotics and antivirals Combined these classes of drugs have annual sales worldwide of $ billion Antibiotics that target nucleic acids account for $ billion of the $ billion of sales annuall for all antibiotics an ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Dropping out of school costs the nation up to $ billion annually in lost wages unemployment incarceration costs welfare dependence and health care costs Moreover poorer individual health and well being result from dropping out Despite recent reductions in the total number of dropouts minority students remain twice as likely to drop out as White stud ...

Project Summary/Abstract According to the ADA, 25.8 million children and adults have diabetes. Diabetics have an increased risk of complications such as heart disease and are prone to impaired wound healing. A major cause of morbidity and hospitalizationis diabetic foot ulceration (DFUs) that may result in infection, gangrene, amputations requiring prolonged hospitalization, costly treatments, an ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Self monitoring has been described as the andquot cornerstone of the behavioral treatment of obesityandquot Consistent self monitoring of energy intake is associated with improved dietary adherence and weight loss and maintenance The problem is that individuals are notoriously bad at self monitoring their intake and suffer from an underreporting bias The s ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Heart attacks i e myocardial infarction or MI occur in more than million patients annually Advances in pharmacological therapy have dramatically improved survival following the initial MI Consequently the number of patients with previous MI continues to increase and as a result put in jeopardy millions of patients for development of heart failure I ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant According to the ADA million children and adults have diabetes Diabetics have an increased risk of complications such as heart disease and are prone to impaired wound healing A major cause of morbidity and hospitalization is diabetic foot ulceration DFUs that may result in infection gangrene amputations requiring prolonged hospitalization costly tr ...