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In this program, we will develop a breakthrough technology that will enable wafer-scale epitaxial lift-off (ELO) of GaN power device heterostructures from low-dislocation-density bulk GaN substrates. This technology will be used to provide a low-cost vertical junction field effect transistors (VJFETs) with high breakdown voltage (greater than 1,200 V) and high current capability (greater than 100 ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Advances in DNA sequencing technology have now made it practical and affordable to generate datasets containing millions of genetic attributes that can be tested for association with disease susceptibility The computational complexity of searching for genetic interactions over such high dimensional datasets imposes great challenges for genome wide associatio ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Hypercholesterolemia particularly low density lipoprotein cholesterol LDL c is a major modifiable risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease ASCVD the primary cause of death in the US Today an estimated million people in the US are hypercholesterolemic with ASCVD and of these million people take one of seven statin drugs that are ...

A team at EP Purification has performed research for the development and commercialization of low-cost microchannel plasma reactor modules capable of efficiently producing ozone for water treatment and other environmental applications in a slim form factor and size. The conservation of water resources for human consumption is a growing national priority. Ozone is a unique purification agent as it ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Pattern recognition PR myoelectric control systems can dramatically improve an amputee patientandapos s control of a powered prosthesis but they have not been made commercially available Coapt LLC is a start up stage company that has initiated a controlled commercial release of PR myoelectric control for the benefit of upper limb amputees The controlle ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The principal goal of this SBIR Phase II proposal is to establish the clinical value of a novel prostate cancer PCa non aggressiveness biomarker present in various physiological samples e g Prostatic Fluids PFs Expressed Prostatic Secretions EPS or Post Massage Urine samples PMUs Once statistically validated in this study n this andquot n ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The ultimate goal of the proposal presented herein is to use E coli as whole cell biocatalysts for the production of a wide variety of TDP deoxysugars including di and tri deoxysugars amino sugars and branched chain sugars These specialized activated hexoses are found as important structural components throughout plant and microbial secondary metabolites of ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Introduction The Blink based Communication BLINC System will allow any patient who retains oculomotor control to reliably signal for assistance and communicate basic requests to a caregiver It uses infrared IR cameras and illuminators to continuously monitor a patient in bed and to detect blink signals even in a dark room It is specifically designed so ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Obstructive sleep disordered breathing OSDB is common in both children and adults and is recognized as having substantial health related consequences at all ages Laboratory polysomnography PSG is the gold standard for diagnosing OSDB but the procedure is not without problems Polysomnographic studies are complex invasive expensive not universally avail ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant IntelliWheels automatic gear shifting wheels represent a significant paradigm shift as the first ultra light affordable and intuitive way to mke pushing a wheelchair easier The manual wheelchair user mWCU still pushes the hand rims in any direction however the hand rims drive the transmissions located in each wheel hub which in turn drive the wheels ...