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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a national need for conflict resolution and peace education. Skit-based performances and open discussion are two frequently successful methods of working with children to develop conflict resolution skills. This project is creating a core set of conflict resolution modules along with ongoing new video-scenarios and educational materials that explore va ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a national need for conflict resolution and peace education. Skit-based performances and open discussion are two frequently successful methods of working with children to develop conflict resolution skills. This project is creating a core set of conflict resolution modules along with ongoing new video-scenarios and educational materials that explore va ...

Electrocardiogram is the most common cardiac examination ordered by physicians. In the past, only persons working in the ECG laboratory were allowed to perform a 12-lead ECG on a patient. Today, however, this task has been delegated to a variety of health professionals, including registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and even nursing assistants in some health care facilities. There is a ne ...

completion, the entire course will provide a professional certificate with continuing nursing education contact hours or can be transferred as academic credit in an undergraduate-nursing program. The model for the OCPP to be developed in this project has three components: didactic core content, clinical practicum, and a Virtual Center of Best Practices. The core ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Stroke continues to be the number three principal cause of death, and one of the leading causes of disability, in the United States. Continued improvements in these statistics requires a better understanding of the functional dynamics of the cerebral vasculature and oxygen utilization of the surrounding tissue during various physiological conditions.We propose ...

The goal of this project is to develop innovative digital microscope autofocusing techniques for automated cytogenetics applications. We propose a novel multi-resolution image analysis approach to focus measurement and detection, based on the recently developed mathematical theory of wavelet transform. In comparison to currently available single-resolution techniques, the proposed method overcom ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will further develop automated instrumentation and image analysis techniques to detect cryptic chromosomal rearrangements, which are difficult to detect by conventional cytogenetics. It combines two innovative FISH probes: "SubTelomeric" (STFISH) and "Multiplex" (MFISH), with sophisticated image analysis, ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will further develop automated instrumentation and image analysis techniques to detect cryptic chromosomal rearrangements, which are difficult to detect by conventional cytogenetics. It combines two innovative FISH probes: "SubTelomeric" (STFISH) and "Multiplex" (MFISH), with sophisticated image analysis, ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Agentase, LLC seeks follow-on Phase II Small Business Innovation Research funding to develop prototype formulations of chemically modified enzymes for the treatment and, more importantly, the prevention of organophosphorus poisonings. Several known enzymes exhibit hydrolytic activity on target organophosphorus compounds including nerve agent chemical weapons su ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Agentase, LLC seeks follow-on Phase II Small Business Innovation Research funding to develop prototype formulations of chemically modified enzymes for the treatment and, more importantly, the prevention of organophosphorus poisonings. Several known enzymes exhibit hydrolytic activity on target organophosphorus compounds including nerve agent chemical weapons su ...