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THE KNOWLEDGE OF A PANEL OF EXPERTS FOR DIAGNOSING INCIPIENTSTUTTERING AND INITIATING ITS MANAGEMENT WILL BE GATHERED AND ORGANIZED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM. TWO VERSIONS OF THE SYSTEM WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. ONE WILL BE FORUSE AS AN INTERACTIVE TEXTBOOK BY STUDENTS IN TRAINING AS SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, AND THE OTHER WILL BE FOR USE AS AN INTERACTIVE TEXTBOOK BY PROFESSIONAL SPE ...

THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO COMPLETE THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A SCREENING INVENTORY CAPABLE OF ASSISTING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN DECISION-MAKING AND TREATMENT PLANNING FOR THE ESTIMATED 20 TO 80 PERCENT OF MEDICAL PATIENTS WHOSE ILLNESSES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED BY PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS. CURRENTLY, NO SINGLE, BRIEF DEVICE EXISTS THAT CAN SCREEN FOR GROSS PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, WHILE AT THE SAME T ...

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THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE BOTH THEFEASIBILITY OF AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPREHENSIVEVALIDATION STUDY OF A COMPUTER-BASED INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A STANDARDIZED, VALID STATEMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S CAPACITY TO CARRY OUT WORK IN THE COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKET. THE CAPACITY TO WORK IS DETERMINED BY THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S WORKER TRA ...

DYSFUNCTION OF HUMAN ARTICULAR CARTILAGE DUE TO WEAR, TRAUMA, OR DISEASE, IS BECOMING AN INCREASING SOURCE OF PAIN, DISABILITY, AND HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES. NONE OF THE PRESENTLY AVAILABLE TREATMENTS OFFERS AN ADEQUATE LONG TERM SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) FIELDS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY USED TO STIMULATE HEALING OF RECALCITRANT BONE FRACTURES AND TO PROMOTE HEALING OF SPINAL FUS ...

THE GOAL OF THIS PHASE I PROJECT IS TO PREPARE ANTIBODIES AGAINST QUINOLINIC ACID AND PERFORM SOME INITIAL EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFICITY OF AN ASSAY FOR QUINOLINIC ACID BASED ON THESE ANTIBODIES. THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE ASSAY AND A CLEAR DIRECTION OF EXPERIMENTATION TO BE CARRIED OUT IN THE PHASE II OF THIS PROJECT. THE MEASUREMENT OF QUINOLINIC ACI ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONSTRUCT AND EVALUATE A DEDICATED COMPUTERIZED DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR NAIL BED CAPILLAROSCOPY THAT WILL BE USEFUL IN THE CLINICAL, RESEARCH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PROMOTE MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF THIS DIAGNOSTIC TEST THROUGH IMPROVED IMAGING OF THE NAIL BED CAPILLARIES, EASILY OBTAINED QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF CAPILLARY CHARACTE ...