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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The goal of this SBIR project is to design a low profile high resistive MR compatible dense array EEG dEEG sensor net for simultaneous dEEG fMRI recordings in fields as high as Tesla This novel sensor net the andquot InkNetandquot will provide safe noninvasive and affordable dEEG fMRI technology to both clinicians and researchers thereby enabling r ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant While it is well known that the brain undergoes rapid developmental changes from birth to early childhood remarkably little is understood about the relationship between changes in brain size and composition and cognitive development Yet several potentially debilitating neurocognitive disorders are a consequence of delays or abnormalities in brain development ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Project Summary Abstract Treatment of acute ischemic stroke AIS with the thrombolytic antithrombotic agent tissue plasminogen activator tPA Activase is limited due to the potential for severe hemorrhagic side effects The first symptoms of acute ischemia to tPA treatment andquot time to needleandquot can span hours even in developed urban areas since ...

DESCRIPTION The ultimate goal of this project is to develop an immunotherapy for human immunodeficiency virus HIV based on a spread deficient cytomegalovirus CMV derived vaccine expressing andquot tailoredandquot antigens designed for maximal coverage of clade B epitopes In non human primate models rhesus CMV vectored vaccines demonstrated unprecedented protection against highly virulent ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Excessive alcohol consumption is a public health concern that causes approximately deaths each year in the United States and costs the economy an estimated $ billion in annual medical social and productivity losses Because the large majority of adults with alcohol disorders is employed and Employee Assistance Programs EAPs are resources i ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Depression dementia schizophrenia substance abuse developmental disorders and speech related disabilities can feature impairments in the ability to express emotions Development of treatments for these impairments presents a formidable challenge In this regard several researchers who study rodent models of mental illness have more recently focused upon t ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The goal of this Phase II project Fathering Through Change FTC Online Parent Training for Divorced Fathers is to provide a severely underserved population divorced fathers with the skills necessary to be effective parents to their children and co parents with their former spouses To provide this training FTC will adapt the Parent Management Training ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Latino youth currently comprise more than one fifth of the US youth population Mather andamp Foxen yet this sizeable group of the nationandapos s future adults lags alarmingly behind non Latino youth in academic achievement The proposed program Padres Preparados A Cultural Adaptation of an Evidence Based Parenting Intervention for Latino Families ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Rapidly progressing occlusion of the coronary artery and the subsequent acute myocardial ischemia is the most prevalent primary cause of acute myocardial infarction AMI and death in the United States Early recanalization and antithrombotic therapy promotes reperfusion and improves outcomes when administered before completion of the infarct However most he ...

To address the limitations of diagnostic equipment for chemical and biological warfare agent threats, Voxtel proposes to further develop low-cost, rapid biological-threat-reporting optical nanomaterials for a tag-track-and-locate system to consistsing of five components: 1) nanocrystal nanobeacons, a series of covert threat-functionalized optical identifiers with near-infrared through short-wave i ...