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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Tuberculosis TB disease which results from infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mtb is a leading cause of infectious morbidity and mortality in children andlt years old worldwide In TB endemic regions in which the vast majority of the worldandapos s annual million adult cases of TB disease reside children andlt years old account for ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Analysis of glycoprotein polypeptide sites of carbohydrate attachment and the structures of the glycans present on these proteins requires the combination of high resolution chromatographic separations and sophisticated mass spectrometry Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography HILIC has great use in separations of glycopeptides and released glycans exhibitin ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Driving while intoxicated DWI is a major public health hazard In the U S there were deaths in caused by alcohol impaired drivers National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA a The New Mexico Dept of Transportation DoT reported the total DWI cost to New Mexico in alone was over one billion dollars NM DoT In New ...

X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy is a widely used and extremely sensitive analytical technique for qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis. Superconducting Transition Edge Sensor (TES) microcalorimeter detectors have now been developed that achieve an energy resolution of 2 eV for 1.5 keV X-rays, which is sufficient to enable the measurement of the small shift of the X-ray line position that ...

In the proposed effort, we will leverage this extensive experience and capabilities to realize a frequency agile mmW radiometer that can cover the range of DC-110 GHz and can be scaled to DC-200 GHz under Phase II. Ours is a photonic system that multiplies and up-coverts a low-frequency reference signal onto an optical carrier (laser) using EO modulation, then uses the modulation sidebands to inj ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Bladder cancer is a common and costly disease. More than 60,000 new cases of bladder cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S. It is the fourth most common cancer among men and the 10th among women, with a prevalence of about 500,000 in the US. Our compact NMR device will provide a rapid, accurate differential diagnosis of bladder cancer by detecting the tumor ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-range goal of this project is to restore functional movement to low-functioning stroke patients using a novel therapeutic regimen and robotic device called AMES, an acronym for Assisted Movement with Enhanced Sensation. In AMES-as it is currently used-the patient's affected limb is moved cyclically with the AMES robotic device while the sensation of ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Stuttering is a communication disorder characterized by disfluencies that are frequent and disruptive to communication. Clinicians extensively use disfluency counts to decide whether a client should be treated, to assess treatment progress, and to document treatment outcomes. Clinicians often do disfluency counts in real-time as a speaker is talking. However, ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Language and communication problems critically characterize a number of neurodevelopmental disorders including Developmental Language Disorders (DLD) and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). It is increasingly recognized that assessment should include spontaneous natural language samples. There are measures, such as the Index of Productive Syntax (IPSyn), which are ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Caldera Pharmaceuticals will use award-winning XRpro, a high throughput, label-free technology for producing nano-engineered radionuclide decorporation agents that are highly specific for their target radionuclide over similar elements. This proposal displays preliminary results showing specific decorporation agents for Sr(II) that do not bind Ca(II); Sr(II) is ...