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We will build a prototype personal computer-based system called AERES, Alcohol Effects Research Emusystem. Emulations are real-time interactive immersive experiences. Emulations receive inputs from oacting on real physical devices, and bio-sensors while outputing to the subjects synthesized graphicEmulations can be created to measure subjects' responses and to verify hypothesized behavioral modelu ...

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The proposed Phase I project will develop software tools for embedding digital signatures in compliance with the proposed Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) standard for healthcare and demonstrate the feasibility of using digital signatures along with remote database look-up procedures to automate existing procedures, which are time and paper intensive, in a home healthcare service. The results of ...

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Our goal is the commercial availability of 3-D image reconstruction software algorithms for transmibrightfield microscopy (TLBM). This will have wide commercial acceptance by the biology and health sbecause absorbing stains are used widely, and, in conjunction with 3-D visualization, they have ubiq(for instance, in the study of the effects of toxins on neuronal microanatomy). They will be implemec ...

We will develop and test interactive software for delivering health behavior intervention tohigh-risk American youth, defined as adolescents aged 10 and 11 years from households with familyincomes below the Federal poverty line. Based on focus group data obtained expressly for this study,written and software interventions for health behavior intervention will be developed for nonschoolsettings. Fo ...

Epilepsy is a debilitating disorder affecting 1 adult in 200 in the United States. Although several drugs are valuable for epilepsy therapy, their poor aqueous solubility does not permit effective formulation for intravenous administration. No IV formulation exists for carbamazepine (CBZ), a drug of choice for epilepsy therapy. Since therapeutic levels of CBZ in the brain are not reached for sever ...

Thermal conductivity of diamond can be greatly improved by reducing the (12)C and (13)C initiated phonon collisions. Removal of (13)C isotope from CH(4) in the Arc-jet CVD produced diamond would drastically improve the thermal management in devices ranging from the nose-cones of missiles to multichip modules. Isotope enrichment of (12)C, or the removal of (13)C, uses a chemical diffusion process ( ...

We will develop and test a model by which health plan report card information is disseminatedto publicly-sponsored consumers to use in selecting health care systems/plans. The model willincorporate a decision-making paradigm enabling Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries to integratepersonal values/preferences, medical histories, etc. with features of health plans. Model developmentwill use both pri ...

The purpose of this application is to develop CHIMS consisting of modular micro- computer based sofcomponents operating on a network, linking various community based health care organizations, such aand STD clinics to county, regional and state health departments to improve the gathering, processinof health care information management. The CHIMS will utilize existing and emerging technologies (e.b ...