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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Pressure ulcers affect approximately 1.7 million patients in the U.S. The overall cost to the healthcare industry for treating pressure ulcers in the U.S. is estimated to exceed $7 billion, and it is well established that the cost of preventing a pressure ulcer is significantly less than its treatment. Skin breakdown is frequently seen in individuals with bot ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): EIderly falls constitute one of the most costly health problems in the U.S., both in terms of expense to the healthcare system and in individual suffering. Fully one-third of people over age 65 fall each year, many incurring significant injuries that strongly impact their long-term health prospects and productivity. Although many factors contribute to the prop ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): EIderly falls constitute one of the most costly health problems in the U.S., both in terms of expense to the healthcare system and in individual suffering. Fully one-third of people over age 65 fall each year, many incurring significant injuries that strongly impact their long-term health prospects and productivity. Although many factors contribute to the prop ...

Phased-array radar employing wideband digital beamforming (DBF) offers the potential for detecting and tracking incoming cruise missiles while defeating electronic countermeasures such as chaff, jamming and anti-reflective coatings. A wide instantaneousradar bandwidth is essential for defeating these threats, resulting in improved range resolution and target signature. Digital beamforming may be u ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A computer controlled switching stimulator/amplifier is proposed which is capable of delivering electrical stimuli between pairs of intracranial electrodes, while simultaneously monitoring the EEG potentials on all implanted electrodes immediately before and after stimulus application In phase 1, a key feasibility issue will be to study the electro-chemical ef ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in US men. Prostate cancer is highly dependent on androgen stimulation mediated through the androgen receptor (AR) for growth and proliferation. For those with advanced PCa, androgen ablation remains the foundation of therapy. Current methods of androgen ablation focus on diminishing circulating and ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The broad, long-term objectives of the application are to develop antisense inhibitors of retinopathy and document their mechanism(s) of action. Retinopathy is a significant cause of eye disease and has a major impact on development, learning, communicating, working, health, and quality of life for affected individuals. This application focuses on the inhibitio ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Bacterial contamination of blood products is currently a major problem in transfusion medicine and a leading cause of transfusion-related deaths. Platelets are particularly susceptible to contamination because they are stored at room temperature. BCR Diagnostics, Inc. (BCR) has developed a novel biosensor platform for detecting low levels of bacteria in r ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cayuse, Inc., has previously developed software (GrantSlam) which is used by thousands of investigators to create their paper-based NIH grant proposals. In so doing, they are simultaneously collecting data for ERA submission of their applications. The current version of GrantSlam has the solid beginnings of an ERA solution and Cayuse wants very much to extend i ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The development of comprehensive, accurate, and low-cost systems to monitor the well being of children and adolescents is a fundamental prerequisite to achieving a healthy society. We will design and create an Internet based decision-support system that incorporates data from the Oregon Healthy Teens and other public domain data sources related to the health a ...