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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Burn injuries represent the most terrifying and horrific trauma imaginable. This image is conditioned, in part, from the appearance of surviving bum victims that have been horribly scarred and disfigured follow

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Submerged Electro-Spark Deposition (SESD, US patent pending), developed at Advanced Surfaces And Processes, Inc., is a surface modification technique. Any conductive surface can be modified with regards to surface texture and chemical composition. The objective of the present proposal is to use SESD to incorporate appreciable amounts of bone mineral elements, i ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The sterilization of complex medical devices is difficult due to narrow channels and the presence of optics and electronics. Atmospheric Glow Technologies will develop the Steriglow 210 for room temperature sterilizat

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) causes a persistent infection in most humans exposed to the virus. HCV infection in time can lead to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Although the annual number of newly infected patients has dropped significantly over the past decade, about 4 million people are currently persistently infected in the USA. There is presently no un ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Atherosclerosis is the underlying cause of most cardiovascular disease and considerable evidence supports the role of hypercholesterolemia as a risk factor for this disease. In preliminary work, we found that tertiary-butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ), at a dose lower than approved for human use, was effective in reducing plasma levels of both total cholesterol and tri ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The extracellular assemblies of amyloid peptides in the brain play a central role in the pathology and subsequent cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The long-term goal of this application is to develop

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The research objective of the proposed work is to fuse sensor data to infer behavior of occupants in a home setting. The sensor data have been collected by CareWheels Corporation, a Section 501 (c)(3) non-profit pu

73071-Existing and planned neutron facilities, such as the Spallation Neutron Source, generate pulses of cold neutrons for materials research. The efficiency of the beam line components, which convert the fast neutrons to a cold neutron beam, determines the usefulness of the facility. Existing solid methane moderators have a high efficiency, but they can¿t be scaled to work on planned high powe ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The development of a cryogen-free, actively-shielded 7.0 T high-resolution superconducting magnet for Ion Cyclotron Resonance Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry (ICR-FTMS) will significantly reduce system operating

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Approximately 50,000 cancer patients a year have recurrent fluid accumulation in the space between their chest wall and lung. This condition is called malignant pleural effusion (MPE). This fluid impairs breathing and worsens the quality of life in these patients. The current treatments are not ideal and include removing the fluid by repetitive needle aspiratio ...