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Abstract Wearable pulse oximetry sensors are among the most ubiquitous medical technologies used in healthcare. Clinicians rely on pulse oximeters to monitor patient health during disease states and medical procedures. However, numerous studies have shown this technology to be racially biased; hypoxemia is three times more likely to go undetected in patients with dark skin compared to those with l ...

ABSTRACT Approximately 700,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with a primary brain tumor. Of these, malignant gliomas (MGs) account for approximately 40% of all intracranial tumors, with an overall survival rate of only ~34%. Surgical resection remains the cornerstone of therapy and the extent of resection correlates with survival. Fluorescence imaging has emerged as an adjunctive techn ...

ABSTRACT Continuous monitoring of neonatal brain development is crucial for effective management of brain injury and associated complications, thus reducing healthcare burden and costs. One rapidly developing method for early characterization of abnormal brain development is to map resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) across distinct regions of the brain. However, currently available neur ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT A highly effective intervention to prevent perinatal depression, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for perinatal depression (MBCT), exists; however, critical implementation gaps prevent its wide use. And though universally recommended, not all prenatal care clinics effectively screen for perinatal depression (PD). Overcoming current implementation gaps is imperative to a ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT g' (pronounced "gamma prime") fibrinogen (GPF) is an alternative splice isoform of the blood coagulation factor fibrinogen. This fibrinogen variant contains a high affinity binding site for the coagulation factor thrombin that localizes thrombin on the growing blood clot. Thrombin binds to GPF via thrombin's heparin binding site. This allows thrombin to continue forming th ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) are commonly prescribed to improve mobility for individuals with neurological disorders. AFOs are included in the standard of care for the majority of ambulatory children with cerebral palsy (CP), a pediatric-onset movement disorder caused by insult to the developing brain. Current goals of treatment for individuals with CP center around increasi ...

Project Summary I-RED Southeast XLerator Network, powered by XLerateHealth, LLC in collaboration with the University of Kentucky as the lead academic partner institution, proposes to develop a suite of experience-based entrepreneurship education products and commercialization education tools to address the needs of academic institutions and their faculty, researchers, innovators, and graduate/unde ...

The first 3 years of a child’s life are critical in setting the stage for future learning, behavior, and health. Children living in poverty during these formative years are exposed to environments characterized by insufficient human service resources and greater exposure to multiple forms and frequency of adverse events, which can undermine their developmental potential. Home visiting has become ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Anemia is characterized by low blood hemoglobin levels and has a high prevalence, affecting over one-third of the world's population of about 2.5 billion people. More than 7% of the world’s population carry hemoglobin gene mutations that result in hemoglobin variants, one of which is Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). SCD impacts about 100,000 Americans. The trait form of SCD is the Sick ...

Project Summary NIEHS defines environmental health as “the field of science that studies how the environment influences human health and disease”. The environment in this definition includes the natural environment, man-made chemicals and structures that often pollute the natural environment, and our social interactions and lifestyle choices. Because toxic environments are linked directly to h ...