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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will develop a new software program that will improve the management of digital information from a variety of sources for individuals with learning disabilities (LD) and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a postsecondary academic settings. The software to be developed in this project is designed to assist individuals in locating, ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over 5 million word recognition tests are administered annually by audiologists in the United States with an associated cost of more than $100 million. These tests are currently performed manually by highly trained audiologists. This application describes the Phase II development of automated clinical speech recognition tests using clinical test recordings and ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project seeks to develop an earphone for diagnostic audiometry with features that will significantly increase the efficiency and decrease the cost of routine hearing testing. The most-often used earphones emply a supra-aural design that has several undesirable characteristics, including 1) an "occlusion effect", an artificial increase in sensitivity to bon ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this proposal is to provide proof-of-concept that a novel therapy that prevents complement activation could be effective in reducing ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) in transplanted organs. Complement activation after IRI in transplanted organs is a well-known phenomenon that may be responsible for delayed graft function and the hastening of ...

An investigation of the feasibility of commercialization of the results developed in the Center for Computational Mechanics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri under AFOSR Grant No. F49620-01-1-0074 entitled; "Mathematical and Computational Framework for a Virtual Fabrication Environment for Aircraft Components". The proposed project will address some of the key requirements identified in ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Mitochondrial disease caused by point mutations in mitochondrial DMA (mtDNA) can be a formidable diagnostic challenge. Because clinical presentation can be variable, multisystemic, and mimic many other neurological disorders, ruling out an mtDNA etiology is difficult in patients with suspected myopathies or encephalopathies. DMA microarrays would seem to prov ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the Internet-Based Savvy Caregiver (IBSC) program is to develop and bring to market an Internet-based psycho-educational program designed to provide persons caring for relatives who have dementing disorders the knowledge, skills, and outlook they need to undertake and succeed in the caregiving role they have assumed. The IBSC program is comp ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A rapid detection system can be readily developed to prevent bacterial contamination in platelet concentrates that are intended for transfusion. Bacteria contamination of platelet concentrates intended for transfusion, represents the most frequent transfusion-associated infectious risk. Bacterial contamination levels as low as 102 to 103 CFU/ml have been ass ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The number of patients treated with antiplatelet agents increases annually. It is reported that over 20 million people in the U.S. alone take aspirin daily to induce some level of platelets inhibition. Clinical data shows that not all patients receive the full benefits of aspirin, and that a large patient to patient variability exists in aspirin induced platele ...

We will address the requirement for fault identification and isolation in fiber optic data links by incorporating an optical time domain reflectance (OTDR) functionality into the transceiver module. Our approach is to monolithically integrate a high speed photodetector that will sense reflections from discontinuities in the optical channel, with the 850nm VCSEL which transmits the signal.