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DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantSignificanceThe USPHSTFSAMHSACDCand NIAAA have affirmed the importance of screening in medical settings for alcohol consumption that exceeds the NIAAA low risk limitsbrief educational and motivational counseling for those who screen positive or have other evidence of an Alcohol Use Disorderandwhen appropriatereferral to treatmentSBIRTHowevertranslation to clinical p ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant By January oncology care providers will be expected to craft Survivorship Care Plans SCPs for all individuals ending active treatment for cancer however there is a lack of systematic study of the impact survivorship planning has on patients providers or healthcare systems The Polaris Oncology Survivorship Transition POST program is a web based sy ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantKeystone Nanoin partnership with the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer CenterUMD GCCproposes a multi site clinical evaluation of the Ceramide NanoLiposomeCNLas a novel anti cancer therapeuticThe overall objective of this project is to advance the CNL through a Phase I clinical trialThe results of this trial will support subsequent trials for the intended init ...

Piasecki Aircraft (PiAC) proposes to continue development and testing efforts of the Whimbrel UAS, a low cost, expendable, air-deployed weather survey unmanned aircraft system. The Whimbrel UAS, a low cost, expendable, air-deployed weather survey unmanned aircraft system. The Whimbrel USA has been developed to support the Tropical Cyclone Boundary Layer mission requirements and contains sensors an ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Multiple myeloma MM is the second most common hematological malignancy in the United States and remains an incurable disease since nearly all MM patients will eventually relapse and develop resistance to currently available drugs Sphingolipid metabolism is being increasingly recognized as a key pathway in tumor biology In particular sphingosine kinases S ...

Maine Fresh Sea Farms (MFSF) will build a multi-species, multi-season prototype farm with the goal of having crops of fresh sea vegetables available throughout the year. What isn’t utilized fresh will be dried for longer-term storage and used in other products. Our team will gather data on water quality, nutrients, light levels, and hydrodynamics to assemble profiles of key parameters that deter ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Brachytherapy radioactive seed implantation is an option for curative treatment chosen by up to of the men who develop prostate cancer in the United States each year Brachytherapy can produce excellent treatment outcomes but those outcomes vary depending on the quality of the treatment delivered which in turn depends on the positioning of th ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant There are an estimated million Americans with chronic kidney disease CKD Early diagnosis and treatment are the only cost effective means to reverse this growing problem NIH recognizes the challenge to diagnose CKD early during its initiation and development phases in order to prevent further renal damage reduce cardiovascular risk and minimize the econ ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Extending liquid chromatographic column technology to even higher performance levels has given rise to ultra high pressure liquid chromatography UPLC core shell particle technology and instrumental developments such as lower volumes for injector and detector hydraulics In spite of these advances there is still room for improvement in speed selectivity and ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Barrettandapos s esophagus is a pre neoplastic disease that predisposes patients to development of esophageal adenocarcinoma EAC Approximately million people in the US have Barrettandapos s esophagus and they are frequently screened by endoscopy with pathological analyses of esophageal biopsies The goal of the screening is to detect premalignant changes e ...