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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) Every year millions of hearing tests are conducted in the U.S. for a variety of reasons, including diagnosis of ear disease, evaluation of communicative function, monitoring effects of noise and ototoxic medications. prospective research studies, and fitting of hearing aids. Although there is a "standard" hearing test method, th ...

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DESCRIPTION (adapted from applicant's abstract): The long-term goal of this project is to develop a rapid, safe, and sensitive test for the abnormal isofomms of prion (PrP/res) proteins associated with the transmissible spongifomm encephalopathies (TSE). The Surface Enhanced Raman Immunoassay (SERIA) assay to be evaluated will facilitate testing of sample ...

The aim of this project is to demonstrate feasibility of four different types of H. pylori assays. Assays will be developed for both the H. pylori organism and its antibody. The specific goal will be to develop a test which is rapid and very-low cost for screening of populations and for clinical laboratories. H. pylori is significant as a cancer risk as it can cause two types of malignancies: gast ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed research will develop two prototype analyzers, one of which will be interfaced with a perfusion probe for neurotransmitters, and their metabolites, Surface Enhanced Raman Assay (SERA) using Surface Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering (SERRS). The first prototype will be placed in a translational researc ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed research will develop two prototype analyzers, one of which will be interfaced with a perfusion probe for neurotransmitters, and their metabolites, Surface Enhanced Raman Assay (SERA) using Surface Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering (SERRS). The first prototype will be placed in a translational researc ...

DESCRIPTION: The number of persons in the United States with dementing disorders, now between 4-5 million, will quadruple in 50 years. One consequence of the progressive nature of dementia is that family caregivers must assume the role of primary decision makers. This Phase I proposal will develop an Internet-based prototype and companion CD-ROM Dementia Decision-making Guide based ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will design, develop and evaluate an interactive multimedia program to provide integrated instruction about the embryology and anatomy of the adult human central nervous system. The program will also provide extensive self-testing for the competencies to be acquired through interaction with the software program. The ...

AlInGaN-based heterostructures have demonstrated unmatched versatility in optical and electronic applications. In particular, AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) are the leading candidates for realizing ultra-high frequency, low-noiseand high-power amplifiers. The addition of indium to the composition of these HEMTs is expected to dramatically improve their performance. We prop ...

Fiber optical transmission is increasingly applied to computer network, secure telecommunication systems, military aircraft, and even in missile guidance systems. 1300 nm vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL) are becoming a prefered technologyfor transceivers in short- and medium-haul, enterprise and metro data network. There is significant interest in using diluted nitride GaInNAs as ac ...