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An estimated 25% of primary care patients may have some form of substance abuse. The goal of this project is to develop web-based educational and performance support tools for primary care providers (PCPs) to engage in substance abuse screening, brief intervention, referral, and treatment (SBIRT). The effort will be grounded in an integrative reasoned action approach to provider performance, incor ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the proposed SBIR program is to create a low cost instrument, the Laser Scanning Digital Camera (LSDC), which is a non-mydriatic retinal imaging device for screening diabetic retinopathy with the com bined capability of displaying fixation targets. Diabetic retinopathy is the main cause of visual acuity loss among working age adults in the U ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the proposed SBIR program is to implement and evaluate a low cost retinal camera, the Laser Scanning Digital Camera (LSDC), in a system for diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening. Untreated DR has reached epidemic levels in underserved populations worldwide. As the LSDC has already demonstrated its readiness for DR screening in preliminary stud ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this Phase I study is to develop elastic, biodegradable ureteral stents that will degrade in the body within 2 weeks after a procedure. Current ureteral stents are made of non-degradable polymers and, unless they are permanent, have to be removed by second procedure, which requires further intervention on the patients. Biodegradable ureteral st ...

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Cities must perform detailed assessments of sidewalks and streets, including curb ramps, pedestrian signals, crosswalks, street furniture, and other components to determine compliance with the Public Rights-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines. However, current assessment methods are inadequate or unreasonable due to time and resources required. The objectives of this project are to: 1) develop elect ...

Not Available Vehicle simulation capability will be enhanced by developing comprehensive, real-time subsystem models that will be integrated into their multi-body vehicle dynamics simulation. This simulation technology will be used in both driver and hardware-in-the-loop performance evaluations of vehicle systems. An equations of motion based approach will be used to build a suite of dynamic subs ...

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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will develop a speech-recognition test in noise (SRTn) for use as a screening test for hearing disability, suitable for delivery over the telephone. Successful development and implementation of such a test has the potential to greatly increase awareness of hearing disorders and the numbers of persons with hearing impairment who seek services. The t ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Solutions for enabling collaboration continue to be a challenge for biomedical informatics service providers. With the recent rise of so-called Science 2.0 web based tools, many solutions have been proposed using Internet technology including wiki's, document management systems, and custom websites. Here we propose utilizing an open platform, Google's OpenSocia ...