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Project Summary Abstract We have developed a nutritional formulation of amino acids called UpBeat that is designed to promote physical function and quality of life in older individuals with heart failureReduced exercise capacity is a prominent clinical feature of heart failureThis leads to progressive muscle weakness and a vicious cycle of sedentary behaviorweight gainand subsequent development of ...

Major depressive disorder is a debilitating mood disorder that affects ~7% of US adults in their lifetime, costing the U.S. economy more than $200 billion a year. Drugs that increase monoaminergic signaling are the mainstay of depression therapy, but have a delayed onset of action and are only effective in about 50% of affected patients. Aberrant brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signaling ...

Increases in space traffic have caused an ever-growing need to recognize, track, and inspect both known and unknown satellites in-situ. Imagery from ground observation platforms provide a convenient and versatile data source for such characterization but is often limited in both quantity and quality. Rapid and automated 3D reconstruction of satellite models from limited 2D imagery would significan ...

Summary The temperature management market is expected to reach $billion byyet no pharmaceutical has yet been developed specifically for this marketAadenosineA ARagonists are well known to attenuate seizure and protect the brain from injurybut development of these drugs has been limited by side effects including hypothermiabradycardia and hypotensionInspired by our discoveries thatN cyclohexyl aden ...

Project SummaryNovel High Resolution Scintillation X ray Detectors for Digital Dentistry The transition from traditional film to digital X ray detectors has resulted in significant improvements across many areas for dental X ray imaging ranging from decreased wait timesimproved logistics and even lower radiation dose ratesOne significant drawback remains with digital X ray imaging howeverwhich is ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The long term goal of this project is to develop and test a nutritional product that will improve physical function in individuals with heart failure H in the geriatric population Our approach to nutritional therapy NT focuses on increasing skeletal muscle strength improving vascular reactivity and optimizing regulation of energy substrate metabolism All ...

Space platforms are complex dynamical systems and there are many reasons to model them from ground telescope imagery as well as from space-based sensor platforms. One key motivation is to determine the operational state and configuration of the vehicle. Key questions such as did the solar panels fail to deploy, did the object begin to tumble unexpectedly may be addressed by a sufficiently detaile ...