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ABSTRACT Pediatric injury is the leading cause of child mortality and acquired disability in the United Statesaffectingmillion children annuallyAmong school age children alonemore thanmillion are treated in Emergency Department or admitted to the hospital annually for injuryincurring billions in medical and work loss costs each yearAfter hospital dischargemany injured children experience pain that ...

The increasing incidence of multi drug resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and other bacteria represents a public health crisisTwo thirds of hospital associated Saureus infections andof those acquired in the community are now methicillin resistantMRSAMRSA causes rtinfections in the US each yearand it is responsible for half of all US deaths caused by drug resistant bacteriaThis threat to public he ...

ABSTRACT Colorectal cancerCRCis the third leading cause of cancer related deaths in the U SBased on numerous epidemiological studies and recent prospective clinical trialsthe use of daily aspirin is associated with a significant reduction in CRC incidencedeaths and metastatic spreadHoweverthe chronic use of this drug is limited due to the side effects of gastrointestinal bleeding ulceration in sus ...

The Kerberos team is developing a man-portable, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)-based, open-architecture prototype system for executing reactive and targeted electronic attack (EA) operations against modern communication signals.This solution, called Electromagnetic Monitor and Broadcast System (EMBS) will offer an extensible platform designed to defeat current waveforms with open interfaces and m ...

The main objective for Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. (KBSI) for this project is to develop the Training Environment for Design of Resilient Systems (TENSILITY) method and supporting framework to enable Platform Information Technology (PIT) and PIT systems designers, systems designers, systems integrators, systems test and evaluation (T&E) engineers, and hardware, firmware and software developers t ...

Instantaneous volumetric fluid imaging is crucial to high-speed aerodynamic development and testing. Rapid three-dimensional (3D) measurement of fluid density enables accurate capture of dynamic flow phenomena for validation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations in wind tunnels. Nanohmics, Inc., teaming with the University of Texas (UT) Flowfield Imaging Laboratory, has developed the f ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantMobile phone technology offers a variety of opportunities for innovative approaches to health communication and interventionThese opportunities have been amplified by the emergence of next generation smartphone devices that are capable of rich multimedia and sophisticated interactivitySmartphone based programs can be integrated seamlessly into a userandapos s daily ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Adolescent and young adult AYA hematopoietic stem cell transplantation HSCT patients face a variety of well documented physical and emotional challenges In addition to undergoing a life threatening procedure that involves an intense treatment regimen and lengthy hospital stay these patients face a protracted month recovery period marked by numerous phy ...

ABSTRACT Host immunity plays a major role in development of Tuberculosis diseaseTuberculosis infected individuals respond by formation of granulomaswhich contain bacilliHoweverorganisms within granulomas are protected from the full scope of immune mediated defensesWe hypothesize that modulation of destructive immune mediated pathologywhile preserving essential immune responseswill allow more effec ...

This Phase II STTR effort is focused on generating the data necessary to identify the phenomenology that produces carbon deposition within kerosene film cooled rocket engines.This data is essential to guide the model development and validation process.Program outputs will be both data and a physics-based model for carbon deposition.