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This project intends to design and develop a programmable electronics and robotics kit that catalyzes the learning of computational thinking, engineering design, and making at a price point that will be affordable for large numbers of elementary school classrooms throughout the nation. Such an educational robotics kit benefits society by positively influencing science, technology, engineering, and ...

This STTR Phase I project looks to create a solution to the vast problem that hernia has become in the United States by developing a system that prevents hernia before it occurs. There are an estimated 300,000 hernia repairs performed each year in the US. Incisional hernia (IH) occurs in up to 70% in high-risk populations. The hernia epidemic is significant and is linked to reduced quality of life ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is to provide an affordable mobile digital pathology solution to pathologists in order to facilitate their clinical practices in disease diagnosis, peer consultations, tumor board preparations, research and education. The low-cost smartphone based portable pathology slide scanner is a compleme ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is to optimize and reduce agro-chemical and irrigation applications for the United States agricultural industry, reducing environmental contamination, and increasing overall crop health and production with a smart phone compatible miniaturized optical sensor. The diagnostic sensor, designed for use in the precision agriculture market sector, ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase-I project is in the development of low cost, environmentally-friendly coating materials for corrosion prevention. Corrosion is a significant global issue, resulting in high maintenance and repair costs. Current anti-corrosion coatings need an improvement in effective barrier against water or moisture. A ...

ABSTRACT Infection of the eye by Herpes Simplex Virus HSV can result in Herpes Keratitis HK which is the leading cause of corneal blindness worldwide In the U S nearly individuals experience ocular herpes infections that are often recurrent and culminate in progressive corneal scarring and loss of vision The gold standard of care for HK is treatment with Acyclovir ACV that t ...

Antibodies most commonly Immunoglobulin Gs IgGs are widely used in research and diagnostic assays due to their wide array of targets high specificity and proven efficacy In many of these immunoassays e g ELISAandapos s biosensors etc antibodies must be immobilized onto surfaces The sensitivity stability and longevity of antibodies used in this context are highly dependent on orien ...

eMCARE EHealth Mobile Technology Connecting Young Adults to Routine Engagement Young adults YAs ages have a worse health profile than adolescents or adults in their late twenties and thirties Most YAs in the US experience no preparation for the transition from pediatric to adult care often seeking care only through emergency department ED visits The results can be seen across issues ...

The goal of this Phase I STTR grant application is to capitalize on our recent discovery of novel sulfide quinone oxidoreductase SQOR inhibitors by the design and preparation of new analogs for the treatment of heart failure that enable us to understand SAR so as to improve potency and optimize ADME PK properties Heart failure is a highly lethal disease affecting more than million adults in t ...

Project Summary Abstract This proposal presents Phase of the plan of Mercury Biomed LLC for commercializing the new and innovative WarmSmart technology to more effectively keep patients warm during anesthetized surgery The WarmSmart technology is based on IP licensed from the University of Texas at Austin who is the academic partner for this STTR proposal WarmSmart embodies several breakthr ...