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Native American Cancer Initiatives Inc NACI is a woman owned minority American Indian business with fewer than three full time equivalent employees This for profit company founded in has the mission to provide technical assistance and products to communities patients researchers academicians universities research institutions and professionals on Native Americans cultural iss ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACTOne inBlack men will be diagnosed with HIV in his lifetime as compared toinWhite menNearlyof these new HIV cases among African American men are due to heterosexual transmissionDespite thisBlack men who have sex with womenMSWhave received very little empirical attentionThis is a missed public health opportunityFirstBlack men do not routinely use condomsone of the most effect ...

Project Summary Abstract An estimated million adults in the United States currently provide informal care to relatives and friends with Alzheimer s disease The economic contribution of informal caregivers service is estimated in the billions and is the cornerstone of care for the million people with the disease While informal caregivers undoubtedly perform an important role the respon ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Long emergency department ED wait times resulting from overcrowding occur on a daily basis in to of hospitals and at least once per week in of hospitals It is widely acknowledged that long wait times are correlated to poor health outcomes due to lack of timeliness and inability to administer treatment While there are many causes of prolonged ED wait times ...

Boulder Nonlinear Systems BNS and Prof Edward Boyden s Synthetic Neurobiology Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Media Lab propose to develop a new liquid crystal spatial light modulator SLM capable generating high resolution holograms to overcome the imaging gap that currently divides cellular level optogenetic techniques and whole brain techniques to improve function ...

ABSTRACT Mechanical ventilation refers to the use of life support technology to perform the work of breathing for patients suffering from respiratory failure Patients undergoing mechanical ventilation are disproportionately older and suffer from multiple chronic conditions Approximately half of these patients are older than and half suffer from multiple chronic conditions Prolonged mechanic ...

Abstract Progress in the development of clinical cell transplantation therapy for Type Diabetes T D has been hindered due to the lack of patient specific inexhaustible human pancreatic islets that are immuno evasive Recent advances in stem cell differentiation have demonstrated the utility of human induced pluripotent stem cells hiPSCs as a valid cell source to produce patient specific ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Introduction The Glove Rehabilitation Application for Stroke Patients GRASP Fast Track SBIR program will promote recovery of hand function following stroke through an instrumented orthosis that enables functional practice of manual tasks in fun and engaging activities within a virtual environment The effort combines patented sensor glove technology developed under the ...

Polymer Exploration Group LLC PA Abstract Project Title Antimicrobial catheters with cell and tissue compatibility Abstract Catheter associated urinary tract infections CAUTIs are often encountered with subsequent antibiotic administration contributing to buildup of bacterial resistance Leaving behind customary methods including release of silver and antimicrobials PEG LLC is developin ...

Project summary The fast millisecond timescale of neuronal activity has posed a difficulty for D volumetric imaging whose speed is limited in part by the axial scan methods currently available The use of electrically tunable lenses ETLs for remote focusing confers speed and vibration reduction advantages over the more traditional sample stage or microscope objective motion but current state ...