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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Mechanical circulatory support devices have become increasingly common in the treatment of end stage heart failure primarily in the form of the Left Ventricular Assist Device LVAD Survival and quality of life have improved steadily due to the transition from larger pulsatile devices to small continuous flow devices as well as improved patient selection an ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Despite remarkable advances in cancer detection and treatment the disease continues to be a leading cause of mortality in the US accounting for of all deaths in Cancer of the breast and prostate are by far the most common forms diagnosed in US women and men respectively and together are expected to represent more than prostate ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Nearly half of all college students have a diagnosable mental health problem Blanco et al College counseling centers CCCs are faced with increasing demands for services from Universities students and parents to meet the treatment needs of their students Kay and Schwartz in the context of increasingly severe cases and declining resources ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD is a highly and increasingly prevalent disorder characterized by incomplete reversible airflow limitations It is presently the third leading cause of death in the US with over million peopl suffering from the disease Pulmonary function tests are used to identify global lung function impairment however determi ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant For this Phase II STTR proposal the investigators plan to develop and commercialize the radiofrequency RF coil technology to make T body MRI possible and to translate this new technology to vastly improve T clinical MRI as well In the Phase I project leading to this proposal all specific aims were accomplished to demonstrate the feasibility of safely an ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This proposed project aims to develop an advanced telemetry system for body worn continuous glucose sensors using a new radio based on ultra wideband impulse radio technology The proposed radio features ultra low power and multiple layers of security including distance bounding for secure reliable and low cost body area sensor networks There has been an inc ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Urinary tract infections UTIs caused by extraintestinal pathogenic E coli ExPEC account for nearly million emergency room visits and hospitalizations per year for women in the U S alone Approximately half of all women will experience a symptomatic UTI in their lifetime and will experience a recurrence within to months While several ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Large numbers of American workers are exposed to high noise environments during their work days Hearing loss from noise exposure is the most common occupational injury for American workers Disposable viscoelastic foam earplugs are widely used to provide personal hearing protection The ability of these foams to attenuate noise has essentially plateaued at the ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy DMD is a fatal muscle disease affecting in every male births DMD results from mutations in the gene encoding the dystrophin a kDa scaffolding protein responsible for providing a mechanical link between the muscle fiber actin cytoskeleton and a transmembrane protein complex called the dystrophin associated glycoprotein ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Adventium Labs and the University of Minnesota UMN propose to develop a participatory educational toolkit and curriculum to teach neuroscience and mental health concepts via exploratory and investigative learning that integrates nervous system function with engineering technology and mathematics concepts iNeuronandquot models neuronal synaptic and circui ...