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DESCRIPTION In communities across the United States clinical populations exhibiting mental health and or substance abuse disorders face substantial challenges in accessing and receiving high quality and effective behavioral healthcare services Health Information technology HIT has been identified as an important component of improving access to behavioral healthcare in rural communities yet t ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant A Phase II SBIR program of preclinical development is proposed for the development of an active specific immunotherapeutic called Cellariumandquot for treatment of glial cell based cancers Successful completion of this project will confirm therapeutic effect and pre clinical safety of the vaccine in preparation for first in human studies Upon demonstration of ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Many biomedical applications require the detection of rare cells or particles in large sample volumes These applications can be divided into those that require the detection of highly dilute cells in a large sample volume and those that require the detection of rare cells in a high background concentration of similar cells within a large volume Though flow cy ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Nearly of adults report drinking alcohol at some point in their life and over report drinking in the past year More importantly nearly report past month binge drinking close to report heavy drinking and million people report driving under the influence of alcohol While significant numbers of adults report past month risky drinking of ...

The objective of this research project is to update a web application Overcoming Addictions OA and enable it to be efficiently used by treatment providers in addition to its current use by the general public OA is an abstinence focused cognitive behavioral intervention based on the four point program for SMART Recovery www smartrecovery org We have already demonstrated the effectiveness of ...

The objective of this research project is to update a web application Overcoming Addictions OA and enable it to be efficiently used by treatment providers in addition to its current use by the general public OA is an abstinence focused cognitive behavioral intervention based on the four point program for SMART Recovery www smartrecovery org We have already demonstrated the effectiveness of ...

PROJECT SUMMARY In this SBIR Phase I proposal we aim to develop a retinal imaging based automated screening system to identify individuals at an early or intermediate stage of age related macular degeneration AMD and thus enable treatment to prevent late AMD Late AMD in the dry or wet form is the leading cause of vision loss in the developed countries The Age Related Eye Disease Study ARED ...

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 ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantThe word adolescence derives from the Latin word "adolescere"meaning"to grow up"Adolescence is a crucial period of transition between childhood and legal adulthoodwith individuals following more uncertain and complex paths based on genderraceethnicitysocial classand geographyThe passage to adulthood revolves around a complex web of factorswhich include socialsocioec ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Surgical resection of brain neoplasms aims at maximizing long term survival by gross total resection of tumor tissue while preserving the patientandapos s functional status Task based functional MRI fMRI is increasingly used as an adjunct to intra operative electrocorticography for mapping eloquent cortex but suffers a significant failure rate due to funct ...