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In this project, the team will create the technology-delivered version of Reading Roots II: Reading "Between the Lions," by integrating content from Between the Lions, including multimedia videos and learning games to personalize learning. To participate in the intervention, students will work for 10 to 30 minutes per day in pairs while sharing a laptop or tablet. Students will alternate in roles ...

In previous research and development, the developers created VidCode, a website where students in grades 4 to 12 manipulate digital media assets such as photos, audio, and graphics to create special effects in videos while learning about the code responsible for the action. VidCode is currently in widespread use in schools and districts around the country. In this project, the team will develop a ...

In this project, the developers will create A More Perfect Union, a tablet-based and class wide role-playing game for high school students. Using any web browser, teachers will access a library of simulations on a range of topics drawn from the AP U.S. History Curriculum and Common Core History Standards. The website will provide resources to guide implementation, including videos, individualized ...

The researchers will develop a dashboaed to assess children as they play games on different social and emotional and thinking tasks.

the team will develop a prototype of a multi-player virtual reality (VR) game where middle school students collaborate in observing complex earth science phenomena, such as exploring the ozone. The prototype will include one VR module which presents interactive content and a website portal where students analyze data and keep a personalized digital science journal. At the end of Phase I, in a pilo ...

This project will develop a prototype of a new component for the platform for high school students to develop stronger communication skills to improve college and career readiness. The prototype will include a performance-based game environment where students practice a range of skills, such as active listening, empathy, non-verbal communication, cultural awareness, and public speaking. The game w ...

Increasingly defined vaccines against infectious diseases are better tolerated but less immunogenicrequiring use of an immunological adjuvant for best effectAdjuvance s semi synthetic saponin adjuvant TiterQuilTQLhas shown remarkable efficacy with a variety of antigens with no detectable reactogenicityWhen combined withof the leading vaccines against influenzaFluzoneFluarix and Flublokstriking aug ...

Over one million Americans andmillion people worldwide are infected with HIVmaking it one of the most pressing public health concerns of our timeUnfortunatelythere are no vaccines available and treatment requires lifelong anti retroviral therapiesThis proposal combines two technologies for the development of a vaccine against HIVEnva novel adjuvantspontaneous nanoliposome antigen particleizationSN ...

Circular RNAscircRNAsare a novel class of modified RNAs that are an abundant component of the epitranscriptomePutative functions of circRNAsinclude miRNA sequestrationRNA binding protein scaffoldingmRNA trappingand protein translation regulationDeregulation in one or more of these roles has been linked to several types of cancerOne well studied circRNAciRSis believed to act as a miRNAsponge and in ...

The project goal is to develop digital delivery of Community Reinforcement and Family TrainingCRAFTmethodologyan empirical family behavioral intervention to improve outcomes around treatment entryfamily functioning and substance use