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ABSTRACT Neurodegenerative disordersincluding amyotrophic lateral sclerosisALSFriedreichandapos s ataxiaFAmultiple sclerosisMSDuchenne muscular dystrophyDMDAlzheimer s diseaseADParkinson s diseasePDand Huntington s diseaseHDare characterized by heterogeneous disease progressionEfforts to identify responder subgroups may uncover subgroups that are more homogeneous in disease related features than t ...

Outbreaks have become a significant public threat in hospitalsimpacting both patient lives and creating a financial burdenWith the increasing rise in antibiotic resistancenew interventions are urgently needed to contain ongoing outbreaksRecent studies have confirmed that whole genome sequencingWGSis able to identity unique mutations within each outbreak strainwhich can then be utilized to establis ...

THE TOPIC OF THIS PROPOSAL IS THE DESIGN OF AN ENVIRONMENTALCONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE MORE THAN TWO MILLION INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES WHOSE PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS ARE SO SEVERE THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO FUNCTION IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT IN A NORMAL AND EFFECTIVE MANNER. A TWO-YEAR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH EFFORT BETWEEN THE BIOENGINEERING PROGRAM AT THE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE ASSOCIA ...

Project Summary This project proposes further development of a computational discovery platform shown to quantifiably identify and prioritize both targets and compounds for therapeutic intervention, which will accelerate the development of newer, more effective drugs with fewer side-effects. This platform is based on a novel fusion of two state of the art computational approaches (phenolog mapping ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM FOR THE OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA (EEG, EMG, EOG, HEART RATE, RESPIRATION, TEMPERATURE) OCCURRING DURING SLEEP. THE SYSTEM WILL CONSIST OF A PREPROCESSOR, DESIGNED AROUND A NEW HIGH-SPEED SIGNAL PROCESSOR, AND A HOST COM- PUTER. THE PREPROCESSOR WILL DETECT THE WAVEFORMS OF INTEREST AND TRANSMIT THE WAVEFORM INFORMATION TO THE HOST ...

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PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT The human immune response to HIVis complex with the virus demonstrating remarkable evasion mechanismsSignificant progress has recently been made in HIV vaccine development based on early stage clinical trials and subsequent investigations into the nature of protective immunitySeveral promising messenger RNAmRNAbased HIV vaccines that target the HIV envelope proteinEnvhave ...

AbstractGlaucoma is one of a number of optic nerve diseases which lead to retinal ganglion cellsRGCdegenerationultimately manifesting in a functional loss of vision if left untreatedThere exist a number of therapeutic approaches to treat these conditionsbut there are currently no clinical methods to detect the onset of RGC dysfunctionThe Pattern ElectroretinogramPERGis the only established tool to ...

Salmonella Paratyphi ASParatyphi Ais a major cause of life threatening enteric feverThere is no vaccine available against this pathogenIn the SBIR phase I studieswe have successfully demonstrated the technical feasibility of a novel nanoparticle conjugate vaccine candidate for SParatyphi AIt is based on O polysaccharideOPSantigen conjugated to a novel and highly advantageous nanoparticle protein c ...

The goal of medical simulation-based training such as high-fidelity manikin simulators, part task trainers, and screen-based virtual patients, is to approximate real-life treatment experiences without risk to live patients. While the use of sensors has ma