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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Active Signal Technologies, in partnership with the Brain Attack Team of the University of Maryland Medical Center, proposes to refine and test a novel portable, non-invasive system that will enable rapid identification of stroke. Approximately 750,000 people suffer a stroke each year and over 80% of these are ischemic. Yet only 1% of this number receives medi ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Active Signal Technologies, in partnership with the Brain Attack Team of the University of Maryland Medical Center, proposes to refine and test a novel portable, non-invasive system that will enable rapid identification of stroke. Approximately 750,000 people suffer a stroke each year and over 80% of these are ischemic. Yet only 1% of this number receives medi ...

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AcuSoft proposes to develop a set of HLA Development Tools to assist simulation software developers in their efforts to implement the HLA. The HLA Development Tools will support the Federation Execution and Development Process (FEDEP) and present an approach to solving the problems associated with the HLA's flexible FOM data definitions. A set of data visualization tools, such as a 2D Plan View ...

AcuSoft proposes to research and develop a Synthetic Environment RTI (SE-RTI). The SEDRIS initiative has established a new programming paradigm that provides lossless transmission of synthetic environment objects. The HLA has been designed to support interoperability and reuse of DoD simulations, and SEDRIS is a major component of HLA. Currently, the SEDRIS data model, APIs and format are prima ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) ATL will develop the WBTC to facilitate collaborative Hazwoper training for groups of participants in remote locations in real time using internet technology. This unique product will facilitate training that draws upon the work experiences and skills of the training participants. The scheduling flexibility and distance learning possibilities offered by techno ...

This project will develop a computer-assisted consultation system for clinical radiologists in thedetection of lung nodules (cancer) on chest radiographs. An automated screening of digital chestradiographs can be further developed when this system is fully tested in various clinical settings. Thesuccess of this project will inspire revolutionary improvements in other cancer diagnostic proceduresth ...

This project will develop a computer-assisted consultation system for clinical radiologists in theclassification of benign and malignant (cancer) calcifications on mammograms. An automated screeningof digital mammograms can be further developed when this system is fully tested in various clinicalsettings. The success of this project will inspire revolutionary improvements in other cancer diagnosti ...

The long range objective of this proposal is to find mild, highly specific conditions for the targeted addition of polyethylene glycol to specific residues of recombinant proteins. Because proteins which have been modified by polyethylene glycol addition have increased serum persistence and decreased immunogenicity, this objective, if achieved, has the potential to decrease the frequency of paren ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Conservative estimates suggest that over 2 million people annually in the U. S. alone suffer from ulcers, and the base of those so afflicted is likely to increase in view of an aging population. Mean hospital charges of patients with a primary diagnosis for pressure ulcers were about $22,000 in 1992, a significant cost that will become increasingly difficult to ...