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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose a substantial health risk. The available methods to detect resistant strains are expensive, time-consuming, and complicated. Nomadics will functionalize a highly sensitive amplifying fluorescent polymer (AFP) to detect extremely low concentrations of bacterial antibiotic-resistance markers. T ...

The purpose of this research is to develop and test the feasibility of a novel portable computerized system that will enable nursing assistants to provide improved patient care. The system will enable nursing assistants to work more efficiently, record data more accurately, and spend more time with each patient. The system is being designed for use in assisted living facilities and nursing home ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have been implicated in degradation of human physiological systems and in the etiology of disease. At present, monitoring breath-based biomarkers of exposure to VOCs requires special ...

Luna Innovations proposes to create a sensitive, highly specific, multi- analyte biosensor for quantification of cardiac markers. This system is needed by both researchers and physicians to improve evaluation and triage of patients reporting to emergency departments with chest pain. New point-of-care diagnostic technologies designed for rapid quantification of conventional markers including, card ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): The purpose of this project is to develop and test the feasibility of a wireless Internet application for smoking cessation. The wireless smoking cessation program (WSCP) will be a tailored and comprehensive behavioral smoking cessation program delivered via wireless Internet application integrated with PC-based Internet funct ...

SeiraD is proposing to develop an innovative DNA,sequencing device incorporating silicon-based microfluidics and molecular level sensors. The US government has invested over $2,000,000,000 to sequence the first human genome. This investment is expected to exceed $3,000,000,000 before the task is complete. The full potential. of DNA sequence information will only be realized when multiple genomes a ...

DESCRIPTION: Behavioral Science Associates proposes to develop and evaluate the NetSchedules program, an Internet-based self-help program for gradual smoking cessation. Smokers prefer gradual reduction methods, but are rarely successful gradual reduction (SGR) a systematic approach to gradual reduction that employs scheduling of cigarettes, is effective. The Internet provide ...

DESCRIPTION: (provided by applicant): The overall goal of this project is to develop a computerized dietary monitoring program, which is sufficiently comprehensive, flexible, and accurate to be utilized for dietary research and in clinical settings. The Dietary Research Monitoring System (DRMS) to be developed in Phase I uses an interactive PC and palmtop software program to allow researchers to t ...

DESCRIPTION (Verbatim from the Applicant's Abstract): The overall goal of this project is to develop a computerized field evaluation system to monitor medication compliance and assess side effects and symptomatology during clinical drug trials (Medication Monitoring Field Assessment System, MMFES). The product will allow clinical drug trial researchers with ...