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We will create a set of prototype computer tools and services for scientists in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries and in academia to use for the assessment and analysis of normal and abnormal mouse embryonic development. These tools will take the form of two- and three-dimensional computer-based color atlases of normal mouse development as well as a consulting service for expert asse ...

We will be developing an interactive, multimedia administration of the Addiction Severity Index (ASreliable, valid, and the most widely used measure of addiction severity, both in research settings ain clinical settings. It is now mandated in some governmental jurisdictions, and it may become a stachemical dependency. The major drawback of the ASI is its interview format, which requires an hour wi ...

In the field of dementia care, professionals and researchers consider an appropriate physicalenvironment to be an effective therapeutic element in the delivery of quality care for individuals withAlzheimer's disease and related dementing illnesses. Current research suggests that in the next decadeten thousand or more special care units (SCUs) and day care programs will be established withtherapeut ...

MOST OF THE TISSUE IN THE HUMAN BODY REGENERATES AFTER INJURY. ONE OF THE FEW TISSUES THAT ARE UNABLE TO REGENERATE IS THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS). RESEARCHERS USE RADIOACTIVE TRITIUM (3H) COMPOUNDS TO LABEL THESE PROTEINS TO IDENTIFY THE PROTEINS THAT MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INABILITY OF THE CNS TO REGENERATE. A MAJOR TECHNICAL HURDLE THAT IMPEDES THE RATE OF PROGRESS ARISES FROM THE FACT ...

Despite advances in other techniques, standard X-ray transmission film mammography is by farthe most common clinical diagnostic tool for detecting breast cancer. Unfortunately, the spatialresolution of mammograms taken with existing systems is still below that needed to allow visualizationof the very small tumors associated with incipient cancer. The fundamental factor limiting the spatialresoluti ...

Current research in structural biology is focused on understanding the role of enzymes andproteins in regulating cellular metabolism and the way drugs bind to proteins so that more effective drugswhich can inhibit viral activity may be developed. Macromolecular crystallography provide informationregarding 3D distributions of atoms in biological molecules, and is an important factor in understandin ...

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Tactiling is the name given to a method of tactually supplementing speechreading. According to this method a deaf speechreader places his hand on a talker's shoulder with his fingers lightly against the neck; thus, the talker will obtain clues relating to voicing and dynamic speech intensity. The method was invented by a postlingually deaf Swedish male and has been studied since 1986 by several in ...

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