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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Introduction The Strength and BALance SABAL program targets reduction of fall risk in older adults through fun meaningful and motivating games that incorporate evidence based exercises and automatic generation of fall risk metrics The product consisting of virtual world based gaming software and an off the shelf KinectTM sensor will be used in senior ce ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Diabetes is the th leading cause of death in the U S and some million new cases are diagnosed per year Nearly million in the U S have diabetes with annual healthcare costs estimated at $ billion Diabetes patients suffer from complications associated with diminished or dysfunctional insulin levels The prognosis for diabetes patients is grim If ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Objectives and optics for are rapidly evolving to allow wider and wider FOVs for two photon laser scanning microscopes PLSM This development introduces a new challenge point by point raster scanning over the entirety of the FOV requires the experimenter to sacrifice either single cell sensitivity because of faster scanning rates required to cover the lar ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Zansors is a biosensor company with several research and product areas to commercialize evidence based healthcare solutions This proposed research is aimed at achieving objective assessment of blood alcohol concentration BAC by offering a wearable real time alcohol bio sensing device based on a bendable and stretchable lab on a patch platform invented by par ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Obstructive sleep apnea OSA is characterized by the repetitive closure of the pharyngeal airway during sleep that is associated with oxygen desaturation and or arousal Patients with OSA are at increased risk of coronary artery disease chronic heart failure hypertension stroke type diabetes and motor vehicle industrial accidents With regard to m ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The Knee Biofeedback Rehabilitation Interface for Game based Home Therapy andquot KneeBRIGHTandquot system combines electromyography EMG biofeedback with video game therapy VGT to provide knee osteoarthritis OA patients with an engaging effective tool for conducting rehabilitation exercises at home KneeBRIGHT aims to motivate patients with knee OA to ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Barron Associates Inc BAI has teamed with the University of Virginiaandapos s UVAandapos s Motion Analysis and Motor Performance MAMP laboratory to propose development of an advanced control and computer learning strategy that will intelligently drive a powered walker for people with neuromuscular walking disabilities The aim of the control strategy is ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant One in Black men will be diagnosed with HIV in his lifetime as compared to in White men Approximately of all new HIV cases among African American men are due to heterosexual transmission Despite this Black men who have sex with women MSW have received very little empirical attention Traditional gender roles and power inequalities tend to give ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Obesity and its co morbidities cause about deaths and cost more than $ billion per year in USA However current treatment options for obesity are very limited Vagal nerve stimulation VNS as a potential therapy for treating obesity has been explored in both laboratory and clinical settings However there is lack of systematic studies investigatin ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Age related macular degeneration AMD is a common disease of the central retina and remains a leading cause of vision loss and blindness in elderly Americans Currently the standard of care for wet AMD is intravitreal vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF inhibitors However these therapies are not always effective in all patients AMD is a multi factori ...