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This project will develop sound recognition software to provide real-time visual reinforcement of vocalizations produced by infants or preschool children. This program is intended for children who are delayed in the frequency and variety of pre-speech vocalizations they produce and, hence, are at risk for being non-speaking. This will provide an automated training system to maintain and develop ch ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will develop visiBabble, sound recognition software to provide real-time contingent visual reinforcement of vocalizations produced by infants or preschool children. This program is intended for children who are delayed in the frequency and variety of pre-speech vocalizations they produce and, hence, are at risk for being non-speaking. The visiBabbl ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Speech is a complex motor behavior often disrupted by neurologic dysfunction. Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most prominent neurological disorders associated with speech disturbances. L-dopa continues to be the cornerstone of medical treatment for the motor symptoms and typically produces some improvement of speech symptoms. As the disease progresses, m ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Speech is a complex motor behavior often disrupted by neurological dysfunction. Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the main disorders disrupting speech. Recently, deep brain stimulation (DBS) has proven to be effective for motor problems in patients with PD and other movement disorders. However, the effects of DBS on speech have not been consistently positive ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Asthma exacerbations are a major cause of ER visits and hospitalizations with annual direct costs of approximately $billionyear in the USAViral infectionsin particular rhinoviralRVinfectionsare a major precipitant of asthma exacerbations in allergic asthmaticsAs there are overRV serotypes andfor nowno RV vaccinenovel strategies to inhibit RV induced airway inflammation are needed t ...

The number of people with diabetes worldwide is predicted to increase frommillion intomillion inThe health care costs of treating the disease account forof the global health expenditure and continue to be a huge economic burdenIDF World AtlasTypediabetes mellitusT DMconstitutesof the disease burdenIt is an autoimmune diseasethought to be triggered by genetic or environmental factors in early child ...

PROJECT SUMMARY The number of people with diabetes worldwide is predicted to increase from 415 million in 2015 to 642 million in 2040. The health care costs of treating diabetes accounts for 12% of the global health expenditure of which Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) constitutes 10-15% of the disease burden (IDF World Atlas 2015). T1DM is an autoimmune disease triggered by genetic and/or environm ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The EPA estimates that one out of every four Americans lives within three miles of a hazardous waste site Over brownfield sites are awaiting remediation and sites on the National Priorities List Potential Responsible Parties or the Superfund program are tasked with remediating these sites but insufficient funding and growing number of sites hav ...

Project Summary / Abstract Notwithstanding pre-clinical experiments and clinical trials performed to identify efficacy, side effects, and adverse drug reactions (ADRs), only 25-60% of patients respond favorably to prescribed drugs, leading to a cost of $30-$130 billion in the US annually. ADRs are partially attributed to the gut microbiome, i.e. the complex and dynamic community of microorganisms ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Molecule specific targeting and improving image contrast have been recognized as important research areas in cancer imaging. Goal of cancer diagnosis and prognosis research is to develop new imaging techniques to detect lesions with certainty in early stages so that they can be treated. Developing biomarkers, which will signal the presence and the type of lesio ...