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Evolution of an Adaptable Prosthetic Foot Design for Normalization ofBiomechanics During Community Participation Summary/AbstractThe vision of this project is to improve the functional physical mobility of people with lower extremity amputations especially on uneven ground, side-slopes or when foot placement varies from side-to-side. People with amputations will be enabled to confidently participa ...

Methamphetamine use disorder is associated with damage to regions of the brain that control cognitive and psychiatric functionOne third to one half of adults with methamphetamine use disorder experience cognitive impairments and other psychiatric symptoms that significantly impact treatment outcomesincreased relapse and lower treatment retention ratesMounting evidence demonstrates how immune facto ...

Project Summary Abstract The advent of the Zika virusZIKVepidemic around the world has and will cause problems for the correct diagnosis of flavivirus infectionsFor many yearsDENV serological diagnosis was relatively straightforwardHoweverafter the recent ZIKV epidemiccross reactive antibodiesAbsgenerated after ZIKV infection will bind to DENV even if the patient has never had DENVThe only FDA app ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Genomic instabilityinduced by DNA damageand partly mitigated by DNA repair and antioxidantsplays a critical role in the pathogenesis of many major human diseasessuch as neurodegenerationcancer and cardiovascular diseasetogether with agingThere is a critical need for automated assays that can perform these assessmentsand bring them into greater routine usewhich will help advance our ...

Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) affects an ever growing population. While this disease typically has been associated with juveniles, the disease in adult populations is rapidly increasing. The defining clinical component is insulin loss, which occurs because of sustained inflammation in the islets. At present there is no means to prevent or reverse insulin loss. A major inflammatory pathway in T1D that cont ...

Most standard-of-care tools and techniques for evaluating neck disorders are subjective, unreliable, and do not provide actionable information for providers, payers, and organizations to deliver efficient and effective care. This lack of objective neck he

Pathological hallmarks of Alzheimerandapos s diseaseADinclude extracellular deposits of Apeptidesintraneuronal aggregates of abnormally phosphorylated tau protein and neuroinflammationMost proposed AD disease modifying therapies have focused on strategies that reduce brain Aamyloid or tau pathological accumulationHoweversuch approaches have been unsuccessful in late stage AD clinical trials and ma ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Opioid drugs are powerful analgesicsbut their side effect profile strongly limits their useIndeedtheir addictive properties have led to an epidemic of abuse in the US that accounts forof the global utilization of prescription opioid analgesics in the USwith a market of over $billion per yearPrevious studies have shown that the endocannabinoid neurotransmitteranandamidecontrols noci ...

Falls are a significant source of early morbidity and mortality in the aging populationyet the neurologicalsensoryand motor changes that lead to increased fall risk often escape early identification and interventionVital signs are commonly used in clinical settings to assess the cardiovascular systemblood pressureheart rateimmune systembody temperatureand the respiratory systemrespiratory rateto e ...

PROJECT SUMMARYAcute compartment syndromeACSremains one of the most devastating and often overlooked traumatic musculoskeletal disorders in clinical practiceIn this conditionpressure increases in one of the body s spacelimited compartmentsdue most commonly to direct trauma or bone fractureresulting ultimately in an ischemic injury to all of the compartment s contentsincluding muscle and nerveOnce ...