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The proposed research and technical objectives in this project deal with computerized automatic delayering and polishing system that would be applicable to both commercial and government semiconductor device research and development with applications including Failure Analysis (FA), Fault Isolation (FI), and Reverse Engineering (RE) of semiconductor microelectronic devices. This project could hel ...

Aerosolized pathogenssuch as Influenza virusescan spread rapidly and silently throughout a populationcausing severe outbreaks that can be difficult to controlEarly detection of these airborne pathogens is key to controlling outbreaksespecially among vulnerable populations such as in hospitalstreatment centers or nursing homesYet available methods are neither rapidnor portableCurrent methods rely h ...

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 ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The tumor suppressor Adenomatous Polyposis Coli APC directs degradation of catenin a central signaling protein in the WNT pathway Germline loss of function mutations in APC activate WNT signaling and underlie the inherited colorectal cancer predisposition syndrome Familial Adenomatous Polyposis FAP an orphan disease while somatic mutations lead to spo ...

Abstract RNA editing is a process in which the genome encoded information is altered in RNA RNA editing is an efficient way to increase RNA complexity thereby fine tuning both gene function and dosage Adenosine to Inosine A to I editing is the most common type of RNA editing known in animals The cellular machinery recognizes inosine as guanosine so A to I editing of codons and splicing sign ...

DESCRIPTION In communities across the United States clinical populations exhibiting mental health and or substance abuse disorders face substantial challenges in accessing and receiving high quality and effective behavioral healthcare services Health Information technology HIT has been identified as an important component of improving access to behavioral healthcare in rural communities yet t ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Trichomonas vaginalis is the causative agent of the most common non viral sexually transmitted infection with million new cases reported annually in the world and million cases in the U S In addition to infections of the urogenital tract trichomoniasis increases the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and HIV transmission and increases the incidence ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Transplantation of human or animal pluripotent stem cells PSCs or their derivatives to model animals constitutes an important preclinical system to model and investigate cell survival development and differentiation in vivo and to assess the safety and efficacy of transplantation based cell therapies Immunodeficient mice are dominantly used in biomedical ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Surgical resection of brain neoplasms aims at maximizing long term survival by gross total resection of tumor tissue while preserving the patientandapos s functional status Task based functional MRI fMRI is increasingly used as an adjunct to intra operative electrocorticography for mapping eloquent cortex but suffers a significant failure rate due to funct ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Alcohol addiction and disorders associated to excessive alcohol use are a serious public health problem in the United States and in other parts of the world Current pharmacotherapies for the treatment of these disorders show limited efficacy Preclinical and clinical findings point to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors nAChRs as an alternative promising target for the developmen ...