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AbstractCognitive frailtythe combined presence of physical frailty and cognitive impairmentis a strong and independent predictor of cognitive declineThe International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics and the International Academy on Nutrition and Aging have recommended the use of cognitive frailty assessment to track the progression of mild cognitive impairmentMCItowards dementiaAlzheimer ...

ABSTRACT The recent shift in Alzheimer s diseaseADclinical research from clinical diagnosis toward the goal of developing neuroprotective therapies has highlighted the need for a robust and rapidly administered cognitive assessment tool capable of identifying individuals in the earliest stages of cognitive decline and measuring subtle changes in cognitive motor performance over timeIn this context ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Image-based evaluation of pathologies over time is complicated by variability in image acquisition and patient positioning, deformations due to respiratory and cardiac motion, and the clinical standard in radiology of comparing unaligned images. This application proposes a computational method for longitudinal image analysis that captures, illustrates and quant ...

DESCRIPTION: New therapeutic agents are urgently needed for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD), the world's most common genetic disease. Our long-term goal is to develop a drug for use in children that prevents the inexorable progression of SCD. SCD affects approximately 100,000 people in the United States and millions worldwide. It kills more children in Africa than HIV, but while HI ...

Abstract Emerging data indicate that those with pre-existing health conditions, such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, are at significantly increased risk of contracting COVID-19, as are low income and persons of color. Research also suggests that food insecurity (lack of access to affordable, nutritionally valuable food) and poor dietary intake are likely contributors to health disparities ...

Abstract Overmillion Americans are currently affected by Alzheimerandapos s diseaseADwith an economic burden estimated at andgt$billion year inthat is projected increase at least four fold over next several decadesIn spite of the dearth of pharmacological options to modify the course of the disease at presentthe field has developed accurate biomarkers that demonstrate that the pathology of AD is p ...

SUMMARYParkinsonandapos s diseasePDis the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimerandapos s diseaseADaffecting more thanmillion people in the United StatesBecause age is the major risk factorthe prevalence of both diseases is steadily increasing as our population agesPD belongs to the group of protein misfolding neurodegenerative diseases that are due to the misfolding and ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term goal of this project is a selective Histone Deacetylase 1 and 2 (HDAC1/2) inhibitor for the treatment of patients with the beta-hemoglobinopathies sickle cell anemia and beta- thalassemia. An estimated 400,000 children are born each year with one of these hemoglobin disorders. Few treatments exist to alleviate the symptoms of hemoglobinopathies an ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project proposes to build computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) software for use in identifying cortical malformations known as Focal Cortical Dysplasias (FCDs), which are a common cause of epileptic seizures. The intentis for the software, used by a neuroradiologist at a clinical workstation, to decrease the time- intensive nature of the current diagnostic proc ...

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 ...