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Project Summary While studies support the efficacy of comprehensiveschool wide interventions in reducing bullyingthese types of programs can require significant time and financial resources for implementationresulting in barriers to providing school based bullying preventionespecially in low income and rural communitiesAdditionallyalthough training bystanders to act asdefenderson behalf of targets ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This STTR grant is aimed to reduce pain from repeated needle pricks by improving the monitoring of glucose homeostasis GH in neonates by developing a real time glucose monitoring device The innovation utilizes a micro needle based lab on a patch platform invented by STTR partner George Washington University GWU GH is usually monitored by blood test via a ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Chronic viral hepatitis is clinically silent until development of cirrhosis and hepatic decompensation Decompensated cirrhosis is a precursor to liver failure and is associated with increased risk of severe esophageal bleeding significant cardiovascular events and death The gold standard for diagnosing cirrhosis is liver biopsy though problems with the pro ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Our laboratory discovered and is developing partial p MHC class II constructs pMHC as a possible immunotherapy for multiple sclerosis MS pMHC containing the extracellular domains of the MS risk factor HLA DR linked covalently to the encephalitogenic peptide of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein pDR MOG can reverse CNS inflammation and ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Congenital diaphragmatic hernia CDH affects in newborns CDH is a disorder in which part of the diaphragm fails to form allowing abdominal organs to migrate into the chest resulting in lung hypoplasia underdevelopment in affected infants Although great strides have been made in the management of this disease significant morbidity and mortality p ...

ABSTRACT Detecting change in neuropsychological functioning over time is critical for proper diagnosis and management of many neurological psychiatric and psychological conditions It is well documented that most commonly used cognitive assessments produce significant retest effects such as practice and regression to the mean effects Retest effects can cause substantial changes in test score ...

The Point DigitA Ratcheting Prosthetic Finger UsingAdvanced Rapid Manufacturing Technology Project SummaryAbstract The goal of the proposed project is to develop and commercialize a purely mechanicalratcheting prosthetic fingerthe Point Digitwhichhas an industry leading strength to weight ratiocan be operated unilaterallyone handedoffers anatomical rotation and flexion around the patient s metacar ...

Summary We will create a preclinical quantitative Cancer Imaging and Therapy Platform CITP which will allow one to study cancer biology and optimize pipelines of technologies imaging agents imaging methods targeted nano therapeutics tumor models etc especially for metastatic and invasive cancers Today primary tumor mass es are clinically controlled with surgical drug and radiatio ...

PROJECT SUMMARYThree of top five causes of death in humans globally are lung relatedchronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseCOPDlower respiratory infections and lung cancers collectively account for over eight million deaths annuallyCurrentlyin preclinical settingstatic cell cultures and animal models are the most widely used systems for mechanistic and translational studiesHowevercritical limitation ...

Otitis media is a world wide disease primarily affecting the pediatric population under the age ofyearsIt is the most common reason for pediatric care visits and antibiotic therapyOver prescription and poorcompliance have led to a reduced susceptibility of bacteria to antibiotics andconsequentiallyto recurrent and chronic ear diseasesClearlythere is a compelling need to investigate alternative the ...