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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Unhealthy behaviors such as smoking medication non adherence and lifestyle habits leading to obesity are major contributors to premature morbidity and mortality among the U S population Participation rates in programs designed to improve these behaviors are often less than Considerable research has shown that lotteries that leverage the principle of an ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Nearly half of all college students have a diagnosable mental health problem Blanco et al College counseling centers CCCs are faced with increasing demands for services from Universities students and parents to meet the treatment needs of their students Kay and Schwartz in the context of increasingly severe cases and declining resources ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The overall aim of this SBIR program is to develop a surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy SERS based device for point of care analysis of drugs in patient saliva This device will allow immediate assessment of both prescription and illicit drug use by patients with substance related disorders SRDs and provide medical professionals and management with quanti ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Large numbers of American workers are exposed to high noise environments during their work days Hearing loss from noise exposure is the most common occupational injury for American workers Disposable viscoelastic foam earplugs are widely used to provide personal hearing protection The ability of these foams to attenuate noise has essentially plateaued at the ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Despite remarkable advances in cancer detection and treatment the disease continues to be a leading cause of mortality in the US accounting for of all deaths in Cancer of the breast and prostate are by far the most common forms diagnosed in US women and men respectively and together are expected to represent more than prostate ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The mission of CarboNix LLC is the clinically effective abatement of common indoor allergens that cause allergic reactions and frequently induce asthma especially in economically disadvantaged children CarboNix LLC proposes a Phase II SBIR research program that will result in commercialization of a new service business for abating multiple indoor allergens k ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant According to the ADA million children and adults have diabetes Diabetics have an increased risk of complications such as heart disease and are prone to impaired wound healing A major cause of morbidity and hospitalization is diabetic foot ulceration DFUs that may result in infection gangrene amputations requiring prolonged hospitalization costly tr ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This proposed project aims to develop an advanced telemetry system for body worn continuous glucose sensors using a new radio based on ultra wideband impulse radio technology The proposed radio features ultra low power and multiple layers of security including distance bounding for secure reliable and low cost body area sensor networks There has been an inc ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD is a highly and increasingly prevalent disorder characterized by incomplete reversible airflow limitations It is presently the third leading cause of death in the US with over million peopl suffering from the disease Pulmonary function tests are used to identify global lung function impairment however determi ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant In an effort to reduce the use of animals for toxicity testing companies have developed in vitro skin models or equivalents to replace the Draize skin irritation test This development has been further pushed by the European Union regulation that has prohibited the use of animals for collecting toxicological data on cosmetic ingredients that began Supply ...