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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary: The laboratory mouse is an essential experimental resource for modern biomedical research. Scientists currently use hundreds of varieties and strains of mice, and generate over 10 million individual animals each year. Tens of millions of dollars of NIH funding annually support mouse model research, with millions directly allocated to the mainte ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite concerted efforts to improve therapy, five year survival rates for patients with advanced stage oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) remain discouragingly low. Clearly, early detection combined with strategies for local intervention, such as chemoprevention prior to SCC development, could dramatically improve clinical outcomes. The results of previously c ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Nesher Technologies, Inc. (NTI) licensed from UCLA the IP for a revolutionary suite of ultrasensitive biodetection technologies involving alternating laser excitation (ALEX) fluorescence spectroscopy. These technologies were developed at the UCLA Single Molecule Biophysics Laboratory (headed by Prof. Shimon Weiss). NTI proposes to apply one of these technologie ...

Methods for the delivery of therapeutics, tracking dyes, genes and other substances into complex neural tissue, organotypic cultures and cell types are limited in their effectiveness. The biolistic process, based upon acceleration of carrier particles to sufficient velocity, has recently been shown to be a relatively effectual delivery method for neuronal systems. However, cell damage and tissue d ...

On this effort Toyon Research Corp. and The Pennsylvania State University are developing deep learning-based algorithms for object recognition and new class discovery in look-down infrared (IR) imagery. Our approach involves the development of a hybrid classifier that exploits both transfer learning and semi-supervised paradigms in order to maintain good generalization accuracy, especially when li ...

Signature Research, Inc. (SGR) and Michigan Technological University (MTU) propose a Phase I STTR effort to develop a learning algorithm which exploits the spatio-spectral characteristics inherent within IR imagery and motion imagery.Our archive of modelled and labeled data sets will allow our team to thoroughly capture the variable elements that will drive machine learning performance.The overall ...

The video surveillance industry is experiencing dramatic change with the move from analog to digital video. Command centers need to have coordinated viewing of multiple camera feeds at one time, and the ability to switch automatically between feeds and display relevant patterns. Conventional security control rooms include a bank of monitors connected through a switch to an array of security camera ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Solazyme, Inc. in collaboration with the City University of New York (CUNY) proposes to develop a novel recombinant protein expression platform by transforming the photosynthetic microalgal species Dunaliella salina. The organism's autotrophic production of nutrients from sunlight and extreme halotolerance will allow new biomanufacturing processes to overcome t ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Chronic wounds are non-healing wounds such as diabetic ulcers and pressure ulcers. Each year, 6.5 million cases occur in the U.S., costing the economy billions of dollars. Cost-effective and efficient management of chronic wounds depends on quick assessment and diagnosis of the underlying reasons for compromised healing. Ischemia is one of the main complication ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) Skilled Service Personnel (SSP) support emergency response organizations during an emergency incident involving weapons of mass destruction and include laborers, operating engineers, carpenters, ironworkers, sanitation workers and utility workers. SSP called to an emergency incident rarely have recent detailed training on the chemical, biological, radiological, ...