Results for Environment
40,772 grants found
Showing 36,941 – 36,960 of 40,772 grants for "Environment"
Community-Based Strategies to Reduce Cardiometabolic Disease in the Deep South
1 PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT 2 Nearly 3 out of 4 adults in the United States (US) live with overweight or obesity (body mass index (BMI) of ≥ 25 3 kg/m2), with the highest rates amon...
Southern California Center for Chronic Health Disparities in Latino Children and Families.
Obesity and related chronic diseases, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and dyslipidemia continue to increase in the U.S., and Latinos are disproportionally affec...
Southern California Center for Chronic Health Disparities in Latino Children and Families.
Obesity and related chronic diseases, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and dyslipidemia continue to increase in the U.S., and Latinos are disproportionally affec...
Southern California Center for Chronic Health Disparities in Latino Children and Families
Obesity and related chronic diseases, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and dyslipidemia continue to increase in the U.S., and Latinos are disproportionally affec...
Examining the Effects of a Two-Generation Education Intervention on Children's Developmental Outcomes and Family Processes Using Diverse Methodological Approaches
Project Summary/Abstract In the United States, the academic achievement gap between children from high- and low-income families is already apparent when children begin formal schoo...
Myeloid-specific IRE1alpha as a mediator of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Alongside the unabating global obesity crisis, there has been a rise in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), now affecting as many as ~1-in-3 America...
Contribution of Local Translation to Nerve Injury-Induced Upregulation of Nav1.1 in Trigeminal Nerves
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Chronic pain is both highly prevalent and a major cause of disability, affecting approximately 20.4% of the U.S. Despite this prevalence, there are still l...
Developing Remyelination Strategies for Demyelinating Optic Neuropathies Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Optic nerve demyelinating diseases such as Optic Neuritis (ON) cause acute reduction of visual acuity and often chronic visual loss. The estimated incidenc...
Targeting NOX4-dependent mitochondrial dysfunction, autophagy and defective calcium handling in AF
PROJECT SUMMARY Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia occurring in 9% of population older than 65 and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality,...
CAREER: The Effects of Spatiotemporal Storm Surge Clusters on Coastal Flood Risk
This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).In September of 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria caused strong winds, rainfall...
Adaptation: DU MERISTEM - Mobilizing Equity to Raise Inclusivity in STEM
Despite the fact that the proportion of females earning STEM degrees is now nearly equal to men, women account for less than a third of STEM faculty positions in American universit...
Cognitive Assessment and Training using Virtual-Reality in Schizophrenia Patients
Cognitive Assessment and Training using Virtual-Reality in Schizophrenia Patients Background Individuals with schizophrenia suffer from various cognitive impairments, often causing...
PA-21-071 for Pathea Bruno to CA260126-01 Identifying a proteomic signature for breast cancer detection in breast milk and serum
Program Director/Principal Investigator (Last, First, Middle): Darie, Costel C. Supplement Application (PAR-18-714) for Candidate Pathea Bruno Funded parent grant CA260126-01: Iden...
The B Cell Insulin Receptor in Health and in Insulin Resistance
PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT Obesity is a major global health concern. When people become obese, the body fails to respond well to insulin, called insulin resistance. This process ca...
Tidal Dwarf Galaxies as Laboratories for Understanding the Origins of Star Formation
One of the fundamental challenges of modern astrophysics is understanding the physical mechanisms that trigger and regulate star formation. A key outstanding question is the role a...
FW-HTF-R: Collaborative Research: Worker-AI Teaming to Enable ADHD Workforce Participation in the Construction Industry of the Future
While people with neurodiversity have been marginalized in the construction workplace due to potentially higher risks of injuries, their unique talents could be leveraged using an...
The complexity of electoral campaign management by issue selection
Computational social choice is a research area at the intersection of theoretical computer science, artificial intelligence and collective choice theory. One of the prominent topic...
Collective Motion Under Non-Reciprocal Pairwise Interactions
This project, to investigate the effect on non-reciprocal inter-particle forces on long-term collective motion, is motivated by collaboration with experimental behavioural ecologis...
Late-Stage C-H Iodination: Applications Towards Radiopharmaceutical Synthesis
Fluorine can be highly advantageous in pharmaceutical and agrochemical compounds as its presence can dramatically alter chemical and biological properties, including stability, lip...
Computational Materials Discovery at Room Temperature: towards Net Zero
Environmental sustainability is the great challenge of our generation. We produce energy in an unsustainable manner, with green energy sources still in the minority worldwide. Once...