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Novel endoscopes for microscopic assessment of airway clearance using micro-optical coherence tomography
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
The health of the human respiratory system depends critically on airway clearance via motile hair-like structures (cilia), which transport and eliminate unwanted particles trapped within mucus. Impairment of mucociliary ...
Predicting prescription patterns
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Electronic prescription software is replacing traditional handwritten medication orders. This development however doesn't come without a cost and speed has been one of the most complained about issues. It is important to ...
Listening in large rooms : a neurophysiological investigations of acoustical conditions that influence speech intelligibility
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)
Phonological working memory and finiteness marking in typical development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
The goal of this work was to characterize the maturational trajectory of two core developmental language functions: phonological working memory (PWM) as indexed on nonword repetition (NWR) tasks, and finiteness-related ...
Impact of the Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Code of Conduct on medical device physician-industry collaboration
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Code of Conduct (PCOC) or 105 CMR 970.000 was enacted by the Massachusetts state legislature and adopted by the Department of Public Health (DPH) in July ...
Economic potential for clinically significant in vitro diagnostics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
In recent years, significant advances have been made in the realm of in vitro diagnostics with the development of novel tests which are able to meaningfully impact the course of a patients' disease management. This ...
Best practices for venture philanthropy collaborations between disease-focused foundations and for-profit life science companies by Joanne Chang.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The history of private philanthropy in the US has been dominated by family foundations with arms-length philanthropy practices that largely existed in separation from commercial enterprise and business operations. This ...
Pricing and reimbursement challenges for fixed dose combination cardiovascular drugs and intravenous oncologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Over the past ten years there has been increasing public concern regarding the rising costs of pharmaceuticals. Drug expenditure is the fastest growing sector of healthcare costs in the United States. The structure of the ...
Faculty as founder? : an examination of faculty's role in biomedical start-ups
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Executive Summary: In this thesis, I examine faculty inventors' involvement in university spin-off firms formed to commercialize their inventions. In particular, I analyze the association between a faculty inventor's various ...
A system for automated lexical mapping
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Merging of clinical systems and medical databases, or aggregation of information from disparate databases, frequently requires a process where vocabularies are compared and similar concepts are mapped. Using a normalization ...