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The Role of Parental Emotion Regulation in Parent-Child Conflicts
This study seeks to examine parenting skills in responses to child misbehavior. Parents complete rating scales about their child's symptoms and behaviors and also participate in computer tasks to measure brain wave activity through EEG. There is an optional section where parent and child will be video recorded while completing activities together. Following the testing sessions are 8 weeks of counseling sessions for parents to help better manage their child's attention and behavior symptoms.
Participants will complete C-DISC while caregiver will complete rating scales around ADHD, ODD, and CD symptoms during initial visit. On the second visit, participants will complete emotion regulation tasks while EEG data is collected. Caregivers will also complete a monetary task while connected to EEG equipment. Parents will use LifeData to report inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and oppositional behaviors over 14 days. Optional parent child interaction and 8-week parenting intervention are offered to participating families.
$50
Child must have mild to moderate symptoms of ODD
Non-English speaking
Child with ADHD has diagnosis of mental retardation or prominent traits of autism
No additional child in the family can be enrolled simultaneously in this study
NASH AMPK Exercise Dosing (AMPED) Trial
The purpose of this trial is to test different levels of exercise needed to reduce liver fat in patients with NASH.
If you take part in this research, your major responsibilities will include: •Completing exercise sessions (if randomized to exercise group). A typical exercise session will include a 5 minutes warm-up with stretching, 15-45 minutes of brisk walking, jogging or recumbent bike and a 5-minute cool-down.
250.00
NASH diagnosis
BMI 25-45 kg/m2
sedentary lifestyle
Active cardiac symptoms
Cancer that is active
Inability to provide informed consent
Other liver disease
Interoception, the 8th Sensory System, Is it measurable?
Sensory processing is often affected in children and adolescents with ASD (autism). The 8th sensory system, coined interoception, is under studied in how it affects children with autism. Our study will compare children with and without autism (ages 11-18 years) using a tool we are developing. Our study hopes to develop psychometric properties of a tool to measure this new sensory sense.
Reading at 5th grade level in English
Healthy controls OR high functioning Autism
Under age 11 or over age 18
Cannot read English
Social Media Usage Effect on Symptomatology for Those with Obsessive-Compulsive
This study seeks to explore how social media use may result in increased severity of compulsions and/or obsessions in those with symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants will complete questionnaires, digital sleep and social media journals.
social media user
Individuals who display symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (self-reported)
Has unlimited access to device for social media
Non-English speakers
Communicating Queer Chinese Identities: A Qualitative Investigation of the Visibility and Intelligibility of Transnational Queer Women in the United States
In today’s climate of anti-Asian hate, we believe that it is important to uncover different aspects of what “being Chinese” could look like. To this end, we are looking for individuals who self-identify as ethnically Chinese, woman, and a member of the LGBTQIA+ community to participate in a one-time 90-minute online interview to learn about what they do in their regular, everyday life to try to show or tell others about who they are. As part of the study, we will ask interviewees to share some visual images (e.g., photos, drawings, etc.) that they own as a way of elaborating on the ways that they communicate their self-identity in everyday life.
Chinese ethnicity
Woman
Non-woman
Not Chinese ethnicity
Translational Study on Temperature and Solvent Effects on Electronic Cigarette-Derived Oxidants
Determine if free radicals produced by electronic cigarettes or conventional cigarettes impact inflammation and oxidative stress responses in users.
Subjects will come to the Clinical Research Center at Hershey and if they are a nicotine user they will bring their device (cigarette or e-cigarette) with them. Healthy volunteers will answer the same questionnaires and provide the same samples but will not use any nicotine during their visit. They will provide blood, urine, buccal cell and exhaled breath condensate samples. They will be videotaped using their own devices and they will answer questionnaires. This is a one-time visit that will last around 2 hours.
75
For cigarette or e-cigarette users: No plan on quitting in the next 3 months
For e-cigarette users: E-cigarette use for more than 1 year
For cigarette users: Cigarette use for more than 1 year
For
Uncontrolled substance abuse
Pregnant or nursing
The role of ocular and limb motor inhibition for dexterous motor control
In this project, participants will perform experiments where they will be asked to look at salient virtual targets and make reaching movements to those targets, while ignoring other visual stimuli presented to them.
During this study, we will ask you to come to our laboratory located in 23 Recreation Building, Penn State University, on a single day.We will ask you to perform an eye-hand coordination task using a robot. You will sit in a modified chair and grasp a handle that permits you to move your hand leftward, rightward, towards and away from your body. A display system will project visual targets into the same plane as your hands, which will allow you to interact virtually with the visual targets. These targets will be either bright or dark and you will be instructed to look at some of these targets (while ignoring others) and make reaching movements to some of these targets.
20
Male and female participants who volunteer for the study and provide informed consent.
Participants will be right-hand dominant individuals.
They will have normal or corrected-to-normal vision.
Participants should be able to sit upright in a chair for long periods (up to 2 and a half hours) with rest.
Any history of musculoskeletal disorders
Eye or vision problem
Cognitive impairment such that informed consent cannot be obtained, or that participant would not be safe with the protocol.
Medication that could make the participant drowsy or tired during the experiment
The Biomechanics of Golf Performance
The purpose of this study is to determine what golf equipment and swing characteristics best predict playing ability in a population of golfers. Golfers will hit shots with various clubs while the movement of their body, the club, and the ball are tracked.
Participants will come to the Penn State Golf Teaching and Research Center or the Penn State Golf Courses and hit golf shots using their driver, 7 iron, and putter. A golf monitor will be used to track the ball trajectory. The movements of participant's body, club, and ball will be measured in three-dimensions as they swing. Participants will receive brief feedback from a Class-A PGA Professional upon completion.
Participants will receive brief feedback from a Class-A PGA Professional upon completion.
Between ages of 18-75
Physically able to play a full round of golf (i.e., 18 holes)
Not between ages of 18-75
Not physically able to play a full round of golf (i.e., 18 holes)
Examining responses to rewards in the laboratory and during daily life in individuals who smoke cigarettes
The goal of this study is to learn more about how people who smokecigarettes respond to rewards, such as winning money, under different conditions. The study uses a method called functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, which is a research method for measuring activity in the brain. In this study, we are using fMRI to measure how brain activity changes in people who smoke when they receive rewards. The fMRI measures are collected during two separate visits. Participants are also asked to fill out questionnaires and complete computer tasks while in the lab. In addition, the study involves measuring thoughts and behaviors in people who smoke in real life by asking them to fill out surveys on a smartphone. Participants are asked to carry a smartphone for a total of 10 days and answer several surveys throughout each day. In order to be eligible for the study, individuals must be between 18 and 55 years old and you must smoke on a daily basis.
Right Handed
Smokes cigarettes
Left Handed
non-smokers
The Penn State Personalized Research for Innovation, Discovery, and Education (PRIDE) Program.
The Penn State Personalized Research for Innovation, Discovery, and Education (PRIDE) Program.The aims of the PRIDE Program are to:1. Create a centralized Biorepository using extra blood obtained from a clinically-ordered, or another IRB approved research protocol initiated blood draw, leftover biospecimens that are removed during medically indicated procedures or a saliva sample from consented participants that do not have clinically ordered blood draws or a medical procedure.2. Construct a dynamic database of health and related data (via both manual and electronic abstraction) from consented participants.3. Establish a mechanism for approving use of the banked biospecimens for future research.
The participant will meet with PRIDE Program team member in person to join the study.The participant with supply a saliva sample for the program.There is no compensation for joining the PRIDE Program.
Ability of patient, child and/or parent to understand or complete the consent process
STEEL: A Randomized Phase II Trial of Salvage Radiotherapy with Standard vs Enhanced Androgen Deprivation Therapy (with Enzalutamide) in Patients with Post-Prostatectomy PSA Recurrences with Aggressive Disease Features
Radiation treatment and hormonal therapy vs. Radiation treatment, hormonal therapy plus Enzalutamide in post-prostatectomy cancer recurrences.
Radiation treatment and hormonal therapy vs. Radiation treatment, hormonal therapy plus Enzalutamide in post-prostatectomy cancer recurrences
PSA level (≥0.2 ng/mL) within 90 days prior to registration.
Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL, independent of transfusion and/or growth factors within 90 days prior to registration.
At least 1 of the following features: • Gleason score of 8-10 • Seminal vesicle invasion • Locoregional node involvement at radical prostatectomy • Persistently elevated PSA post-RP nadir
Prior systemic chemotherapy for the study cancer; note that prior chemotherapy for a different cancer is allowable
Prior radiotherapy to the region of the study cancer that would result in overlap of radiation therapy fields
A082002 Randomized Phase II/III of immunotherapy with or without SBRT PD-L1 negative NSCLC (22-026)
To assess if SBRT improves the progression free survival (PFS, phase II portion) and overall survival (OS, phase III portion) of advanced stage NSCLC patients with PD-L1 TPS <1% who receive immunotherapy with or without chemotherapy
We are asking you to take part in a research study. This study has public funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. We do research studies to try to answer questions about how to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases like cancer.
No prior systemic chemotherapy or immunotherapy for advanced NSCLC
Not pregnant and not nursing
No known history of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C
Platelet Count ≥ 100,000/mm3
Current pneumonitis or history of non-infectious pneumonitis that required steroids
Prior allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant.
Age < 18 years
ECOG Performance Status over 3
Livestreaming, Content Creation, and Playing and Learning Online
This study surveys how different viewers, livestreamers and content creators learn and engage online. We are recruiting people who view or create content on livestreaming platforms such as Twitch, YouTube or Mixer (past or present). This study involves filling out a survey which should take 15-20 minutes to complete. Participants will be entered into a drawing to win one of 20 $75 e-gift cards for their participation.
people who watch livestreams
aged 13 or older (if not yet legally adults, with parental/guardian permission)
online content creators
gamers or esports viewers
cannot read, communicate or provide consent in English
does not livestream or watch livestreams or create content online
if a minor, does not have parental/legal guardian permission
Randomized Phase II/III Trial of Radiation with High-Dose Cisplatin (100 mg/m2) Every Three Weeks versus Radiation with Low-Dose Weekly Cisplatin (40 mg/m2) for Patients with Locoregionally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (SCCHN) (PSCI# 21-207) (NRG-HN009)
The purpose of this study is to compare two usual treatment approaches to your head and neck cancer: high-dose cisplatin given every 3 weeks with radiation to low-dose cisplatin given weekly with radiation. The first part of this study will help the study doctors find out if the low-dose cisplatin approach is better tolerated than the high-dose cisplatin approach. To decide if it is better, the study doctors will be looking to see if there are fewer side effects for patients who receive low-dose cisplatin weekly compared to patients who receive high-dose cisplatin every 3 weeks. The second part of this study will also help the study doctors find out if the low-dose cisplatin approach will extend your life by at least the same amount of time as the high-dose cisplatin approach. There will be 464 people in the first part of the study. If the study goes on to the second part, there will be 786 additional people. Overall, there will be a total of up to 1250 people taking part in this study.
he first part of this study will help the study doctors find out if the low-dose cisplatin approach is better tolerated than the high-dose cisplatin approach. To decide if it is better, the study doctors will be looking to see if there are fewer side effects for patients who receive low-dose cisplatin weekly compared to patients who receive high-dose cisplatin every 3 weeks.The second part of this study will also help the study doctors find out if the low-dose cisplatin approach will extend your life by at least the same amount of time as the high-dose cisplatin approach.There will be 464 people in the first part of the study. If the study goes on to the second part, there will be 786 additional people. Overall, there will be a total of up to 1250 people taking part in this study.
Age ≥ 18
Zubrod (ECOG) performance status of 0-1 within 14 days prior to registration
Adequate hematologic function within 30 days prior to registration
Adequate renal function within 30 days prior to registration defined as calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥ 50 mL/min by the Cockcroft-Gault formula
Definitive clinical or radiologic evidence of distant metastatic disease
Prior systemic chemotherapy for the study cancer; note that prior chemotherapy for a different cancer is allowable, however, any prior exposure to cisplatin is excluded
Prior radiotherapy to the region of the study cancer that would result in overlap of radiation therapy fields
Pregnancy and individuals unwilling to discontinue nursing
Future of Construction Workplace Health Monitoring
This study will examine different structural designs of stretchable, skin-like sensors on the surface of human skin for construction workplace health monitoring.
There will be one in person visit, you will be asked to sit still for 3 minutes and then move your skin for another 3 minutes.
be over 18 years old.
must understand English.
from Penn State, University Park
cannot understand English
under 18 years old
BCC018: A Phase II Study of Naxitamab Added to Induction Therapy for Subjects with Newly Diagnosed High-Risk Neuroblastoma
This study is being done to learn if it is safe to add naxitamab to standard therapy during the Induction phase of care for patients with newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma. Naxitmab is an immunotherapy agent which trains your immune system to target your tumor in a more specific way than chemotherapy does.
This study has 3 phases- screening, treatment, and follow up. If you join the study, during screening we will test a sample of your tumor along with your blood. The tumor sample will be obtained at the same time as you are having surgery or a biopsy. Other testing will be done to make sure you are eligible to receive treatment. If you are eligible for treatment, you will receive five 21 day cycles of anti-cancer medication (induction chemotherapy) along with naxitamab. You will have to stay in the hospital to receive this treatment for at least 6 days of each 21 day cycle. If your screening testing also shows a certain genetic change in your tumor, we may also add a medication that is targeted at that change. If your tumor does not respond adequately to the initial cycles, we may give up to three additional 21 day cycles of chemotherapy with naxitamab. You will also have procedures at certain timepoints during induction that are standard of care for your tumor. These include collecting stem cells for use later in your therapy after Cycle 2. After Cycle 4, you will have surgery to remove as much of the tumor as possible. The treatment phase will last about 8 months, after which you will be in follow up. During your time on the study, we will ask to collect research samples of blood, bone marrow, and tumor. We will be monitoring your progress and health throughout your time on treatment and in follow up.
≤ 21 years of age at initial diagnosis and > 12 months of age at time of enrollment
Receiving any investigational drug
The opioid epidemic among Pennsylvania immigrants: Implications for treatment practices
We plan to interview PA immigrants who have first-hand experience with opioid abuse or who have friends/family/neighbors with opioid abuse experiences. The goal is to highlight areas for improvement, regarding access to treatment and quality of treatment for immigrants. We hypothesize that immigrant status uniquely impacts this group and their rehabilitation journeys, but this has not yet been studied.
There will be one semi-structured, qualitative interview over Zoom, for about 45 minutes. Interviews may be in-person if there is no Zoom access.
$75.00 gift card
PA resident
18 years of age and older
Experience with opioid abuse
Friend or family member with opioid abuse experience
U.S. citizen
Below 18 years of age
No opioid abuse experience
diagnosis of an intellectual/developmental disability
Digital tools for assessment of motor functions and falls in ALS
This is a 48-week, two arm study that incorporates digital tools for assessing motor function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and healthy controls.During the study, neck- and wrist-worn “activity sensors” (PAMSys, BioSensics, Newton, MA) will be worn by subjects while performing tasks of daily living. Subjects will also complete a motor, speech, and handwriting assessment during site visits. They will complete a digital home assessments of speech, handwriting, and pattern tracing tasks throughout the study, and report any falls which occur on the study tablet. We will explore whether sensor-based functional changes are sensitive to self-reported changes over the length of the study.
During the study, neck- and wrist-worn “activity sensors” (PAMSys, BioSensics, Newton, MA) will be worn by subjects while performing tasks of daily living. Subjects will also complete a motor, speech, and handwriting assessment during site visits. They will complete a digital home assessments of speech, handwriting, and pattern tracing tasks throughout the study, and report any falls which occur on the study tablet.Subjects will be required to visit the study site around the time of 5 consecutive standard ALS clinic appointments.The research study will last approximately 48 weeks.
$240
18 years of age or older
Walking with or without mobility support (such as a cane or walker)
Fluent in written and spoken English
Pregnant or nursing woman
Prisoner or institutionalized individuals
Have any clinically relevant medical history of other disease or diseases that, in the opinion of the research team, exclude the subject from participation (including severe cognitive dysfunction).
Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Evaluation of Upadacitinib in Adult and Adolescent Subjects
Phase 3, global, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center study that will evaluate upadacitinib in the treatment of moderate to severe HS in adult and adolescent subjects who have failed to respond to or are intolerant of ant-TNF therapy and/or 1 approved non-anti-TNF-biologic therapy for HS.This study is comprised of a 35-day screening period, a 16 week placebo-controlled, double-blinded treatment period (Period 1), a 20-week re-randomized extension treatment period (Period 2), a 68-week long-term extension treatment period (Period 3) and a 30-day follow-up period.
You will completed 3 study periods over approximately 104 weeks. During that time at different time points you will have your skin examined, ECG, complete questionnaires, and have your labs drawn. In addition you will take the study medication as directed by the research study coordinators.
2 active HS areas
History of previous use ≥ 1 TNF inhibitor for at least 12 weeks and/or 1 approved non-anti-TNF biologic therapy for HS for at least 16 weeks - study coordinator will discuss
Must agree to use daily wash
User experience with smart devices
This study investigates users’ experience with smart devices. This study makes further implications for designing more user-friendly devices for better user experience. We aim to make such contributions by answering these questions:1.How do users interact with smart devices?2.What challenges do users face when using smart devices?3.What strategies do users apply to adapt themselves to smart devices?4.What service do smart device producers provide for users to get a better user experience?5.When does user experience break down when interacting with smart devices?The study methods are social media data analysis, interview, survey, and focus group.
all genders included
have prior experience with smart devices
all vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women, cognitive impaired adults, and prisoners.
no prior experience with smart device
Use of the Frequen-ZZZ Sleep Pad to Increase Restorative Sleep: A Proof-of-Concept Study
This research is a small, 8wk clinical trial testing the potential effects of an investigational device, Frequen-ZZZ/Sleepergize Sleep Pad, on the sleep of adults 40-65 years old. We aim to determine whether sleeping with the Sleep Pad, which creates an electromagnetic field around the sleeper, has an improving effect on sleep. Sleep will be primarily measured using a non-invasive clinical standard method, called polysomnography (PSG), for 6 separate nights in the personal residence of participants. Sleep will also be measured both day and night with a watch-like device that measures activity, and with surveys. We will look for changes in sleep quality, in sleep duration, and in the way that sleep is organized by the body. We will also measure changes in inflammation, which is related to sleep, from 3 blood samples collected during the study. There are 15-17 in-person appointments across the course of the study. With the data, we hope to also evaluate the feasibility and effect sizes of this non-pharmacological intervention to inform future research, and we plan to use data in support of a future FDA application for the device.
Participation involves sleeping with the investigational device, 6 separate nights of sleep monitoring in your home with standard equipment that is used in clinical settings, 3 blood draws, surveys, and wearing an activity watch, all over the course of an ~8wk participation period. There are 15-17 in-person appointments and about 15 active hours of engagement involved in the study.
$3,000.
At least some Insomnia symptoms
Living without assistance and able to sign own informed consent
Not a nocturnal shift or rotating shift-worker
English speaker/reader
Diagnosed with a sleep disorder
Pacemaker
Pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to become pregnant
Taking prescribed medication or therapy for sleep
In Alexa, we Trust. Or do we ? : A Case Study of Privacy Policies of Amazon's Intelligent Voice Assistant
Trying to understand how humans alter their behavior when presented with new information regarding privacy rules.
Must own a smart home device
Factors that contribute to use or abandonment of high-tech AAC among parents and direct supports
The study will survey parents, caregivers, and direct care professionals who support children and adults with intellectual disability, autism and limited vocal speech. The survey will ask questions specifically related to participants' experiences supporting an individual with communication needs. The study will gather information on factors that contribute to the use of high-tech AAC as a mode of communication compared to other types of AAC.
Participants should click on the link below to participate. Participants will answer questions about their experiences in supporting children and adults with intellectual disabilities, autism and limited vocal speech. The questions will relate specifically to supporting their communication needs. The survey will take about 10 minutes to complete, and participants will have an option to provide additional information which could take another 10 minutes to complete.https://pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0MuXHc2fLOWVfy6
Participants can choose to be entered into a monthly drawing to receive a $25 gift card.
2.Must older than 18 years of age
3.English-speaking
2.Has not supported an individual with autism, intellectual disability and limited functional vocal speech in the past year
3.Under the age of 18
4.Non-English speaking
Translational Studies on Electronic Cigarette-derived Oxidants and their Long-term Cardiopulmonary Effects
This is a pilot study on the impact of switching from cigarettes to Electronic Cigarettes on disease-related clinical symptoms and biomarkers of harm in smokers with preexisting COPD
You will be asked to reduce your cigarette smoking and use study-provided e-cigarettes for 3 months. You will be asked to attend 2 in-person visits at the Hershey Medical Center and participate in 4 telephone visits. Throughout the study you will be asked to complete questionnaires, have heart rate, blood pressure and pulse oximetry taken, electrocardiograms (ECGs), height and weight measured, provide medical history, perform pulmonary function tests, complete a 6-minute walk, have your exhaled carbon monoxide measured, provide urine specimen and have blood drawn.
mild-moderate COPD
current smoker
current use of other tobacco products
allergic to vegetable glycerin and/or propylene glycol
chronic drug and/or alcohol abuse
Understanding the factors affecting job satisfaction and unemployment in the USA.
This study will assess the various factors that influence job satisfaction, including salary, benefits, work-life balance, work environment, job security, and opportunities for advancement. It will also aim to measure the main causes for unemployment and the impact on general well being.
Complete an electronic survey which will take about 20 minutes on average
residing in USA
residing outside USA
Linking brain network dynamics to smoking-related behavior
Most attempts to quit smoking end in relapse, or a return to regular smoking. One of the biggest threats to cessation is a lapse (i.e., any cigarette use during a quit attempt). Thus, characterizing why lapses occur is essential to understanding and preventing smoking relapse. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a promising method for characterizing the psychological processes that lead to smoking lapses because it provides a way to measures patterns of brain activity thought to reflect relevant mental processes as they change over time. However, methodological issues have hindered the ability to capitalize on this potential and prevented an understanding of how brain activity and corresponding psychological processes unfold in the critical moments that immediately precede a smoking lapse. The proposed project will address this knowledge gap using a novel fMRI paradigm adapted from a well-validated behavioral lapse task. The goals of the project are to characterize changes in brain activity that lead up to a lapse and to investigate how these changes are related to concurrent affect and subsequent cigarette use.
There will be two in-person visits, both will involve completion of computerized questionnaires and one will involve completing and MRI scan
175
Age 21-65
Claustrophobic
School Choice: Factors in Making a Choice and the Impact of Economics
The purpose of this study is to communicate with decision makers (parents and guardians) to identify the processes and considerations used when seeking and determining information relative to school choice. This study will examine those factors and see if there is equality among socio economic groups.
guardian
child in elementary / middle school
live in or around a low income community
not a parent or guardian
BCC017: Precision mEdicine and Adoptive Cellular tHerapy for the treatment of recurrent neuroblastoma and newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG)
This study is being done to learn if a vaccine made in the laboratory from your tumor and your immune cells is safe to give to you to treat your tumor. It is believed that the body’s immune system protects the body by attacking and killing tumor cells. T-lymphocytes (T-cells) are part of the immune system and can attack when they recognize special proteins on the surface of tumors. In most patients with advanced cancer, T-cells are not stimulated enough to kill the tumor. In this research study, we will use your tumor and immune cells from your blood to make a vaccine that we hope will stimulate your T-cells to kill tumor cells and leave your normal cells alone.
You will need routine (standard of care) testing for your tumor, as well as research tests and procedures including further analysis of your tumor sample, generation and review of a personalized genetic report, and procedures to collect certain cells for different infusions and creation of specialized cellular vaccines. You will then be offered and placed on a treatment plan. As a subject in this study you will remain in this study until you complete vaccine therapy as long as you have no disease progression or unless you need to come off study for another reason.
For Neuroblastoma must be >12 months and ≤ 30 years of age
For DIPG must be ≥ 3 years and ≤ 30 years of age
Known autoimmune or immunosuppressive disease or human immunodeficiency virus infection
Digital assessment of speech and fine motor control in motor neuron disease
This study includes collection of digital speech and fine motor control assessment data at a single study visit. Features extracted from this data will be compared with standard clinical disease outcome measures and also the features derived from control participant data. We will use these comparisons to explore the use of these digital assessments in capturing the range of functional changes that occur in motor neuron disease.
This is a single-session study that measures speech and fine motor function using digital tablet-based assessments. Patients with motor neuron disease and age-matched healthy controls will be enrolled. Sessions take approximately one hour.
$20
[Patient Group Only] at least minimal speech or handwriting ability
[Control Group Only] Possess no neurological or orthopedic problems that affects their speech or handwriting AND age- and sex-matched to the existing patient cohort
18 years of age or older
Fluent in written and spoken English.
Pregnant or nursing woman
Prisoner or institutionalized individuals
Have any clinically relevant medical history of other disease or diseases that, in the opinion of the research team, exclude the subject from participation (including severe cognitive dysfunction).
Development of Lighting Application Efficacy Measurement Framework
This study seeks to analyze how subjects perceive brightness. For this purpose, separate studies will be conducted in a real setting in the Lighting Lab. In experiment one, subjects will be asked to judge the brightness of projected scenes on a wall two by two in comparison to one another. In experiment two, subjects will be asked to judge the brightness of scenes displayed on a monitor by comparing them to a reference scene, by assigning a value between 0 to 100 to the brightness level.
The experiment will take place in 302 Engineering Unit C. The participants will judge the brightness of displayed scenes on a monitor.
$20 for the current experiment
normal or corrected to normal visual acuity (participants need to have their prescription glasses or contact lenses on them during the experiments).
inability to distinguish certain shades of color
participants without glasses or contact lenses prescribed for their visual acuity
lacking clear visual acuity