SBIR/STTR Research Award
FOOD COMPONENT RESEARCH DATABSE/MICROCOMPUTERS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Technical Assessment Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THE EXISTING NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE FOOD COMPONENT RESEARCH DATABASE (FCRDB) AND INTERNATIONAL FOOD LANGUAGE WILL BE MODIFIED TO ALLOW THE USE OF SOPHISTICATED NEW COMPUTER TOOLS, SUCH AS ONLINE KNOWLEDGE BASE ASSISTANCE, GRAPHICS, AND WINDOWING ENVIRONMENTS. THE MODIFICATIONS WILL ALSO PROVIDE MULTIUSER ACCESS VIA LOCAL AREA NETWORKS AND A POWERFUL YET USER-FRIENDLY QUERY SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW THE USER TO INSTRUCT THE COMPUTER USING POP-UP MENUS AND DATA WINDOWS. THE COMPLETED SYSTEM WILL ALSO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN INTERPRETING PROGRAM RESULTS AS WELL AS A MECHANISM FOR INCLUDING FOOD COMPOSITION DATA IN MULTIPLE FORMATS, SUCH AS U.S. AND FOREIGN FOOD COMPOSITION TABLES. THE RESULTING SYSTEM WILL BE EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR RESEARCHERS INGOVERNMENT, ACADEMIA, AND INDUSTRY IN ASSESSING FOOD COMPONENT INTAKE.
Technology keywords
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