Abstract

Antibiotic resistance has been a growing challenge to the effective management of infected chronic wounds. Recently, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has shown promise as a treatment for killing bacteria or causing cell death by producing reactive oxygen species (ROS) directly at the site of infection. Ho... Read More

African Americans are often viewed as a monolithic group in the United States because Black people generally have been subjected to the same racism and prejudice throughout American society. While African Americans have had many similar experiences in the United States, their opinions on the current... Read More

Clove oil, Eugenia caryophyllata, is portrayed as an alternative form of local anesthesia through immersion. The active ingredient eugenol allows for clove oil to inhibit voltage gated sodium channels. Nevertheless, anesthesia administration through immersion is comparable to topical application on ... Read More

Polyphenols are a large collection of bioactive chemicals that possess more than one phenolic hydroxyl (-OH) group linked to aromatic rings. They are rich metabolites in plants that play important roles in defense systems and signaling. They are found mostly in the vacuoles of cells. From these, the... Read More

This study aimed to investigate the impact of Phoenix dactylifera (dates) on the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in Drosophila melanogaster. AD is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder that causes memory loss. It is hypothesized that incorporating dates into the diet of genetically mo... Read More

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) systems have been proposed as a method to mitigate excessive pesticide misuse. While prior research has extensively confirmed the efficacy of individual IPM-related solutions, three major issues have prevented sustainable policies from being adopted: a lack of field ... Read More

Wildfires are becoming more frequent and intense, threatening ecosystems, communities, and economies. In North America, fire activity increased dramatically in recent years, with over 61% of U.S. wildfires occurring since 2000. In response to increasing wildfire severity, new predictive tools are es... Read More

This project studies a stereochemical and thermodynamic analysis of nanoparticles used in the photoactive layer of solar cells through molecular modeling. The primary objective is to determine the thermodynamic energy of nano-scaled compounds. This is to evaluate their suitability to improve the phy... Read More

Microplastics (MPs) enter aquatic food chains via ingestion by primary consumers and biomagnify through higher trophic levels. This study elucidated the impacts of this by assessing the effect of MPs on Daphnia magna’s growth and reproduction with exposure to Chlorella algae as an additional f... Read More

Type II diabetes is one of the most prevalent diseases today; one effect of the increase in diagnoses being the rising price of insulin as a common treatment. This study investigated if exposure to raw soybean powder, a cheap yet strong antioxidant with abilities to reduce oxidative stress, could in... Read More

The Ultrasonic Technology Assisted Communicative Tactile Surgical System (UTACTSS) provides novel tactile feedback, characterized by an ultrasound reading and tactile sensation on the surgeon’s fingertips, using piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (PMUTs) and incorporates a pree... Read More

This project presents a novel method for real-time air quality monitoring using a low-cost, modular sensor system designed for future drone integration. Traditional monitoring stations are expensive, stationary, and lack spatial resolution, while most portable systems offer limited accuracy or predi... Read More

Throughout this experiment, specific sites and mutations on pol delta were observed to determine which would have the greatest effects on the final polymerase molecule. Ideally, these changes would positively impact DNA replication. For the physical plant science laboratory component, folic acid (a ... Read More

This study aimed to investigate the impact of Phoenix dactylifera (dates) on the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in Drosophila melanogaster. AD is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder that causes memory loss. It is hypothesized that incorporating dates into the diet of genetically mo... Read More

It is crucial to investigate the mechanism in how exactly IL-17Ra signaling is affecting the differentiation of intestinal epithelial cells. To do this, Pdgfra mediated secretion of factors such as Wnt ligand and r-spondins need to be analyzed. These factors are required for intestinal epithelial ce... Read More

This study evaluates the 2024 Barbie Fashionista Collection through the lens of intersectionality, using enablers from the United Nations' Intersectionality Resource Guide and Toolkit as a benchmark. With Barbie’s increasing emphasis on diversity and inclusion, this research aims to assess... Read More

The hardware to produce the magnetic fields was left over from previous development on the model. Thus, our primary concern in the making of a multi-Bloch sphere model was in the following objectives: Firstly, I wanted to produce a means by which multiple Bloch Spheres could be put into a single net... Read More

Heatwaves, locally defined as having at least three consecutive days with temperatures exceeding 90 °F, pose a significant and growing risk to public health in New York City (NYC), particularly as climate change intensifies their frequency and severity. Rising global temperatures have led to mor... Read More

The research studies how advertising developed into a practice which unites strategic communication methods with artistic creativity. The paper shows how advertising evolved from basic trade symbols in ancient times through modern digital marketing by showing how advertisers evolved from basic image... Read More

This study investigated the impact of polyethylene microplastics on the growth, root length, and chlorophyll-a content of Lemna minor (duckweed) while evaluating its potential as a phytoremediation tool to address microplastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems. Microplastics, prevalent in the environm... Read More