The purpose of this study was to determine if changes in ground contact time, vertical oscillation, and rates per minute (Z-axis movement) had any effect on the detection ability of a radar…
Herbal supplements have been used in medical practices around the world for centuries. In many countries they are considered trusted therapeutic treatments, however, the Food and Drug Admini…
Cellular and Molecular Biology (inferred)
T cell exhaustion is a hypofunctional fate observed in cancer that causes loss of full mitochondrial function. Preventing T cell exhaustion could sustain the immune system’s anti-tumor respo…
Systems Software and Computer Science (inferred)
The cryptocurrency Ethereum currently utilizes zero-knowledge rollups (ZKR) to improve its scalability. ZKRs processes thousands of Ethereum transactions in a batch and uses zk-SNARKs (zero-…
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
With the Coronavirus pandemic, the use of disinfectants has become more commonplace. These various chemicals, specifically quaternary ammonium compounds, often get washed down the drain and…
Polymer brushes grafted onto surfaces have long been studied as a method to confer special properties to surfaces and can create special (in)compatibility between physical interfaces. The ba…
Physics and Astronomy (inferred)
Existing power line infrastructure is constrained by inefficiency, vulnerability to disruption, and detrimental environmental impacts. As energy demand rises globally alongside increasing re…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines (inferred)
This paper reports on an innovative bipedal lizard-inspired robot that utilizes the lateral bending of its body to achieve high-speed running with a controlled yaw and roll angle. A digital…
Background: Dementia is highly prevalent neuropsychiatric condition characterized by impairments in memory, reasoning, mood, and behavior. Yet it has no effective treatment that targets the…
PET plastics are widely produced for industrial applications; because plastic waste is not easily degraded, it accumulates in marine environments, posing risk to marine life and the humans w…
Plastic pollution is an environmental emergency. Since 1950, over 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic waste has been generated. It is estimated that between 75 and 199 million tons of plastic…
De novo Glioblastoma (GBM), a highly aggressive cancer of the brain, claims over 200,000 lives worldwide annually. Tumor progression occurs in over 60% of cases and the incidence of pseudopr…
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Due to global warming, glaciers have been melting at an accelerated rate, causing coastlines to encroach further inland. As a result, the danger that tsunamis pose to wildlife and the built…
Microbiology (inferred)
In order to determine whether Apis mellifera home remedies were effective in preventing and shortening the time of Streptococcus salivarus, I tested raw natural honey, hydrogen peroxide, and…
Engineering (inferred)
Shock absorbers are important to all transportation in the modern day. As technology advances, shock technology is advancing as well. Shocks are specially designed for the application they w…
Engineering (inferred)
To strengthen the current aerodynamic abilities of drones, various ornithopters were prototyped based on the hummingbird’s unique method of flight. Each model used a consistent assortment of…
Autism spectrum disorder is one of the leading neurodevelopmental disorders in our world, present in over 1% of the population and rapidly increasing in prevalence, yet the condition lacks a…
SARS-CoV-2 has spurred remarkable interest in vaccine development and our understanding of the virus’ enduring effects. My research is aimed at identifying the repertoire of potential recept…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines (inferred)
Over 430 million people worldwide struggle with disabling hearing loss, and among those that are deaf, 80% of individuals resort to using a form of sign language to communicate. Today, we re…
Being blind can have a significant impact on a person's quality of life since it impairs their ability to navigate the world and participate in activities many once loved. Many people experi…
In wildlife resource management it is a concern that marine organisms are being harvested at inappropriate sizes, gender, and times of year. Blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) being such a sou…
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
Urine output is an important indicator of the level of renal impairment in patients. Accurately measuring urine output is critical in the treatment of hospitalized patients with renal injury…
Microbiology (inferred)
35,000 people die annually in the U.S. from antibiotic resistant infections (Antibiotics/Antimicrobial Resistance, 2021). Efficacy of antibiotics is endangered by rapid emergence of resistan…
Behavioural and Social Sciences (inferred)
Traditionally, math classes have followed the same format- learn the lesson, and then go home and do the homework. While this may seem like an effective way to teach material, it has been fo…
Materials Science and Engineering (inferred)
As international space agencies prepare to test new equipment to establish lunar and interplanetary colonies, building infrastructure on these celestial bodies becomes more of a concern. The…
Energy and Transport (inferred)
Hydrogen has shown promise as the future of zero-carbon energy storage. However, partly due to the cost of noble metal electrocatalysts for Alkaline Water Splitting (AWS), most hydrogen prod…
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Conventional agricultural practices (like tillage and synthetic fertilizer use) have caused the world's soils to release billions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere and significantly cont…
Dementia will become an epidemic with projected growth from 55 million to 153 million in 2050. Despite such severity, mainstream pharmacological and alternative therapies such as acetylcholi…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines (inferred)
Reinforcement learning, a machine learning training method based on rewarding desired behaviors and punishing undesired ones, has taken the field of artificial intelligence into a new age. A…
Microwaves in the medical field are used to denature proteins and deactivate abnormal cells. Ultrasound helps define organ structures and identify abnormalities. In my previous study, increa…