Translational Medical Science
Neuroendoscopy paired with external ventricular drainage consistently produces a higher positive patient prognosis in children with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (T2N1M1) who developed an…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder contributing to 60–80 % of cases of dementia worldwide, with no effective treatment so far. Alongside the amyloid-beta…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Second Award
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurological disorder that affects 18 million individuals worldwide. The debilitating condition leaves patients with severely impaired mobility due to spasticity or…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Neurodegenerative disorder is a wide range of conditions that results from progressive function loss or death of the nerve cells in the nervous system. Many studies confirmed that toluene, a…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Second Award
Green hydrogen is a global need for its emergence as a sustainable, clean, and renewable source of energy. Photoelectrochemical water splitting is one technique for producing green hydrogen.…
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine if a hardy rootstock system may be grafted with a productive branch scion to form a productive hybrid. Russian Olive trees are known to be very s…
Translational Medical Science
Glioblastoma(GBM) is the most common malignancy of the central nervous system in adults. Despite medical advancements, the continued shortfall of many treatments such as Temozolomide, alongs…
Mathematics
Various investigations propose a misconception of algebra, leading students to resolve problems in a deficient and careless way. Algebraic exercises constitute the basis for problem solving,…
Chemistry
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a global threat for public health. The resistant forms of pathogenic microorganisms develop due to the uncontrolled use of antibiotics. So, the synthes…
Physics and Astronomy
Saoto-Kikigane: "Trivial sound-listening metal" is a metal plate used by ninjas (Japanese spies in the Edo period (1603–1868) for spying. Ninjas used the Saoto-Kikigane to attenuate high-pit…
Translational Medical Science
Detecting cancer in blood enables diagnostic before symptoms develop. I developed a diagnostic model based on an Ovarian Cancer Dataset for improved performance from a previous 4-microRNA mo…
Translational Medical Science
Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of death for women in the United States. According to the CDC, since the COVID 19 pandemic, the pap-smear screening rates have declined by 80%. Th…
Biomedical Engineering
This study proposes a non-invasive and user-friendly approach for non-enzymatic glucose sensing using graphene quantum dots (GQDs) integrated into a wearable patch. The optical properties of…
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing issue with many harmful impacts on individuals and society as a whole, and one major cause of this is medical nonadherence regarding periodical prescriptio…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Recently, ammonia (NH3) has been attracting attention as a renewable energy carrier worldwide. The conventional method of producing NH3 requires high temperatures and pressures that cannot b…
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of the project was to find an effective method of distribution for an anti-fungal compound that will inhibit the growth of Pspeudogymnoascus destructans on bats, reducing deaths…
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent public health issues. To address this problem, this study investigated the possible applications of Native Sonoran Desert Plants (NSDP) agains…
Biomedical Engineering
First Award
This research aimed to enhance the accessibility and customizability of domestic chicken eggs for embryonic analyses and model system research. Through the engineering of a novel device, a s…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Paxillin is a known regulator of focal adhesions and actin cytoskeleton dynamics, crucial for cell migration. However, our study discovered a novel function of paxillin in neurons. We found…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Purpose: Though the behavioral effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) are well-documented, a gap exists in current literature on its effects on glymphatic system dynamics…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This study aimed to determine if Drosophila melanogaster PFK (DmPFK) forms filaments, and if so, under what conditions. Enzyme filamentation, or the reversible formation of oligomers, has be…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
EEGs are an important tool used by clinicians to diagnose neurological abnormalities such as epilepsy, and by medical researchers to map the functions of different components of the brain. H…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
With the impacts of climate change intensifying, sea level is expected to rise 0.25–0.30 meters by 2050. With a one-degree Celsius rise in temperature, precipitation globally is expected to…
Microbiology
Oral diseases such as tooth decay are expected to affect 3.5 billion individuals worldwide. In most developing countries, access to primary oral health treatments is limited due to an unequa…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder and the leading cause of death in the US. There are currently no effective drugs for this disease due to lack of unders…
Materials Science
Every year, millions of people incur damage to sensory receptors that interact with the external environment. Two areas of concern are hearing loss (affecting around 700 million by 2050) and…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous category of impairments characterized by repetitive behaviors and impaired social communication which is currently diagnosed behaviorally. I…
Chemistry
As the field of cancer research increases, photothermal nanoparticles have become a forefront for localized cancer treatment. High-entropy-alloy nanoparticles, consisting of at least 5 alloy…
Materials Science
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a leading cause of infant death, causing 41% of sudden unexpected infant death nationwide. SIDS is attributed to (i) rebreathing CO2 and (ii) inorganic…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Second Award
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignant adult brain tumor. With minimal clinical innovation, the prognosis for GBM patients remains grim. However, there is a commonality between 83%…