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The Role of EXPORTIN1A and EXPORTIN1B in Nuclear Export of AGO4 in Arabidopsis thaliana

Epigenetics is the study of how genes are regulated at a level above the DNA nucleotide sequence. Methylation, the attachment of methyl groups onto DNA to upregulate or down-regulate a gene,…

The Role of Extracellular Nuclear Factor-Erythroid Derived Protein 2 (NF-E2) as a Danger Associated Molecular Pattern (DAMP) Released during Acrolein Induced Renal Fibrosis

Second Award

Acrolein exposure decreased NF-E2 expression in human proximal renal tubular (HK-11) cells and induced renal cell apoptosis and increased expression of pro-fibrotic proteins. Interestingly,…

The Role of Syk Protein Kinase in Stress Granule Dynamics of Cancer Cells

Translational Medical Science Third Award

Syk, spleen tyrosine kinase, consists of two Src homology 2 (SH2) domains and a single catalytic domain that mediates downstream signaling cascades. Recently, Syk has been shown to be recrui…

The Role of Transcription Factor Pax6 in Maintenance of Pancreatic Beta Cell Identity

Translational Medical Science Fourth Award

Purpose of the Experiment Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a widespread metabolic disease, caused by lack of Insulin producing beta cells, or body cells Insulin resistance. Transcription factor Pax…

The Search for Pityophthorus juglandis and Associated Geosmithia morbida in Transylvania County, NC

Biochemistry

Geosmithia morbida, Thousand Cankers Disease (TCD), is a fungal pathogen that has been associated with the decline of the Black Walnut tree population across the United States. TCD is spread…

The Smart Glove

Our vision is to try and make communication easier for the disabled people who cant hear and speak using an electronic glove that translates Sign language to spoken words and phrases. our pr…

The Study of the Mechanical Properties of Silicon Carbide Monolayer

The mechanical properties of a silicon carbide (SiC) monolayer were studied theoretically based on total energy calculation. The stiffness of the monolayer, the question of whether the syste…

The Study on the Expandable Shutter Release and Its Assorted Functional Modules

Abstract As an exterior device, the shutter release has been widely used. A common shutter release can prevent the camera from shaking and some shutter releases can preset time and shoot lon…

The Sum of the Double Forces of the Distances Between the Cusp Points in the Same Plane Regular Polygon and P Point in the Plane

Leibniz theorem is the starting problem of our research problem in the literature. A generalization has been made on the polygons on a plane. The practices of Leibniz theorem on regular poly…

The System Establishment of Micro Grafting between in vitro Regeneration Buds and Seedling Rootstocks in Peony

Peony (Paeonia suffruticosa Andr.), the first candidate of Chinese national flower, not only has high ornamental value but also well known for its medical, edible, and economic value. Becaus…

The Temporal and Spatial Relationship of Outdoor Air Pollutants at a School

The purpose of this experiment was to determine if there is a temporal and spatial relationship to airborne pollutants around a school relating to the volume and proximity of idling cars and…

The Therapeutic Potential of Estrogen Receptor Beta Agonists in Lung Cancer

Systems Software

Lung cancer is a global health problem with 71% of its patients terminally diagnosed (American Cancer Society). The therapeutic potential of two estrogen receptor (ER) beta agonists (s-Equol…

The ThereNIM: A Touch-less Respiratory Monitor

The ThereNIM (There-Non Invasive Monitor) is a novel touch-less respiratory monitor. It is noninvasive without any contact with the patient. In addition, it is inexpensive and implementable…

The Tie Theorems

Theorem. There are general position points A, B, C, P on the projective plane. Let A_P be the intersection point of lines AP and BC. Analogously define B_P and C_P . Take any points A_1, B_1…

The Train Illuminator: A Self-powered Visibility Enhancement System for Safer Railroad Crossings

The purpose of this experiment was to design and create a light system that would make railroad crossings safer. First, I researched to see if there was actually a problem with vehicles coll…

The Treatment of Neurodegeneration in Chemosensory Neurons of Caenorhabditis elegans

Behavioral and Social Sciences

The purpose of the experiment is to determine if the chemical Taurine repairs or prevents neurodegeneration in the chemosensory neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans, which can be correlated to…

The Use of FeCl2 and CMC Treated Brazilian Pepper Fibers to Remove Phosphate from Real-World Contaminated Water, the Analysis of Used Fibers as a Potential Fertilizer, and the Cost of the Fibers as Both a Phosphate Filtration Medium and Fertilizer

The purpose of my project was to determine if a technique to treat Brazilian pepper wood fibers with carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and ferrous chloride (FeCl2) to increase adsorption of phos…

The Use of Growth and Dissolved Oxygen Consumption per Mass of Fish to Determine the Impact of Gender, Transgenes (Wild-type vs. Florescence), and Zygosity (Hemizygous vs. Homozygous) on the Fitness and Impact in the Wild of Transgenic Fluorescent Zebrafish

Biochemistry

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are tropical fish that are often used for genetic research. Transgenic zebrafish contain a mutant strain that makes them glow when muscles fluoresce. The question was…

The Utilisation of Organic Chemical Dyes in the Production of Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells

The use of silicon crystals in regular solar cells is extremely slow to grow and expensive. This makes traditional solar panels expensive to manufacture. A relatively new improvement to sola…

The Viability of a Mixed Bacterial Culture for Bioremediation of Heavy Metals, Poly-Cyclic Hydrocarbons, and Volatile Organic Compounds

Fourth Award

Purpose: The purpose was to find more reliable and wide-ranging methods of cleaning freshwater, using hardy and efficient mixed cultures of proven bio-remediatory bacteria to degrade severe…

The Viability of Switchable Hydrophilicity Solvents for Lipid Extraction in Algal Biofuel Production

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Exploration of alternative fuel like algal biofuel is increasing since the increase in fossil fuel consumption and depletion. Algal biofuel production is a complicated process including cult…

The Winner's Curse: The Effect of Standard Auction Features and Behavioral Factors on Overbidding

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Overbidding has been a concern among bidders since the beginning of auctions, but it has been difficult to quantify since overbidding is defined relative to one’s subjective valuation. Howev…

They Get Knocked Down, But They Get UP Again! The Effect of Head Impacts on Phototaxis and Geotaxis in Drosophila melanogaster

Biomedical Engineering

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when an impact forces the brain to collide with the cranial bones. Despite decades of research, these injuries are still inadequately understood due to th…

Three Dimensional Object Tracking Using a Rapid Scanning Double Droplet System Microscope

Second Award

The Double Droplet System (DDS) provides a unique type of adaptive lens, one that rapidly oscillates to scan a large range of focal lengths faster than other lenses can. In this project, a D…

Throw the Ring

'Throw the Ring' is a smart-phone application running on Androids (Google play store ). This physical puzzle game has many stages. And each stage consists of 'Bubbles' and 'Rings.' As you mo…

Tillandsia and Indoor Air Pollutants

The purpose of this study was to see if air plants could be used as an indicator of indoor air pollution by the way the plants responded. Epiphytic bromeliads were placed in various polluted…

TINTAMIX (Tinta Mixteca Ecologica)

The "TINTAMIX", named by participants as being an ink developed in Puebla Mixteca, project involves the study and development of natural dyes, using the resources available to our Mixteca. T…

Tortoise or Hare? Improving Accuracy of Frequency, Amplitude, and Phase with Explicit Integration Rather than Fast Fourier Transforms

Fourier transform methods are used to analyze functions and data sets to provide frequencies, amplitudes, and phases of underlying oscillatory components. Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) method…

Total Iodine Concentration and Neoteny in the Barred Tiger Salamander

Biochemistry

This experiment tests one of the leading hypotheses on the causes of salamander neoteny. Under ordinary circumstances, Barred Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma mavortium) metamorphose into terres…

Touch to Talk: A Wearable Tech Glove to Enable Speech-Impaired Persons to Communicate with Strangers in Public

Sign language is an effective alternative to speech for individuals who are speech impaired but still have full motor control. However, few people outside of the speech-impaired community un…