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JSHS · 2022
In many applications of clinical machine learning, available datasets may not be sufficiently large enough to train generalizable supervised machine learning models. To improve the generaliz…
JSHS · 2022
As mobility and multicultural exposure become increasingly prevalent in the globalized world, it becomes more important to understand their effect on how people view themselves and their pla…
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The evolution of a planet’s atmosphere depends strongly on the properties of its host star. When their host stars are younger, planets can experience stronger winds and XUV emission. This is…
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Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) affect ~1.7 billion people worldwide. As most MSD cases are associated with abnormal motion of joints, motion assessment of joints provides a powerful tool f…
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In 1885 a scientist named Albert Bernhard Frank discovered a fungus that would enhance plants and the amount of offspring they would produce, he coined this fungus mycorrhizae. In this exper…
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Photothermal therapy (PTT) is a new therapeutic cancer treatment strategy that offers advantages to traditional cancer treatments, such as minimal invasiveness, higher specificity, and preci…
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Drug repositioning is an emerging approach for drug discovery involving the reassignment of existing drugs for novel purposes. An alternative to the traditional de novo process of drug devel…
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Radiography is a non-destructive technique used to visualize the interior of objects using various types of radiation. Radiography is used in fields such as biology, chemistry, engineering,…
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The intent of this study was to determine the characteristics and impacts green crabs have on Maine rocky intertidal communities. Since the 1960s, the Maine Department of Resources has track…
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This patent-pending project is a high-efficiency energy production, conversion, and storage device, capable of utilizing the low costs and superlative thermal, semiconductive, and electrical…
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) pollination is responsible for approximately 80% of all cultivated crops. Unfortunately, reports suggest losses of 30-50% of all honey bee colonies in the US. The…
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Due to changes in the climate and poor water management practices, water scarcity is rampant (“Water Scarcity,” 2019). Climate change will further increase variability in rainfall, with more…
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Holographic Video Microscopy (HVM) is an imaging technique which shines a laser on an object, capturing the shadow created. HVM analysis, which extracts the 3d position of an object, its rad…
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Zaire Ebola virus (EBOV) is characterized by potent outbreaks within West Africa and a mortality rate of 50- 90%. Notably, Ebola’s surface glycoprotein, GP, mediates membrane fusion and entr…
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Sixteen million people worldwide have suffered from opioid use disorder (OUD). Many of those affected by OUD turn to social media, particularly Reddit (a popular online-based post forum) as…
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Microplastics are polluting beaches, rivers, lakes, and oceans across the world. Due to their size, it is difficult to identify them and determine the extent of their pollution. This study f…
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Carcass bruising from horns costs the Canadian cattle industry $10 million a year (Anderson, 2012). It is vital to develop safe and cost effective advancements in dehorning procedures. Remov…
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Despite early diagnosis and estimating the future course of neurodegenerative and cancerous diseases being integral for survival of patients, clinical and algorithmic methods fail to effecti…
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Predicting the response of a cancer patient to a specific drug is a major goal in precision oncology. The current approach to cancer treatment is a one-size-fits-all approach, failing to com…
JSHS · 2022
This project conducted a meta-analysis of the past and current use and workings of artificial reefs. Further analysis was given to the criteria a structure would need to be advantageous for…
JSHS · 2022
Trophoblast giant cells are found in the placenta and initiate the invasion of the placenta into the uterine lining and provide important hormones for the regulation of the pregnancy. Genomi…
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects 10 million people worldwide. Current diagnostic measures consist of ambiguous surveys or are extremely invasive, and inc…
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Currently, prosthetics are more mechanical apparatuses than a viable replacement for the human hand. There have been several iterations of prosthetics over the years, but no prosthetics have…
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Deep-learning models estimate values using backpropagation. The activation function within hidden layers is a critical component to minimizing loss in deep neural-networks. Rectified Linear…
JSHS · 2022
In 2021, Hurricane Ida devastated much of New Orleans. Widespread power outages closed numerous dialysis centers (which provide critical medical services for patients with end-stage renal di…
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Washington; Amy Hofmockel, Oak Park and River Forest Library Noncompressible torso hemorrhage (NCTH) refers to massive bleeding in the abdomen that cannot be treated via typical compression…
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The habitability of early Mars was majorly impacted by nitrogen, which has undergone loss to space over time. Knowledge of nitrate deposition is valuable since it gives additional insight in…
JSHS · 2022
My research deepens connections between the two seemingly very different mathematical fields of algebraic combinatorics and algebraic geometry. In particular, I focus on the Bruhat order, a…
JSHS · 2022
The use of probiotics with prescribed antibiotics is a rapidly evolving field in gastrointestinal research. Limited in-vivo research has suggested that the use of clinical probiotics is effe…
JSHS · 2022
Twenty years ago in our town of Swannanoa, North Carolina, Beacon Blankets, a blanket factory that ran for more than 100 years and employed generations of people in the Swannanoa and Black M…