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JSHS · 2022
The native population of diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) has been on a steady decline throughout the past century on the East and Gulf Coasts. Currently, their numbers are being…
JSHS · 2022
Exposure to common household antimicrobial cleaning products may lead to an increased likelihood of developing respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (…
JSHS · 2022
Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting, for the past decade, has been the catalyst for various advancements within the field of tissue engineering. 3D bioprinting will allow physicians to reduce…
JSHS · 2022
Billions of people use search engines, like Google, daily. These systems identify meanings of words using machine learning classifiers (MLCs) through a task called word sense disambiguation…
JSHS · 2022
Some studies have shown that damaged irrigation and drainage systems of agricultural nations have caused water-build up and increased soil salinity, which hinders plant growth and decreases…
JSHS · 2022
The intestinal microbiome continues to be a growing area of research with potential benefits in human health. Studies involving collection of fecal specimens from human subjects usually empl…
JSHS · 2022
Perceptual illusions can be seen, interpreted and used in two aspects. The first is for recreation - to kill time, to entertain people etc. The second is to inform us about the nature of hum…
JSHS · 2022
Anxiety is a prevalent problem affecting millions of people around the world. Cortisol is secreted during stressful situations and long term impacts of cortisol within the body can lead to t…
JSHS · 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly around the world, and it is currently one of the most leading causes of death and a major health disaster in the world. Due to the rapid spread and c…
JSHS · 2022
Soft unclustered energy patterns (SUEPs) have signatures of spherically symmetric, high multiplicity showers of low-energy particles. Despite being a potential candidate for dark matter, SUE…
JSHS · 2022
Human Echolocation is a technique used by gifted blind individuals whereby they use sound waves echoing off of obstacles to inform themselves of their surroundings. This technique works simi…
JSHS · 2022
Heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to function efficiently—often caused by the development of an infarct, or an area of dead heart tissue. The extremity of infarct formation corre…
JSHS · 2022
We live in a world where the average human lifespan is increasing. With this increase comes age-associated functional decline of vital organs. Liver aging studies have begun focusing on hyal…
JSHS · 2022
More than 3.5 billion people use social media globally, and food and beverage companies have capitalized on this by implementing celebrity endorsement strategies to promote food and beverage…
JSHS · 2022
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic poses a severe threat to global health, as evidenced by the ongoing global pandemic. Presently nasopharyngeal testin…
JSHS · 2022
analytics currently have significant impacts on the NBA’s best teams. NBA teams such as the Houston Rockets have used analytics to adopt a unique offensive style. With more research, machine…
JSHS · 2022
Modern applications such as voice recognition rely on the ability to compare signals to pre-recorded ones to classify them. However, this comparison typically needs to ignore differences due…
JSHS · 2022
As the world population increases, so does the global demand for food. Simultaneously the quality of Earth’s farmland is declining. To fill this need, the agricultural industry has been revo…
JSHS · 2022
University of Milan Robotic and telepresence surgery have resulted in numerous improvements to surgical procedures in recent years; however, loss of the sense of touch in such procedures rem…
JSHS · 2022
Greenhouse gasses (GHG) emitted from fossil-fuel-burning power plants pose a global threat to public health, causing 8.7 million deaths per year through air pollution and raising the frequen…
JSHS · 2022
The voluntourism market is a profitable niche within the tourism industry, and that follows a close critique to the practice of volunteering abroad. The researcher aims to analyze the nature…
JSHS · 2022
Many mussel populations in North America and other parts of the world have seen catastrophic declines and mass mortality events, raising concerns about what this trend may mean for aquatic e…
JSHS · 2022
Photocatalytic water splitting is a promising renewable energy source as an alternative for limited fossil fuels. The effectiveness of the conversion from solar energy to hydrogen fuel relie…
JSHS · 2022
Alfalfa is the most important perennial forage crop. Application of silicic acid can impact growth, yield, and quality of alfalfa. The experiment was conducted at greenhouse and field enviro…
JSHS · 2022
The transportation sector is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, making up 29% of US emissions with school buses as a significant contributor. While switching to electric buses m…
JSHS · 2020
Iowa State University Permanent drought is fueled by adverse effects of climate change and global warming, which is a critical problem worldwide. Consequently, shortage of fresh water challe…
JSHS · 2020
Worldwide, plastic is a material used globally. The main problem is that it is slowly accumulating in the marine environment because this material does not degrade completely. The beach prof…
JSHS · 2020
Gene expression is regulated by proteins known as transcription factors, which bind to specific DNA sequences called enhancers. Enhancers activate nearby genes, but there is still a limited…
JSHS · 2020
Obstructive sleep apnea is a common and serious disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops due to the throat collapsing and closing the airway. It can happen from 5 to 30 times each hour e…
JSHS · 2020
Texas Tech University Coal accounts for 38% of global power production. Sulfur appears in coal in two forms; elemental form and pyritic form. Pyrite is an iron sulfur compound (FeS2) which i…