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JSHS · 2020
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of preventable blindness in the world. Due to the necessity of expensive ophthalmoscopic equipment and a trained professional, the screening pr…
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Stevens Institute of Technology Considering the popularity of lead zirconate t itanate (PZT) for its desirable piezoelectric properties, this study was focused on the fabrication of PZT thin…
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One in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Early diagnosis of breast cancer is key to effective treatment and an increased survival rate. M…
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Patients often need to use their arms to assist with functional activities, but after open heart surgery pushing with the arms is limited to < 10 lb to help minimize force across the healing…
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This research was conducted with the intent of designing and testing a gas funneling system for use in a non- invasive blood alcohol content detection system. The design goal was to identify…
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The current practice of harvesting Limulus polyphemus (horseshoe crab) to use in the Limulus amoebocyte lysate (LAL) assay for the detection of bacterial endotoxins in medications and medica…
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Chemist, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission The rapid acceleration of plastic production and the accumulation of debris is a global crisis, as plastic takes over 400 years to degrade. T…
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Jesuit High School Portland, OR Glacier recession and thermal expansion account for 75% of observed sea level rise. The importance of studying glacial melting is amplified by number of unmon…
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Glioblastoma Multiforme is a deadly brain tumor, with a median patient survival time of 18-24 months, despite aggressive treatments. This limited success is due to aggressive tumor behavior…
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University of Louisville, School of Dentistry Periodontitis is one of the most prevalent inflammatory diseases, with an annual expense of 14 billion dollars on disease therapy. It is the lea…
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Bird Vetch (Vicia cracca ) is an invasive species in the interior of Alaska. We conducted a greenhouse experiment at UAF, to determine how moisture conditions and competition levels affect v…
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Yamitza Rosas Blindness is the third most common disability in the world, around 36 million people are blind (Bourne RRA et al, 2017), ranging from total blindness to 20/200 visual acuity. T…
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Ice bridges are important in Alaska and are required to move large amounts of materials across rivers. Currently ice bridges are built by finding the minimum ice thickness to safely transpor…
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Novi High School Novi, MI As news consumption shifts to be based more and more online, there is also a growing trend of deceptive advertising practices in this area. Native advertising, as a…
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University of New Mexico Ovarian cancer is the deadliest cancer among women. Less than one-half of patients survive for more than five years after diagnosis. After mutilating surgery women s…
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ARL Fellow Marshall A. Schroeder, Ph.D. Project Advisor Electrochemistry Branch, U.S. Army Research Laboratory Highly concentrated electrolytes have gained attention for their unusual behavi…
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Less than 10% of the 1.3 million people who are blind in the United States are literate in Braille. Approximately 50,000 of these people are part of the deaf-blind community. More than 70% o…
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Hemophilia A (FVIII deficiency) is characterized by spontaneous bleeding in weight-bearing joints, resulting in hemophilic arthropathy (HA). Bleeding causes inflammation and hypoxia, inducin…
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Sudalagunta Moffitt Cancer Center The Ex Vivo Mathematical Malignancy Advisor Model (EMMA) is a support tool for treating Multiple Myeloma. A biopsy is taken, and patient plasma cells are cu…
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Mr. Kenneth W. Roedl Racial representation on television has been changing ever since television was invented. This study aims to do three things: 1.) Track the trends television has been se…
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Animal movement requires the input of sensory information. In particular, flies use sensors known as halteres, a type of mechanosensory organ located on the metathorax, to aid in flight. How…
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University of Pennsylvania Chemical by-products from the hydraulic fracturing industry are known to contaminate bodies of water, often putting human health at risk. To prevent this issue, th…
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UConn Health, School of Medicine This study investigated the prevalence of gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and immunologic conditions in hospitalized patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (…
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duPont Manual High School To maximize crop production many farms utilize fertilizers that supplement the soil with nutrients, such as nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus. However, many farms…
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Education Research Analyst: Pac South DSO Have you ever envisioned what face belongs to the voice at the other end of the phone? Or search the crowd for the person who looks like the voice y…
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University of Montana, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is a NASA satellite designed to solely measure energetic neutral atoms (ENAs), however, its high e…
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The Forsyth Institute Nanosynbacter lyticus strain TM7x is an ultra-small, parasitic bacterium that lives on the surface of host, Actinomyces odontolyticus strain XH001. Studies have reporte…
JSHS · 2020
One of the major complications of diabetes mellitus is poor wound healing, which leads to increased morbidities and mortalities. Thrombospondin-2 (TSP2), is a component of the extracellular…
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Janelia Research Campus The visual system is the component of the nervous system that processes visual information. Scientists understand that all neuron types in the human visual system wor…
JSHS · 2020
Energy is vital in providing heat and electricity for the world, but often, its waste byproducts harm the environment. Hence, green energy is long sought for because it is generated through…