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JSHS · 2023
America cycles 9 million people through jails and 600,000 through prison annually. Within three years of release, 66% of released individuals are re-arrested. Judges and officers use statist…
JSHS · 2023
Invasion by non-native plants costs the US over $21 billion annually and can cause devastating effects on whole ecosystems. The best strategy of solving this problem efficiently and cost-eff…
JSHS · 2023
A prefilled syringe is a delivery device that ensures a safe, reliable, effortless, and dependable way to deliver a drug/medication to a patient in any setting necessary. Whether it be in an…
JSHS · 2023
Pancreatic cancer’s extremely high mortality rate can be attributed to its high invasive and metastatic potential and resistance to traditional therapies. Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan 4…
JSHS · 2023
Current research is focused on identifying drugs that can mitigate chemotherapy-induced side effects to normal 15 tissues, while being cytotoxic to cancer cells. This study was designed to e…
JSHS · 2023
Ambient air pollution contributes to a 7-million annual mortality rate, with gas-powered vehicles among the leading contributors. The current technology being used within gas-powered vehicle…
JSHS · 2023
Understanding species abundance is critical to managing and conserving planetary biodiversity. Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) are keystone species of cultural, economic, and ecological i…
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Research Advisor: Dr. Juliana Carvalho De Arruda Caulkins The purpose of this project was to evaluate the antibacterial potential of phytochemicals rutin, syringic acid, and Ziziphus mucrona…
JSHS · 2023
In our project, we wanted to test if we could control modern-day technology using an EEG headset. The purpose of our project is to see if we can improve and revolutionize mind-controlled tec…
JSHS · 2023
Communication is a means of passing on information to other people through verbal, written, or visual means. It constructs our social world and allows us to create bonds with others. People…
JSHS · 2023
The United Nations deems clean water a human right. Even so, the World Health Organization reports that over 2 billion people worldwide still do not have access to clean running water. Low-i…
JSHS · 2023
Physical properties of thermoplastic polymers can be improved with the incorporation of glass fibers into polymeric products, which significantly improves physical properties such as tensile…
JSHS · 2023
The Covid-19 pandemic induced a vast increase in adolescents diagnosed with eating disorders and hospitalized due to eating disorders. This immense growth stemmed partially from the stress o…
JSHS · 2023
Every nineteen minutes an older adult dies from a fall, making falls the leading cause of injury death to that group. Cumulatively older adult falls cost upwards of $50 billion in medical co…
JSHS · 2023
Over the past decade, scientists have discovered species of plastic-eating worms, a key to unlocking how to degrade recalcitrant plastic. Plastic-eating worms have the ability to degrade pla…
JSHS · 2023
During the developmental stages of mammalian embryos, the inner cell mass (ICM) gives rise to all embryonic tissues. The ICM, when adapted to in vitro culture, becomes embryonic stem cells (…
JSHS · 2023
Air pollution is among the leading causes of premature deaths across the world and disproportionately impacts the Global South due to lesser air quality regulation and research on regional a…
JSHS · 2023
1.3 million people are killed in road accidents each year, and 94% of these accidents are caused by human error. This has motivated advancements in autonomous vehicle technology, and more re…
JSHS · 2023
As a result of Cu-based agrochemicals and industrialization, the concentration of Cu2+ in aquatic circulation is predicted to increase by more than 50% by 2100, leading to detrimental impact…
JSHS · 2023
During the COVID-19 pandemic, time series prediction models have been essential in informing policymaking and response efforts by forecasting cases and deaths from the country to county leve…
JSHS · 2023
As the global music streaming industry grows at an increasing rate, with Spotify dominating the market, personalized playlists and recommended artists and songs curated for each user are oft…
JSHS · 2023
Wound dressings are critically important to wound treatment and healing. Conventional wound dressings are prefabricated, non-degradable, non-conformal, and contain silver particles. Not only…
JSHS · 2023
A stroke is defined as a neurologic deficit arising from an interruption in blood supply to the brain. According to the World Health Organization, over 15 million people suffer from strokes…
JSHS · 2023
Limu (seaweed) is critical to Native Hawaiian ecosystems and culture. With limited prior research, the first part of this study examined the effects of ZnO mineral sunscreens on endemic Hawa…
JSHS · 2023
This experiment’s purpose was to determine if the presence of common microplastics (polyethylene (PE), polyamide (PA), and polyethersulfone (PES)) would impact the growth of Chenopodium quin…
JSHS · 2023
Retinal health is often overlooked and seen as a privilege, not a necessity. Although there are a variety of machine learning-based solutions and retinal specialists to diagnose these ailmen…
JSHS · 2023
Bioplastics have long been an area of interest, since they are more environmentally friendly than petrochemical- based plastics. Bioplastics can be more widely adopted if they can meet the p…
JSHS · 2023
Globally, commercial aviation generates one billion tons of CO2 emissions annually. Fuel consumption is >30% of the airline budget. While current practices automate the complex handoffs from…
JSHS · 2023
Transition metal oxides (TMOs) have long been the topic of research due to their wide range of potential technological applications (e.g., high-density magnetic data storage and spintronics)…
JSHS · 2023
Current polymer-based nanomedicine carriers have several shortcomings regarding their efficacy: low drug loading capacity, premature drug release, poor in vivo monitoring capability, and lim…