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JSHS · 2024
Most complex systems are made up of simple, repeating functional units. There has been great controversy over whether such a unit, a ‘canonical microcircuit’, makes up the cortex of the huma…
JSHS · 2024
With the rapid development of space technology, it is clear that space travel and even space settlement will become a part of our daily lives. As I observed how a magnetic ball quickly slows…
JSHS · 2024
According to the US Department of Agriculture, drought decreases the crop yield of rice, the most common source of nutrition worldwide, by nearly 18%. Coupled with arsenic contamination in t…
JSHS · 2024
Smoke plumes produced by wildfires pose a major threat to public safety. However, a lack of accurate real- time information on smoke plumes provided by current methods such as satellite imag…
JSHS · 2024
Asthma, a predominant chronic condition among children, presents a multifaceted etiology, affecting 300 million individuals globally and imposing an $80 billion economic burden in the US alo…
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Nanoparticle (NP) toxicity analysis is critical for minimizing their potential harm to the biological system through non-specific uptake. To this end, this study introduces a machine learnin…
JSHS · 2024
Since the pandemic, online chess has seen unprecedented growth in its user base. This growth is largely due to players being unable to convene physically in quarantine and wanting to play ga…
JSHS · 2024
The garment industry is one of the world’s largest carbon and waste polluters. In the next decade, this industry is expected to produce 150 billion garments/year, while currently recycling ~…
JSHS · 2024
Classification tasks in machine learning, essential for applications ranging from fraud detection to medical diagnoses, frequently encounter the challenge of imbalanced datasets. These imbal…
JSHS · 2024
Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is the most common “single-gene” cause of intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) worldwide, often manifesting understudied seizure comorbidi…
JSHS · 2024
Current approaches in autonomous robotics and control engineering lack practical efficiency optimization by prioritizing propulsion or relying on simulated data. Additionally, computationall…
JSHS · 2024
The purpose of this study was to compare the abilities of the microalgae strains Chlorella Pyrenoidosa and Chlorella Vulgaris to absorb various concentrations of nickel to evaluate their pot…
JSHS · 2024
The purpose of this experiment is to evaluate the effectiveness of vaccine predictions made by the WHO for Influenza outbreaks. This can be applied to real-world situations to enhance the ef…
JSHS · 2024
Today, there is no accurate way to diagnose Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), especially when referring to mild or moderate injuries, and no way for medical professionals to guarantee presence a…
JSHS · 2024
Machine learning and artificial intelligence have truly become some of the most groundbreaking technologies of modern time. Particularly, in the field of behavioral neuroscience, deep learni…
JSHS · 2024
8 to 15 million tons of spent coffee grounds (SCG), the remainder left after brewing coffee grounds, is produced every year globally. To reduce waste in landfills, SCG has been proposed as a…
JSHS · 2024
Lung cancer is the most deadly form of cancer, responsible for over 2 million deaths annually. Its fatality is largely a result of difficulty in early detection, with survival rates dropping…
JSHS · 2024
Breast cancer remains a leading cause of female mortality, claiming over 42,000 lives annually. Breast cancer is typically diagnosed using core -needle biopsies with very high accuracies; ho…
JSHS · 2024
The universe is filled with turbulent events, from the collision of black holes to the death of a star in an explosive supernova. One such event is a Tidal Disruption Event (TDE), where a st…
JSHS · 2024
Chronic sleep deprivation (CSD) is a condition resulting from insufficient sleep over a prolonged period of time, which affects one in three adults in the United States. Alzheimer’s disease…
JSHS · 2024
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths, and gut bacteria play a crucial role in its pathogenesis. Gut bacteria metabolize dietary substrates to produce various m…
JSHS · 2024
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) results in a progressive loss of kidney function over time, affecting 37 million in the US. Chymase is the primary enzyme mediating angiotensin II formation inde…
JSHS · 2024
Genome Wide Association Studies have identified 560,000+ Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with disease, most of which are not in protein -coding regions of the genome. Howev…
JSHS · 2024
90% of goods move by cargo ships, contributing to 3% of climate change emissions, 7.6 million childhood asthma cases, and 150,000 premature deaths annually. There is a need for climate chang…
JSHS · 2024
As single-use plastic pollution rises, bioplastic from renewable biopolymers offers a sustainable alternative; however, challenges persist in improving their mechanical properties. This stud…
JSHS · 2024
This project aims to use an eddy current generator using a Halbach array to create a sustainable heating element for water desalination and test the effectiveness of a north-south array vers…
JSHS · 2024
Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata is a threatened species in the Caribbean. The degradation of the A. palmata population stimulated rehabilitation initiatives. This study analyzed the survivor…
JSHS · 2024
Perovskite solar cells have been regarded as one of the most promising alternatives to conventional polycrystalline silicon solar cells due to their excellent photovoltaic properties, flexib…
JSHS · 2024
Women’s Hospital The body composition status, which characterizes the levels of muscle and adipose tissue in a person’s body, is closely linked to cancer treatment risks and survival. Sarcop…
JSHS · 2024
Plastic pollution remains a problem, with over 170 trillion pieces of plastic in the world's oceans. A process that can efficiently degrade PETE plastic is hydrolysis, where the PETE is brok…