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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Roanoke Valley Governor’s School The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the impact of water type, movement, and sand on the degradation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). It was…
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Scientific Caribbean Foundation (SCF) Cannabis addiction is described as a chronically relapsing disorder marked by compulsive drug seeking and intake, loss of control in limiting intake, an…
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Blue Valley West High School Colorectal cancer (CRC) is not only one of the most common non-sex-specific cancers, but also one of the deadliest. There is thus the need to develop more compre…
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University of New Mexico Mission-critical communications (MCC) refer to those that support operations involving high risk to human life and property. As RF spectrum becomes highly contested,…
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Abbott Laboratories Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a cardiac disease affecting over three million Americans, with a prevalence of 1% (above 6% in the elderly).1 AF is an irregular heartbeat tha…
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J. Michael Bishop Institute of Cancer Research (MBICR) Synthetic lethal therapies represent an emerging direction of anticancer drug development. We have recently identified a mitotic regula…
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Dengue Fever is a debilitating viral disease, with more than 25,000 deaths annually. To date, no vaccine has been developed for Dengue Fever due to the existence of four virus serotypes. Thi…
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University of Southern California Human blood plasma contains biomarkers associated with many diseases. Separation of plasma from blood cells is crucial for many disease diagnostics. The cur…
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Knee angle tracking has important applications in rehabilitation and sports training. In this project, a wearable sensor system is developed for using inertial measurement units (IMUs) to tr…
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Mosquitoes represent a significant proportion of insect biodiversity, and yeasts fill important roles in food webs, decomposition of organic matter, and nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystem…
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Temple University In the United States, 55% of people over the age of 50 have either osteoporosis or low bone mass, both of which result from the human body’s failure to produce bone-strengt…
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BASIS Chandler This project explores the potential of utilizing soybean curd residue (SCR) to improve soil productivity and drought resistance by analyzing its effects on the nitrogen and po…
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Medical University of South Carolina Osteoclasts (OCL) are bone-resorbing cells that differentiate from macrophage precursors in response to receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-Β (NF-…
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Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by nerve impulse conduction anomalies and neuronal degeneration. Demyelination, a degenerative process that erodes away the myelin sheath which p…
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Dr. Cristina Fernandez Jim Waltman The Watershed Institute It is forecast that 66% of our population will experience water scarcity within a decade, leaving us more dependent on surface wate…
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Andrew Bramante Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of liver cancer and is regarded as one of the most aggressive cancers. Over 800,000 people contract HCC each year and a…
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Researchers in precision agriculture are exploring efficient methods of monitoring nitrogen content in crop systems to manage resources, increase crop yields, and prevent environmental degra…
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Open clusters can contain about 100 to 1,000 stars, with the stars being relatively young. These conditions make open clusters suitable for exoplanet formation, for new stars harbor a lot of…
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Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Cognitive deterioration caused by Mild Cognitive Imp airment (MCI), which is often a transition be twee…
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Tom Ritzdorf Zebra mussels, first detected in Montana in 2016, are known to cause severe economic and environmental damage when they colonize an area. To combat their spread, an accurate com…
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3D Systems By 2025, two-thirds of people could be living with freshwater scarcity. Harvesting atmospheric moisture is an innovative method to alleviate this crisis. Torrey Pine tree needles…
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Mayo Clinic Brachytherapy, the use of radioactive implants placed near tumors, is a vital part of cervical cancer treatment. However, the lack of automated workflows makes brachytherapy plan…
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Indian Springs School Artificial skin is a synthetic membrane structure that mimics the flexibility and sensory functions of biological skin. Similar to receptors in biological skin sending…
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Kamehameha - Kapālama Hawaii's energy costs are the highest in the nation. Hawaii is currently using solar and wind energy to try and combat these high prices. This project improves upon the…
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In my first year I analyzed the difference between radio frequency interference and pulsar detection. My research for the American Astronomical Society Conference centered on tracking pulsar…