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Convolutional Neural Networks on Stethoscope Audios: COPD Diagnosis and Clinical Feature Identification

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that obstructs airflow and causes difficulty breathing. It is responsible for approximately 3.2 million de…

Corneal Applanation Scleral Buckling Model (C.A.S.B.M)

Biomedical Engineering

Scleral Buckling Surgery is a common eye procedure ophthalmic surgery residents need to master. However, they lack low-cost, quality training models. Surgical simulators are one way to pract…

Correlation Between Various Methods of Fertilizer and Development of Salicornia europaea

Plant Sciences

Over time, human populations in coastal areas have affected the environment more and more. Nutrients in marshes and salt pans are increasing due to human impact. Nutrient pollution is one of…

Correlations in Cryptocurrencies: A Comparative Safe-Haven Analysis

Mathematics

Cryptocurrency is a digital financial asset that has gained exorbitant traction in recent years. Since the global financial crisis period, traditional safe-haven investments have lost their…

Cost-Effective Air Quality Monitoring Using Readily Available Programming Interfaces

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Over the course of the last forty years concern of the effects caused by indoor air quality on health has been increasing due to the ever-surging indoor based work environments and homes. Wi…

Cost-Effective and Educational Refreshable Braille Display With Cognitive Learning Features

Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award

Current commercial braille displays often cost upwards of a thousand dollars, creating a socioeconomic barrier that is untraversable to many. Research has shown that having braille education…

Cost-Effective Robotic Arm Prosthesis Integrating Haptic Feedback, EMG Bands, FDM 3D Printing, and Novel Grasp-Type Auto Assistance Using Machine Vision

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

The engineering goal of this project was to design a cost-effective and functional artificial limb with the integration of 3D printing, haptic feedback, and force-sensitive resistors (FSRs).…

Could Future Supersonic Aircraft Engines Be More Fuel Efficient? Proof of Concept for a Dual-Mode Supersonic Propulsion System

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

The majority of passenger aircraft today are powered by Turbofan engines, renowned for their quiet and efficient operation at subsonic speeds. The Turbofan engine is, however, unable to exce…

Coupling the Cybernetic Model With Flux Balance Analysis for Dynamic Simulation of Overflow Metabolism in Escherichia coli

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Metabolism forms the foundation of understanding how cellular processes work; however, not all reactions within a metabolic network are fully understood. Some specific metabolic pathways in…

CoVNet: A Deep Convolutional Neural Network Model for Improving COVID-19 Detection

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus disease, is a respiratory illness caused by a virus called SARS-CoV-2. Currently, there are two standard COVID-19 diagnostic tests: RT-PCR, with a sen…

CRAB vs Pepper: The Effect of Bioenhancers on Ampicillin-Sulbactam as a Treatment Against A. baumannii

Microbiology

As more and more bacteria develop antibiotic resistance, bioenhancers (substances that enhance antibiotic performance) are emerging as potential solutions. We hypothesized that the bioenhanc…

Cracking the Code: New Genetic Link Between Sleep and Aging-slo-1 in C. elegans

Animal Sciences Fourth Award

Aged people are more prone to sleeping disorders, which poses a serious health concern worldwide. The underlying mechanisms of sleep and aging related diseases remain unclear following my me…

Creating a Light Speed Linear Algebra Accelerator With Silicon Photonics

Embedded Systems

Over the past few decades, data has grown exponentially. This has become clear in recent years, with the emergence of complex simulations, large databanks, and dense artificial intelligence…

Creating a Low Cost Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring System with an Artificial Neural Network and Microcontroller

Diabetes mellitus is the ninth leading cause of death worldwide, affecting millions worldwide and likely more due to inefficient testing, and is growing worse every year. The main way to tre…

Creating and Assessing a Tool to Organize Graphs Using Hooke's Law

Mathematics

The purpose of this study is to develop a tool to organize graphs utilizing Hooke’s law, and to assess its abilities in terms of the organization of graphs. Graphs that satisfy certain condi…

Creating Perfusable Tissue Scaffolds From Decellularized Plant Leaves

Biochemistry

Currently, both synthetic and animal-derived grafts currently used as scaffolds for perfusable human tissue have limitations due to low availability, poor biocompatibility, and cost. Plant l…

Creating Superresolution Spectra from Titan’s Equatorial Dunes

Titan, a moon of Saturn, is the most Earth-like body in the solar system. Titan hosts lakes, dunes, craters, and an atmosphere, which means that Titan is an Earth-like environment. NASA sent…

Creation and Simulation of Function of Claramine-Atorvastatin Coated Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticles for Targeted Dissolution of Atherosclerotic Plaque

Atherosclerosis, the buildup of lipids as a plaque within the inner lining of the blood vessel wall, leading to reduced vessel flexibility, is the result of a cut in the layer of activated e…

Creation of a Prototype Ion Engine and Improvement of Its Performance

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

The aim of the work is to build a prototype ion thruster, find ways to improve its performance, and then put those improvements into practice by changing the thruster itself, to further eval…

Creation of a Virtual Assistant for the Elderly Using Artificial Intelligence Systems

Systems Software

Cati is a virtual assistant specifically designed for elderly people. By integrating different artificial intelligence systems (speech recognition, natural language processing and speech syn…

Creation of Biodegradable Polymers From Starch of Zea mays Combined With Organic Resin

Materials Science

Obtaining a plastic biopolymer from Zea Mays represents a more environmentally friendly solution. One disadvantages of this biopolymer is its short useful life. For this, some substance must…

Creation of Control Recovery Systems for Coupe Body Cars To Increase the Probability of Regaining Control at High Speeds

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

Speed is a factor considered at the time of an accident, as only a 1% increase in speed increases the probability of fatal accidents by 4%. Can the creation of a Non-Electronic Aerodynamic C…

Crop Meshing Method (CMM): Drought Resilience Through Intentional Soil Development

Plant Sciences Fourth Award

The soil water balance is determined by the soil structure. Due to climate change, optimizing the water balance of agricultural soils is desired. In my previous project, I conceptualized the…

Cross-Sectional Shape of Gold Nanopillars Directly Affects the Number of Single Photon Emission Sites in Deformed WSe2

Materials Science

Two-dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) are at the center of recent research regarding optoelectronic devices, such as single photon emitters, due to their uni…

Crucial Pathogenic Role of Elevated Mast Cells in Pulmonary Fibrosis Revealed by Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Analysis

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Pulmonary fibrosis occurs when lung tissue becomes damaged or scarred and can be progressive in nature, impacting an individual’s ability to breathe. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and…

Crystallization and Morphology Tailoring via Functionalized Ligands for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

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…

Curalgia: A Novel Deep-Learning Based Framework for the Risk Assessment of Differentially Diagnosed Disease Such as Fibromyalgia

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

With a prevalence of 2-8% of the world population, the insidious disease Fibromyalgia(FM) posses a threat. Fibromyalgia is a chronic-pain disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal…

Cure of Breast Cancer-Year 6: Novel Approaches in the Therapy of Metastatic Breast Cancer Using Clinical Databases and 3D Organoid Model

Translational Medical Science

Among various subtypes of breast cancer, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is well-known as aggressive cancer with frequent anticancer drug-resistance and easy metastasis. Nevertheless, t…

Cytotoxicity and Pro-Apoptosis on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells Using Polyherbal Formulation (PHF), MAT20

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Standard approaches for cancer treatment involves surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Although these approaches have resulted in prolongation of the survival window, it is also accompanied…

Cytotoxicity of Mamaki (Pipturus albidus) on LNCaP Cells

Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death for American men. Sadly, Native Hawaiian men have the highest mortality rate from the disease. Mamaki, an endemic Hawaiian plant and a vi…