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Accelerating Plant Growth With Electro–Horticulture

Plant Sciences

Electro-horticulture, an intriguing and sustainable agricultural practice, can harness the power of electricity to stimulate plant growth. This research investigated the impact of electrical…

Accessible Microscopy! A Cellphone-Based Fourier Ptychography Microscope for High-Resolution, Large Field-of-View, and High-Speed Imaging

Embedded Systems

The high cost of traditional microscopes presents a barrier to accessibility for critical pursuits such as drug development, cancer research, and clinical diagnostics, rendering them inacces…

A ChatGPT Empowered Application in Biomedical Research

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Accurately identifying the relationship between regulators and disease has long been a challenge in the field of biomedical research due to its crucial roles in pathobiological conditions. M…

A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Models for Wildfire Prediction

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Amid the increasing threat of wildfires driven by extreme weather events, the imperative development of rapid and efficient fire prediction models becomes evident for successful evacuation,…

A Comparative Study of Indigenous Fishes in Paddy Fields for Pest Control and Mosquito Control in Avitanallur Village

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Biological control of pests and mosquitoes using indigenous fishes is an eco-friendly approach towards sustainable agriculture and health. Objectives: To collect and identify different indig…

A Comparative Study of the Antibacterial Activity of Bioactive Compounds From the Bougainvillea glabra and Plectranthus amboinicus Plants

Microbiology

Pathogenic bacteria are evolving to such an extent that by 2050 an estimated 10 million people will die because of antibiotic resistance. This public health problem is compounded by the slow…

A Comparison of Machine Learning Models (CNN and SVM) in the Novel Supervised Image Classification Approach for the Accessible Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease via Clock Drawing Tests on Mobile Phone Applications

Translational Medical Science Second Award

Elderly populations are at an increasing risk of dementia, and accessibility to status-quo diagnosis tools is a significant issue, as proposed by the substantial rates of undiagnosed cases.…

A Comprehensive Assistive System for Enhancing Independence in Individuals with Quadriplegia

Embedded Systems

This project introduces an innovative assistive technology designed to significantly enhance the quality of life for individuals with quadriplegia. It presents a unified technology platform…

A Comprehensive LC-MS Metabolomics Approach Reveals a Novel Panel of Markers in an APOE4 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

Biochemistry Third Award

Alzheimer’s is a terrible neurodegenerative disease affecting millions of individuals around the world. However, all FDA approved drugs for the illness offer only symptomatic treatment and h…

A Comprehensive LC-MS Metabolomics Approach Reveals a Novel Panel of Markers in an APOE4 Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

APOE is a mediator of lipid metabolism and allele APOE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. One copy of the allele increases likelihood for Alzheimer's by three -fo…

A Computer Vision Based System to Make Street Crossings Safer for the Visually Impaired

Crosswalks are dangerous places with high risks of pedestrians coming into contact with cars. Unfortunately, this problem is especially true for visually impaired pedestrians, as they cannot…

A Configurable Compiled Programming Language With Integrated Transpilation

Systems Software Third Award

Language workbenches and product lines allow users to customize programming languages by providing a framework for the creation of Domain Specific Languages (DSLs). They allow for quicker la…

A Continuing Analysis of Nematode Viability: Mitigation of Agrochemical Impacts Across Different Soil Profiles Utilizing Organic Carbon and Nitrate

Plant Sciences

Nematodes are non-segmented worms that live throughout the soil. While some nematodes can be harmful and lead to plant disease, many can be extremely beneficial. Nematodes are vital to the m…

Acoustic Filtration: Harnessing Ultrasonic Technology for the Streamlined Removal of Microplastic Particles From Water Flow

Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award

Microplastics have become a prevalent global environmental issue, with an estimated 75 trillion microplastics in the oceans today. MPs pose dangers to wildlife and cause serious health issue…

Activated Carbon Derived From Rice Husks Enhanced by Methylene Blue and Gamma Irradiation for Energy Storage Applications

Chemistry

Renewable energy, agricultural waste management, and clean water scarcity are major environmental concerns worldwide. Activated carbon (AC) is a promising material for electrodes used in ene…

Adaptive Biomimetic Aircraft (ABA): Nature-Inspired Enhancement of the Aerodynamic Design of Aircrafts to Improve Sustainable Performance

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

The aviation industry stands as one of the most threatening modes of modern mobility, producing 3.8% of the global CO2 emissions in 2023. CO2 emissions are expected to proliferate and surpas…

Ad Astra! Testing Rocket Fin Configurations and Their Effect on Flight Stability

Physics and Astronomy

Experimental rocketry is the field of engineering that studies scale rocket designs to optimize flight performance. Simulation engineering is an important part of this process because it sav…

A Deep Learning-Base Approach for Ovarian Cancer Subtype Classification

Biomedical Engineering

Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related mortality in women worldwide. This high mortality rate is largely due to late-stage diagnosis, which is a significant challenge gi…

A Deep Semi-Supervised Domain Generalization Approach for Epileptic Seizure Prediction Using Electroencephalography (EEG)

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

According to the WHO, nearly 50 million people suffer from epilepsy, one of the most common neurological diseases. Deaths caused by epilepsy have doubled over the past decade. Epilepsy is ch…

Adjustable Socket for Transfemoral Prosthese

Biomedical Engineering

The post-amputation experience involves several physical and psychological changes. Despite technological advances, current prosthetic sockets present limitations by not accurately adapting…

Adjustment of Surface Properties of Microfluidic Chips Using Nanoparticles

Materials Science

The development of microfluidics is necessary for many reasons, especially in bio-medicine, where it would help to save time and resources such as the amount of chemical precursors as well a…

Advanced Soil Sensor Technology for Sustainable Agriculture Management

Embedded Systems

Soil chemical analysis is essential and fundamental, It provides farmers with benefits such as ensuring crop success, supplying appropriate quantities of fertilizers and water to the soil, t…

Advancing Antibiotic Detection: Engineering a Novel Chitosan-Zinc Oxide-Modified Graphite Electrochemical Sensor for Ciprofloxacin Detection

Chemistry Third Award

The contemporary bioaccumulation of Antibiotics in our environment due to various factors has resulted in significant pollution, predisposition of organisms to adverse health effects, and th…

Advancing Bias Mitigation in Machine Learning Models: The Use of Feature-Wise Mixing Across Diverse Classifiers for Contextual Bias Mitigation

Systems Software

In the realm of machine learning, biased models stemming from inadequate representation in training datasets pose a significant challenge to real life applications of these models. Despite a…

Advancing Diabetic Retinopathy Detection: Reducing Misdiagnosis Using Deep Ensemble Learning

Translational Medical Science

Diabetic retinopathy (DR), a primary cause of vision loss worldwide, is projected to affect 130 million individuals by 2030. Difficulties related to diagnosis have led to an estimated underd…

Advancing Early Detection of Kidney Cancer (Year 3): A Novel Automated Workflow for High-Throughput Proteomic Profiling of Urinary Extracellular Vesicles

Translational Medical Science First Award

Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) is the world's deadliest urological disease. Although detection before metastasis can raise a patient's 5-year survival rate by over 75%, current diagnostic method…

Advancing El Niño-Southern Oscillation ("ENSO") Ensemble Forecasting With Distillation-Based Learning

Systems Software

In this paper, we present several key contributions to the field of climate science and machine learning, with a specific focus on the prediction of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) p…

Advancing Pet Face Recognition: A Deep Learning Approach With a Large-Scale Dataset

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Every year in the U.S., millions of cats and dogs go missing, but only a few are reunited with their owners. To address this issue, our study proposes a deep learning approach for matching l…

Advancing Sustainable Citrus Greening Disease Management: A Comprehensive Eco-Friendly Approach for the Management of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus Using Trunk Injection of Murraya koenigii Derived Biological Extract and Its Validation Through Precision Agriculture Tools

Plant Sciences First Award

Huanglongbing (HLB), or the Citrus Greening (Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus), is the most destructive citrus disease worldwide and persists in threatening the sustainability of the Citrus…

Advancing Wound Infection Assessment by Utilizing pH-Sensitive Curcuma Longa, Phase II

Translational Medical Science Fourth Award

Wound care is an essential part of patient healthcare. However, infections worldwide are increasing at a record rate due to disease, microbes, and antibiotic resistance. Unfortunately, preve…