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The Impact of Short-Form Videos on the Learning Habits and Social Interactions of High School Students

Behavioral and Social Sciences

The growing popularity of short-form videos has put forth the need to understand the impacts of these types of media on different groups of audiences. Within the existing literature, most st…

The Impact of Social Vulnerability Index Changes on Overall and Race -Specific Prostate Cancer One-Year Survival Over a 20 Year Period (2000-2020)

The CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) measures an individual's health vulnerability based on their geographic location and environment. Previous studies have linked SVI at the time of d…

The Influence of Gender on Relapse in Adults Addicted to Social Media

Behavioral and Social Sciences

In recent years, social media has become one of the most popular ways for people to connect virtually. However, this rapid surge in its use has brought to light its capability to become an a…

The Influence of Ginger Root Extract on Female Reproductivity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Biomedical and Health Sciences

In recent decades, infertility rates have risen globally, with 11% of women and 9% of men experiencing decreased fertility. Studies pertaining to male fertility are abundant, yet studies of…

The Influence of Visible Light on the Consumption Rate of Expanded Polystyrene by Zophobas morio Larvae

Environmental Engineering

The process of disposing of expanded polystyrene (EPS) is by burning it in municipal incinerators. This process gives off EPS microplastics, which can find their way into water, food, blood,…

The Integration of Edge Impulse Platform and Orthopedic Medicine: A Knee Joint Disease Monitoring System Based on Artificial Intelligence

Biomedical Engineering

Approximately 350 million people worldwide suffer from osteoarthritis, with 80% of the population aged 65 and above suffering from joint diseases, particularly knee osteoarthritis, which bri…

The Key Factors Boosting Star Formation Rates of Galaxies

Physics and Astronomy

The star formation rate (SFR)-stellar mass (M*) relation of galaxies has long been a subject of research interest in astronomy. Why do galaxies with similar stellar masses have different sta…

The Microbiological Assessment of Air Quality and Surface Contamination in Agricultural Workspaces

Microbiology

I conducted this experiment to observe the air quality in agricultural settings once learning how unsafe the air pollution has become in these environments. I tested the air quality by placi…

The Modulation of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factors as a Treatment for Locomotion Impairment in the SOD1 Mutant Caenorhabditis elegans Model

Translational Medical Science

The neurodegenerative disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), is characterized by progressive motor neuron (MN) degeneration leading to muscular atrophy (Scaricamazza et al., 2021). Th…

The Parthenogenetic Predicament: The Effects of Varying Environmental Sizes on Lepidodactylus lugubris

This experiment was conducted to see if a shift in enclosure size can have a substantial effect on mourning gecko reproductive rates. Six mourning geckoes were split evenly into two groups.…

The Perforation of p-adics: Closing a Gap in Hensel's Lemma Through the Convergence Inequality

Mathematics Fourth Award

Hensel’s Lemma is the foundation of p-adic number theory and, as discovered in this study, a possible way to revolutionize the math behind elliptic curve cryptography. It works by lifting a…

The Power of Suggestion: A Study of the Placebo Effects of Caffeine on Short-Term Memory

Behavioral and Social Sciences

The purpose of this project was to test if caffeine had any effects on people's short-term memory, also testing to see if you could simulate the effects of caffeine using a placebo. If caffe…

The Production of an Anti-PCHD1 Monoclonal Antibody for the Purpose of Combating Hantavirus

Hantaviruses, a group of RNA viruses, pose a significant threat to humans all around the world. Infection can cause severe consequences, including the fatal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HP…

The Recursive Relationship Between Personalized Music Choice and Adolescent Mental Wellness: An Empirical Study

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Music streaming has enabled music choice to transition from a collective social listening experience to a personalized one. This research, for the first time, relates the two facets of music…

The Relationship Between Elongator Protein 3 (ELP3) and Neurodegenerative Disease: Investigating the Neuromuscular Junction in an Elongator Mouse Model of ALS

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is an extremely damaging neurodegenerative disorder that attacks the motor system, which gradually weakens and wastes m…

The Relationship Between Tumor-Induced Osteoclastogenesis and Osteoprotegerin

Biomedical and Health Sciences First Award

Osteosarcoma (OS), a primary bone tumor, arises from an imbalance in the bone remodeling pathway which fosters metastasis. In healthy bones, the microenvironment supports balanced remodeling…

The Repurposing of Prednisolone: Inhibition on the Formation of Pancreatic Cancer Associated Fibroblasts (CAFs) Through Ets1-HMGXB3 Axis

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest diseases in the world. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are an important component of the tumor microenvironment (TME) and important immune-nega…

The RIGHT Model: A Novel Personal Development Tool for Adolescents

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Deficit in learning and social skills during the COVID-19 pandemic causes a decrease in personal development (PD) among adolescents. Thus, we developed The RIGHT Model based on Cognitive Beh…

Thermally Triggered Motion of Pyrolytic Graphite on a Magnet Array

Physics and Astronomy

When hydrocarbon is heated to its decomposition temperature pyrolytic graphite can be crystalized in ordered layers. This material has an unusual characteristic. It can levitate above a cheq…

The Role of Cell-to-Cell Transmission in HIV Infection: Insights From a Mathematical Modeling Approach, Year 2

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

HIV infection remains a global public health challenge. While current drug treatments effectively suppress HIV viral loads below the detection level, complete eradication of the virus remain…

The Role of DNA Methylation in the Inflammatory Response Following the Consumption of Glutamate in a Patient With Psoriatic Arthritis: A Case Study in Personalized Medicine

Translational Medical Science

The usage of DNA methylation at CpG sites within the gene body has the potential to be used as an alternative to promoter methylation for identifying gene expression. In this study, we focus…

The Role of Neuronal Primary Cilia in Alzheimer’s Disease

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, accounting for 60-80% of cases in the United States. Failed interventions, aimed at the symptoms of the disease, have created a dri…

The Role of TALE Homeodomain Proteins in the Haploid to Diploid Transition of the Fern Ceratopteris richardii

Plant Sciences Third Award

TALE homeodomains (TALE-HD) are a large class of genes encoding proteins that act as transcription factors in eukaryotes to regulate major developmental and life cycle changes. Their ancestr…

The Secrets of Healthy Aging: Semi-Automated Discovery of Natural Senolytics

Translational Medical Science Fourth Award

As populations around the world grow older and pandemics ravage global health, the burdens of age-related diseases, such as arthritis, heart disease, and cancer, are increasingly prevalent.…

The Spectral Signature of the Coherent Electronic Excitation of Ethylene

CREOL, University of Central Florida Electronic motion governs all chemical transformations. For example, when a short light pulse excites a molecule, it creates a charge fluctuation that mi…

The Synergistic Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acids (DHA and EPA) and Zinc Picolinate on Traumatic Brain Injury in Galleria mellonella

Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award

Every 15 seconds, a person suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI), a leading cause of mortality and lifelong disability worldwide. Despite its prevalence, effective therapeutic treatments ta…

The Therapeutic Potential of Suppressing Chemokine Receptor CXCR4 Pathway Components in Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) Through First-Generation Potent Inhibitors

Translational Medical Science

Characterized as recalcitrant cancer, small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a rare neuroendocrine-type lung cancer with growing resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors, leading to rapid metast…

The Ultimate Plant-Powered Bike Lube

Chemistry

The project aims to explore the use of plant corrosion inhibitors compared to toxic bike chain lubricants on carbon steel bike chains. Current bike maintenance companies use petroleum and to…

The Use of Lichen-derived Secondary Metabolites as Pesticides

Animal Sciences

Bean beetles are an agricultural pest, destroying crops of legumes like mung beans and cowpeas. They decrease the yields of infested crops by up to 90% and reproduce quickly in warmer temper…

The Use of Reduced Graphene Oxide in Fluorinated Phthalocyanines and Their Applications in Gas Sensing

Chemistry

Gas sensing is vital for human health, industrial safety, and adherence to air quality standards (Tonezzer & Van Duy, 2023). Metal phthalocyanines (MPc’s) are promising gas sensing candidate…