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Getting Artificial Bone From Corn-Cob Ash and Mussel Shells With Bioceramic Method

Biochemistry

In recent years, calcium silicate ceramic has been accepted as a candidate material for being used as a bone substitute biomaterial due to its good bioactivity. Calcium silicate containing b…

Getting Electricity From Waterfalls

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Search for new methods of eco-friendly and grid independent methods of electricity production in remote areas remains important nowadays. Flow of water can be readily exploited for this purp…

Giant Superconducting Diode Effect From Controlled Edge Asymmetry

Physics and Astronomy

Superconducting thin film strips displaying a polarity-dependent critical current, superconducting diode rectification behavior, can be controlled via a small magnetic field. This could serv…

GLASS: A Geometric Local Attention-Based Model to Design Superconducting Structures

Materials Science

Superconductors, materials that achieve zero resistivity when cooled below their critical temperature, show promising applications in quantum computing, nuclear fusion, and electrical transm…

Glucocorticosteroids in Case of Genetic Mutations, Autoimmune Diseases or COVID-19

Biochemistry

Glucocorticoids are effective drugs with multiple side effects. They can develop respiratory failure, similar to COVID-19. However, dexamethasone is effective for the treatment of severe COV…

GlucoseAssist: A Novel, Personalized System for Prediction of Blood Glucose Levels and Early Identification of Dysglycemic Events using Artificial Intelligence

Blood glucose (BG) control is important for all individuals, especially diabetics, to evaluate and manage their metabolic health. Poor BG control results in dysglycemia. Frequent exposure to…

Got Milk? Comparing the Acid Production of Bifidobacterium infantis When Grown in Different Milks

Microbiology

The purpose of this study was to determine if different types of milk affected the growth and acid production of Bifidobacterium infantis, a powerful probiotic crucial for human development.…

Gradient Boosting Based Optimization Algorithm Using Model Selection to Reduce Overfitting

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Purpose — Gradient Boosting uses Decision Trees as estimators to create a feed forward loop in order to minimize the residuals errors, which is prone to overfitting and high variance. Thereb…

Gravity-Darkened Atmospheric Modeling of Exoplanets: Insights From KELT-9b

Physics and Astronomy

The ever-present search for extraterrestrial life on exoplanets requires a comprehensive understanding of their atmospheric properties. However, research in this area is sparse, leaving the…

Green Electronics: A Feasible Solution to Reduce E-Waste Pollutions

Environmental Engineering

Modern electronic equipment and devices have brought unprecedented convenience to people's everyday life. At the same time, they also posed a serious threat to human health and the environme…

Green Method to Lower the 8%: Facile and Sustainable Preparation of Superhydrophobic Concrete/Brick Surface

Chemistry

Concrete/brick is the most widely used construction material, but manufacture of them contributes to 8% of global CO2 emissions. Rainwater accumulated in the concrete/brick pores can form da…

Green One-Step Synthesis of Mushroom-Derived Carbon Dots as Fluorescent Paper-Based Sensors for Iron (III) Detection

Materials Science

The blue fluorescent carbon dots with a good photostability using Lentinus polychrous Lèv mushroom (LCDs) were synthesized via an efficient, one-step hydrothermal carbonization process. LCDs…

Green Synthesis and Testing of ZIF-8 as a Carbon Dioxide Capturing Agent

Chemistry Fourth Award

Carbon dioxide has been linked to devastating anthropocene changes; rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and increases in natural disasters are all effects of global warming. MOFs are porous…

Green Transportation: Decreasing Power Consumption and Harnessing Wind Energy in Vehicles

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Turbulent streamlines behind moving vehicles increase Drag forces acting on them, thus increasing energy consumption, which causes significant losses to the ministries of transport and vehic…

Growth & Characterization of Layered Magnets

Materials Science

MnPS3 and GdPS have been researched due to the recent insight into 2D magnetism. The ZrSiS family (GdPS belongs to this family) can be used as topological materials through elemental substit…

Growth of Tidal Snail Cerithidea moerchii Depends on Submergence Rate and Height of Reed Stem in Brackish Mud Flats

Animal Sciences

The tidal snail Cerithidea moerchii living in brackish mud flat in our town (habitat A) was observed frequently climbed up on the reed stem above the water. Snails of this species were also…

Guiding Responses to Climate Change: Integrating Fourier Transformation and Residual Learning for Arctic Sea Ice Forecasting

Systems Software

Arctic sea ice plays integral roles in both polar and global environmental systems, notably ecosystems, communities, and economies. As sea ice diminishes due to climate change, it has become…

Gut-Skin Axis Theory: A Novel Approach to Alleviating Eczema Symptoms by Identifying Direct Relationships Between the Gut and Skin Bacteria

Microbiology

This experiment’s purpose was to analyze the direct relationship between the gut bacteria E. coli and L. acidophilus and the skin bacteria S. epidermidis. To begin, a preliminary trial was p…

Gyro-Ring: Dynamics and Steady Precession of Ring on a Vertical Smooth Rod

Physics and Astronomy Second Award

Interesting motion arises when a ring-like object (e.g., washer) is rotated on a vertical, smooth rod. Intuitively, the ring will simply slide down the rod once its weight overcomes friction…

Haloperidol Inhibits Inflammasome Activation via LAMTOR1 and Reduces the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Translational Medical Science Second Award

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune joint disease that affects nearly 1% of people worldwide. RA disproportionately affects women, indigenous peoples, and those of lower socioeconomic…

Haptic Vision: An Assistive Device for the Visually Impaired

Embedded Systems

To visually impaired people, everyday, normal tasks, such as getting up and walking around become a daunting task. Visually impaired people also have a much higher chance of getting an injur…

HDformer: A Higher Dimensional Transformer With a Novel Time Square Attention Mechanism Utilizing Long Range Vascular Signals for Diabetes Detection, and an AI-Based PPG Wearable

Translational Medical Science Second Award

Diabetes mellitus is a global concern, and early detection can prevent serious complications. 50% of people live with undiagnosed diabetes, disproportionately afflicting low-income groups. N…

Heat Screen: A Novel Approach to Monitoring Heat Stress

Biomedical Engineering

Heat exhaustion is not just the leading cause of death in student-athletes it is quickly becoming the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S. One of the keyways to help prevent h…

HeLU-DTI: Drug Target Interaction Prediction via Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks and Large Language Models

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award

Drug discovery, a complex and time-consuming process, heavily relies on determining affinities between drugs and targets. With the introduction of computational methods, researchers can now…

HemiStride: Design of a Low-Cost and Backdrivable Lower-Limb Exoskeleton for Hemiplegic Patients

Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award

Hemiplegia is a type of paralysis where one side of the body experiences a loss of motor function. Hemiplegics may be confined to a wheelchair, which presents health issues such as low bone…

HepaEase: Development of an Instigating Risk Assessment Tool and xLFIA Validating Potential Urinary Biomarkers for Early Detection of NAFLD

Biochemistry Second Award

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as a significant cause of chronic liver disease globally, affecting 25% of the population. The condition is characterized by an excessiv…

Hepatitis B Patient-Derived Virus Exhibits Replication Step-Dependent Resistance to Interferon in a Chronic in-vitro Infection Model

Chronic Hepatitis Bvirus (HBV) infection affects 300 million people worldwide, with no existing cure. The first- line treatment is interferon (IFN), an antiviral cytokine. However, clinical…

Hereditary Atomicity and ACCP in Monoids and Integral Domains

Mathematics

The relationship between atomicity and ACCP, two properties measuring the way elements factor in integral domains, is central to abstract factorization theory. It is known that all integral…

Higher Serum Testosterone Level Was Associated With Lower Risk of Prediabetes in US Adults: Findings From Nationally Representative Data

Translational Medical Science

Low testosterone may be a novel risk factor for prediabetes. We assessed associations between prediabetes and total serum testosterone (TT), and whether the associations were modified by pop…

Highly Adaptable, Strong, and Flexible Biotic Robotic Arm: A Modular Gear Chain Mechanism for Single-Handed Task Mastery

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award

In this study, we aimed to develop a cost-effective, adaptable, and easily repairable prosthetic arm, addressing the limitations of current prosthetic devices in terms of expense, inflexibil…