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Green Flour

Biochemistry

The investigation aimed to study the utilization of prickly pear pads for production of flour as a new source of food products in the market. As known, the world is facing food and water cri…

Green Interpenetrated Silicone-Based Elastomeric Webs Engineered as Wave Energy Harvesters

Materials Science

Wave energy extraction using dielectric elastomers is a recently developed technology with a lot of potential. The system used is made from a dielectric elastomer coated on both sides with e…

Green Mechanochemical One-Pot Isoxazoline Synthesis With TPGS-750-M Micelle

Chemistry

Isoxazolines are important heterocycles often found in various pharmaceuticals, but many reactions that produce them are inefficient and use chlorinated solvents, which are potent pollutants…

Growing Sustainable Packaging Material With Mycelium and Agricultural Waste

Materials Science

An experiment was conducted to test the efficacy of growing custom-shaped composite packing material using mycelium and corn husk fibers, combined and grown into a composite material in simp…

Growth and Characterization of 2D Magnetic Materials

Materials Science

Both, MnPS3 and GdPS, have been researched due to the recent insight into 2D magnetism and topological states. The ZrSiS family (GdPS belongs to this family) can be used as topological mater…

Growth of a Possible Bacteria That Degrades Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Particles in a Controlled Environment

Microbiology

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most used plastics in manufacturing many products because of its advantageous properties. However, PET's long durability of 450 years proves to…

Guidance System for Visually Impaired People

Biomedical Engineering

Our project is meant to help visually impaired people regain their independence from medical staff. We want to create a means for these patients orient themselves without the need for help i…

AJAS · 2022

Gut bacteria can be engineered to potentially treat Crohn's disease

Microbiology

Because of the strong association between microbial imbalance, decreased short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production, and Crohn’s disease (CD) onset, microbiota-targeting therapies are crucial…

Habitable Zones of Galaxies: Finding Metal-Rich Zones in Various Galaxies and Their Relation to Color

Physics and Astronomy

The habitable zone of a solar system is the range of distances from a star at which water takes a liquid form, therefore supporting life as we know it. This project extends the concept of "h…

Hard Missions Robot

Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award

Evidence shows that researchers excavating Ancient Egyptian tombs face problems, such as narrow entrances, increase of toxic gasses, decrease of oxygen, and increase in temperature. The proj…

Harms and Benefits of Oral Sucrose To Reduce Adverse Events, Pain and Distress During Veterinary Needle Prick Procedures in Domestic Rabbits: Random Control Trial

Animal Sciences Third Award

Adapting the evidence-based medical practice of giving oral sucrose to human infants before painful procedures, during the 2020-21 foreign animal disease outbreak of RHDV2 (Rabbit Hemorrhagi…

Harnessing the Energy in Waves to Generate Electricity

Having one of the highest sources of renewable energy densities, ocean waves are one of the most reliable ways to provide clean power. This research paper investigates a small-scale wave con…

Harnessing the Energy in Waves To Generate Electricity

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Ocean waves can generate power 90% of the time, making them the most reliable source of clean energy in the world. Places like Hawaii, which are surrounded by waves, can significantly benefi…

Hay, Hay, Which Is Better?

Animal Sciences

The purpose of this experiment is to provide a healthy balanced diet for my rabbits. Focusing on the rabbits health and their fur. Their fur can be a direct reflection of their overall healt…

Hedgehog Signaling Mediates the Dysregulation of Adrenocorticotropin Hormone Secretion and Somatostatin Receptor Expression in Cushing's Disease

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Cushing's disease (CD) is an endocrine disorder characterized by increased levels of cortisol and caused by an Adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary corticotroph adenoma. Th…

AJAS · 2022

Hermit crabs as an animal model for social interaction and resource inequality

Behavioral Science

Resource inequality is a pervasive and pressing issue affecting the well-being of individuals in societies around the world. Multidisciplinary researchers have previously utilized economic,…

High Capacity, High Stability and Low Corrosive Al-Treated Ionic Liquid Electrolyte With Al-Deposited Carbon Cloth Anode Used in Aluminum-Ion Battery

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Rechargeable aluminum-ion batteries (AIBs) are receiving considerable attention as a desirable device for large-scale energy storage owing to high theoretical capacity and abundance of alumi…

High Concentration Silver-Carrying Materials With Controlled Silver Dissolution and Efficiently Long-Acting Sterilization

Chemistry

Silver ion antibacterial materials are safe, have low toxicity and high efficiency; Phosphate glasses are environmentally friendly, stable, adjustable and water-soluble. By introducing antib…

AJAS · 2022

High School Female Athletes Do Not Meet National Nutritional Guidelines

Behavioral Science

"The Effect of Qualitative Versus Quantitative Nutrition Education on the Eating Habits of Female High School Athletes" In order to perform well and maintain their health, athletes must exer…

HMS-Health Monitoring System for Home-Quarantined Covid-19 Patients

Embedded Systems

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was up to 3.6 million new reported cases and approximately 17 thousand deaths a day globally that are caused by COVID-19, according to WHO. However, most…

Home-Brew Quantum Key Distribution

Physics and Astronomy

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a cutting-edge cybersecurity protocol that utilizes superposition and quantum measurement to detect an eavesdropper. However it is currently not widely avai…

Homologous Histone Acetyltransferases KAT2A (GCN5) and KAT2B (PCAF) Roles in the Intestinal Epithelium

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Cellular proliferation and differentiation are fundamentally regulated by the physical landscape of the chromatin. In the intestine, a highly regulated molecular process maintains homeostasi…

Horizon Scan Vision

Systems Software

The essence of the project is to reduce the computing capacity requirement of scanning processes to 1/10 by increasing the resolution and accuracy by the software, so that a mobile can even…

How Complexity Affects Structural Stability: Using Protist Microcosms and Mathematical Modeling to Navigate Realism in Theoretical Ecology

The nature of how ecosystem complexity affects stability has been long debated by theoretical ecologists. This broad concept, which encompasses how species richness, interactions, and commun…

How Dietary Restriction Affects the Athleticism, Metabolic Rate, and Lifespan of Drosophilia melanogaster

Obesity is a notable health risk factor that increases morbidity and mortality. Some factors that contribute to obesity are lifestyle choices including excessive eating habits, low exercise…

How Distance Effects the Double Dip Transit Photometry Method’s Ability to Detect Exoplanets

In our quest of whether there is life outside of our solar system, the focus has been on finding planets known as Super-Earths with Earth-like qualities suitable for life, but large enough f…

How Do Different Concentrations of Glyphosate Affect Phytoplankton Populations and How Effective Will a Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) Absorption Filtration Test Be at Removing Glyphosate From an Herbicide to Protect Phytoplankton Populations?

Earth and Environmental Sciences

This research study served to understand whether the chemical glyphosate, found in commercial herbicides, is a threat to the keystone species phytoplankton, and thus whether it is a threat t…

How Do Endophytic Bacteria From Mango Affect the Growth of Fungus Botrytis cinerea and the Use of 16S rDNA Sequence To Identify Bacteria?

Microbiology

The objective of this research was to test the effect of endophytic bacteria on growth of fungus, Botrytis cinerea. Branches from mango were cut into 5-6 centimeter pieces, surface sterilize…

How Does Nitrate Absorption Differ Between the Rhizophora mangle, Laguncularia racemosa, and Avicennia germinans Over a 48 Hour Period?

Plant Sciences

Mangroves are critical members of tropical coastline ecosystems. They offer residence to various aquatic biota and protect the coastline from erosion due to their high root density. In the c…

How Does Ring "Dance" in a Bowl?: Study on Chaos-Like Dynamic Behavior of Rigid Rings Using Lagrange Mechanical Analysis

Physics and Astronomy

Even a simple ring’s motion, it is still difficult to get an analytical solution as the number of degrees of freedom is larger than four. In this project, I studied the interesting chaos-lik…