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Investigating the Relationship Between Ciliogenesis and MED12 Expression in Hardikar Syndrome

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Hardikar Syndrome (HS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by cleft lip/palate, pigmentary retinopathy, intestinal malrotation, and hepatobiliary disease. The disease is known to be cau…

Investigating the Use of Machine Learning in Potato Crop Disease Prediction and Preventive Measures in the Context of Smart Farming and Climate Change

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Potato cultivation is a vital component of global agricultural production, and fungal diseases pose significant challenges to farmers. A vast majority of Pakistani potato growers are small-h…

Investigating the Use of Parallel Computing With Quantum Computers

Physics and Astronomy

Quantum computers are integral to progress in computational capability but are limited by decoherence. This research investigated characteristics of qubit decoherence in systems of parallel…

Investigating Type la Supernovae Formation Processes via the Kinematics of Their Ejecta

Physics and Astronomy

Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) are a class of stellar explosions that serve as tools for measuring cosmic distance. They have been hypothesized to result from the explosion of a white dwarf sta…

Investigation and Optimization of Bus Network in Mountain Cluster Cities: A Case Study of Routes 530 and 551 by Chongqing Northern Public Transport Co.

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Amidst China's rapid economic expansion and escalating urbanization, the proliferation of city roads has led to increasingly severe traffic issues. The unique topography of mountain cluster…

Investigation Into the Use of Crickets as a Home-Grown Sustainable Food Source

Behavioral and Social Sciences

With increasing food demand, alternative protein options must be considered. The purpose of this project is to compare rural American high school students' feelings towards consuming and rai…

In vitro and in silico Evaluation of Embryogenesis Inhibition Activity of Ethanolic Extracts of Chico (Manilkara zapota) Bark Against Gastrointestinal Strongyle Eggs

Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award

Strongyloides, a group of parasites identified in ruminants, had displayed a growing resistance against commercial anthelmintic treatments which has caused economic losses in livestock and a…

In vitro Mutagenesis of Sweet Potato (Ipomea batatas) Using Colchicine for Crop Improvement

Plant Sciences

This study addresses Indonesia's demand for healthy and nutritional food supply by improving the productivity of sweet potato plants. Beta-carotene, anthocyanin, potassium, and vitamin C are…

In vitro Study of Bioceramics From Bamboo (Bambusa blumeana) Leaf Ash and Green Mussel (Perna viridis) Shells With Silver (Ag) Coating and 3D-Printing Applications for Bone Regeneration

Materials Science

In 2019, 455 million global occurrences of acute or chronic bone fracture symptoms and 178 million fractures were recorded. In the Philippines, hip fractures are projected to escalate to 175…

Ionic Wind: A Novel Approach for Generating Thrust Utilizing Electric-Powered Propulsion

Physics and Astronomy

The purpose of my project is to engineer a type of thruster that utilizes ionic thrust. My engineering goal is to utilize this ionic propulsion most effectively. This will provide data and s…

Iron Transporter Protein Slc22a17 Regulates Myelin Formation and Oligodendrocyte Development

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Solute carriers (SLCs) are key to cellular transport of growth substances and their dysfunction is often associated with disease. Studies have focused on the solute carrier protein Slc22a17,…

Is It Clogged? Production of an Instrument to Detect Clogged Sprinkler Heads and Notify a Cellular Device

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

The goal for this project was to engineer a device that would sense if there was a clog in a sprinkler nozzle, and notify a cellular device. Using sensors, an Arduino, and some code this ide…

Isolating and Annotating Novel Bacteriophages That Infect Gordonia rubripertincta: A Comparison Between Evergreen22 (Fribs8) and KayGee

Microbiology Third Award

Phage therapy is a promising option to mitigate antibiotic resistance. Phages, a type of virus, are genetically diverse and globally plentiful. Yet only 14,500 phages have been discovered, m…

Isolation of Novel Mycobacteriophages From Soil

Microbiology

Mycobacteria remain a prominent problem, especially in developing areas in South Africa and India. Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes the pulmonary disease tuberculosis (TB) and is responsibl…

Is the 17BETA-Estradiol Aptamer Able To Be Modified Using 3-Cyanovinylcarbazole Photo-Cross-Linking To Achieve Site-specific Intra-molecular Binding at the Eighth and Twenty-Ninth Positions, and Will the Modified 17BETA-Estradiol Aptamers Still Bind to the Target 17BETA-Estradiol Hormone?

Biochemistry

17ß-estradiol (E2) is a steroidal estrogen used in agriculture to promote animal growth and increase milk yield cows, and is the most common endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC) found in wast…

Is Your Clothing Really That Safe?

Materials Science

I got to set different clothing materials on fire with the help of a firefighter. Knowing how safe your clothing is, is really important if you have a job like a firefighter or working in th…

Iterative Misclassification Error Training (IMET): An Optimized Neural Network Training Technique for Medical Image Classification

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Deep learning models are being tested to analyze medical images for a variety of applications, ranging from identifying diseases to accurate predictions. However, the amount of data availabl…

Iterative Misclassification Error Training (IMET): An Optimized Neural Network Training Technique for Medical Image Classification

Deep learning models are being tested to analyze medical images for a variety of applications, ranging from identifying diseases to accurate predictions. However, the amount of data availabl…

It's a Bloody Topic, Part II

Animal Sciences

After doing last year's project I knew that I had to do a continuation. It all started 12 years ago when my dad let me go in the chicken house with him. As a kid, I have always had chickens…

JQ1 Epigenetic Modulation of Pancreatic Beta-Cells (INS-1) Normalizes Glucose Sensitivity Under Hyperglycemia: Therapeutic Preventive Implications for Type II Diabetes Mellitus

Biochemistry

Chronic hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance are prequels to type II diabetes mellitus. Previous studies from our laboratory have demonstrated that the Bromodomain-and-Extra-Terminal prot…

Jumping Genes: A Potential Molecular Target for Alzheimer's Disease Intervention

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Alzheimer's Disease(AD) affects more than 6 million people in the US, by causing degeneration of the brain cells, deficiency of cognition and mobility, and even death. As aging progresses, s…

Keeping an Eye on Children: A Swimmer-following Vehicle Enabled by Edge Intelligence

Embedded Systems

Drowning incidents involving children in pools often result from human oversight. Prior research has highlighted the early warning potential of deep learning-based object detection methods.…

Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability: Studying the Effects of Density and Velocity on Vortex Formations

Physics and Astronomy

Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability (KHI) is a process that forms vortices in fluids and occurs when two fluids in contact move in opposite directions. The Richardson Number, proportional to the de…

Ketones Produced by Bacillus subtilis Bacteria: Assessing Inhibition and Morphological Changes on Deadly Bat Fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Year 9)

Microbiology Fourth Award

Bats, like bees, are a keystone species benefiting the environment and saving farmers billions of dollars in chemicals. However, since 2006, millions of bats in North America have died of a…

Kinetic Assemblies: A Complete Solution for PCB Assembly

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

Kinetic Assemblies is a comprehensive solution for populating printed circuit boards (PCBs) on a medium scale. The medium scale is defined as a number between 300 and 600 PCBs, which falls i…

Labelling of Antibodies by Nanoparticles and Their Utilization in the Analysis of the Biological Samples

Chemistry

Immunochemical methods are commonly used for the analysis of biological samples not only in diagnostics but also in primary research. Based on the unique reaction between antibody and antige…

Language Models as Catalysts in EEG-Based BCI Speller Systems: A Low-Cost Solution for Paralyzed Patients

Neuromuscular conditions, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, stroke, spinal cord injury, and cerebral palsy, are affecting nearly fourteen million people globally, hindering their abil…

LeAF: Leveraging Convolutional Neural Networks for Plant Anomaly Detection and Classification for Farmers with Large Language Models for Natural Language Interaction

Farmers face numerous challenges in crop cultivation, particularly in monitoring and maintaining plant health. Plant anomalies such as pests, diseases, and weeds are critical indicators of p…

Leaf-Mining Weevil's Destruction Rate Against Invasive Coccinia grandis in Saipan

Earth and Environmental Sciences

The invasive spread of Coccinia grandis poses a significant threat to native vegetation in tropical regions, including Saipan and Guam, where it has been documented to cause serious damage.…

Learning and Long-Term Memory Are Found in Sea Urchin

Animal Sciences

On the coast of Japan, the sea urchins (Heliocidaris crassispina) of the same species gather together, while they are separated from their enemy, or the starfish (Patiria pectinifera). We fo…