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Investigating the Effects of Levetiracetam on Seizures in Shaking-Sensitive Drosophila melanogaster

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Levetiracetam, otherwise known as Keppra, is an anti-seizure medication. It is used to prevent seizures in people who have epilepsy. Due to the fact that Keppra is a preventative medication,…

Investigating the Effects of Lutein on Retinal Cytoarchitecture in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Purpose: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a devastating neurodegenerative eye disease leading to total blindness, affects 200 million people worldwide. The project focused on identify…

Investigating the Effects of Mutations of Crucial Amino Acids on the Protein Expression and Folding of CDK2 Cancer Gene

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Each year, twenty million people are diagnosed with cancer. Its prevalence is increasing at a faster pace than any other disease. Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 (CDK2) plays a key role in regulat…

Investigating the Efficacy and Mechanisms of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in Celiac Disease: Year 2

Translational Medical Science

This experiment aimed to continue the search for a cure for celiac disease using mesenchymal stem cells by inhibiting the PD-L1/PD-1 pathway to determine whether it was a contributing factor…

Investigating the Impact of Parasitic Worm-Induced Secretions on Anaphylaxis

Cellular and Molecular Biology

A sharp rise in food allergies during the last century has left millions with this chronic, often life-threatening condition. In fact, nearly all known autoimmune diseases are being diagnose…

Investigating the Potential Impact of Tea Consumption on the Longevity of Drosophila melanogaster

Animal Sciences

In many parts of the world, tea has been attributed as a beneficial supplement for improving health and the longevity of life. This project aims to investigate if tea infused food will influ…

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 the Visual Information Degradation in Adverse Weather

Mathematical Sciences First Award

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…

Ionize, Magnetize, Energize

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics First Award

iOS Application to Determine If a Marine Species Is Appropriate Size to Be Harvested

In wildlife resource management it is a concern that marine organisms are being harvested at inappropriate sizes, gender, and times of year. Blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) being such a sou…

Iot Connected Foley Catheter Urine Collection System to Measure Urine Output

Biomedical Engineering (inferred)

Urine output is an important indicator of the level of renal impairment in patients. Accurately measuring urine output is critical in the treatment of hospitalized patients with renal injury…

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 Antimicrobial Compounds from Soil Microorganisms with an Ichip Technique

Microbiology (inferred)

35,000 people die annually in the U.S. from antibiotic resistant infections (Antibiotics/Antimicrobial Resistance, 2021). Efficacy of antibiotics is endangered by rapid emergence of resistan…

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…