Bipolar I disorder (BD-I) is characterized by cycling between a manic or mixed episode, followed by a depressive episode. The DSM-Vspecifies criteria for forming a diagnosis, and psychiatric…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Third Award
As bipolar I disorder (BD-I) is characterized by manic, mixed, and depressive episodes, polypharmacy—combining 2 or more medications simultaneously—is common for BD-I psychiatric treatment t…
Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) stand to revolutionize battery technology innovation by making batteries non-flammable, flexible, and more sustainable. However, SPE breakthroughs are limit…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Second Award
Older mangroves in the inner mangroves areas have been perishing at an increased rate and cannot be accessed for restore due to the dense roots of plants, resulting in a decrease in the inne…
Embedded Systems
Salmon, tuna, shrimp, and almost all other seafood have been shown to contain variable amounts of mercury. The release of mercury into the environment has adverse effects on humans and aquat…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an incurable brain tumor whose poor patient outcomes have seen little improvement over the past 30 years, possibly due to a lack of effective prognostic tools (Ostrom e…
Materials Science
Wind turbines, which are one of the main elements of sustainable energy sources, are not produced in a sustainable way. The production of materials used as reinforcement material in the wind…
Current assistive technologies for the 253 million visually impaired are unsuitable for numerous reasons: unaffordability, poor ergonomic design, and computational inefficiency. Oracle is an…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI) are prevalent in society, EphA4 is a gene that inhibits axon regeneration following development and is known to decrease neural plasticity during rehabilitation. R…
Colorectal cancer(CRC) ranks third in occurrence and second in mortality among all cancers. Current CRC identification methods are often ineffective due to the invasiveness of such procedure…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Purpose: To create a machine learning model that could identify drugs that could be effective against Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis. Procedure: The Assay Central TB dataset was acquired…
Environmental Engineering
Microplastic pollution due to inadequate water treatment has become an emerging issue, posing a global threat to marine life. Effective and eco-friendly removal solutions are urgently requir…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Alien invasive species (AIS) cause habitat destruction, lower crop productivity, climate change, and significant losses in global biodiversity. Global efforts to control rapid expansion of A…
Translational Medical Science
Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) result in more than 100,000 fatalities and cost more than $35 billion annually in the USA alone. More than 50% of HAIs can be prevented by following prope…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
Farms around the world currently account for 70% of all water consumed annually. However, increasing municipal and industrial demands for water means there is less water allocated for agricu…
Translational Medical Science
Secondhand smokers (SHS) experience severe cardiovascular diseases and respiratory disorders that often increase their death rates to about 1.2 million premature deaths annually due to inhal…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
According to the WHO, cancer resulted in 10 million deaths in 2020, a leading cause of death, and studies show that on average any particular class of drugs is ineffective for 75% of all pat…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Because we have used fossil fuels as our primary fuel source, CO2 levels in the atmosphere are rising and pose serious environmental challenges. Helium-3 may serve as a clean energy resource…
Embedded Systems
Fourth Award
Progress within many modern scientific fields has increasingly relied on the continued advancement of computational power. However, thermodynamic and physical limits associated with electron…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
As the prevalence of obesity and other chronic diseases continue to increase, so do the cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Despite the development of new treatments, HCC remains diffic…
Biomedical Engineering
Second Award
The myoprosthesis developed in this research is a novel prototype to enable complete biomimetic performance in a bionic hand, accurately implementing gesture extraction and a soft polyarticu…
Forward error correction (FEC) is a vital part of digital communication systems, and it is especially important in aerospace communications, where transmit power resources may be scarce. Pre…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
America is the second leading producer of beer in the world, producing more than 211.17 million hectoliters per year (Conway 2021). Breweries are gaining notoriety as ecologically friendly d…
Biochemistry
Third Award
Chemical Insecticides have done immense damage to the core of environmental systems. The alternatives present in the market are unaffordable or inaccessible to the marginal farmer, In search…
Materials Science
Currently, materials of piezoelectric devices mainly used have several disadvantages that they are partially toxic, inappropriate for the human body, difficult to manufacture, or expensive.…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Fourth Award
With the rapid growth of digital scientific datasets, data visualization is becoming increasingly important, and even the most popular tools require additional features. The goal of this stu…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Solar panels are outside in any weather that may face them. The goal of my project is to keep solar panels clean in most conditions and to improve the energy output of the system. A summary…
Mangroves are important forests that provide numerous ecosystem and economic services. Storms place pressure on mangroves, and when compounded with disturbances such as drought, potentially…
Microbiology
Purpose: To see how effective different types of soaps are against bacteria and to compare Commercial, Natural, and Environmentally Friendly soaps to determine which category of soaps are mo…
Microbiology
Periodontitis is an infection that affects the tissues that surround the teeth, causing gingival inflammation and can lead to bone loss, being caused mainly by the bacteria Prevotella nigres…