In electronic functions, the capacitors are components that store and displace electricity, supported by a stabilized flow of energy within electromagnetic fields. The majority of the electr…
The importance of this project was to find organic or natural ways to help plants with citrus greening, where there is no known cure. This is a public health problem because citrus greening,…
The purpose of this research was to observe the effect of the dietary supplement in the cell production of Drosophila melanogaster. The problem was, “What is the effect of meat and soursop i…
This project is the result of the investigation of “spidrons”, which are plane geometric figures that consist of an alternate sequence of isosceles and equilateral triangles. The purpose was…
Fourth Award
More than one billion people worldwide are disabled and they often try to overcome shortcomings to continue their daily lives. “The prosthesis makes no pretense of trying to replace the lost…
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the world’s leading causes of cancer death. Changes in gut microbiota composition and metabolism have been accepted as major contributors to colorectal carc…
Eliminating invasive grass to protect crops and plants with the use of synthetic herbicides has resulted in dangerous impacts on soils, human health and the environment. Therefore, it is nec…
It has been estimated that mined coal supplies almost 30% of energy use worldwide, and is responsible for 44% of global CO2 emissions. Renewable and cleaner sources of energy utilizing bioma…
In this work we have studied the possibility of creating a more efficient transport vehicle that can reduce the use of petrolium and promote a rapid transportation. The use of a magnetic fie…
The experiment’s purpose was to design a prototype in order to demonstrate that solar energy could be used to boil and distill water making it viable for human consumption. A prototype of th…
In this work polymers and PCMs such as paraffin and modified paraffin have been used to investigate their effectiveness of waterproofing and resistance to chemicals versus commercial sealers…
This project created an effective mathematical method that simplifies the power elevating process for the golden ratio, (Phi). When using irrational numbers, approximations are used in utili…
Translational Medical Science
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is one of the most studied and challenging diseases, which is characterized by high and rapid replication. HIV treatments are targeted to lower the viral r…
Asclepius is an electronic device designed to optimize a patient's waiting time up to 67%. The device manages the patient's identification and provides all the necessary required data to com…
Nanogeopolymer pervious concrete was tested for remediation of fecal coliforms (FC)-containing water. First, mix design of liquid-to-binder (L/B), fly ash-to-binder (FA/B), nanoSiO2-to-binde…
The high frequency of oil spills in the oceans cause nations to focus on cleaning methods. Some of the mechanisms used are expensive, toxic to marine species and take a long time. There are…
The association of Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer has been scientifically established. IARC classified H. pylori as a Group 1 carcinogen in 1994, and reconfirmed it in 2009 (IARC 201…
The area of the Patillas water reservoir is highly populated, there is a lot of agricultural and livestock activities and there is no sewage system, on the other hand, the surroundings of th…
It’s important to offer alternatives to solve of environmental contamination caused by CO2 and other car emissions. The problem is: What is the effect of using different forms of energy in t…
This research is based on the study of the fractal dimension of nodular lesions in radiographic images. The purpose is to calculate the irregularity of the outline of breast nodules. In addi…
The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of chitosan as a fungicidal. Will chitosan be effective as a fungicidal for Rhizopus stolonifer fungus? The proposed hypothesis was if c…
Biomedical Engineering
Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome is an autosomal recessive disease: a type of albinism correlated to the mutation of an HPS gene and the pulmonary function of patients. Puerto Rico has the highest…
Translational Medical Science
Lung adenocarcinoma accounts for 27% of cancer deaths. Research in ovarian cancer have evidenced the anticancer properties of ethanol extract of Alpinia purpurata. Protease caspase 3, produc…
Translational Medical Science
Neurotransmitter-release is regulated by several pre synaptic proteins where Syntaxin and Complexin are crucial. The locomotor activity of Drosophila Melanogaster adult animals was evaluated…
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this investigation is to assess the concentration of FD&C Blue No.1 in different beverages. Also, this experiment investigates how bleach interacts with the blue dye solution.…
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this research was to determine if Musa sapientum and Pryus malus L. provoke a significant change in reducing depressive disorder in patients. The hypothesis was that Musa sapi…
Translational Medical Science
Antimicrobial Peptides are evolutively conserved components of the innate immune response. Their chemical and physical characteristics correlate with their microbicide activities which are e…
Energy conservation law establishes that energy can’t be created or destroyed, but transformed. Kinetic energy is related to moving objects and it depends on mass and velocity. This energy c…
Aspirin is one of the most beneficial analgesic drugs created, however it’s also one to which people are most allergic to; there for creating a microcapsule that is capable to control its re…
Fourth Award
Estuaries are partially enclosed bodies of coastal water where fresh water from river runoffs mixes with the saltwater from the ocean. Estuaries provide a nutrient rich and safe ecosystem. T…