Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This work is the second phase of an alternate vehicular traffic direction system using solar energy. The projections identified during the first phase of the project were incorporated in the…
Mathematics
The Collatz Conjecture can be written as a single-part function using indicator functions, and extending it to the complex plane allows for it to be graphed as a fractal. The indicator funct…
Translational Medical Science
Cognitive deterioration caused by Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), which is often a transition between regular aging and neurodegenerative disease (Alzheimer’s disease), is displayed before…
Microbiology
The Research ECIG (E. coli Inhibitor Garlic) has the goal to inhibit the increase of Escherichia coli bacterium by creating an organic product more effective and less harmful to the environm…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The herbicide glyphosate, N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine, is a widely used active ingredient in Roundup herbicide that controls broadleaf weeds, grasses, and aquatic plants. It is known that th…
Animal Sciences
Honeybees rely heavily on their circadian clock to achieve the orientation based on the solar compass and the "time memory", which allows them to locate food resources and return to the hive…
Physics and Astronomy
Nowadays it is very difficult for people who do not know about music to be able to create music that is pleasant for others. This study aims to solve this problem using Bayesian Networks to…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Due to the high contribution of methane gas to the greenhouse effect by anthropogenic events, mainly agriculture and livestock, it arose to propose a homemade alternative method to reduce th…
Materials Science
Climate change has caused scientists to develop eco-friendly technological devices, vehicles, and home appliances. Multiferroic films have been gaining researchers’ attention lately because…
Mathematics
Mathematicians have been known to use logic and intuition to prove mathematical concepts. In modern day mathematics, applications have widely expanded into modern technology. The need for mo…
Engineering Mechanics
People with special needs have necessities that require a more detailed planning in case of emergency. The special needs population must have an alert system that can save their lives in a n…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
When the conscious mind declares a movement in the body, the central nervous system carries a signal to the muscles by way of neurons. This signal causes the muscles to contract in the form…
Mathematics
In 2011, Anderson and Frazier introduced the theory of generalized factorizations in integral domains, which is based on studying restrictions of the multiplicative operation of an integral…
Systems Software
Fourth Award
Timely diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s Disease, which is currently highly inaccessible, can reduce its medical, personal, and societal impacts; cognitive deteriorat…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Mitochondria are the primary source of energy within the cell, producing over 90% of ATP and performing essential functions, ranging from maintenance of Ca2+ homeostasis and the regulation o…
Engineering Mechanics
There are many vehicular intersections traffic lights that stop working due to the lack of electrical energy caused by natural disasters and/or blackouts (Dávila, 2017). As an alternative to…
Mathematics
The purpose of this investigation is to identify patterns, if any exist, among primitive Pythagorean triples so that a triple, given an initial value, can be found. Specifically, the researc…
Biochemistry
Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by inflammation of the airways that causes prolonged difficulty in breathing (Chardón D., 2015). In 2010, approximately 25.7 million people were rep…
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this research was to analyze the bioremediation potential of microbial communities isolated from termites: Nasutitermes genus and Ruminants: Capra aegagrus hircus, as an alter…
Chemistry
Water is the most important source for life and for the well-being maintenance of the planet earth. Economic and viable alternatives have been proposed for the treatment of waters, among the…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Amyloid fibrils are small or slender fibers that can be found all around the human body and are formed by misfolded proteins. These fibers are resistant to degradation and can cause many dis…
Biomedical Engineering
The prolonged use of video display terminals while assuming an incorrect posture has led users to develop cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs). The human body generates measurable values that…
Materials Science
Puerto Rico is facing a financial and design problem with its highways (Washington Post, 2017). The material that is being used does not fulfill transportation needs, making the roads hazard…
Animal Sciences
One of the most striking cases of regeneration occurs in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima. This species is able to regenerate most of its internal organs after a process of evisceratio…
Environmental Engineering
In a polluted world driven by energy consumption, one innovative idea, the microbial fuel cell (MFC), has risen as a solution to anthropogenic demands. MFCs are biological reactor systems th…
Biomedical Engineering
Nanoparticles have become an essential tool for biomedical applications. For example, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are used in nanomedicine and they are also being tested for diagnosis, detect…
Mathematics
Fourth Award
Given a Vector Bundle (Coherent Sheaf) with Integrable Connection on a variety in positive characteristic, its p-curvature measures the amount of horizontal sections of the bundle and its va…
Systems Software
This investigation focuses on the impact of an educational video game called Mad Mind Mad mazes created by the researcher that will help students with A.D.H.D better their academic performan…
Environmental Engineering
Globally, 844 million people lack access to clean water and having potable water is fundamental for a civilization to survive. During the crisis of Hurricane Maria at Puerto Rico, made neces…
Mathematics
Low-rank matrix completion has attracted significant attention because this technique can be applied to solve many inference problems. Recently, Tang et al. (2018) proposed a quantum-inspire…