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Stratospheric Aerosols: Establishing a Novel Optical Thickness Benchmark for Effective Climate Change Mitigation

Author(s): Mihir Garimella

Global Warming has been a problem at the heart of Earth’s environmental issues for nearly 5 decades, with the potential to affect a significant portion of the global population. Changes in Earth’s climate due.....

Study on Herbals for the Treatment of Eczema to Reduce Inflammation: Bioactivity of Turmeric Components and Licorice Root

Author(s): Heyung Seung Ahn

Eczema, or atopic dermatitis, is a chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by a compromised skin barrier, excess production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and an abnormal immune response involving a.....

Smart Plate for Automated Nutrition Tracking and Health Management

Author(s): Katsiaryna Vasniova

Nutrition is a fundamental factor shaping human health, daily energy levels, well-being, and quality of life. A major report on the global food system states that less than 1% of the world's population follows a diet.....

Sulfur-Based Pharmacopuncture and the Primo Vascular System for Tissue Regeneration in Chronic Disease Management

Author(s): Jiyang Yu

The Primo Vascular System (PVS) has been hypothesized as a third circulatory system different from the blood and lymphatic systems, which might represent the anatomical substratum of acupuncture meridians and nodes. Rece.....

Human Hepatic Liver Stellate Cells and Hepatocytes

Author(s): Kate Bondarenko

  Vitamin A, not naturally produced by the body, undergoes a series of metabolic steps to become retinyl esters, which are then stored and activated in the liver. Before being stored as retinyl ester in HSCs (hep.....

A Traditional Korean Medicine Perspective on Sulfur Ion Pharmacopuncture for Cell Regeneration and Restoration of Organ Function

Author(s): Jiyeon Park

Sulfur ion pharmacopuncture is a newly developed treatment method of traditional Korean medicine (TKM). Sulfur ion pharmacopuncture is a form of pharmacopuncture that uses ionized sulfur compounds to induce tissue regene.....

American Blacks: The Power of Representation

Author(s): Cayla Midy

African Americans are often viewed as a monolithic group in the United States because Black people generally have been subjected to the same racism and prejudice throughout American society. While African Americans have .....

A Eugenious Way of Anesthesia: The Effects of Different Clove Oil Anesthesia Administration Methods on Earthworm Physiology and Behaviorology

Author(s): Alana Wolfson

Clove oil, Eugenia caryophyllata, is portrayed as an alternative form of local anesthesia through immersion. The active ingredient eugenol allows for clove oil to inhibit voltage gated sodium channels. Nevertheless, anes.....

Dipole Moment and Conformational Energy as Molecular Design Descriptors for Phthalocyanines in Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy of Periodontal Disease

Author(s): Jiwoo Lee

Phthalocyanines (PCs) are of great interest as second-generation photosensitizers for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT). They have strong absorption in the red and near-infrared region, high singlet oxygen quantu.....

The Effect of Dietary P. dactylifera Concentration on Memory Loss in Drosophila Expressing Alzheimer’s Gene

Author(s): Noor Sohail

This study aimed to investigate the impact of Phoenix dactylifera (dates) on the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in Drosophila melanogaster. AD is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder that causes memory l.....