Accepted Manuscripts on Science & Sustainability

Life Sciences & BiologyThe Biological Science & Technology category serves as a central platform for exploring contemporary technologies and  the complexities of living organisms and the fundamental mechanisms that drive biological systems. We emphasize high-impact research spanning molecular biology, genetics, ecology, biotechnology, and physiological systems. This research helps us document vital discoveries, ranging from microscopic cellular processes to large-scale ecosystem dynamics, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of life in our rapidly changing environment.

Sharp-Wave Ripples in Mammalian Behaviors

Author: Keneil H. Soni

April 23, 2021

Though sharp-wave ripples have been recorded in the EEG data of the hippocampus of mammals for years, it remains unclear how ripples can contribute to memory for different behaviors.. Sharp wave ripples are one of the most synchronous patterns in the mammalian brain. These waves are most common duri...

Depolarizing Polarity: Data Mining Shared Likes on Twitter to Uncover Political Gateway Groups

Author: Jonathan A. Bar-On

February 13, 2020

This project applies a new theory in the field of intergroup conflict known as "Gateway group theory," which posits that to decrease conflict between two groups, a third group with specific characteristics that appeal to both sides needs to be identified, enabling them to act as a medium. ...

Exceptional and Gifted Children: Performance and Tower Test

Author: Nastaran Abedi

January 15, 2020

Gifted children are people who are capable of high performance in cognitive, educational, scientific, creative and artistic fields compared to their peers. But there are also gifted children who have problems with cognitive, educational, social, emotional and behavioral development. They are called ...

A New Paradigm for Computer Vision Based on Compositional Representation

Author: Vinjai Vale

November 20, 2019

Deep convolutional neural networks - the state-of-the-art technique in artificial intelligence for computer vision - achieve notable success rates at simple classification tasks, but are fundamentally lacking when it comes to representation. These neural networks encode fuzzy textural patterns in...

An Economical Approach for Detecting Water Contamination at Homes Preventing a Public Drinking Water Crisis

Author: Meghana Avvaru

September 20, 2019

Contamination in water poses a serious and mostly undetected threat. It is necessary for people to have an economical option to test the water they drink in their own homes. The goal of this research is to develop an economical device to detect contaminants like Lead, Fluoride etc that exceed EPA gu...

Study on the Psychological Effects by the Compounds in the Hinoki Cypress Essence

Author: Debolina Chanda

April 26, 2019

This study measured psychological and physiological signals, such as brain waves and blood pressures, of a group of students before and after they inhaled the essence of Hinoki Cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa), containing terpenoid, the main ingredient of forest bath, which recently has been drawing a...

A New Ring Theory Based Algorithm and Stopping Criterion for Image Segmentation

Author: Alisa Rahim

June 20, 2018

Ring theory is most widely known as a branch of pure mathematics under the field of abstract algebra. Some of the uses of Ring Theory in the modern world involve cryptography, computer vision, and image segmentation. As of now, finite cyclic rings have been incorporated into performing image segment...

The Mob Effect: How a Politically Motivated Trope Became the New American Genre

Author: Liana DiCarlo

May 27, 2018

The convergence of history and popular media is apparent in many forms. Music can protest ideologies and television can reflect social feelings of a generation. In the same way, movies have the power to propagate stereotypes and continue them on for generations to come. When the topic of Italian-Ame...