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Water Retention of Small-Scale Green Roofs with Edible Vegetation

Author(s): Annika Spaet

Green roofs (GRs) are typically used to retain stormwater and are increasingly being used to produce food by growing edible vegetation, such as Mad Hatter Peppers (Capsicum baccatum). However, there have been conflicting.....

The Effect of Sound Pollution on the Offspring of Exposed Daphnia magna

Author(s): Bielka Perez

Noise pollution is harmful to the environment due to intensity and duration. As human activities increase so does noise that is produced by boat and car traffic, machinery, electronics etc… Marine organisms are se.....

An Examination of the Relationship Between the Types of News Media Usage

Author(s): Parikshith Hebbar and Hannah Rosenberg

The expansion of the digital world in the 21st century has caused an expansion of the less traditional forms of news media, namely the forms of current events information accessible on social media applications such as T.....

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.....

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Author(s): Junewon Suh

Abstract: South Korea has faced a steep fall in birth rates over the past few decades. Total fertility, defined as the average number of children a woman is expected to give birth to during her lifetime, stands among the.....

An Analysis of the Economic Influences on National Hockey League Revenue

Author(s): Robert Thornton

The National Hockey League has experienced growth in popularity and revenue that the league hasn't seen in previous years. This paper analyzes the finances of the 31 National Hockey League teams under the timeframe o.....

EmrAB-TolC Protein Complex in E. coli: Computational and Experimental Approaches

Author(s): Finley Heesch

The CDC reports that over two million people in the United States alone become infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria. This paper studies one of the primary mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, efflux, in Escherichi.....

Genetic Stability at Risk: Mutations from GMOs and Environmental DNA Oxidation by Biphenyl and BPDE

Author(s): Minjun Hwang

In modern environmental and biological research, gene mutation by GMOs and DNA oxidation by biphenyl and BPDE intercalation take up critical positions regarding their potential risks to genetic stability. GMOs are monito.....

Differential Diagnosis of Sleep Disorder Subtypes with Neural Aperiodic Components

Author(s): Jonathan Zhang

Polysomnography is a frequently used tool for diagnosing disorders like sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (SHE) and rapid-eye-movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD). It is highly inefficient because often-infrequent seiz.....

The Evolution of URJ NFTY

Author(s): Ever Prishkulnik

The Union for Reform Judaism’s North American Federation for Temple Youth (URJ NFTY) is a nonprofit organization serving North American Reform Jewish teens. The URJ and NFTY hold strong values tied to Jewish histor.....