Volume 5

All Volumes

Nano-Regulators of Redox Homeostasis: Metal Oxide Nanoclusters for Photodynamic Biofilm Eradication and Tissue Regeneration

Author(s): Eunjung Kim

Antibiotic resistance has been a growing challenge to the effective management of infected chronic wounds. Recently, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has shown promise as a treatment for killing bacteria or causing cell death .....

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.....

Comparative Study of Phytochemicals for Mitigating Oxidative Stress and Treating Oral Inflammation Through In Silico Analysis

Author(s): Jimin Yoo

Polyphenols are a large collection of bioactive chemicals that possess more than one phenolic hydroxyl (-OH) group linked to aromatic rings. They are rich metabolites in plants that play important roles in defense system.....

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.....

Assessing the Current State of Conveying Scientific Literature Regarding Integrated Pest Management Systems to the Public of Suffolk County

Author(s): Kevin Tritschler

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) systems have been proposed as a method to mitigate excessive pesticide misuse. While prior research has extensively confirmed the efficacy of individual IPM-related solutions, three major.....

A Novel Predictive Model for Forest Fire Burn Area Using Random Forest Regression in Python

Author(s): Sophia Fulton, Aidan He

Wildfires are becoming more frequent and intense, threatening ecosystems, communities, and economies. In North America, fire activity increased dramatically in recent years, with over 61% of U.S. wildfires occurring sinc.....

Physicochemical Properties of Nano-scaled Compounds in DSSCs Using Computational and Thermodynamic Analysis

Author(s): Eric Hanjun Lee

This project studies a stereochemical and thermodynamic analysis of nanoparticles used in the photoactive layer of solar cells through molecular modeling. The primary objective is to determine the thermodynamic energy of.....

Assessing the Impact of Microplastics on Daphnia magna: Growth, Reproduction, and Physiological Responses in the Presence and Absence of Chlorella pyrenoidosa Algae

Author(s): Thomas Fini, Matthew Kim

Microplastics (MPs) enter aquatic food chains via ingestion by primary consumers and biomagnify through higher trophic levels. This study elucidated the impacts of this by assessing the effect of MPs on Daphnia magna&rsq.....

Investigating the Effect of Soybean on the Regeneration Rate of Dugesia Tigrina as a Model for the Mitigation

Author(s): Emma Wang, Yihan (Anna) Wang

Type II diabetes is one of the most prevalent diseases today; one effect of the increase in diagnoses being the rising price of insulin as a common treatment. This study investigated if exposure to raw soybean powder, a .....