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Efficacy of Mask Use in Reducing Sars-Cov2 Infection Rates

Author(s): Sabrina Guo

SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus also known as COVID-19, has caused a global pandemic, claiming the lives of over 3 million people, and counting. Governments and local polities have implemented public health mandates to r.....

Efficacy of Mask Use in Reducing Sars-Cov2 Infection Rates

Author(s): Sabrina Guo

SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus also known as COVID-19, has caused a global pandemic, claiming the lives of over 3 million people, and counting. Governments and local polities have implemented public health mandates to r.....

Gender-Specific Sentiment and Lexical Patterns in Teenage Communication

Author(s): Christian Draven Chung

This study examined lexical and sentiment patterns in about 1,000 recent Reddit posts, focusing on gender-based and thematic variations. Sentiment analysis employed polarity scores, where positive values indicated positi.....

The Effect of Apis mellifera Propolis on the Growth of Tumors on Solanum lycopersicum

Author(s): Dwight Evans Jr.

Plants are an integral part of human life. Crops, especially fruits and vegetables, provide humans with energy and nutrients. What would happen if we didn’t have these foods at all? The aim for this research study .....

The Effect of Microplastics on the Chlorophyll Content of Solanum lycopersicum L

Author(s): Rosina Wickham

Approximately 107,000- 730,000 tons of microplastics are dumped into agricultural soil yearly. It has recently been reported that microplastics change the chlorophyll content of pumpkins, decrease root and shoot growth, .....

An Alternative Method for the Detoxification and Decolorization of Industrial Waste

Author(s): Noyan D, Zeynep Leyla AKIN, Alp MAZMAN

To carry out detoxification and decolorization of industrial waste by using Laccase immobilized hydrogel beads which are activated by a carbodiimide, hydroxysuccininimide and carbodiimide and hydroxysuccininimide. In thi.....

Associating Blood Lead Concentration and Gray Matter Volume in the Brain Across the United States, as a Model for Flint, Michigan

Author(s): Shira Lichter

In 2015, Flint Michigan changed water sources from Lake Huron to the Flint River, which had water lead levels [15], correlated with blood lead levels [17]. Lead is highly neurotoxic [19], lowering grey matter volume [5]......

The Effect of Brassica oleracea var. sabellica Extract on the Ability to Inhibit Steel Corrosion

Author(s): oervin Espinal Francisco

Metal corrosion in the US costs $2.5 trillion annually, which is equivalent to ~3.4% of the world’s gross domestic product. Implementing corrosion inhibition methods will result in global savings of 15-35% of that .....

Developing a Hydroponics System with the Incorporation of an Arduino Uno-Powered pH Sensor

Author(s): Sofia Maciel-Seidman

From 2005 to 2050, crop demands will increase by 100% to 110% and 50% of land will not be suitable for agriculture (Monsees, 2019). To address this issue, we developed a cost-efficient hydroponic system. In phase 1 of ou.....

Enhanced Presence of Inflammatory Mediators MAG Lipase and COX-2 in Severe Osteoarthritis

Author(s): Mariam Hassan

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the degradation of joint cartilage and bone, resulting from joint overuse and injury. The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a molecular system that regulates bodily functions, including pain, inflamm.....