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

Author(s): Jiyeon Park

Volume: Volume 5, Issue 1

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

Volume: Volume 5, Issue 2

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

Volume: Volume 5, Issue 2

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

Volume: Volume 5, Issue 2

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

Volume: Volume 5, Issue 2

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

Volume: Volume 5, Issue 2

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

Volume: Volume 5, Issue 2

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

Volume: Volume 5, Issue 2

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

Volume: Volume 5, Issue 2

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

Volume: Volume 5, Issue 2

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 .....