Undergraduates In The News
Understanding the conductivity of battery cells are an important part of determining their worth. Ionic conductivity defines a battery's ability for ions to move through its electrode structures; a higher conductivity allows for more ions to pass through at a given time, improving the capacity at higher discharge rates.
With the growing demand for clean water around the world, there is an increasing interest in advanced membrane-based technology, and more performance efficient and cost-effective membranes are needed to purify increasingly contaminated and/or saline water.
CONTEXT: Parkinson’s Disease is a progressive neurodegenerative condition associated with motor deficits, cognitive decline, and social isolation. Some literature suggests that incorporation of aerobic exercise to existing pharmaceutical and surgical interventions can reduce symptom progression and improve quality of life.
Daphnia, a common aquatic microcrustacean, can alternate between asexual and sexual reproduction. It is hypothesized that at the beginning of a growing season, sexually produced dormant eggs hatch, introducing large amounts of genetic diversity. Over time, selection for the most fit clones causes genetic diversity to decrease over time.
It is common knowledge that undergraduate STEM students’ underrepresented minority status (i.e., Black, Hispanic, women, first-generation, low-income) has the potential to significantly impact their educational experience. Despite quantitative data on the persistence and achievement of these individuals, little is known about their perceptions of these experiences.
Hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable death from trauma, yet little research has been done in the pre-hospital first aid environment to evaluate the best methods for first aid bleeding control. The most common technique and first line therapy for bleeding control in the first aid setting is the use of direct pressure, with which slows bleeding and promotes clotting.
The current research that is being conducted in the psychology department is one that involves assessing individual spatial skills, abstract reasoning skills, understanding if people have implicit association toward gender roles and gender spatial play. As individuals grow older, the type of toys that they choose to play with is heavily influenced by their parents.
The purpose of this project was to evaluate strategies for addressing the opioid epidemic and predict the future of the epidemic for individual American states. Opioid overdoses lead to roughly 116 deaths per day across the United States. Policy responses vary drastically by state, and many programs are not supported by data on their impact of addressing the crisis.
The desire to either approach or avoid a stimulus is a primary motivator of human behavior and its dysregulation is common in mood and anxiety disorders. Despite the fact that the decision-making process behind approach and avoidance behavior is a complex, multi-step process, most research only focuses on the final outcome.
Improving infrastructure inspection methods and the ability to assess their conditions is a developing priority as the age of American infrastructure increases and their condition deteriorates.
Introduction: The circadian system is responsible for maintaining an internal clock that is synchronized between every cell in the body. While the genetic mechanisms underlying the circadian system has been well understood, the neurological systems that allow for a coordinated system across cells in the body is still obscure.
Tissue fibrosis is a pathological scarring process triggered by chronic inflammatory processes resulting from repeated damage such as viral infection, chemical insult, or injury to the tissue.
Atherosclerosis, also known as hardening of the arteries, is a condition where an artery wall thickens as a result of buildup of cholesterol or plaque. It is a major cause of death and disability in the United States, accounting for approximately 50% of all deaths in adults.
Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) is a life-saving therapy for patients with cardiac arrest, particularly infants with congenital heart disease. However, there are many potential complications of ECPR including acute kidney injury (AKI). Currently, there are no clinical therapies to mitigate AKI.
Ecological processes have shown sensitive responses to changes in marine carbonate chemistry (e.g., dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) concentration and pH levels). Through water-column mixing via strong winds, hurricanes can introduce the changes in marine carbonate chemistry and possibly accelerate the process of ocean acidification.