• Combating World Issues with Lab Grown Food 

  Grimaldi, Karla G.; Canales, Natalie; Wilson, TaMia; Miles, Jaelyn; Short, Grace (2021)

  As we face issues such as world hunger and a debilitating environment, new solutions such as lab-grown foods have offered an opportunity to combat these issues. What are lab grown foods? Lab grown food is flesh grown ...

• The Leakage of Pigments and Dyes from Plastic and Microplastic Pollution 

  Ramos, Tatyiana; Lopez, Christian; Beatty, John; Salazar, Gustavo (2021)

  The creation and industrial development of plastics in the 20th century have revolutionized our lives with its vast and versatile applications. However, plastics have also brought us a concomitant pollution due to their ...

• The Importance of Studying the Evolution and Inclusion of Women in STEM 

  Rehan, Madiha; Peters, Gracie; Ramirez, Maria (2021)

  The shift in society’s recent expectations of the culture in the workforce, has allowed women in the STEM fields to be recognized and be a part of. With an increase of women pursuing careers overall, it’s no longer holding ...

• Purification of Human γ-Glutamylcysteine Ligase Catalytic Subunit (GCLC) 

  Ricketts, Daniel; Haynes, Lindsey; Martinez, Secilia; Domfe, Jennifer; Conrad-Webb, Heather; Anderson, Mary E (2021)

  Glutathione (GSH; L-γ-glutamyl-L-cysteinylglycine), an intracellular antioxidant, has multiple important roles including, cellular protection against reactive oxygen species, oxidative stress, and toxic compounds. Low ...

• Overview of the Use of Brine Solutions for the Final Extraction of Microplastics Found in Soil 

  Roma, Rebecca; Hollins, Caris (2021)

  The study of microplastics in the environment has become a hot area of research due to the growing concern regarding their–still unclear–human health effect(s). Currently, there are active efforts to collect, analyze and ...

• Viral News: the Spread of the Spanish Flu and the Media that Covered It 

  Romo, Lizbeth; Dovalina, Mia (2021)

  The 1918 influenza pandemic was one of the most severe outbreaks in history; it affected an estimated 500 million people across the globe. In many places, the emergence of the flu was accompanied by cover-up stories ...

• Building a butterfly garden pollen database and its practical application to the plant-pollinator studies 

  Rumpa, Mafia Mahabub; Maier, Camelia (2021)

  Pollination is a mutually beneficial process for both plants and pollinators. Plants provide pollen, nectar, and other feeding and nesting resources to pollinators. Most crops are pollinated by multiple pollinators ...

• Sex Differences in Learned Helplessness and Blood Plasma Corticosterone in a Rat Model of Sub-chronic Stress 

  Santos, Natalia; Cantu, Daisy; Averitt, Dayna L. (2021)

  Psychological stress affects women more when compared to men. Despite this, there are limited studies investigating stress and underlying sexual dimorphisms. Therefore, our objectives were 1) to determine whether there ...

• Effectiveness of Video Modeling as an Intervention for Teaching Activities of Daily Living Skills to Students with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review 

  Sefah, Emmanuel (2021)

  Objective: Many studies have evaluated the effectiveness of video modeling in teaching daily living skills to students with disabilities, with a few focused-on students with intellectual disabilities without a comorbid ...

• Barriers and Facilitators of Engaging Pregnant African American and Hispanic Women into Research 

  Shanahan, Sierra; Woo, Jennifer (2021)

  African American and Hispanic pregnant women are underrepresented in research and at a higher risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes and of COVID-19 infection. The purpose of this study is to evaluate factors affecting ...

• Wartime Women: Army Women's Roles in Conflict Since 1942 

  Sharon, Daniel; Rodgers, Jacob D. (2021)

  We’ve all heard of WW II"s “Rosie the Riveter” or maybe even “Wendy the Welder,” but how much do we really know about the role that military women have played during U.S. wartimes? Beginning in 1942, more than 150,000 ...

• Testing Blast & Blunt Trauma Forces on Complex Neural Networks In Cerebral Organoids 

  Silvosa, Marc Joshua; Lybrand, Zane R. (2021)

  Understanding the brain’s response to mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) remains elusive. Repetitive mTBIs, for example, concussions, have been linked to neurodegeneration, microvascular changes, and neuroinflammation ...

• Global chromatin compaction in response to ultraviolet radiation 

  Sinha Roy, Rituparna; Kenning, Abigail; Abbas, Mohammad; Bergel, Michael (2021)

  Chromatin, the complex of DNA, associated proteins, and RNA has several levels of folding. Gene expression, DNA replication, and DNA repair are cellular functions dependent on unfolding compacted chromatin. This study ...

• Education is Prevention 

  Smith, Kaitlyn; Egan, Kara G. (2021)

  Children who are Deaf and hard of hearing are more vulnerable to abuse, so early education is essential. 48% of children who are Deaf or hard of hearing experience emotional abuse, 40% experienced physical abuse, and 31% ...

• Adolescent Expectations Regarding Disclosure: The School Counselor's Perspective 

  Sohne, Kathryn (2021)

  Parental knowledge is a significant protective factor for adolescents associated with less engagement in antisocial and delinquent behavior, and lower levels of internalizing and externalizing issues. Adolescent disclosure ...

• Anti-proliferative Effects of Lentinan, a Beta-glucan from Shiitake Mushroom (Lentinula edodes) 

  Sombuor, Titus; Broughton, K. Shane; Bergel, Michael (2021)

  Cancer is one of the most significant health challenges worldwide. Lentinan, a betaglucan from shiitake mushroom, Lentinula edodes, has been demonstrated to have an inhibitory effect on selected cancer cells but results ...

• The Cost of Isolation: Moral Distress in Critical Care Nursing during COVID-19 

  Soteres, Bethany (2021)

  Critical care (ICU) nurses caring for patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID- 19) are at risk of facing emotional challenges in the clinical setting. These challenges have led to discussions regarding moral ...

• Modeling COVID-19 in Italy 

  Sullivan, Kevin (2021)

  Six SEIR models are considered in attempting to replicate the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy in the first quarter of 2020. The Excel models make a variety of assumptions, and modifications are assessed to determine which ...

• Heterogeneity of Sensory Traits in ASD 

  Sunil, Hannah; Johnson, Wendi L. (2021)

  Phenotypic differences of autistic traits are characterized in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The term, “spectrum” defines the heterogeneity of specific traits between developmental, social, behavioral, ...

• Effect of cmvIL-10 on human CXC-receptor 4 signaling 

  Hina Tajuddin, Kiran; Spencer, Juliet V. (2021)

  Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous herpesvirus that establishes lifelong latency. HCMV uses viral proteins that imitate host signaling pathways. The HCMV gene UL111A encodes cmvIL-10, a homolog of human ...

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