Alcohol abuse is one of the greatest problems facing the US population today and increased usage/availability of advertisements has only exacerbated the problem. In this age of technology we are surrounded and bombarded by advertisements. Corporations domestically and across the globe have found ways to put advertising in just about every facet of our daily […]
B46: Improvements to Blood Flow Measurement Technology
Diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) is a non-invasive method to measure blood flow in deep tissue. Typically, DCS equipment consists of a laser, photon counter, and hardware autocorrelator. Photons diffuse through tissue and are detected a short distance away from the source. The resulting signal is sent to a hardware autocorrelator to mathematically determine the blood […]
B49: The Relation Between Sensory Input and Alcohol Drinking Patterns in College Students
According to a national survey, almost 53% of full-time college students ages 18 to 22 drank alcohol in the past month and about 33% engaged in binge drinking during that same time frame. Unhealthy drinking habits are on a rise and despite the efforts implemented by schools, just under 2,000 college students die a year […]
B47: Female hormones and pelvic inflammatory disease in women: a cross-sectional study
Introduction: More than 1 million women in the US contract pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) each year causing over 100,000 infertility cases. Although several risk factors for PID have been identified, the possible association of female hormone usage and PID has not been analyzed. This study’s research question was, “Is the use of estrogen or progesterone […]
B45: Determination of Recombination Frequency Between Sexes in a Maize Hybrid
Meiotic recombination ensures the accurate segregation of homologous chromosomes and reshuffles genetic information to generate new combinations of alleles. In plants, recombination is essential for plant breeding, which allows us to map quantitative traits and introduce desirable traits into elite breeding lines. Sex differences have important consequences for population differentiation, sex chromosome evolution, adaptation, and […]
B44: Predicting the Transmissibility of Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants With Bioinformatic Approaches
SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Highly infectious variants have emerged over the course of the pandemic as the virus continued to replicate and mutate. Key mutations often take place in the spike protein, and can increase the likelihood of an interaction between the virus and the human […]
B43: Spin Equilibrium of Cobalt-Salen Complexes
Spin Crossover (SCO), or spin equilibrium, is a well-studied phenomenon in some metal complexes. This phenomenon occurs when changes such as heat, light, or pressure are applied to a metal complex, which the metal center responds by changing its spin state. The spin state of a metal center is the arrangement of its valence electrons, […]
B42: Remediation of “Forever Chemicals”: Adsorption of PFOA on Novel Polymer Resin
Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances(PFAS) are a class of ubiquitous and highly-persistent fluoro-organic water contaminants within the environment that have been widely utilized since the 1960’s. They are utilized in numerous industrial applications as surfactants, and are found in products such as firefighting foams, makeup, nonstick cookware, waterproof fabrics, and plastics. The most common PFAS compound in […]
B41: Multimedia Learning with YouTube: Do Educational Chemistry Videos Cognitively Support Student Learning?
Especially in a post-pandemic context, the use of technology and multimedia content for teaching and learning chemistry has become increasingly prevalent. While YouTube videos may contain accurate chemistry content, the way in which information is presented affects the potential for learning. Based on evidence-based research and cognitive theory, we used Mayer’s Multimedia Principles (MMP) to […]
B48: Structural Transitions Modulate the Chaperone Activities of Grp94
Grp94 is a molecular chaperone found in the Heat shock protein (Hsp) 90 family. Grp94 is found in the endoplasmic reticulum and is a homodimer composed of a nucleotide-binding domain (NTD), middle domain (MD), and carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD). Heat shock proteins help maintain homeostasis in a cell that is under stress. Folded proteins become unfolded […]