Abstracts Archive

my abstract entails a assessment of the feasible use of defective interfering particles as an adjunct to multi-drug antiviral therapy with potential to avoid viral resistance to anti-virals and also the possibility of limiting as well as treating some viral infections.

Language shift has become a global phenomenon that is affecting personal connections, cultural identity, and heritage. Ghana, a country with over 80 languages, making it a nation with a rich and vibrant cultural landscape. Linguistic diversity has always been a hallmark of its social fabric. However...

Throughout the 21st century colleges, universities and the state legislatures that support them have dedicated millions of dollars to merit-based scholarships aimed at recruiting "high ability" students and preventing brain drain (when said students leave home for an out of state institution). While...

Boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes are a class of organoboron compounds that have been cited as candidates for explorations into fluorescence imaging, photodynamic therapy, and optoelectronics. The meso-modified analog, Aza-BODIPY has become ubiquitous in biomedical applications due to the propensit...

Robotic service agents are becoming increasingly common in service-oriented industries such as hospitality (e.g., hotels and restaurants) and healthcare (e.g., hospitals), offering companies solutions for automating repetitive tasks, overcoming labor shortages, and reducing labor costs. Yet, such ro...

The intricacies of accurate decision-making in cricket officiating, which require detailed rule interpretation and responsiveness to dynamic match events, pose a significant challenge for automation. This research introduces an innovative framework that equips a Pepper robot to serve as an intellige...

Background: Functional neuroimaging has been utilized to study blood flow in the brain. Techniques such as fMRI have been used to characterize these networks in disorders ranging from depression to schizophrenia. Like fMRI, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) also captures blood flow ...

Can a neurodiverse-affirming show teach inclusion, life skills, and social-emotional learning while fostering mutual understanding among children with and without disabilities? This question shapes “The Wildflower Garden”, a children’s television show designed to bridge the gap between childre...

Concerns on Castration is an in-depth analysis of the United States laws on castration. There are no modern resources that one can consult to understand what the laws say nor which states feature castration laws. The paper provides the context for castration laws in the United States, which states h...

This essay explores the collective worldmaking practices of an online community created for and around chronic illness and disability, hosted on the social media platform Discord. By employing digital ethnographic methods, I analyze alternative communication practices common to the group as resistan...

"New Canvas": Addressing Blank Canvas Struggles in Graphic Design Education through Generative AI Integration "New Canvas" investigates how integrating Generative AI tools within the ideation and moodboarding phases of undergraduate graphic design education can address "blank canvas struggles." The ...

This grounded theory study aims to construct a theoretical framework that explains how community-based mental health providers (CMHPs) engage in consultations with school-based counselors to support shared clients. Recognizing the increasing mental health needs of youth and the gaps in coordinated c...

Title: A smart sock-based remote monitoring system to assess the progression of clinical disability and fatigue in people with Multiple Sclerosis. Authors: Julie F. Stowell, DPT1,2, Victory A. Ladipo3, Sujay S. Galen2 and T. Bradley Willingham, PhD1,2 1 Virginia C. Crawford Research Institute, Sheph...

With a multicultural background, Olivia's work delves into the complexities of identity, heritage, personal and collective narratives. These fabric prints featured on her short film are one of the things that connect to her West African heritage and motherland. Each fabric tells a story, of love, ce...

The composition "Variations of Arirang" was crafted by the North Korean violinist-composer Gosan Baek (1930- ). The work is based on Gyeonggi Arirang, a traditional Korean folk melody. Gosan Baek was born in 1930 in Pyongyang, prior to the Korean peninsula's division. As a musician, he endured the h...

The CDC reports that 6 in 10 adults in the United States have a chronic condition and 4 in 10 have two or more chronic conditions. Consumer Health Informatics (CHI) are technologies that interact directly with health consumers to provide them with information or services for the promotion of health....

Autoimmune diseases are diverse disorders arising from abnormal cellular and humoral responses to self-antigens in the immune system. However, the underlying cause of autoimmunity remains unclear. In this study, ready-made autoreactive CD4+ T cell hybridomas (containing autoreactive CD4+ lymphocytes...

The Tift Site (GA HSI #10393), situated in East Point, Georgia, embodies a pressing environmental justice issue that has persisted since 1995. This abandoned industrial site is contaminated with twenty-one hazardous substances in both soil and groundwater, posing significant health risks to the loca...

Collective invasion plays a pivotal role in cancer metastasis, characterized by coordinated movement of leader and follower cells into surrounding tissues. This study presents a continuous mathematical model to investigate the dynamics underlying this process, focusing on leader chemotaxis, cell-cel...

Celiac disease (CeD) is a multifaceted intestinal disorder with autoimmune characteristics, triggered by T cell recognition of gluten peptides presented in the context of HLA-DQ8, leading to inflammation. While the role of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in immune modulation is well-established, the spec...

A Compartmentalized Mathematical Model of Hypertrophic Mouse Ventricular Myocytes Dilmini Warnakulasooriya1 and Vladimir E. Bondarenko1,2 1Department of Mathematics and Statistics and 2Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA Compensated cardiac hypertrophy is considered as...

This project explores the roles of educators in impacting, fostering, and inhibiting students’ creativity while also reflecting on my own creative identity. In my creative journey, I struggled to identify and embrace myself as a creative person, feeling disconnected from the knowledge and experien...

How can I explore my early childhood experiences as a Guyanese American using theoretical and practical methodologies? How can I incorporate creative modalities to communicate my stories? Utilizing autoethnography methodology, I reflected on life-changing events during childhood. Using Bronfenbrenne...

This study examines the effectiveness of three rater training modalities for assessing L2 writing: 1) asynchronous video training, 2) synchronous discussion and negotiation, and 3) a hybrid approach combining both. The research explores how these methods impact interrater reliability, score consiste...

Reimagining education begins with enlisting pedagogy that centers on students' needs. Multiple researchers have stressed the importance of student-centered teaching, which incorporates students’ cultural backgrounds and prior knowledge and honors and values their input and voices (Anyon, 2014; Dar...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remains an ongoing threat to public health globally. The emergence of highly mutated variants displaying increased immune evasion and transmissibility have necessitated the need for updated vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostic tools. The...

This research analyzes the Colombian Armed Conflict from 1970 to 2016, focusing on its historical context, revolutionary and military antecedents, and the country's multiple, often unsuccessful, peace attempts. It explores the 2016 peace agreement and the post-conflict period, particularly concernin...

Understanding marine molluscan extinctions across Plio-Pleistocene units in Georgia and north-central Florida is key to understanding community changes in the Western Atlantic. Previous research focused on assemblages from the Carolinas and south Florida, but a biogeographic gap in data exists for G...

This paper investigates how evaluation horizons influence mutual fund managers’ investment decisions, fund performance, and investor behavior, with a particular focus on the final year of the evaluation period. Using a dataset of actively managed U.S. equity mutual funds, I document that managers ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV- 2), which infects mainly the respiratory tract, caused a worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from 2020 until 2023. The emergence of new mutations is linked to consequent progressive selection of different dominate va...