Ashley Ellis

Epigenetic Alterations of IL-1ß Pathway Mediates Microglial Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Ashley Ellis

This review summarizes updated discoveries on the role of epigenetic alterations in influencing microglial IL-1ß pathways in NDDs. It specifically focuses on elucidating the impact of microRNAs, histone acetylation agents, histone methylation agents, and DNA methylation agents on the inflammatory profile of microglia.

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Schedule

Saturday
10:00 am

Keynote - The Vital Importance of Transfer in Education and Research

A discussion of the impact of Information Transfer in facilitating advances in research, innovation, and education. Includes review of tools to facilitate information transfer in those domains.

Keynote Speaker

10:30 pm

Familiarity-Dependent Relaxation Responses of Classical Musicians to Music Selections

Mental health and stress are common obstacles to happiness for many Americans. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, almost 1 in 5 US adults are living with a mental illness of varying categories and levels of severity. Research into the alleviation of stress caused by performance anxiety may therefore prove beneficial to those coping with struggles.

Veronica Li

11:00 am

Alzheimer’s Disease and Musical Training: A Low-Cost Therapeutic?

Through neuronal networks connecting the auditory cortex and the hippocampus, musical training offers a potential medium by which hippocampal plasticity can be improved.

Tiffany Ho

11:30 pm

Psychological Impact of Isolation from Leader in Virtual Teams on Team Interaction

The purpose of this study was to develop a model to show how isolation from a leader can affect employee relationships and the perception of social loafing in virtual teams.

Shivam Shah

12:00 pm

Impact of Study Partner Status and Group Membership on Commitment Device Effectiveness Among College Students

Procrastination is a major problem among college students and solutions are urgently needed. This experiment explores the effectiveness of a soft commitment device, a contract taken up voluntarily by a person in order to accomplish their goals, as one possible solution for procrastination.

Misha Gupta

12:30 pm

The Effects of High-Deductible Health

This study attests to the fact that the HDHP, when adopted with the understanding of behavioral aspects, can help to improve the health of society as a whole.

Hrishi Joshi

1:00 pm

Artificial Intelligence Unleashed on the Brain

MRI-based Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease using Deep Learning with CycleGAN for Data Augmentation

Ahmed Badr

1:30 pm

Student Perspectives on the Challenges Faced During the Transition to High School

The transition from middle school to high school has the potential to be stressful. The goal of this study was to evaluate the concerns of ninth-grade classmates during their transition from middle school to high school.

Elis Kristo

2:00 pm

The Relationship Between Sleep and Cognitive and Physical Health

This investigation aimed to assess the relationship between chronic sleep and cognitive and physical health in preadolescent children ages 8 to 9 years. The hypothesis is that hours of sleep received per night will correlate positively with aerobic fitness levels, crystallized and fluid intelligence, and attentional inhibition abilities, as well as correlate negatively with BMI and fat mass.

Catherine Nameskal

2:30 pm

The Psychological Effects on IT Professionals During COVID-19 in the United States and Internationally

The pandemic has caused mental health concerns to skyrocket, and this survey will focus on IT professionals’ mental health to learn how one of the biggest job sectors worldwide had been influenced by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dhanya Janga

3:00 pm

The Effects of Stochastic Noise on Heart Rate Variability

Heart rate variability (HRV) is the amount to which the period between individual heartbeats varies. This measurement can be used as a proxy to measure bodily stress. The goal of this experiment was to examine changes in HRV when humans are exposed to different frequencies of noise (white, pink, and brown, with ambient noise and silence used as controls).

Arianna Kamal

3:30 pm

Understanding Genetic and Environmental Factors Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Create a Better Diagnosis

This review hopes to elucidate the current genetic and environmental associations with autism spectrum disorder to provide alternative ways for quantitative diagnosis in the future as advances in science are made.

Harshita Ganga

4:00 am

Epigenetic Alterations of IL-1ß Pathway Mediates Microglial Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases

This review summarizes updated discoveries on the role of epigenetic alterations in influencing microglial IL-1ß pathways in NDDs. It specifically focuses on elucidating the impact of microRNAs, histone acetylation agents, histone methylation agents, and DNA methylation agents on the inflammatory profile of microglia.

Ashley Ellis

4:30 pm

Ketsueki-Gata Through American Eyes: Examining the Correlation Between Blood Type and Personality

A potentially pseudo-scientific belief that blood type influences personality began in 1927 with the publication “The Study of Temperament through Blood Type” by Tokeji Furukawa. The idea was extended in 1971 after Masahiko Nomi published “Understanding Affinity Through Blood Type.” The term Ketsueki-gata became prominent in Japanese society, the term meaning blood type influences personality

Muni Bondo

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