Results for Environment
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Probing the extracellular space for modulators of protein aggregation in neurodegeneration
BBSRC strategic theme: Bioscience for an integrated understanding of healthProtein misfolding and aggregation in vivo is associated with a wide range of human disorders including A...
AppalTRuST Project 2: Exposure to tobacco marketing for novel tobacco products and associations with future tobacco use in Appalachian young adults: tobacco regulatory science implications
ABSTRACT – Project 2 Federal tobacco regulatory policies enacted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are critical to curb the tobacco epidemic in rural Appalachia and redu...
UnityPhilly Response App for Overdose Reversal: Assessing Citywide Effectiveness and Sustainability
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Reducing overdose mortality immediately and long-term is a top public health priority as the overdose epidemic in the U.S. continues to worsen. The COVID-1...
Vision Impairment in the National Health and Aging Trends Study: Epidemiology, Social Determinants of Health, and Adverse Late Life Outcomes
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT At least 14 million people in the U.S. are blind or living with a vision impairment (VI), and the number affected is projected to double by 2050 due to agi...
Improving the Well-being of Nursing Home Workers An Examination of Non-nurse Staff Turnover and Quality in Nursing Homes
Project Summary: Nursing homes are considered one of the most dangerous workplaces in the United States, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has emphasized...
Crack-tolerant materials for next-generation photovoltaics
Brief description of the context of the research including potential impact:Solar photovoltaics (PVs) now account for close to 4% of global electricity generation, with installed c...
Engineering nanosponges to sequester bacterial exotoxins for protection against severe infection
Bacterial infections represent a significant challenge to clinicians and contribute substantially to healthcare costs worldwide. This challenge has been exacerbated by the rise in...
Concurrent Aerobic Exercise and Cognitive Training to Prevent Alzheimer's in at-risk Older Adults
Project Summary/Abstract Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects more than six million Americans currently and is projected to affect 14 million at a cost of $1.2 trillion in 2050. Despit...
Redrawing cancer immune transcriptomic maps with Nanopore sequencing
Are you interested in cancer immunology and cutting-edge genomics/transcriptomics? Do you want to pursue a PhD in an environment supported by a supervisory team including immunolog...
Advanced Optimization Methods for The Design of Aluminium Based Battery Enclosures for Electric Vehicles
DescriptionClimate change is one of the most important topics in the 21st century. The transportation sector, a major emitter of CO2, must adapt to reduce its impact on the environ...
HLA risk alleles cause Type 1 Diabetes by modifying the selection of T cell receptors that recognize pancreatic beta cell antigens
Project Summary Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a debilitating, lifelong disease which currently affects 20 million people worldwide. Multiple lines of evidence have shown that T cells ta...
Marine Natural Products Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar
Project Summary Marine Natural Products continue to play a critical role in the treatment and prevention of human diseases. Most of our small molecule drugs are either derived from...
2024 Thalamocortical Interactions Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar
PROJECT SUMMARY The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on “Thalamocortical Interactions: Thalamic Architecture, Dynamics, and Function in Health and Disease” will be held from Februa...
Quantifying the effect of sediment microbial activity in facilitating silica sequestration during early diagenesis (QUALIFIED)
Reverse weathering is the process that forms clay minerals through reactions that involve biologically produced silica. Carbon dioxide is a byproduct of reverse weathering and an i...
CLIMA: A Digital Twin Modeling Framework for Climate Adaptive Vertical Infrastructure
This award supports research focusing on developing a novel Digital Twin framework for the quantification of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions associated with the operation of vertica...
Collaborative Research: Implementing a Humanities-driven Curriculum to Address Critical Thinking and Empathy Skills Among Engineering Students
This project aims to serve the national interest by understanding how critical thinking and empathetic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals can be...
Collaborative Research: Design Decisions under Competition at the Edge of Bounded Rationality: Quantification, Models, and Experiments
The objective of this project is to investigate the impact of information uncertainty on design rationality under competition among teams and to develop a competition-aware artific...
Conference: Advancing AI in Science Education (AASE): A Comprehensive Approach to Equity, Inclusion, and Three-Dimensional Learning
In the 21st century, the educational landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) emerging as a pivotal force reshaping the contours of teaching and l...
NSFGEO-NERC: Collaborative Research: Exploring AMOC controls on the North Atlantic carbon sink using novel inverse and data-constrained models (EXPLANATIONS)
The ocean plays a vital role in mitigating climate change, currently absorbing roughly 25% of carbon dioxide emissions released into the atmosphere, with the potential to absorb mo...
NSFGEO-NERC: Collaborative Research: Exploring AMOC controls on the North Atlantic carbon sink using novel inverse and data-constrained models (EXPLANATIONS)
The ocean plays a vital role in mitigating climate change, currently absorbing roughly 25% of carbon dioxide emissions released into the atmosphere, with the potential to absorb mo...