SD EPSCoR News

The Role of Psychological and Genetic Factors in the Experience of Pain in a Sample of Physical Therapy Patients — 35p — Sebastian O’Farrell, Julia Mendel, Nathan Deichert Both positive and negative emotional experiences, such […]

Split Protein System to Detect a Target Using Luminescence — 34p — Noah Nnabuo, Ceylin Kizilkaya, Dr. Yun Seok Choi Athletics, particularly football, pose significant risks to long-term brain health due to repeated minor impacts, […]

Creation of Solar Powered Kiln for Brick Manufacturing — 33p — William Nixon, Dr. Jon Keller, Stephen Gebes, Brandon Stuber, Ann Sheehy, Dr. Rodney Rice Brick manufacturing is a massive industry that produces over a […]

Impacts of Prairie Management on Insect Biodiversity — 31p — Emma Nelson, William Davis, Diane Roeder Insects are effective bioindicators of ecosystem health because of the diversity of habitats and ecological roles they inhabit. Insect […]

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes — 30p — Lida Najmi Due to their enhanced properties, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are increasingly used in various industrial sectors. Specifically, the thermal conductivity […]

Iterative Knowledge Distillation: Teacher-Student LLM Framework for Response Generation and Adaptive Training — 29p — Nagraj Naidu, Laxmi Manasa Gorugant Efficient knowledge transfer between large language models (LLMs) remains a critical challenge in machine learning due […]

The Investigation of Black Carbon in Freshwater Ecotoxicology — 28p — McKinnely Mull,  Paula Mazzer, Hannah Hamontree, Patrick Hatcher Black carbon refers to a family of compounds that are produced by the partial combustion of […]

Immunoaffinity Purification of Acinetobacter baumannii Antigen(s) That Potentially Induce Multiple Sclerosis — 27p — Kelsey Morrison, Cane Schmitt, Dr. Chun Wu Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease disorder in which the body’s immune system […]

Effects of Sleep Hygiene Education on Adults Ages 50-80 — 26p — Natalie Moose-Elkin, Olivia Schaefers and Kalla Bertram This study is investigating how to improve sleep in older adults aged 50-80, as well as […]

Investigating the Effects of Ischemic Preconditioning on 500-Yard Swimming Performance — 25p — Meesha Montgomery, Hailey Scholten PURPOSE: Swimming is a globally popular sport, with races often decided by mere hundredths of a second, making […]