item: #1 of 43 id: arestyrurj-122 author: Levin, Vadim title: Foreword to first issue of the Aresty Undergraduate Research Journal date: 2020-12-21 words: 296 flesch: 15 summary: Seeded  by  the  concept  developed  by  a  group  of  students  and  driven  forward  by  their   enthusiasm;  shepherded  through  the  stages  of    development  through  trials,  and  some   inevitable  errors,  by  the  Aresty  Center  staff;  enthusiastically  supported  by  research  and   academic  administrators;  and  made  possible  in  its  final  form  by  the  investment  of  personnel   and  resources  by  Rutgers  University  Libraries,  the  journal  is  an  excellent  example  of  what  is   possible  at  this  great  public  research  university.     ,  the  Aresty  Research  Center  promotes   the  integral  value  of  research  in  undergraduate  education.     keywords: research cache: arestyrurj-122.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-122.txt item: #2 of 43 id: arestyrurj-123 author: Castellitto, Kayla; Fitzgerald, Nurgul; Kaur, Amanpreet; Patil, Anusha; Rassadkina, Yelizaveta; Scanteianu, Adriana; Srivastava, Prachi; Wang, Xiangyue; Rodriguez, Ryan title: Authors represented in Aresty Undergraduate Research Journal at Rutgers University, vol. 1, issue 1, Spring 2020 date: 2020-12-21 words: 1321 flesch: 43 summary: Aresty Undergraduate Research Journal at Rutgers University, vol. 1, issue 1, Spring 2020 1 About the Authors Kayla Castellitto conducted this study as a part of her George H. Cook Honors Thesis research, while she was an undergraduate student at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Last summer, Adriana began conducting research in quantum mechanics through the Rutgers DIMACS NSF REU program under Prof. Shadi Tahvildar-Zadeh, alongside Rutgers student Xiangyue Wang. keywords: research; rutgers; school; spring; university cache: arestyrurj-123.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-123.txt item: #3 of 43 id: arestyrurj-125 author: Srivastava, Prachi title: Chronic Corticosterone Shifts Effort-Related Choice Behavior in Y-Maze date: 2020-12-21 words: 3100 flesch: 55 summary: These include effort related choice tests that assess rodents’ preference for higher rewards that require high effort versus lesser rewards that require less effort. The effects of chronic CORT administration on effort-related choice behavior has not been characterized. keywords: arm; barrier; choice; cort; effort; mice cache: arestyrurj-125.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-125.txt item: #4 of 43 id: arestyrurj-127 author: Patil, Anusha title: Targeting the Epigenetic Factors of Neuroinflammation date: 2020-12-21 words: 3621 flesch: 51 summary: By determining whether such a signaling pathway exists within microglia, it is possible that this pathway could be therapeutically targeted in the future with the hope of regulating the runaway inflammatory response associated with brain injury. Fully understanding the mechanisms behind the body’s neuroinflammatory response will not only allow for the development of targeted treatments for TBI, but also will likely allow for better treatments for those with neurodegenerative diseases (Ransohoff, 2016) and other diseases that may have a neuroinflammatory component such as diabetes (Wang et al 2014). keywords: brain; et al; expression; injury; journal; mark2; mice; microglia; research; tbi cache: arestyrurj-127.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-127.txt item: #5 of 43 id: arestyrurj-136 author: Castellitto, Kayla; Fitzgerald, Nurgul title: An Assessment of the Food and Physical Activity Environment on a University Campus date: 2020-12-21 words: 5222 flesch: 47 summary: Among the contributing factors for higher Rutgers campus score were the wide variety of indoor and outdoor amenities (e.g. pool, basketball courts, roller hockey rink, racquetball court), several intramural sports, health/wellness activities and fitness classes. However, Rutgers scores were lower in categories like fast-food and sit- down restaurants; healthy snacks and beverages available in vending machines; walking and biking supports; and the policies to support healthy eating. keywords: audit; campus; college; environment; food; journal; national; research; rutgers; score; students; study cache: arestyrurj-136.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-136.txt item: #6 of 43 id: arestyrurj-137 author: Rassadkina, Yelizaveta; Roth, Spencer; Barkay, Tamar title: Characterizing and Evaluating the Diverse Microbial Communities and Their Mercury Resistance Potential from Hot Spring Sites Representing Gradients in Temperature and pH in Yellowstone National Park date: 2020-12-21 words: 5834 flesch: 52 summary: Samples that had over one thousand sequence reads were mostly sediment samples. All sites had at least one water sample, however, only six sites had mat samples and only five sites had sediment samples. keywords: archaea; journal; mercury; microbial; national; park; research; samples; spring; temperature; yellowstone cache: arestyrurj-137.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-137.txt item: #7 of 43 id: arestyrurj-138 author: Kaur, Amanpreet title: The Role of Eicosanoids in Regulating the Ubiquitin Proteasome System and Proteostasis date: 2020-12-21 words: 6342 flesch: 62 summary: This is supported by previous studies that found the effects of ω-3 PUFAs varied depending on the tissue in question, with reduced UPS activity in cachexia cancer cells and increased UPS activity in HPV-infected cancer cells.11 In the intestine, ω-3 PUFAs or their derived eicosanoids may promote UPS activity, or ω-6 PUFAs or their derived eicosanoids may inhibit it. Therefore, GFP fluorescence in animals expressing UbG76V-GFP is inversely proportional to the level of UPS activity. keywords: gfp; hrs; hypodermis; mrfp; strain; type; ubg76v; ups cache: arestyrurj-138.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-138.txt item: #8 of 43 id: arestyrurj-139 author: Rodriguez, Ryan title: Agency in the Writing Center: Examining the Importance of Student Autonomy in Higher Education date: 2020-12-21 words: 4786 flesch: 50 summary: Similarly, Rutgers writing centers work to improve student writing skills without acknowledging why they are successful in the first place. And, while there are methods that bring both environments closer together, such as the course-embedded model, maintaining the distinct identity of each environment is crucial in giving students autonomy. keywords: autonomy; center; classroom; course; model; rutgers; student; tutoring; tutors; writing cache: arestyrurj-139.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-139.txt item: #9 of 43 id: arestyrurj-152 author: Varkey, Hannah; Mortlock, Richard; Mchugh, Cecilia; Mondal, Dhiman title: Investigating the Strength of the Indian Monsoons during Climate Extremes with Stable Isotope Records in Corals date: 2021-06-02 words: 3023 flesch: 54 summary: These patterns suggest that the changes in isotopic ABOVE: FIGURE 4: LIA coral D09-01. 2 METHODOLOGY Both LIA and modern corals in this study belong to the Porites species, which are stony corals with small polyps. keywords: changes; coral; figure; lia; monsoon; salinity; δ18o cache: arestyrurj-152.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-152.txt item: #10 of 43 id: arestyrurj-153 author: Lecompte, Shane; Scacchioli, Annalisa title: Minimization of Fuel Consumption of A Swarm Of Spacecraft Through A Genetic Algorithm Approach date: 2021-06-02 words: 5615 flesch: 50 summary: A possible alternative to large craft is using a swarm of smaller craft made to accomplish the same goals while mitigating some of the drawbacks large craft face. In the context of exploring dense and/or extreme en- vironments in space, many logistic and economic problems faced by large craft due to their size and centralized nature will not affect a swarm. keywords: algorithm; consumption; craft; figure; fuel; parameters; potential; spacecraft; swarm; trajectory cache: arestyrurj-153.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-153.txt item: #11 of 43 id: arestyrurj-154 author: Hao, Yuexing; Shafer, Glenn title: Models for Predicting Global Plastic Waste date: 2021-06-02 words: 3044 flesch: 67 summary: To reduce plastic waste, they built scientific models to analyze the sources of plas- tic and provided solutions for regenerating these plastic wastes. There- fore, we consider the constraint to be the availability of processing plastic waste. keywords: data; model; plastic; self; waste cache: arestyrurj-154.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-154.txt item: #12 of 43 id: arestyrurj-155 author: Srivastava, Prachi; Kelada, Frederric title: Introduction to Volume 1, Issue 2 date: 2021-06-02 words: 289 flesch: 45 summary: We would like to express our thanks and appre- ciation to the Junior Founders, authors, undergraduate reviewers, graduate re- viewers, faculty reviewers, copy editors, Chief Copy Editor, Creative Director, Aresty Research Center administrators, Rutgers Libraries team, and faculty advi- sors—all of whom have contributed significantly to this issue. ARESTY RURJ FOUNDERS, PRACHI SRIVASTAVA keywords: research cache: arestyrurj-155.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-155.txt item: #13 of 43 id: arestyrurj-156 author: Buckelew, Robert; Catalanello, Ethan; Scacchioli, Annalisa title: Control of Satellites with Onboard Robotic Manipulators date: 2021-06-02 words: 3605 flesch: 47 summary: We found that a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control scheme, with disturbance-estimating capabilities, was effective in maintaining satellite position and ori- entation during the operation of the onboard ro- botic manipulator. It is desirable to reduce the effects of robotic manipulator disturbances on satellite position and attitude using an attitude control system (ACS). keywords: arm; attitude; control; motion; position; research; satellite cache: arestyrurj-156.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-156.txt item: #14 of 43 id: arestyrurj-157 author: Scanteianu, Adriana; Wang, Xiangyue title: Particle Trajectories For Compton Scattering in One Space Dimension date: 2021-06-02 words: 5481 flesch: 61 summary: ARESTY RUTGERS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL, VOLUME I, ISSUE II TOP FIGURE 12: Change in electron momentum due to scattering (detail). If we zoom in on the interaction region, we clearly see that the gain in electron momentum in- creases linearly with 𝑘𝑘0 , in qualitative agreement with EQUATION 2.9. keywords: electron; figure; function; momentum; photon; system; trajectories; wave cache: arestyrurj-157.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-157.txt item: #15 of 43 id: arestyrurj-158 author: Bowne, Julian; Scacchioli, Annalisa title: Sliding Mode-Based Traction Control for An Autonomous Martian Rover date: 2021-06-02 words: 4483 flesch: 59 summary: The three main components (left to right) are the controller, labeled SMC for sliding mode controller, the actuator, which is the DC motor, and the plant, which is the deformable soil-rigid tire model. For example, traction control can be applied to hybrid cars, rescue robots, and planetary rovers [2,8,12]. keywords: controller; model; pid; ratio; sliding; slip; system; traction cache: arestyrurj-158.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-158.txt item: #16 of 43 id: arestyrurj-159 author: Scacchioli, Annalisa; Bowne, Julian; Scanteianu, Adriana; Wang, Xiangyue; Buckelew, Robert; Catalanello, Ethan; Scacchioli, Annalisa; Srivastava, Prachi; Kelada, Frederric; Hao, Yuexing; Shafer, Glenn; Lecompte, Shane; Scacchioli, Annalisa; Varkey, Hannah; Mortlock, Richard; Mchugh, Cecilia; Mondal, Dhiman title: Authors represented in Aresty Undergraduate Research Journal at Rutgers University, vol. 1, issue 2, Spring 2021 date: 2021-06-02 words: 1201 flesch: 42 summary: Xiangyue began conducting research in quantum mechanics through the Rutgers DIMACS NSF REU program under Prof. Shadi Tahvildar-Zadeh, alongside Rutgers student Adriana Scanteianu. Last summer, Adriana began conducting research in quantum mechanics through the Rutgers DIMACS NSF REU program under Prof. Shadi Tahvildar-Zadeh, alongside Rutgers student Xiangyue Wang. keywords: contact; program; project; research; rutgers cache: arestyrurj-159.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-159.txt item: #17 of 43 id: arestyrurj-160 author: Srivastava, Prachi title: Corrections date: 2021-06-02 words: 76 flesch: 55 summary: ARESTY RUTGERS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL, VOLUME I, ISSUE II CORRECTIONS ✵ In the “Foreword to first issue of the Aresty Undergraduate Research Journal” 1, issue 1. Adriana Scanteianu and Xiangyue Wang were listed in “About the Authors” for vol. keywords: issue cache: arestyrurj-160.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-160.txt item: #18 of 43 id: arestyrurj-163 author: Banota, Tanvi title: Introduction to Volume 1, Issue 3 date: 2021-10-07 words: 368 flesch: 47 summary: I would also like to acknowledge the faculty advisors and principal investigators who served as mentors for our authors in their journey in research. Finally, this issue would not have been possible without the key contributions and fantastic work by the editorial team (including the Reviewer Program Director, Man- aging Editor, Creative Director, and Chief Copy Editor), copy editors, Aresty Re- search Center administrators, and the Rutgers Libraries team. keywords: research cache: arestyrurj-163.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-163.txt item: #19 of 43 id: arestyrurj-164 author: Khan, Zaynab; Friedman-Krauss, Allison title: Workforce Compensation Policies for Lead Teachers in State-Funded Preschool date: 2021-10-07 words: 5239 flesch: 58 summary: I explored state preschool parity policies to determine which states have full and partial parity policies in place for lead preschool teachers. What do we know about preschool parity policies? keywords: compensation; parity; policies; preschool; programs; salary; state; teachers cache: arestyrurj-164.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-164.txt item: #20 of 43 id: arestyrurj-165 author: Kwon, Soo Min; Sarwate, Anand D. title: Learning Predictors from Multidimensional Data with Tensor Factorizations date: 2021-10-07 words: 5310 flesch: 56 summary: However, as previously mentioned, most machine learning frameworks are formulated for vector spaces, mak- ing statistical inference challenging for tensor data. A possible explanation for this phenomenon is that PCA does not capture tensor data efficiently in lower dimensional space. keywords: data; learning; tensor cache: arestyrurj-165.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-165.txt item: #21 of 43 id: arestyrurj-166 author: Becker, Alexa; Kang, Mengxue; Glass, Arnold title: Changing Verbal Label Assignments Selects the Memory System for Responses in an Immediate Visual Recognition Task date: 2021-10-07 words: 5190 flesch: 53 summary: Even though Kang et al. (2021) confirmed that the assignment of verbal labels to re- sponse keys in different spatial locations determines which memory system gets selected for the task—not the assignment of verbal labels to different hands— there is still no clear answer as to why the two re- sponse assignment conditions result in the selection of different memory systems. It follows from this line of reasoning that same responses ought to be the slowest since the participant presumably must compare all four test string items to all four study string items to deter- mine that they are the same. keywords: key; response; right; sequence; study; system; test cache: arestyrurj-166.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-166.txt item: #22 of 43 id: arestyrurj-167 author: Smolder, Zachary; Yi, Jingang title: Cost-Effective Remote Operated Vehicle date: 2021-10-07 words: 4940 flesch: 63 summary: Due to the fact that this speed was rec- orded all in favorable environmental conditions, it should be noted that ROV performance in rough waves would result in lower speed measurements. Due to the ROV’s open- source design, adding additional instruments would be as easy as just wiring these tools to the ROV’s in- ternal Raspberry Pi 4 and writing code to use these tools. keywords: cost; design; electronics; enclosure; figure; hull; research; rov; rovs cache: arestyrurj-167.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-167.txt item: #23 of 43 id: arestyrurj-168 author: Tschang, Monica; Schachner, Melitta title: Investigating Mimetics of a Peptide Derived from the Effector Domain of MARCKS as Possible Therapeutics for Spinal Cord Injury date: 2021-10-07 words: 5196 flesch: 56 summary: Screening compound libraries for MARCKS ED peptide mimetics. ARESTY RUTGERS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL, VOLUME I, ISSUE III Two of the other verified MARCKS ED peptide mi- metics, tegaserod, and nonyloxytryptamine, are also PSA mimetics that facilitate nervous system repair and improve recovery after SCI in mice.[4,15] Epigallo- catechin gallate (EGCG) is an active compound found in green tea that has been shown to pass through the blood-brain barrier.[9] keywords: cells; ed peptide; marcks; mimetics; neurite; peptide; psa cache: arestyrurj-168.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-168.txt item: #24 of 43 id: arestyrurj-169 author: Daniel, Simon; Wang, Angela W.; Elias, Maurice J. title: Observing the Demographic Factors of Peer-Nominated Leaders in Urban Middle Schools date: 2021-10-07 words: 5337 flesch: 55 summary: Analyses for School A indicated a significant difference in the number of nominations students re- ceived for being a good role model across the four racial/ethnic groups For the sur- vey item that asked to nominate those who are rarely upset, the number of nominations Asian students re- ceived was significantly different from Black and His- panic students, but not from White students (see TABLES 10A and 10B). keywords: black; hispanic; leadership; nominations; school; students; survey cache: arestyrurj-169.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-169.txt item: #25 of 43 id: arestyrurj-170 author: Zheng, Julia title: Ethical Implications of Biohacking as Activism: Democratized Health Care, Danger, or What? date: 2021-10-07 words: 6312 flesch: 53 summary: Biohacked insulin is part of the #WEARENOTWAITING movement to sup- port improved treatment of Type 1 diabetes, where- as biohacked EpiPens allow people to make lifesav- ing autoinjectors at low costs. Once widespread, biohacked insulin could act as a life-sav- ing alternative for patients who cannot afford tradi- tional insulin. keywords: activism; autonomy; biohacking; costs; diy; healthcare; insulin; patients; people; system cache: arestyrurj-170.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-170.txt item: #26 of 43 id: arestyrurj-171 author: Allada, Tamara; Ilnytska, Olga; Storch, Judith title: The Role of Autophagy in Phosphatidylglycerol Facilitated Cholesterol Clearance from the Endolysosomal System of NPC-1 Deficient Cells date: 2021-10-07 words: 3769 flesch: 59 summary: This is because the limiting membrane of a lysosome is covered in a sugar coat called glycocalyx and it is believed that the luminal domains of the NPC-1 protein are required for cho- lesterol to be able to penetrate through the gly- cocalyx and exit the lysosome.[11,12] Increasing the LBPA levels in NPC-1 deficient cells have been found to result in a significant amount of cholesterol clear- ance because the LBPA can still interact with the NPC-2 protein.[6] Exogenous treatment of LBPA’s precursor phosphatidylglycerol, or PG, also results in cholesterol clearance because the PG can go through its biosynthetic pathway to make LBPA.[13] Our preliminary data shows that PG treat- ment of NPC-1 deficient cells facilitates autophago- some fusion with the lysosome and subsequent au- tophagic flux. Since NPC-1 deficient cells block au- tophagy and PG helps it resume, we are interested in seeing if autolysosome formation and autophagic flux are involved in cholesterol clearance from late endosomes when these cells are treated with PG. keywords: atg12; autophagy; cells; cholesterol; clearance; figure; journal; lysosomal; treatment cache: arestyrurj-171.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-171.txt item: #27 of 43 id: arestyrurj-172 author: Rha, Lauren; Silver, Sean title: Topic Modeling and Analysis: Comparing the Most Common Topics in 19th-Century Novels Written by Female Writers date: 2021-10-07 words: 4089 flesch: 51 summary: “Distant reading” demonstrates the value of reading large numbers of text together and relies on computer-assisted mod- eling to analyze a larger amount of texts than can be read by any one individual.[15] “Distant reading” and the specific practice of topic modeling was per- formed within the R Studio programming environ- ment. This re- search explains how the novels were prepared for topic modeling and produces a specific topic model visualization, an “interactive heatmap,” to compare the frequency of topics found in each novel. keywords: century; female; modeling; novels; research; themes; topic; words cache: arestyrurj-172.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-172.txt item: #28 of 43 id: arestyrurj-173 author: Patel, Jinay; Arora, Sonia title: A Systematic Analysis of Compounds Present in Ocimum Tenuiflorum (Tulsi) Regarding its Anti-Inflammatory Properties Using In-Silico Techniques date: 2021-10-07 words: 3243 flesch: 65 summary: DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE, DIBUTYL PHTHALATE N/A 1,2,4 LEAVES TABLE 1: This table shows various compounds found in specific parts of O. tenuiflorum such as the leaves, stem, or flower spikes. For this study, a thorough database was cre- ated for various compounds present in different parts of O. tenuiflorum. keywords: 2,4; acid; compounds; leaves; present; research; tenuiflorum cache: arestyrurj-173.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-173.txt item: #29 of 43 id: arestyrurj-174 author: Faulkenberry, Andrew title: “Reminisces of a Dead World”: Neoclassical Impulses in Stockhausen’s Gesang der Jünglinge date: 2021-10-07 words: 5688 flesch: 56 summary: However, Stockhausen’s Gesang der Jünglinge, de- spite its reputation for technical innovation, bears a strong connection to prior musical traditions. In this regard, Stockhausen resembled the neoclassical school of composers that sought to accommodate antiquated musical materials within a modern con- text. keywords: anachronism; composers; gesang; music; new; past; piece; schoenberg; stockhausen; text; voice cache: arestyrurj-174.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-174.txt item: #30 of 43 id: arestyrurj-175 author: Aldea, Dennis A.; Aita, Rohit; Hassan, Sohaib; Cohen, Evan S.; Hur, Joseph; Pellón-Cárdenas, Oscar; Chen, Lei; Verzi, Michael P. title: Vitamin D Receptor Binding with DNA in Duodenal Crypt, Duodenal Villi, and Colonic Epithelial Cells of Mice date: 2021-10-07 words: 4782 flesch: 54 summary: Besides VDR motifs, the colon- enriched peak set samples also exhibit HOXB13, FIGURE 7: VDR MOTIF PRESENCE IN VDR CHIP-SEQ PEAK SET SAMPLES VDR motif was the top transcription factor motif identified in all of the composite VDR ChIP-seq peak sets. Each pair of forward and reverse adapter-trimmed read FASTQ files was aligned to mouse genome assembly mm9 using Bowtie2.[10,15] Each alignment SAM file was converted to an align- ment BAM file using the SAMtools suite.[13] A composite VDR ChIP-seq alignment BAM file was generated for each cell type by combining each set of replicate VDR ChIP-seq alignment BAM files using the merge utility in the SAMtools suite. keywords: alignment; binding; cells; chip; file; peak; seq; set; transcription; vdr; vdr chip; villi cache: arestyrurj-175.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-175.txt item: #31 of 43 id: arestyrurj-176 author: Soltys, Justine; Yu, Lei title: Characterizing an Alternatively Spliced Variant of Chemokine Receptor 2 in Painful Diabetic Neuropathy date: 2021-10-07 words: 4854 flesch: 52 summary: CCR2 isoforms may enhance the efficacy of therapeutics in mitigating pain. To im- prove the efficacy of medications like these, our re- search has focused on understanding the levels of CCR2 variants in populations that suffer from PDN. keywords: ccr2; gel; journal; pain; pcr; pdn; primer; research; sequence; splicing; variants; volume cache: arestyrurj-176.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-176.txt item: #32 of 43 id: arestyrurj-177 author: Banota, Tanvi; Murray, Alexa; Armstrong, Laura E.; Kong, Bo; Guo, Grace L.; Gow, Andrew J.; Laskin, Debra L. title: Pulmonary Inflammation and Injury in a Mouse Model of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis date: 2021-10-07 words: 3680 flesch: 52 summary: In this study, we assessed the impact of NASH development on lung inflammation and fibrosis over time. Surprisingly, a time related in- crease in lung inflammation was observed in control mice at 3 and 6 months. keywords: cell; fed; hfd; inflammation; inflammatory; liver; lung; mice; months; nash cache: arestyrurj-177.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-177.txt item: #33 of 43 id: arestyrurj-203 author: Guzik, Marissa; Saba, Grace; Wright-Fairbanks, Elizabeth title: Observing Winter Carbonate Chemistry Dynamics Throughout the Mid-Atlantic Bight Shelf Using Novel Glider Technology date: 2022-12-01 words: 7139 flesch: 52 summary: This northward current traveling alongside the shelf can be pushed up onto and mix with shelf waters via warm-core ed- dies (Fratantoni et al., 2001; Zhang et al., 2015; TABLES 1 AND 2: Correlation coefficients for both Rutgers (left) and Stony Brook (right) glider data for the different carbonate parameters (pH, TA, Ωarag). Earlier Nor’easters (3/1, 3/5) produced strong northeast winds that tradition- ally promote downwelling of shelf waters due to the buildup of water along the coast. keywords: atlantic; carbonate; chemistry; data; et al; figure; glider; mab; ocean; research; rutgers; shelf; temperature; water; ωarag cache: arestyrurj-203.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-203.txt item: #34 of 43 id: arestyrurj-205 author: Stachula, Diana; Sahota, Amrik title: Cystinuria: Genetic Aspects and Novel Pharmacotherapeutics date: 2022-12-01 words: 5136 flesch: 59 summary: The de- fective reabsorption of cystine from the kidneys into the bloodstream causes its supersaturation in urine and the formation of cystine stones in the kidneys, bladder, and ureters (Sahota et al., 2019). Cystine stones are thought to form by free solution crystallization, the process by which super- saturated solutions transform into solids (Coe et al., 2010). keywords: cystine; cystinuria; et al; mutations; sahota; slc3a1; slc7a9; stones cache: arestyrurj-205.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-205.txt item: #35 of 43 id: arestyrurj-206 author: Zhang, Zhongrui; Lau, Yin Hei; Arora, Sonia title: In Silico Studies of Compounds Present in Azadirachta Indica (Neem) and Their Ability to Bind Hiv Integrase Protein date: 2022-12-01 words: 6297 flesch: 59 summary: 24 Margocin Root bark N/A N/A (Ara et al., 1990) 25 Gallic acid Bark N/A N/A (Biswas et al., 2002; Singh et al., 2017) 26 2-methyl-5-ethylfuran Leaf Butanol 4.8273% (Hossain et al., 2013) 27 Arabinose Bark N/A N/A (Kumar et al., 2017) 28 m-toluylaldehyde Leaf Methanol 22.7669% (Hossain et al., 2013) 29 2-methyl-benzalde- hyde Leaf Butanol 11.8674% (Hossain et al., 2013) 30 Levoglucosenone Leaf Butanol 7.1217% (Hossain et al., 2013) In India, A. indica is also known as the village pharmacy, the wonder tree, nature's drug store, and the life-giving tree (Hossain et al., 2013; Patel et al., 2016; Paul et al., 2011). keywords: a. indica; azadirachta; binders; compounds; docking; et al; hiv; hossain; indica; integrase; journal; leaf; ligands; neem; protein; research cache: arestyrurj-206.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-206.txt item: #36 of 43 id: arestyrurj-207 author: Patel, Jay; Verzi, Michael title: Exploring Epithelial Communication to the Mesenchyme and Its Impact on the Expression of Genes Related to Tumorigenesis date: 2022-12-01 words: 3369 flesch: 49 summary: The goal of this project is to learn how epithelial cells are communi- cating with mesenchyme cells in an elevated Wnt activity background. Transformed epithelium expresses high levels of AREG, which may be sensed by mesenchyme cells. keywords: cells; confluent; epithelium; genes; media; mesenchyme; organoids; wnt cache: arestyrurj-207.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-207.txt item: #37 of 43 id: arestyrurj-208 author: Misri, Deeksha; Chille, Erin E.; Stephens, Timothy G.; Bhattacharya, Debashish title: Differential Gene Expression Analysis and Gene Ontology in Triploid and Diploid Pocillopora Acuta date: 2022-12-01 words: 3497 flesch: 55 summary: Using R version 4.0.5 and the edgeR pack- age v. 3.15 (Robinson et al., 2010), pairwise ARESTY RUTGERS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL, VOLUME I, ISSUE IV comparisons of differential gene expression were conducted on the 27,254 genes that passed the low coverage filter of gene counts less than 10 (Robin- son et al. 2010). We studied the differences in gene expression between the two triploid clades (T1 and T2) and the diploid clade (D) P. acuta. keywords: acuta; coral; expression; genes; triploid cache: arestyrurj-208.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-208.txt item: #38 of 43 id: arestyrurj-209 author: Pfreundschuh, Sarah title: Making A Dent in the Obesity Equation via Coupling Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes with Fruit and Vegetable Subsidies date: 2022-12-01 words: 9872 flesch: 51 summary: This paper ex- plores existing SSB excise taxes that have been im- plemented in recent years, focusing especially on Philadelphia’s tax as a case study for examining the behavioral changes associated with SSB taxes and the management of SSB tax revenue. It then sug- gests that SSB tax revenue be directly funneled into the subsidization of fruits and vegetables to maxim- ize the obesity-fighting potential of these relatively novel excise taxes. keywords: beverage; consumption; et al; excise; health; journal; obesity; participants; philadelphia; soda; ssb; ssbs; studies; sugar; tax; taxes cache: arestyrurj-209.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-209.txt item: #39 of 43 id: arestyrurj-210 author: Luckhoff, Serena title: Rilke in Translation: Uncovering the Panther in the English Language date: 2022-12-01 words: 5546 flesch: 61 summary: Guided in part by Benjamin’s essay, I will present my own English translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s German language poem “Der Panther,” which does not look to translate words and phrases in isolation but distributes themes found in Rilke’s German throughout the translation. Drawing on this concept, in my translation, I attempt to reproduce Rilke’s portrayal of the panther not by finding Eng- lish words that replicate German words, but by let- ting the semantics of German words be distributed throughout my entire translation. keywords: german; language; panther; poem; rilke; stillness; translation; word cache: arestyrurj-210.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-210.txt item: #40 of 43 id: arestyrurj-211 author: Peterson, Eliza K.; Urban, Andrew title: Socializing at the Shopping Mall: A Review of Literature to Reassess the Social Value of the American Mall date: 2022-12-01 words: 3954 flesch: 56 summary: Shopping malls should be rec- ognized for their ability to facilitate social connec- tions and community during the late 20th century in a space as atomized as the suburbs. Fond memories of the evocative sensory experience of mall shopping, combined with the sense of community found in many of these spaces, has outweighed moral panics about the mall and its denizens. keywords: american; center; community; consumption; mall; place; shopping; shopping mall; space; suburbs cache: arestyrurj-211.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-211.txt item: #41 of 43 id: arestyrurj-212 author: Nampally, Meghana title: Is It All in Our Heads? An Investigation into American and Historical Legacies of Racism and Social Frameworks that Perpetuate Racial Inequalities in Twenty-First Century Healthcare Systems date: 2022-12-01 words: 4408 flesch: 42 summary: The academic prejudice against black communities pro- motes distrust in medical services, leading to the un- dertreatment of black patients and the inordinate number of black physicians practicing in these ra- cialized neighborhoods. Li and Yuan further illustrate pollution ineq- uity as the government and society’s “devoid of in- vestment” in black communities leading to “the in- stitutionalized segregation of capital (e.g., loans and investments) from black people [which] shaped the socio-spatial arrangement of goods and services keywords: black; communities; et al; healthcare; physicians; racial cache: arestyrurj-212.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-212.txt item: #42 of 43 id: arestyrurj-213 author: Wargaski, Robert title: Privacy Paradox or Privacy Apathy? Exploring the Relationship between Social Media Usage and Public Opinion on Government Usage of Data Collection Programs date: 2022-12-01 words: 3535 flesch: 37 summary: Social media surveillance by the U.S. government. EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND PUBLIC OPINION ON GOVERNMENT USAGE OF DATA COLLECTION PROGRAMS ROBERT WARGASKI ✵ ABSTRACT The prominence of social media as a mech- anism for global communication has raised ques- tions regarding its integrity and security of personal information identifiers such as name, address, and location history. keywords: collection; government; information; media; privacy; research; social cache: arestyrurj-213.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-213.txt item: #43 of 43 id: arestyrurj-214 author: Kawalec, Jason title: Foreword To Volume I, Issue IV Aresty Rutgers Undergraduate Research Journal date: 2022-12-01 words: 402 flesch: 45 summary: Just as our submissions receive rigorous peer review, the Aresty RURJ is undergoing its own version of peer review as new minds on the editorial team evaluate and revise the journal. Lastly, thank you to all of our reviewers and copy editors who devoted their time to reading and polishing the manuscripts presented in this issue— undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty alike. keywords: aresty cache: arestyrurj-214.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-214.txt