item: #1 of 59 id: arestyrurj-122 author: Levin, Vadim title: Foreword to first issue of the Aresty Undergraduate Research Journal date: 2020 words: 296 flesch: 8 summary: Tireless  efforts  by  students  Prachi  Srivastava  and  Frederic  Kelada,  patient  guidance  by  the   Aresty  Center  Director  Tamiah  Brevard,  open-­‐minded  support  by  Dean  Susan  Lawrence,   creative  input  from  the  Learning  Centers  Director  Stacey  Blackwell,  and  deep  understanding  of   the  publishing  process  both  intellectual  and  practical  by  librarians  Lily  Todorinova  and  Rhonda   Marker  were  all  crucial  for  making  this  new  Aresty  Center  initiative  a  success.     Congratulations,  and  with  great  hopes  for  the  future  of  this  endeavor,     Vadim  Levin   Faculty  Director  of  the  Aresty  Research  Center   Professor,  Earth  and  Planetary  Sciences,   Rutgers  University-­‐New  Brunswick   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.     keywords: research cache: arestyrurj-122.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-122.txt item: #2 of 59 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 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 59 id: arestyrurj-125 author: Srivastava, Prachi title: Chronic Corticosterone Shifts Effort-Related Choice Behavior in Y-Maze date: 2020 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. Since stress-induced mood disorders such as depression involve deficits in reward processing and motivation, further study of how chronic stress influences effort- related choice behavior is needed. keywords: arm; barrier; choice; cort; effort; mice cache: arestyrurj-125.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-125.txt item: #4 of 59 id: arestyrurj-127 author: Patil, Anusha title: Targeting the Epigenetic Factors of Neuroinflammation date: 2020 words: 3621 flesch: 51 summary: In recent years, there has been a focus on HDACs as a therapeutic target to treat a variety of diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, injury and diabetes (Yoon and Eom, 2016; Wang et al, 2014; Mihylova et al, 2011; Baltan et al, 2011). 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. keywords: brain; et al; expression; injury; journal; mark2; mice; microglia; research; tbi cache: arestyrurj-127.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-127.txt item: #5 of 59 id: arestyrurj-136 author: Castellitto, Kayla; Fitzgerald, Nurgul title: An Assessment of the Food and Physical Activity Environment on a University Campus date: 2020 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 59 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 words: 5834 flesch: 52 summary: The reduction of mercury is the only transformation of a toxic metal that can be done on a large scale (Barkay et al., 2003). Microorganisms that are capable of mercuric reduction are able to transform both organic and inorganic Hg during biotic and abiotic processes (Barkay et al., 2003). keywords: archaea; journal; mercury; national; park; research; samples; spring; temperature; yellowstone cache: arestyrurj-137.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-137.txt item: #7 of 59 id: arestyrurj-138 author: Kaur, Amanpreet title: The Role of Eicosanoids in Regulating the Ubiquitin Proteasome System and Proteostasis date: 2020 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. Interestingly, wild-type worms also appear to differ in UPS activity in the hypodermis and the intestine, with the intestine experiencing earlier UPS activity than the hypodermis.7 In total, these results suggest that PUFAs or their eicosanoid derivatives regulate UPS activity in a tissue-specific fashion. keywords: fat-1; gfp; hrs; hypodermis; l4 +; mrfp; strain; type; ubg76v; ups cache: arestyrurj-138.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-138.txt item: #8 of 59 id: arestyrurj-139 author: Rodriguez, Ryan title: Agency in the Writing Center: Examining the Importance of Student Autonomy in Higher Education date: 2020 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. Second, my criticism of the classroom is not meant to be perceived as harsh; my intent is merely to highlight present flaws that inhibit student autonomy. keywords: autonomy; center; classroom; course; model; rutgers; student; tutoring; tutors; writing cache: arestyrurj-139.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-139.txt item: #9 of 59 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 words: 3023 flesch: 56 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; modern; monsoon; salinity; δ18o cache: arestyrurj-152.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-152.txt item: #10 of 59 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 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 59 id: arestyrurj-154 author: Hao, Yuexing; Shafer, Glenn title: Models for Predicting Global Plastic Waste date: 2021 words: 3044 flesch: 66 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 59 id: arestyrurj-155 author: Srivastava, Prachi; Kelada, Frederric title: Introduction to Volume 1, Issue 2 date: 2021 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. The Aresty RURJ has been established to showcase the cutting-edge research being conducted at this institution by providing a platform for undergraduate research- ers to publish their work. keywords: research cache: arestyrurj-155.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-155.txt item: #13 of 59 id: arestyrurj-156 author: Buckelew, Robert; Catalanello, Ethan; Scacchioli, Annalisa title: Control of Satellites with Onboard Robotic Manipulators date: 2021 words: 3603 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 59 id: arestyrurj-157 author: Scanteianu, Adriana; Wang, Xiangyue title: Particle Trajectories For Compton Scattering in One Space Dimension date: 2021 words: 5467 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 59 id: arestyrurj-158 author: Bowne, Julian; Scacchioli, Annalisa title: Sliding Mode-Based Traction Control for An Autonomous Martian Rover date: 2021 words: 4483 flesch: 59 summary: For example, traction control can be applied to hybrid cars, rescue robots, and planetary rovers [2,8,12]. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1016/J.JTERRA.2017.03.001 [2] Gonzalez, R., Apostolopoulos, D. & Iagnemma, K. Improving rover mobility through traction control: simulating rovers on the Moon. keywords: controller; model; pid; ratio; slip; soil; system; traction cache: arestyrurj-158.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-158.txt item: #16 of 59 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 words: 1201 flesch: 41 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 59 id: arestyrurj-160 author: Srivastava, Prachi title: Corrections date: 2021 words: 76 flesch: 49 summary: ARESTY RUTGERS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL, VOLUME I, ISSUE II CORRECTIONS ✵ In the “Foreword to first issue of the Aresty Undergraduate Research Journal”, Frederric Kelada’s name was misspelled. Adriana Scanteianu and Xiangyue Wang were listed in “About the Authors” for vol. 1, issue 1. keywords: issue cache: arestyrurj-160.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-160.txt item: #18 of 59 id: arestyrurj-163 author: Banota, Tanvi title: Introduction to Volume 1, Issue 3 date: 2021 words: 368 flesch: 48 summary: 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. I would also like to acknowledge the faculty advisors and principal investigators who served as mentors for our authors in their journey in research. keywords: research cache: arestyrurj-163.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-163.txt item: #19 of 59 id: arestyrurj-164 author: Khan, Zaynab; Friedman-Krauss, Allison title: Workforce Compensation Policies for Lead Teachers in State-Funded Preschool date: 2021 words: 5236 flesch: 56 summary: I explored state preschool parity policies to determine which states have full and partial parity policies in place for lead preschool teachers. Given that prior literature finds an association between teacher compensation and preschool quality, I also explored the association between state preschool programs’ parity policies and NIEER’s 10 benchmarks for pre- school quality.[6] Examples of NIEER’s quality stand- ard benchmarks include supports for curriculum im- plementation, qualifications of lead (at least a B.A.) and assistant teachers (at least a Child Development Associate (CDA)), class size (maximum 20 children) and staff to teacher ratios (1:10 or better), as well as other non-workforce related specifications (such as required health screenings for children). keywords: parity; policies; preschool; programs; public; salary; state; teachers cache: arestyrurj-164.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-164.txt item: #20 of 59 id: arestyrurj-165 author: Kwon, Soo Min; Sarwate, Anand D. title: Learning Predictors from Multidimensional Data with Tensor Factorizations date: 2021 words: 5317 flesch: 57 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; ∈ ℝ cache: arestyrurj-165.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-165.txt item: #21 of 59 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 words: 5190 flesch: 54 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. They found the same result, confirming that the assignment of a verbal label to a key in a relative right or left spatial position determines which memory system is se- lected for the task. keywords: key; response; right; sequence; study; system; test cache: arestyrurj-166.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-166.txt item: #22 of 59 id: arestyrurj-167 author: Smolder, Zachary; Yi, Jingang title: Cost-Effective Remote Operated Vehicle date: 2021 words: 4940 flesch: 64 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. The vehicle design may be modified to remove or add additional capabilities depending upon the specific purpose of the ROV. keywords: cost; design; electronics; enclosure; figure; hull; research; rov; rovs cache: arestyrurj-167.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-167.txt item: #23 of 59 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 words: 5191 flesch: 56 summary: A) Screening compound libraries for MARCKS ED peptide mimetics. To allow for an intravenous treatment option for SCI using the MARCKS-PSA pathway, we are looking for ED peptide mimetics—compounds that mimic the structure and function of the ED peptide— that also cross the blood-brain barrier. keywords: cells; ed peptide; marcks; mimetics; neurite; peptide; psa cache: arestyrurj-168.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-168.txt item: #24 of 59 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 words: 5337 flesch: 50 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 [𝐹𝐹(3,300) = 2.81, 𝑝𝑝 = 0.04]. 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: asian; hispanic; leadership; nominations; school; students; survey cache: arestyrurj-169.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-169.txt item: #25 of 59 id: arestyrurj-170 author: Zheng, Julia title: Ethical Implications of Biohacking as Activism: Democratized Health Care, Danger, or What? date: 2021 words: 6312 flesch: 54 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. Thus, regulatory costs create a major barrier to entry for potential biosimilar producers and necessitate high drug prices to recoup investments spent on clinical trials”.[5] Biohacked insulin can avoid extensive test- ing, but this lack of assurance results in risks of unin- tentional poisoning for consumers. keywords: activism; autonomy; biohacking; costs; diabetes; diy; healthcare; insulin; patients; people; system cache: arestyrurj-170.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-170.txt item: #26 of 59 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 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; npc-1 cache: arestyrurj-171.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-171.txt item: #27 of 59 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 words: 4089 flesch: 52 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 59 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 words: 3243 flesch: 64 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: acid; compounds; leaves; present; research; tenuiflorum cache: arestyrurj-173.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-173.txt item: #29 of 59 id: arestyrurj-174 author: Faulkenberry, Andrew title: “Reminisces of a Dead World”: Neoclassical Impulses in Stockhausen’s Gesang der Jünglinge date: 2021 words: 5688 flesch: 56 summary: “Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gesang der Jünglinge (1955/56).” Karlheinz Stockhausen was no exception, asserting his desire “to avoid everything which is familiar, generally known or reminiscent of music already composed.” keywords: anachronism; composers; gesang; modern; music; new; past; piece; schoenberg; stockhausen; text cache: arestyrurj-174.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-174.txt item: #30 of 59 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 words: 4782 flesch: 55 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. VITAMIN D RECEPTOR BINDING WITH DNA IN DUODENAL CRYPT, DUODENAL VILLI, & COLONIC EPITHELIAL CELLS OF MICE DENNIS A. ALDEA, ROHIT AITA, SOHAIB HASSAN, EVAN S. COHEN, JOSEPH HUR, OSCAR PELLÓN-CÁRDENAS, LEI CHEN, MICHAEL P. VERZI (FACULTY ADVISOR) ✵ ABSTRACT Vitamin D receptor (VDR) is a transcription factor that mediates calcium absorption by intestinal epithelial cells. keywords: alignment; binding; cells; chip; differential; file; peak; seq; set; transcription; vdr; vdr chip cache: arestyrurj-175.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-175.txt item: #31 of 59 id: arestyrurj-176 author: Soltys, Justine; Yu, Lei title: Characterizing an Alternatively Spliced Variant of Chemokine Receptor 2 in Painful Diabetic Neuropathy date: 2021 words: 4854 flesch: 53 summary: 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. 3 RESULTS During our initial testing, we performed RT- PCR and gel electrophoresis in order to establish re- liable sets of primers for further quantification of CCR2 variants in patient samples. keywords: ccr2; diabetic; journal; pain; pcr; pdn; primer; research; sequence; splicing; variants; volume cache: arestyrurj-176.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-176.txt item: #32 of 59 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 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; disease; fed; hfd; inflammation; liver; lung; mice; months; nash cache: arestyrurj-177.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-177.txt item: #33 of 59 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 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; ocean; research; rutgers; shelf; temperature; water; ωarag cache: arestyrurj-203.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-203.txt item: #34 of 59 id: arestyrurj-204 author: Abdelhalim, Habiba; Arora, Sonia title: Identification of Anti-Inflammatory Compounds Present in Nigella Sativa and Analyzing Their Effects on the Inflammation Pathway Using In Silico Techniques date: 2022 words: 4519 flesch: 57 summary: [3] Identification of anti-inflammatory compounds present in Nigella sativa and analyzing their effects on the inflammation pathway using in silico techniques ARESTY RUTGERS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL, VOLUME I, ISSUE IV Hence, the objective of this study was to iden- tify anti-inflammatory compounds present in Nigella sativa from previous literature and see if these com- pounds can be used to target the cyclooxygenase- 2 inflammatory pathway. keywords: acid; binding; compounds; cox-2; delta; interactions; nigella; research; sativa; seed; table cache: arestyrurj-204.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-204.txt item: #35 of 59 id: arestyrurj-205 author: Stachula, Diana; Sahota, Amrik title: Cystinuria: Genetic Aspects and Novel Pharmacotherapeutics date: 2022 words: 5136 flesch: 59 summary: MUTATIONS Over 400 total mutations have been identi- fied in SLC3A1 and SLC7A9 (Stenson et al., 2003), including missense, nonsense, splicing, regulatory, deletion, insertion, indel, duplication, and rear- rangement mutations (Stenson et al., 2003). Of the synthesized cystine diamides, L-cystine bismor- pholide and L-cystine bis (N′-methylpiperazide) were the greatest crystallization inhibitors; they were 7 and 24 times more potent, respectively, as well as more stable than a previously studied cystine diester, L-cystine dimethylester (CDME) (Yang et al., 2018). keywords: cystine; cystinuria; et al; gene; mutations; sahota; slc3a1; slc7a9; stones cache: arestyrurj-205.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-205.txt item: #36 of 59 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 words: 6297 flesch: 59 summary: These compounds carry various biological and pharmacological properties such as antimicrobial, antiviral, antifungal, antimalarial, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, and anticancer properties (Jerobin et al., 2015 and Paul et al., 2011). UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL, VOLUME I, ISSUE IV 21 Nimbosterol (beta-si- tosterol) Leaf, wood oil N/A N/A (Kaushik et al., 2021) 22 Nimbinone Bark N/A N/A (Ara, Siddiqui, Faizi, & Siddiqui, 1988) 23 Nimbolicin Bark N/A N/A (Read & French, 1993) 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) 31 Methyl isoheptade- canoate Leaf Hexane Chloroform Methanol 2.1921% 11.6299% 12.2749% (Hossain et al., 2013) 32 Methyl petroselinate Leaf Hexane 11.2380% (Hossain et al., 2013) 33 Phytol Leaf Hexane Ethyl Acetate Chloroform 2.6170% 61.2401% 10.0515% (Hossain et al., 2013) 34 Butyl palmitate Leaf Hexane 6.6981% (Hossain et al., 2013) 35 Isobutyl stearate Leaf Hexane 4.2521 % (Hossain et al., 2013) 36 Oxalic acid Leaf Hexane 13.7094% (Hossain et al., 2013) 37 Methyl 14-methylpen- tadecanoate Leaf Methanol Ethyl Acetate Chloroform Butanol 38.1251% 6.4278% 31.8674% 13.4471% (Hossain et al., 2013) 38 Hexahydrofarnesyl ac- etone Leaf Ethyl Acetate 2.5888% (Hossain et al., 2013) 39 Lineoleoyl chloride Leaf Methanol Chloroform Butanol 26.8329% 11.3587% 13.6057% (Hossain et al., 2013) 40 Nonacosane Leaf Chloroform Butanol 20.6575% 12.8752% (Hossain et al., 2013) 41 Stearic acid Kernel Oil N/A 18% (Do et al., 2022 ) 42 Palmitic acid Kernel Oil N/A 16.9% Do et al., 2022 ) 43 Oleic acid Kernel Oil N/A 45.9% (Do et al., 2022 ) 44 Linoleic acid Kernel Oil N/A 15.69% (Do et al., 2022 ) 45 Pyroligneous acid Heartwood N/A 38.4% (Kumar et al., 2017) 46 Hentriacontane Leaf Butanol 13.9887 (Hossain et al., 2013) 47 Heptacosane Leaf Hexane 8.1010% (Hossain et al., 2013) 48 Octacosane Leaf Hexane 7.0926 (Hossain et al., 2013) 49 Eicosane Leaf Hexane 10.0136 (Hossain et al., 2013) 50 Nonadecane Leaf Hexane 3.7587% (Hossain et al., 2013) ARESTY RUTGERS keywords: a. indica; azadirachta; binders; compounds; docking; et al; hiv; hossain et; indica; integrase; journal; leaf; ligands; neem; protein; research cache: arestyrurj-206.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-206.txt item: #37 of 59 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 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; epithelium; genes; grem1; media; mesenchyme; organoids; wnt cache: arestyrurj-207.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-207.txt item: #38 of 59 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 words: 3497 flesch: 56 summary: DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION 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: #39 of 59 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 words: 9872 flesch: 52 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: #40 of 59 id: arestyrurj-210 author: Luckhoff, Serena title: Rilke in Translation: Uncovering the Panther in the English Language date: 2022 words: 5546 flesch: 62 summary: 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. It is not coincidental that the con- cepts of silence and stillness are represented by the same word in German; other German words also convey an underlying relationship between silence, stillness, and serenity. keywords: german; language; panther; poem; rilke; stillness; translation; word cache: arestyrurj-210.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-210.txt item: #41 of 59 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 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: #42 of 59 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 words: 4408 flesch: 43 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 [e.g. medical care] in the USA” (Li and Yuan, 2021). keywords: black; communities; et al; healthcare; physicians; racism cache: arestyrurj-212.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-212.txt item: #43 of 59 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 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; data; government; information; media; privacy; research cache: arestyrurj-213.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-213.txt item: #44 of 59 id: arestyrurj-214 author: Kawalec, Jason title: Foreword To Volume I, Issue IV Aresty Rutgers Undergraduate Research Journal date: 2022 words: 402 flesch: 46 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. ARESTY RURJ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, JASON KAWALEC keywords: aresty cache: arestyrurj-214.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-214.txt item: #45 of 59 id: arestyrurj-220 author: Choudhry, Hassan; Shrivastava, Kuldeep; Athreya, Vikshar; Rossi, Mark title: Regulation of Feeding Behavior by Optogenetic Activation of Inputs to Lateral Hypothalamus date: 2024 words: 4792 flesch: 58 summary: This includes under- standing the factors that influence the ability of stim- ulation of LHA inputs for modifying feeding behav- ior (e.g., hunger, satiety, obesity). The BNST, PBN, and LHA regions are each labeled. keywords: bnst; effect; feeding; frequency; lha; mice; pbn; satiety cache: arestyrurj-220.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-220.txt item: #46 of 59 id: arestyrurj-222 author: Dai, Nianlong; Leech, Beth title: Political Balance in Fox News date: 2024 words: 3719 flesch: 48 summary: In the era of media prosperity, Fox News, as the most significant political news provider in the United States (According to Pew Research Center’s research, 16 percent of participants consider Fox News their primary source of political news, which is higher than any other media), influences the politi- cal orientation of voters to manipulate election re- sults through various means, such as overemphasiz- ing, reporters’ interpreting, and disregarding news, etc. Americans' main sources for political news vary by party and age. keywords: election; fox; media; news; party; research cache: arestyrurj-222.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-222.txt item: #47 of 59 id: arestyrurj-223 author: Velez, Sarah; McCarthy, Traci; Spaeth, Andrea title: Physical Activity and Pain During Pregnancy date: 2024 words: 5656 flesch: 57 summary: This reasoning is consistent with the positive trend- lines seen in FIGURES 3 A, B, C, AND E, which demon- strated that subjective pain scores increased as PPAQ scores increased. Low back pain, which is described as pain felt below the 12th rib and above the gluteal folds, is a widespread issue affecting 60-85% of the general population at some point in their lives (Krismer et al., 2007). keywords: activity; journal; lbp; low; pain; participants; pgp; physical; pregnancy; study; test; women cache: arestyrurj-223.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-223.txt item: #48 of 59 id: arestyrurj-228 author: Kane, Emily title: The Impact of DNA Analysis Technology on the Rate of NAGPRA Repatriations date: 2024 words: 4473 flesch: 48 summary: However, a NAGPRA case, referred to in this paper as “Kennewick Man', gained international attention when craniometric and dental analyses (methods of analysis that measure the skull and assess the teeth of an individual, respectively) made beginning in the 1990’s were disproven by DNA analysis in 2015 (Rasmussen 455). The following paper seeks to investigate the overall trend in the use of DNA analysis in NAGPRA cases to determine the linear descent or cultural af- filiation of human remains. keywords: analysis; dna; nagpra; national; notices; register; states cache: arestyrurj-228.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-228.txt item: #49 of 59 id: arestyrurj-230 author: Ahmed, Bilal title: The Electoral College’s Impact on Presidential Mandates and Agendas date: 2024 words: 5820 flesch: 57 summary: In the election of Woodrow Wilson, ARESTY RUTGERS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL, VOLUME I, ISSUE V there was a strong third-party candidate, making what was an underwhelming popular vote mandate (with only 41.8% of the popular vote) into a deceiv- ingly commanding Electoral College victory. Jack Riggs and Gerald Hobbs of West Virginia University, as well as Todd Riggs of the United States Military Academy, labelled this the “Electoral College winner’s advantage” (Hobbs et al. 2009). keywords: college; election; electoral; electoral college; mandate; politics; president; states; trump; victory cache: arestyrurj-230.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-230.txt item: #50 of 59 id: arestyrurj-232 author: Isaacs, Shifra; Yudelson, Joseph; Boros, Endre title: Classification of Fall Out Boy Eras date: 2024 words: 3087 flesch: 46 summary: • computing binary cross-entropy loss as a meas- ure of model error. This technique speeds up the process and improves model accuracy because algorithms are designed to work with a fixed value set. keywords: data; features; model; project; regression; scikit; songs; training cache: arestyrurj-232.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-232.txt item: #51 of 59 id: arestyrurj-236 author: Mostofa, Tahsin title: Assimilation: How Post-9/11 Government Tactics Have Hindered Muslims From Socioeconomic Integration date: 2024 words: 6598 flesch: 42 summary: New estimates show U.S. Muslim population continues to grow. “The FBI reported that the number of anti-Muslim hate crimes rose from 28 in 2000 to 481 in 2001” (Human Rights Watch, 2002), yet “Arab and Muslim groups reported a total of two thousand hate crime incidents (Human Rights Watch n.d.).” keywords: 9/11; american; assimilation; community; crimes; discrimination; government; hate; individuals; muslim; research; society cache: arestyrurj-236.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-236.txt item: #52 of 59 id: arestyrurj-238 author: Zhu, Alisha title: Relationship Between Biophysical Properties of Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) and their Associated Drug Efficacies date: 2024 words: 5484 flesch: 52 summary: Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs): An- cient compounds that represent novel weapons in the fight against bacteria. The structure-mechanism relationship and mode of actions of antimicrobial peptides: A review. keywords: acid; activity; amino; amps; hydrophobic; mic; peptides; properties; regression; research cache: arestyrurj-238.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-238.txt item: #53 of 59 id: arestyrurj-239 author: Mehta, Rut; Santacruz, Claudia; Lischy, Brianna title: A Systematic Literature Review on the Intersection of Experiential and Multimedia Learning With Virtual Reality and Its Implications date: 2024 words: 5304 flesch: 49 summary: A SYSTEMATIC LITERA- TURE REVIEW ON THE IN- TERSECTION OF EXPERIEN- TIAL AND MULTIMEDIA LEARNING WITH VIRTUAL REALITY AND ITS IMPLICA- TIONS RUT MEHTA, CLAUDIA SANTACRUZ, BRIANNA LISCHY ✵ ABSTRACT This literature review examines the current literature and research surrounding the foundations and applications of experiential and multimedia learning in virtual reality environments. She is also cofounder of EdTech startup SageTech, a platform for hosting virtual reality educational content inspired by multi-sensory virtual learning environments. keywords: education; environment; experiential; journal; kolb; learning; multimedia; presence; reality; research; theory; vol cache: arestyrurj-239.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-239.txt item: #54 of 59 id: arestyrurj-273 author: Edekar, Omay title: Foreword to Volume I, Issue V Aresty Rutgers Undergraduate Research Journal date: 2024 words: 437 flesch: 52 summary: We hope you continue to follow our journey as we work to showcase the fascinating and cross- disciplinary worlds of undergraduate research hosted across Rutgers. We are confident that the Aresty RURJ will continue to grow and work to represent the research done by undergraduate students across Rutgers. keywords: aresty cache: arestyrurj-273.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-273.txt item: #55 of 59 id: arestyrurj-330 author: Lee, Sung Jae title: Foreword to Volume I, Issue VI Aresty Rutgers Undergraduate Research Journal date: 2025 words: 351 flesch: 44 summary: We hope you’ll continue to follow our journal’s journey as we strive to spotlight the innovation, curiosity, and dedication that define undergraduate research at Rutgers. This publication is a testament to the incredible work being carried out by undergraduate students across Rutgers. keywords: research cache: arestyrurj-330.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-330.txt item: #56 of 59 id: arestyrurj-332 author: Kliewer, Finn; Huang, Yiran; Bongu, Advaith; Xue, Yunzhe; Hu, Andrew; Roshan, Usman title: Quality Improvement of an AI System for Determining Pass-Fail in the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery: Accuracy on a Cohort of New Users date: 2025 words: 2973 flesch: 61 summary: AI SYSTEM Our overall approach is to pass a video through our trained YOLO (You Only Look Once) model, a machine learning model developed and fine- tuned using a training dataset to efficiently identify objects in images or videos—in this case, rings and pegs. The model must catch up on student errors due to underlying model mispredictions in the remaining five. keywords: fls; grasper; model; ring; system; task cache: arestyrurj-332.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-332.txt item: #57 of 59 id: arestyrurj-333 author: Keeton, Evan title: Imaginary Gardens: Solarpunk Illusions and Realities in the "Garden City" of Singapore date: 2025 words: 4849 flesch: 49 summary: Source: www.reddit.com/r/solarpunk/ Emerging out of this online discourse is a pro- ductive question: is Singapore Solarpunk? It compares the aes- thetic, design, purpose, and meaning of these structures to existing conceptions of Solarpunk. keywords: airport; bay; changi; city; energy; gardens; jewel; nation; projects; singapore; solarpunk; vision cache: arestyrurj-333.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-333.txt item: #58 of 59 id: arestyrurj-334 author: Guennouni, Maya P. title: MENA Descendants & Genetic Abnormalities date: 2025 words: 2717 flesch: 39 summary: As recommended by medical professionals, the easiest way to prevent this genetic abnormality and reduce the risk of passing such mutations is through genetic testing. Through genetic testing and medical advancements, these congenital abnormali- ties become more transparent and manageable for medical professionals and researchers to prevent such mutations from arising. keywords: arab; clinic; journal; mena; middle; research; testing cache: arestyrurj-334.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-334.txt item: #59 of 59 id: arestyrurj-335 author: Yin, Mira title: TFF-3 Modulates Responsiveness to Bronchodilators in Airways date: 2025 words: 3781 flesch: 48 summary: Previous data demonstrates that airway cells release a specific sig- nature of inflammatory mediators following RV expo- sure. We identified one of the mediators released following RV infection of airway epithelial cells as Tre- foil Factor 3 (TFF-3). keywords: airway; camp; cells; figure; formoterol; hasm; relaxation; research; tff-3; treatment cache: arestyrurj-335.pdf plain text: arestyrurj-335.txt