Volume 4 - Issue 1, February 2022


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IJHSR ISSN (Online Version): 2642 1054
IJHSR ISSN (Print Version): 2642 1046


Coronavirus Disease 2019: Why Some Countries Appear to be Relatively Spared

Ahmed J. Aldeeb

Doha College, Al Mansoura, Doha, Doha, PO Box 7506 , QATAR; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 1-5
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.1

KEYWORDS: Biology; COVID-19; population age; climate; Immunology; population density; inflammation; medicine.


Protection of Deep Neural Networks for Face Recognition with Adversarial Attacks

Alice Guo

SMorgantown High School, 109 Wilson Ave, Morgantown, WV 26501, USA; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 6-10
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.2

KEYWORDS: Deep learning; Deep Neural Networks; Adversarial attacks; Defense; Face recognition


Scientific and Medical Research Involvement amongst High School Students and Career Exploration Initiatives: A Scoping Review

Abramo Aziz Rizk, Mohid Farooqi, John Sarga, Mahmoud Al-Izzi, Monica Elzawy, Ahmed Al-Izzi, Abanoub Aziz Rizk

Bishop P. F. Reding Catholic Secondary School, 1120 Main St E, Milton, Ontario, L9T 6HT, CANADA; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 11-15
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.3

KEYWORDS: High school; Students; Curriculum; Education; Research; Scientific inquiry; STEM.


Solitary Confinement Resources

Brooke M. Kivel

Hendrick Hudson High School, 2166 Albany Post Rd, Montrose, NY 10548, USA; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 16-21
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.4

KEYWORDS: Behavioral and Social Sciences; Sociology and Social Psychology; Psychology; Prison; Mental Health; Solitary Confinement; Prison Reform.


Inhibition of ZAR1 Enhances Cancer Cell Proliferation on Non-smoking Lung Cancer Patients

Jana Choe

The Governor's Academy, 1 Elm St, Byfield, MA 01922, 01922, USA; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 22-25
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.5

KEYWORDS: Cellular and Molecular Biology; Molecular Biology; Lung Cancer; ZAR1; Non-smoker.


Evaluating the Effectiveness of Emotion Recognition Software as an Interactional Tool for Individuals with Autism: An Autism Caregiver/Professional Perspective

Aryan Dawer

Modern School Barakhamba Road, New Delhi, Delhi, 110001, INDIA; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 26-33
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.6

KEYWORDS: Behavioural and Social Sciences; Social Psychology; Emotion Recognition Software; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Efficacy Analysis.


Antifungal Activity of Lemongrass Oil Against Pathogenic Fungi

Yashwanth Gangavarapu, Suhas Palwai

Adlai E Stevenson High School, 1 Stevenson Dr, Lincolnshire, Illinois, 60061, USA; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 34-38
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.7

KEYWORDS: Plant Sciences; Plant Pathogens; Antifungal activity; Growth inhibition; Fungicide; Essential Oils


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

Tiffany J. Ho

Cupertino High School, 10100 Finch Ave, Cupertino, CA, 95014, USA; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 39-42
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.8

KEYWORDS: Behavioral and Social Sciences; Neuroscience; Alzheimer’s Disease; Therapeutic; Musical Training.


Therapeutic Effect of Changing Working Environment on Musculoskeletal Disease

Hyunje Lee

Seoul International School, 15 Seongnam-daero, 1518 beon-gil, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13113, South Korea; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 43-48
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.9

KEYWORDS: Translational Medical Sciences; Disease Prevention; Musculoskeletal disease; Occupational medicine; Working environment.


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

Dhanya Janga, Tanishka Aglave

John F. Kennedy Memorial High School, 200 Washington Ave, Iselin, NJ, 08830, U.S.A.; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 49-52
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.10

KEYWORDS: Behavioral and Social Sciences; COVID-19; pandemic; IT professionals; mental health.


Development of Multiplex Allele-specific PCR Assay for BRAFV600E Mutation Detection in Human Cancer Cells

Young Doo Kim

St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju, 1159, Gueok-ri, Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, Republic of Korea; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 53-55
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.11

KEYWORDS: Molecular Biology; Cancer; Melanoma; BRAF mutation.


Determining the Association Between COVID-19 Cases and Congressional District Affiliation in the United States

Divya Kumar

The Academy of Science, 42075 Academy Drive, Leesburg, Virginia 20175, USA; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 56-62
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.12

KEYWORDS: Behavioral and Social Sciences; Sociology and Social Psychology; Public Policy; COVID-19.


Discovery of an Antibody Against SARS-CoV-2-RBD (Receptor Binding Domain)

Claire Lee, Seungjae Kim, Ha Ryeong Eo, Christine Yi

Seoul International School, Dong pangyo-ro 155, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13525, South Korea; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 63-67
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.13

KEYWORDS: Biomedical and Health Science; Genetics and Molecular Biology of Disease; Phage display; SARS-CoV-2; RBD.


A Hypercube unfolding that Tiles R^2 (and R^3)

Trun V. Ramteke

Private International English School, Mussafah, Sector 9, Shabiya, Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box: 39972, UAE; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 68-70
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.14

KEYWORDS: Mathematics; Geometry and Topology; Computational Geometry; Dimension Descending Tilers; Hypercube Unfoldings; Octocube Unfoldings.


Utilizing Coffee Ground Waste to Enhance Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) Derived from Soil Bacteria

Eunice Rhee

Seoul International School, 15, Seongnam-daero 1518 beon gil, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13113, Republic of Korea; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 71-74
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.15

KEYWORDS: Microbiology; Environmental Microbiology; Soil Bacteria; Bioplastic; PHA.


Detecting Lymphotoxin-alpha Gene Mutation, a Genetic Risk Factor in Community-acquired Pneumonia, Using Allele-specific PCR

Seyun Bang

Choate Rosemary Hall, 333 Christian St, Wallingford, CT, 06492, USA; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 75-77
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.16

KEYWORDS: Molecular Biology, Genetic Mutation, LTA mutation, community-acquired pneumonia, allele-specific PCR.


Testing the Efficacy of Nanoparticles, Biological Formulation with the qPCR Technique to Improve HLB Management

Shloke Patel

Hillsborough Highschool, 2218 Branch Hill Street, Tampa, Florida, 33612, USA; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 78-82
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.17

KEYWORDS: Biology; Agriculture; Huanglongbing; Candidatus liberibacter; Nano formulation; GeneJET.


Facile Preparation of Novel Stainless-steel Mesh for Efficient Separation of FOG (Fat, Oil and Grease) and Water

Zhi-Wei Steven Zeng

Obra D. Tompkins High School, 4400 Falcon Landing Blvd, Katy, TX 77494, USA; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 83-87
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.18

KEYWORDS: Chemistry; Wastewater treatment; fat; oil; grease; separation; superhydrophilic; superoleophobic.


Residential Solar Energy: A Mathematical Cost Analysis

Trivedi Mytreyi

Hamilton High School 3700 S Arizona Ave, Chandler, AZ, USA; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 88-93
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.19

KEYWORDS: Energy:Physical; Solar energy generation; utility rate; storage batteries; net energy metering; demand charge.


Implementing Value-Sensitive Machine Learning to Develop a Risk Level Self-Assessment Model for Cervical Cancer

Kaixin Kate Yin

International School of Beijing, 10 An Hua Street, Shunyi District, Beijing, 101300, China; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 94-98
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.20

KEYWORDS: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics; Computational Biomodeling; Machine Learning.


A New Decarbonized Energy Station for Hospitals

Yameng (Moe) Zhang

 cole Argyle Secondary, 1131 Frederick Rd, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7K 1J3, Canada; [email protected]
IJHSR 2022 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p. 98-103
Download Article: https://doi.org/10.36838/v4i1.21

KEYWORDS: Physics; decarbonized; natural fluid; energy station; carbon dioxide; hospitals.