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2025
This talk distinguishes lifespan from health span and highlights muscle as a key factor in healthy aging. Age-related muscle loss reduces quality of life, but exercise—especially resistance training—can slow or reverse decline. Maintaining muscle…
2024
This research explores whether genetics can help predict how individuals with opioid use disorder respond to methadone treatment. Because methadone dose varies widely across patients, polygenic risk scores may one day support more personalized care…
2024
This research introduces a 4C framework for designing assessments in the age of generative AI: collaboration, critique, content disclosure, and confirmation. Based on mixed-methods research with instructors, it offers a flexible alternative to…
2024
This presentation examines how shyness increases vulnerability to bullying, particularly cyberbullying, due to lower social confidence and reduced self-defense. It highlights parental strategies—communication, education, and collaboration with…
2024
This study examines toxic masculinity on TikTok as a signal of harsh and unpredictable environments, using life history theory and young male syndrome. By analyzing young fathers’ behavior and regional conditions, it explores links between early…
2024
This research explores using renewable electricity to convert carbon dioxide and water into fuels such as ethanol through electrolysis. The work focuses on catalysts and advanced characterization methods needed to improve efficiency and stability.…
2024
Microbial natural products represent a major economic opportunity, but studying microbes in isolation limits discovery. This work argues for community-level approaches, showing how microbial interactions drive novel functions, including antibiotic…
2024
This research uses Google Earth Engine and machine learning to map burned areas and estimate biomass loss from Canada’s 2023 wildfires. The analysis found 19.48 million hectares burned and about 2,830 megatons of biomass lost. These tools improve…
2024
This research explores thermoelectric materials that can convert wasted heat into electricity, offering a promising tool against climate change. Inspired by digital thermometers, the work focuses on improving efficiency, stability, safety, and…