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Vol. 7 · 2021-22Social Science
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How Does the Lack of Ethnic Diversity in Genome-Wide Association Studies Contribute to Inaccurate Risk Estimates of Genetic Risk for Minority Groups as Opposed to Populations of European Descent?

Sadie I.

Despite the great level of diversity that exists globally, most genetic disease studies are based on populations of mainly European ancestry. 78% of genome-wide association studies come from populations of European descent when in reality, these groups only make up 16% of the global population. This has negatively impacted members of minority (or non-European) groups because studies taken from mainly European populations can cause inaccurate or incomplete translation of research into public health policies, which r

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22STEAM
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How Will a Fully Developed BIM Influence and Improve Architecture?

Brian L.

BIM is a program that was newly introduced into the architectural industry. It is not fully developed, but its arrival has the potential to alter the entire industry with its multitude of advantageous new systems. This research will cover how and how much a fully completed BIM will be able to increase the efficiency of our current architecture.

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22Social Science
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Empowering And Instilling A Growth Mindset Into Young Girls Through Youth Mentorship.

Adrienne Y. and Kirsten R.

Action Research Project through ChangeMaker. During the last school year, Kirsten founded Ate (ah-teh: Tagalog word for Big Sister), an all-girls mentoring program in which high school girls offered virtual courses to middle school girls in a range of interest areas. Ate’s goal is to build leadership skills and support girls’ confidence. This year, Adrienne joined while Ate began pivoting by building a buddy system between 3rd graders mentoring younger school girls at the Mitchell Park Library. We hope to incorpora

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22Social Science
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Imapct of New PMTA Regulation Policies on Tobacco Industry Marketing Strategies

Partha K.

PMTA Regulations serve as gateways. They authorize a tobacco product to be on the market, considering factors like advertising and marketing as a whole. In the wake of new PMTA Regulations, tobacco companies likely will change the way they advertise in order to be authorized. The goal of this study is to highlight those changes by comparing product advertising before and after this year’s PMTA Regulations. The study will highlight some themes of the study and hopefully consider why such changes happened.

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22STEAM
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Mitigating Biodiversity Loss from Building Solar Farms through Urban Solutions

Flynn K.

This project is studying how an increase in solar in Palo Alto and the bay area can help to prevent us from building solar farms and harming biodiversity in the area. The study will look at the SETO database on solar projects to analyze how much energy is being made, and how much land can be saved by transitioning to using more urban solar.

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22STEAM
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Finding an Optimized and Viable Solution for Improving Reliability Scores of the Current Power Grid in California

Amol T.

California’s power grid is reaching the end of its life. In 2019 alone, there were 25,281 blackout events in California, a 23% increase from the 20,598 blackouts in 2018 (BloomEnergy, 2019). Based upon prior research, a household-level photovoltaic system that can power a single residential unit as needed and supply the grid for local redistribution when needed is the most economical and efficient solution for the increasing number of blackouts, brownouts, and Public Safety Power Shutoffs. This study aims to find t

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22Social Science
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Fostering Low-Income Academic Success Through Group Tutoring

Nico R. and Whitley S.

Action Research Project through Changemaker Project. In order to shorten the gaps in education between high and low-income schools, we will create a free, group-based tutoring service. We will work in low-income communities and recruit other high-school age tutors to help us run the program. In addition, we will create a website and a social media page to bring awareness to the issue and also advertise our program.

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22Social Science
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Impact of Social Media’s Use of Photography on Teenagers Under the Age of 18 in the United States

Stella D.

As technology is quickly advancing and becoming more normalized among adolescents, the use of social media will only increase. As a consequence, more teenagers under the 18 will experience social media. This project aims to quantify the impact such increase use has on teenagers under the age of 18 in the United States.

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22Social Science
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Addressing Solutions to Mitigate Healthcare Turnover Rates

Clarissa L.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a surge in healthcare staff turnover. High turnover rates have a detrimental impact on hospitals, staff, and patients. Healthcare turnover causes stress within facilities to find replacements for terminated or resigned nurses. This project is focusing on finding solutions to mitigate healthcare staff turnover rates. The narrative research will focus on interviewing healthcare workers in search of solutions they would like to see be implemented, and to better prepare for the future.

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22Social Science
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How Can Ocean Therapy be Utilized to Lessen the Repercussions of Anxiety Disorders for U.S Citizens in the Bay Area?

Diego D.

In the United States, over 40 million adults have an anxiety disorder in a given year (Nami, 2017). With this, 7% of children aged 3-17 experience issues with anxiety each year, and most develop symptoms of a disorder before the age of 21. As traditional therapeutic methods to treat said Anxiety disorders have remained the same in the last 10 years (Department of Veterans Affairs), the study aims to look for an alternative method to treat these disorders.

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22Social Science
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What‌ ‌Effect‌ ‌does‌ ‌the‌ ‌“Three‌ ‌Obediences‌ ‌and‌ ‌Four‌ ‌Virtues”‌ ‌Principles‌ ‌Have‌ ‌on‌ ‌Chinese‌ ‌Gender‌ ‌Inequality?‌ ‌

Zihao L.

Chinese gender inequality has a history of two thousand years. Until 2014, 58.7 percent of women in China aged 25 and older had completed secondary education, while the counterpart statistic for men was 71.9 percent. Women's labor power participation rate in China was 63.9 percent compared to 78.3 percent for men. The paper tries to investigate the role “Three Obediences and Four Virtues” played on gender inequality in ancient China and how it continues to influence modern Chinese gender inequality.

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22Social Science
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How Does Differing Access to Postpartum Care Between Black and White Mothers in California Impact Maternal Mortality Disparities?

Dominique L.

The United States has the highest rates of pregnancy-related deaths among all developed countries. Although most pregnancy-related deaths are considered preventable, Black mothers are around three times more likely to die from complications than their white counterparts, and this gap increases with age. This paper examines the difference in access and utilization of postpartum care between Black and White mothers in California, and if these numbers correlate with higher or lower rates of late maternal death. By ana

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22Social Science
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How‌ ‌Does‌ ‌the‌ ‌Cost‌ ‌of‌ ‌Healthcare‌ ‌in‌ ‌America‌ ‌Affect‌ ‌Marginalized‌ ‌Populations,‌ ‌such‌ ‌as‌ ‌Indigenous‌ ‌Ones,‌ ‌as‌ ‌Compared‌ ‌to‌ ‌the‌ ‌Caucasian ‌Population?

Giulia L.

The health disparities that have formed in our society, have adversely affected groups of people who have systematically experienced greater obstacles to health based on their racial or ethnic group.The large disparities that are present in health insurance coverage related to race and ethnicity have been a part of the United States for a long time, also being a cause for concern among policymakers and health care professionals. As a result Native American communities face significant inequity in health care and he

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22STEAM
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What Can COVID Trends Tell us About Future Response to Pandemics?

Jinwoo J.

Since COVID hit the world, different countries used different strategies to combat the global pandemic. These different strategies showed different effectiveness of containing COVID and exposed some crucial problems. When a future pandemic strikes, strategies to counter the pandemic will be required. This research aims to discover the best and most efficient way of combating COVID by comparing each countries response.

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22Social Science
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Investigating the Susceptibility to Misinformation Through Behavioral Factors

Sally L. & Jasmine W.

With the surge of social media usage in the past decade, misinformation has become increasingly prevalent, especially among the youth. In 2017, 31% of kids aged 10 to 18 have reshared at least one false news story on the misconception of its reliability. The spread of fake news is not a new problem nor an easy problem to solve; current fixes, including both AI and human filtering sources, have proven to be temporary and insufficient. In order to introduce a new perspective to current research, we plan to investigat

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Vol. 7 · 2021-22STEAM
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Comparing Impacts of Deforestation Caused by Agribusiness, Logging Industries, and Oil Production on the Biodiversity Index of Vulnerable Ecosystems (Protected vs. Unprotected)

Reed S.

Biodiversity loss remains the driving factor in the ecological shift seen today as a result of climate injustice globally. This study explores the relationship between deforestation and biodiversity indexes in order to make relevant connections on the increasingly urgent topic of a world in ecological crisis. This study will gather secondary data in order to ultimately synthesize which will result in trends and patterns of deforestation being uncovered. With this, the study will be able to propose solutions to chal

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