Accepted Manuscripts on Science & Sustainability

Securing Future Food: Addressing Land Degradation, Water Scarcity, and Sustainable Agriculture

Author: Sudani GarcĂ­a Galindo

May 02, 2023

According to the UN, 95% of the agricultural land will be degraded and twice as much water will be needed to produce food in the future. One-quarter part of world’s agriculture is located in regions with water scarcity, which has led to the irrigation of crops with the sewage. This has become ...

Syncretic Progression of Korean Shamanism for Spiritual Guidance in Contemporary Society

Author: Robert Lee

April 27, 2023

Korean shamanism is a traditional spiritual practice in Korea that has its roots in ancient shamanistic rituals originating in Siberia that has been altered over time to align with Korea’s cultural beliefs and values. Shamanism had played a vital role in Korean society throughout its history b...

The Economic Impact and Multifaceted Role of Sports Management in the United States

Author: Richard Dongyun Jang

April 21, 2023

The sports management industry in the United States has evolved into a powerhouse sector, intertwined with the broader economy and impacting areas far beyond the sports field. Valued in the billions, this industry supports and manages various functions across professional leagues, such as the NFL, N...

A Novel Fe-Doped Metal Oxide Electrode Material For High Energy

Author: Arya Gurumukhi

April 05, 2023

The current lithium-ion battery technology is expensive and not environmentally sustainable. Supercapacitors are an alternative; however, they have low energy densities, making them impractical to use. Therefore, this project aimed to create an energy source that solved all the problems batteries ha...

Efficacy of Mask Use in Reducing Sars-Cov2 Infection Rates

Author: Sabrina Guo

March 27, 2023

SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus also known as COVID-19, has caused a global pandemic, claiming the lives of over 3 million people, and counting. Governments and local polities have implemented public health mandates to reduce the spread, including mask-wearing, a policy that remains controversial. T...

Efficacy of Mask Use in Reducing Sars-Cov2 Infection Rates

Author: Sabrina Guo

March 15, 2023

SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus also known as COVID-19, has caused a global pandemic, claiming the lives of over 3 million people, and counting. Governments and local polities have implemented public health mandates to reduce the spread, including mask-wearing, a policy that remains controversial. T...

Gender-Specific Sentiment and Lexical Patterns in Teenage Communication

Author: Christian Draven Chung

March 13, 2023

This study examined lexical and sentiment patterns in about 1,000 recent Reddit posts, focusing on gender-based and thematic variations. Sentiment analysis employed polarity scores, where positive values indicated positivity and negative values reflected negativity, to classify posts as positive, ne...

The Effect of Apis mellifera Propolis on the Growth of Tumors on Solanum lycopersicum

Author: Dwight Evans Jr.

February 27, 2023

Plants are an integral part of human life. Crops, especially fruits and vegetables, provide humans with energy and nutrients. What would happen if we didn’t have these foods at all? The aim for this research study was to determine if the plant ridding disease, Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV), could...

The Effect of Microplastics on the Chlorophyll Content of Solanum lycopersicum L

Author: Rosina Wickham

February 12, 2023

Approximately 107,000- 730,000 tons of microplastics are dumped into agricultural soil yearly. It has recently been reported that microplastics change the chlorophyll content of pumpkins, decrease root and shoot growth, and decrease the leaf number. There is a great deal of information on microplast...

An Alternative Method for the Detoxification and Decolorization of Industrial Waste

Author: Noyan D, Zeynep Leyla AKIN, Alp MAZMAN

February 10, 2023

To carry out detoxification and decolorization of industrial waste by using Laccase immobilized hydrogel beads which are activated by a carbodiimide, hydroxysuccininimide and carbodiimide and hydroxysuccininimide. In this paper, we have found the maximum activity % of the Laccase enzyme on hydr...