The shipping industry is crucial for global trade but faces inefficiencies leading to high costs and delivery overlays. Thanks to the Shipping Routing Optimization System (SROS), these challenges are addressed by implementing path finding techniques and
visualization methods. The system seeks to enhance operational efficiency, cost-effectiveness and safety in maritime logistics, with broad implications for both
the industry and academic research
My project is an application to study and simulate the replication functions of common Retroviruses and viruses. It uses scientific data from popular scientific and biology databases like https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov such as viruse’s genomes and the scientific library of Biopython to simulate. It creates and presents the new RNA chain of the virus after the infection and the transcription process and its protein chain after the infection. It also showcases a pseudo-statistical analysis of the DNA mutation of the infected organism by taking into account the real-life mutation ratio of the specific virus. Whilst, this program is just a demo and with not much scientific evidence, I believe that with the correct scientific direction and experience of Dr. Valahas it could be something valuable in the future.
"Who Did It?" is a game show designed to make learning about infectious diseases engaging and entertaining. Set within the eerie confines of a haunted house, the game positions players as investigators tasked with solving mysterious deaths. As participants explore various rooms and encounter staged "dead bodies," they must collect clues and use their knowledge to determine the infectious disease responsible for each death. This educational approach not only enhances participants' understanding of epidemiology and disease pathology but also employs a unique narrative and interactive gameplay to maintain excitement and curiosity.
Many companies choose to perform internal cybersecurity assessments to test and train their employees. This work presents two simulated attacks that would likely be used in such an assessment: a phishing attack, aimed at stealing credentials using a misleading email, and a backdoor, allowing an attacker to fully access a Windows machine and its files without the user’s knowledge. Both attacks will be explained to understand how they operate and how we can avoid becoming victims.
Putrid, suppurative, inflamed, diseased…
To me, the bubonic plague dresses fashionably in a little black dress, a mortal nod to Coco; tuberculosis is wispy, ethereal, pallid; and syphilis dons couture, sickly ostentatious. Each sports its history, its iconography, its oeuvre one might say.
Pesta, the fashion collection, corporealizes the imponderabilia of disease in 9 distinct looks, suffused in their motifs and literature and egregious beauty.
This paper aims to explore some of the different negative manifestations of obedience to an authority, deindividuation and dehumanization and situational powers. Plato in Protagoras was one of the first to discuss the how “reverence”, “justice” and the “bonds of friendship” can be used to turn one man against another. It is evident that groups fulfill our need to and validate our purpose of living by granting us an extended identity. Moreover, from an evolutionary point of view, the information that others might have are vital in avoiding repeating the mistakes of others and in formulating a better informed and united front against the dangers of life. Considering the above, it is easy, to comprehend why deviating from the group, has been shown to be expressed by the same neural pathways as those of physical pain and thus group dynamics have played a major role in the manipulation of mankind. Being informed about the above mechanisms, is the first step in minimizing their effects.
Background: Krill oil is used as a food supplement for its high concentration in omega-3 fatty acids. Antarctic krill harvesting is subject to sustainable fisheries and Superba (the main company which is responsible for krill oil production) follows strict risk assessment protocols to ensure green practices.
Objectives: The increased demand of krill oil production has created the need to examine a) the health benefits of its use as food supplement b) the sustainability aspects of Antarctic krill fisheries.
Methods: This was achieved via a systematic literature review of available publications concerned with among others: krill oil, Antarctic krill, reduction fisheries, health benefits.
Results: The literature search resulted in 203 publications that could be used in this report. Overall, more than half of them discuss the health benefits of krill oil and its bioavailability. Krill oil proved to have numerous health benefits including anti-inflammatory action and reduction of cholesterol levels in the blood. The health benefits of this supplement have contributed to the increased demand of its production and distribution. Little information was obtained for the risk assessment, and management of krill fisheries in the Antarctic. The fisheries responsible for the krill harvesting (Superba Area 48) follow practices outlined by the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).
Conclusions: Overall, krill oil production increases over the years and it is crucial for Area 48 to adopt more sustainable practices to avoid overfishing and destruction of the food chain in the Antarctic, since krill fish is an important feed of predators there.
The work is a website that aims to help people in finding groceries from Greek supermarkets at the cheapest price possible using tools such as user-based recommendations shown. By aggregating the products of the more popular supermarkets in Greece the final aim is to allow users to create a list of products that suit their monetary needs and their preferences towards grocery shopping.
In this Capstone Project, the different routes of administration of melatonin, oral, sublingual, nasal, transdermal, intravenous were explored and compared in terms of effectiveness and bioavailability. The paper concludes that the oral route of administration has a decreased bioavailability of melatonin due to the first-pass metabolism. Furthermore, it was discussed whether melatonin formulations with combined ingredients is a better form of health supplement than that with melatonin as a sole ingredient. Popular ingredients (CBD, ashwagandha, valerian, magnesium and tryptophan) that are added to melatonin supplements in terms of benefits, side effects and interactions were analyzed.
FlavorBlueprints is a social platform focused on sharing food recipes. Users can create an account and upload their own recipes along with a description and photos of the finished dish. They can also discover new recipes made by other users, leave ratings, and more.
