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Poster Gallery

The Poster Gallery below is a small selection of the 216 posters exhibited in the WorldCUR-BCUR 2023 Poster Exhibition.

All delegates were given the opportunity to take part in the below display, if you were a WorldCUR-BCUR 2023 Poster Exhibition presenter and would like your poster included in this gallery, please contact worldcur@warwick.ac.uk.

Haley Cionfolo, Duke Medical School

A Comparison of Barriers Across Neonatal, Child, and Adult Hearing Screenings

Other authors: Elizabeth Kayzman, Minahil Shahid, Kamaria Kaalund, Ethan Borret, Gillian Sanders Schmidler', Osondu Ogbuoji

Amanda Horzyk, University of Sussex

Sexual Offence Governance in Virtual Reality

Raviya Careem, State University of New York at Oswego

Understanding the structural basis of small molecule inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DosS

Other authors: Eaindra Yee, Murphi Williams and Dr. Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran

Maisie Dawn Broughton,

Bournemouth University

Influence of coastal succession on endangered butterfly’s habitat suitability and the abundance of their associated larval food plants

Roselyn Sackitey-Matey,

Ashesi University

Managing Crisis In Small Hotels To Improve Business Continuity

Napat Uraisomsurat, Institute of Field Robotics

The Study of Difficulties in Handling Plastic Waste for Achieving Sustainable Plastic Waste Management

Other authors: Thanaphan Rueangsuk, Khatatip Osirikan, Thayida Thiamthad

Sam Habib, Middlebury College

Muhammad b. Abi' Amir, better known as al-Mansur (The Victorious), was the founder of the Amirid regency and a successful ruler. Like his namesake, al-Mansur was a victorious military leader who finessed his way to being the hajib (prime minister) and de facto ruler of the caliphate, breaking the line of Umayyad rulers. Al-Mansur changed the taxation system, maintained a strong economy, and most famously, restructured and led the military through several successful campaigns during a jihad against the northern Spanish Christian Kingdoms. However, once al-Mansur died in 1002, the civil war from 1009-1031 would subsequently lead to the caliphate's spectacular collapse in 1031. Al-Mansur died about thirty years before the caliphate’s destruction, and it was his son, Sancho, who was in power when the civil war began. Still, historians, such as Kennedy and Provençal, place the beginning of instability at the start of al-Mansur's reign, meaning that some fault must fall of al-Mansur’s administration. Yet, there is limited research on the role of al-Mansur in causing the collapse of the caliphate. So, to what extent was al-Mansur responsible for the subsequent collapse of the caliphate of Cordoba? Al-Mansur did not directly start the fitna, nor did he decide to end the caliphate; however, his rule was particularly destabilising, even when compared to other illegitimate Islamic dynasties. Al-Mansur built an environment for civil war placing the caliphate in such a delicate situation that its collapse was nearly inevitable.

Dynastic Failure: Al-Mansur’s Responsibility for the Subsequent Collapse of the Caliphate of Cordoba

Trung Dam, University of Warwick

Potential collusion behaviour and distortionary pricing in the US airline industry post-pandemic.

Sandra Berns, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Festival and polis in transition. The actors of the Panathenaia

Hunter Cheng and Dr. Nancy Raitano Lee, Drexel University

Down Syndrome and Mind-Mindedness

Margarita Damai and Bhaven Patel, London Metropolitan University

Every four seconds a new patient is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) with 7.7 million new cases reported annually worldwide. AD is a progressive neurodegenerative form of dementia characterised by cognition decline. The leading cause of AD is the build-up of amyloid and tau proteins among brain cells, which prevents intercellular communication and inevitably influences memory loss. Alarmingly, cases are predicted to increase up to 145 million by 2050 worldwide. As a growing epidemic, AD imposes a financial burden globally with annual costs above £818 billion. Scientists have tried to find a cure since its discovery in 1906. Treatments either target amyloid proteins or temporarily slow AD progression. AD is manifested by abnormally low levels of acetylcholine (ACh), a neurotransmitter used for intercellular communication. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is an enzyme that breaks down ACh; thus, inhibiting its activity can prevent ACh reduction. Our project aimed to synthesise new pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoxaline analogues as potential AChE inhibitors. This project presents a novel approach using thiols as an alternative to tin, which is toxic and, based on the literature, is the most preferred method. The compounds were assayed, with some showing low toxicity and excellent selectivity towards AChE. According to recent studies, sulfaquinoxaline, which is toxic, can eliminate amyloid proteins immensely. Therefore, less toxic analogues are alternatively suggested, including the pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoxalines series we designed, which share a common scaffold with sulfaquinoxaline. Consequently, further steps involve testing our compounds to determine if they can reduce amyloid plaque accumulation.

Design of selective non-toxic pyrrolo [1,2-a]quinoxalines as therapeutic agents for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.

Estefanía Fonseca Bayona, Universidad EAFIT

Design of a Tool for the Identification and Self-Repair of Low-Cost Exomodular Transtibial Prostheses for Amputees in the Colombian Agricultural Sector.

Other authors: Valentina Jaramillo Tobón, Mateo Angel Palacio, Santiago Moná Echavarría, Yuliana Olaya Bedoya

Isabeau Burnett, University of Chicago

Examining Racial, Ethnic, and Sex Differences as Predictors of Cannabis Use Disorder Treatment Retention.

Other authors: Nathaniel L. Baker, Rachel L. Tomko, Aimee L. McRae-Clark, Kevin M., Gray MD & Erin A. McClure

Marzea Akter, Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro

Oxytocin is a neurotransmitter and hormone with a well-established role in prosocial behaviors in animals and humans. It is currently being tested in clinical trials for the treatment of social symptoms associated with autism spectrum disorders. However, the behavioral effects of oxytocin treatment have been variable with both prosocial (increased empathy) and antisocial (increased competitiveness) behaviors resulting in humans. Previous studies in our lab have shown increased anxiety-like behaviors in mice treated chronically with oxytocin (1 12 ug dose per day for 14 consecutive days, data unpublished). The current study aims to see the effect of acute oxytocin administration on social behavior in male and female mice to determine if the schedule of oxytocin administration affects behavioral outcomes. Adult C57BL/6J mice will be acutely pretreated with saline or oxytocin (12 μg) an hour before the behavior tests. Saline or oxytocin will be administered either intranasally (i.n., 12 ug in 12 uL, 6 uL per nostril) or intraperitoneally (i.p., 12 ug in 120uL). Mice will complete a battery of behavioral tests including the elevated plus maze (EPM), three-chamber sociability task (3C), and free dyadic social interaction (FDSI) after drug administration to determine changes in social behavior and anxiety-like behavior. Noldus EthoVision XT and human coders will code anxiety-like behaviors, social preference, and social novelty. I expect to find that acute oxytocin administration will increase sociability as measured by the 3C and FDSI tasks while avoiding increases in anxiety-like behaviors, as measured by the EPM task, associated with chronic administration.

Effect of acute oxytocin administration on social behavior in male and female mice

Other authors: Alex Ketel, Britney Donovan, Jacob Grones, Jade Murray, & Tiffany Rogers

Maria Stylianou, University of Portsmouth

Aquatic Environments, Decomposition and the Forensic Importance of Diptera in Criminal Investigations: Calliphora Vicina

Yancey Williams, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Computational Modeling of Endocytic Vesicle Formation Image

Other authors: Tomasz J. Nawara, Jie Yuan, Tejeshwar C.Rao, Elizabeth Sztul and Alexa L. Mattheyses

Sajda Adam, Drexel University

The Best Tests: Optimizing Detection of Cognitive Decline in People Living with HIV

Other authors: Will Dampier, Shinika Tillman, Kim Malone, Vanessa Pirrone, Michael Nonnemacher, Amy Althoff, Zsofia Szep, Brian Wigdahl, Maria Schultheis, Kathryn N. Devlin

Sifan Dadi, Zayed University

Examining the Influence of Internet Use on Students’ Reading Habit and Academic Achievement in UAE

Gentle Lung, University of Warwick

Read this like a performance - Expanding on Theatrical Audience Engagement and Communication

Hannah Oh, University of Sussex

Supporting Novice Python Programmers' Debugging

Aimilia Kakampoura, University of Sheffield

The effect of physical distance on remote surgical robot operators' moral judgement.

Daniel Jackson, Oxford Brookes University

The Expression of the Antimicrobial Protein RLK-SMP24 in Nicotiana benthamiana and its Localisation to the Plasma Membrane to Prevent Tomato Blight.

Emily Bowen, University of York

Modernising the Past: Impacts of digitisation on the accessibility of historical materials for local communities

Catherine Mazzi, University of Reading

Green chemistry in undergraduate practical classes: How can experiments be adapted to reduce their environmental impact?

Other authors: Jessica Gushart and John McKendrick

Arya Keni and Dr. Chris Giebink, Pennsylvania State University

Simulation and synthesis of geometrical coating complexities in 3 dimensional glass substrates using Physical Vapor Deposition techniques

Yaseen Ginnab and Dr. Frank Bailey, Middle Tennessee State University

Analyzing the Ability of Astragalus tennesseensis to Accumulate Selenium

Ryleigh Tucker and Shelby Rubino, University of Central Oklahoma

Suicide Prevention Among Oklahoma's Student Veterans

Bethan Budgell, University of Portsmouth

Charting the Sea of Translation: A simple framework for synthesising and evaluating theory

Kinga Glasek, University of Leeds

An Analysis of British, European, and American Trade Cards from the Nineteenth Century

Jack Taylor, University of Sussex

The Environmental Lives of Rural Workers: Representations Through the Medium of Painting and Prose, C.18-19th.

Andrew Davison, Newcastle University

During 1636, an outbreak of bubonic plague within Newcastle upon Tyne killed approximately 5000 people, with those afflicted dying quickly and horribly, experiencing high fevers with buboes (swellings) that leaked pus. This research documents the progression of the epidemic among various parishes of Newcastle: St. Nicholas’, St Andrew’s, Allhallows, and St. John’s. In addition, possible factors contributing to the rapid spread of disease, such as the ubiquity of rats and overpopulation are discussed. Prominent features of the outbreak were the implementation of quarantine, how this was done in practice and how it was perceived, which are often overlooked, as most research has concentrated on general impacts. This is done using probate records from citizens during 1636. This research may help to provide insights into managing the COVID-19 epidemic or current outbreaks of plague, within low and middle-income countries such as Madagascar, the DRC and Peru where plague is still endemic.

Responses to and Impacts of the Bubonic Plague Outbreak in Newcastle upon Tyne, 1636

Daniel Quizon and M.Roldo, University of Portsmouth

Traumatic, infectious, and tumoral bone fractures are associated with clinical interventions that require bone transplantation (also known as bone grafts) either from the same patient or a donor. Calcium-phosphate ceramics (CPCs) are clinically viable alternatives to bone grafts: they are non-inflammatory, biocompatible, and promote bone regeneration. However, controlled and cost-efficient methods for synthesising spherical CPCs remain underdeveloped. This study investigates the structural framework of spherical pollen grains as a template to synthesise CPCs. Pollen grains were washed with phosphoric acid and acetone to remove the intrinsic organic material. The washed pollen was then introduced into the wet precipitation reaction to form calcium phosphate and subjected to thermal treatment for removal of the pollen. Electron microscopy revealed the successful synthesis of spherical-CPCs. Findings from infrared spectroscopy demonstrated the presence of phosphate groups. X-ray diffraction patterns also confirmed the synthesis of CPC particles, with enhanced crystallinity post-treatment. Generally, spherical-CPCs are beneficial for proliferating bone cells, relative to other morphologies. However, the growing sale prices of CPCs within the medical industry place a high-cost burden on the NHS. Thus, these findings offer a cost-effective method for the controlled production of spherical-CPCs. Significantly, this research can also be utilised beyond the medical industry: for example, CPCs are used in food industries or agriculture as mineral enrichments or as fertilisers. Therefore, pollen grains as a template to synthesise spherical CPCs are feasible outside medical industries and practicable clinically to alleviate the growing costs associated with bone fractures.

Production of Calcium-phosphate Minerals for Bone Regeneration using Pollen grains

Yaw Kwakyi, Ashesi University

The Effects Of Pop Culture In Marketing:Exploring How Japanese Cartoon Styles Can Contribute To The Marketing Efforts Of Ghanaian Businesses

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