2020 AHSE Proceedings

University/Organization
Departments of Health & Human Performance, Political Science, and Foreign Languages
Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte, North Carolina

Title
The Mellon Think Tank: Addressing Human Rights in Multiple Disciplines

Synopsis
In line with the overall theme of this year’s Think Thank on Human Rights in the 21st century, our project brought together courses in political science, languages and literature, as well as health and human performance for an interdisciplinary discussion on the different ways that women and girls understand and navigate notions of sexuality across global cultures. Cross-course activities included film screenings, guest speakers, poetry readings, and cross course discussions.

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University/Organization
Contemporary Arts Department
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Title
Blurred Boundaries Between Dreams and Waking Life in Weerasethakul’s Cemetery of Splendor

Synopsis
Cemetery of Splendor (2015), by Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, depicts the spiritual relationship between humans, nature, and spirits and blurs the boundaries between dreams and waking life. Interestingly, this Thai film resonates with North American Indigenous belief systems, especially the Ojibwe traditional belief in the reality of dreams and spirits. Also, the Thai government’s treatment of the soldiers and the land in the film can be linked to other governments’ unjust treatment of Indigenous people and the over-extraction of natural resources. Cemetery of Splendor, in light of Ojibwe thought, tells us we must see the world as a whole—past and future, animate and inanimate, dreaming and awake.

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University/Organization
Morrill Learning Center, Santa Clara, California

Stanford University Online High School, Palo Alto, California

Title
Statistical Modeling Analysis of Chocolate Nutrition Science and Chemistry

Synopsis
This paper adopts STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Math) approach. The objectives of this paper are to use Multivariate Clustering Statistics to study the Chocolate Science and Products. Chocolate contains flavonoids and antioxidants which can prevent aging and beneficial to heart disease and diabetes patients. Antioxidants can prevent heart disease is because it reduces free radical formation. Data has been collected on 20+ chocolate ingredient nutrition contents from 60+ different types of chocolate. Both Clustering Variables and Principle Component Analysis methods are utilized to cluster (1) chocolate nutrition, (2) chocolate product types. Chocolate nutrition are clustered into four clusters which is consistent with Chocolate science research and can explain the common chocolate food science very well. Chocolate products can also be clustered into 4 clusters which can distinguish the major chocolate types (dark, milk, white). Five clustering distance algorithms are studied and compared based on the impact of clustering sequence and patterns. Number of clusters are also studied in order to determine which clustering distance algorithm can provide the best clustering pattern to explore the chocolate science research. This paper has demonstrated the effectiveness and power of adopting STEAM approach on the general Scientific Research.

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University/Organization
Morrill Learning Center, Santa Clara, California

Stanford University Online High School, Palo Alto, California

Title
Simulate Poker Probability of Partial Deck

Synopsis
Poker is a very popular gambling game in Casinos. Except professionals, most Poker players lost money without applying the proper probability. This STEM project is to study the Poker probability by using partial deck. To simplify probability simulation, partial deck was used and which can increase the matching probability significantly on some higher ranked patterns such as “Full House” and “Straight”. However, partial deck can also decrease the matching probability on some patterns such as “Flush” and “Nothing”. The ranking of matching patterns is also changed with Partial Deck as compared to the Full Deck. The authors have used combination formula and derive the general formulas of matching probability for each matching pattern. This is a great STEM project to integrate STEM Learning and Probability through a very practical Poker Game.

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University/Organization
Stanford University Online High School, Palo Alto, California

Morrill Learning Center, Santa Clara, California

Title
Novel Educational Methodology of Playing Video Games

Synopsis
This paper would introduce a novel educational methodology of playing a strategic video game- Empire Four Kingdoms. In modern Big Data World, Artificial Intelligence algorithm is powerful for engineering problem solving to discover the complicated science or/and mechanics. Separating Statistics from Math can draw practical decision and conduct risk assessment. Several modern Artificial Intelligence algorithms are adopted to build a statistical model of optimizing the troop design and understanding the Military Science. Environmental Science and Natural Resources (Stone, Wood, and Food) are also addressed to educate the importance of protecting our world against Technology Advancing.

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University/Organization
Stanford University Online High School, Palo Alto, California

Morrill Learning Center, Santa Clara, California

Title
“STEAMS” Methodology of Altitude Sickness and Fatigue Research

Synopsis
This paper will address the risk of Altitude Sickness when people are hiking on the high Mountains. It’s difficult for most people to accommodate the high-Altitude environment suddenly. It’s very risky if the people are not aware of their altitude sickness symptom such as Fatigue, Headache, Dizziness, Insomnia, Shortness of breath during exertion, Nausea, Decreased appetite. The consequence of altitude sickness could be in very dangerous situation on the inconvenient high mountains. Pulse Oximeter was used to monitor the Oxygen% and Heart Beat at different altitude levels from sea level in San Jose to Denver (5,000 Feet), Estes Park (8,000 Feet), Rocky Mountains Alpine Center (12,000 Feet). 2.5mins Jumping Rope exercise was conducted to analyze the fatigue behavior with Altitude Sickness. Statistical analysis was conducted to verify several hypotheses to predict how high of the Altitude Sickness Risk at different altitude levels as well as the Exercise Fatigue Behavior. This method may provide the people how to assess their body strength and readiness before they may take a long hiking on the high mountains.

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