Table of Contents FORWARD.....IV AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SCIENCES.....1 GRAFTING SUCCESS ON AMERICAN PAWPAW (ASIMINA-TRILOBA) USING CHIP BUD AND WHIP AND TONGUE GRAFTS.....2 CAN ORNAMENTAL PLANTS BE PROPAGATED IN 10 DAYS?.....5 DETERMINATION OF CAPSAICIN IN HOT PEPPERS.....8 MEALWORMS WITH A PURPOSE.....11 LADY BEETLES IN NATIVE PERENNIAL PLANTINGS WITHIN CENTRAL KENTUCKY.....14 AQUACULTURE SCIENCES.....18 FISH DISEASE.....19 ACUTE TOXICITY OF TOTAL AMMONIA-NITROGEN TO LARVAE OF THE AFRICAN RIVER PRAWN.....21 OPTIMIZING THE USE OF ALGAL MEAL (SCHIZOCHYTRIUM SP.) AS A FISH OIL REPLACER IN PACIFIC WHITE SHRIMP (LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI).....24 INTERDISCIPLINARY BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.....32 VOICES I.....33 VOICES II.....37 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY.....41 USING POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION TO IDENTIFY COMPONENTS OF UNKNOWN MEAT SAMPLES.....42 COMPUTER SCIENCES.....46 GRAPHICS SCENE MODELING AND RENDERING USING JAVASCRIPT CANVAS API.....47 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING (SCRIPTING AND CODING).....50 PROCESSING AND TRANSMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DATA.....53 COMPUTER SCIENCE.....55 PROCESSING AND TRANSMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DATA.....58 BALANCING A VIDEO GAME.....61 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCES.....64 USING GEO-SPATIAL TECHNOLOGY TO IDENTIFY URBAN HEAT.....65 THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CITY LAYOUT AND URBAN HEAT ISLANDS.....68 URBAN HEAT ISLANDS.....71 URBAN HEAT ISLAND PHENOMENA.....74 URBAN HEAT ISLAND IN THE USA.....78 PARTICIPATING HIGH SCHOOLS.....82

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