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Name: Shrikrishna Aditya Mullapudi

2. Section: DP - 1C

3. Subjects Choice(In order):

A. English
B. Biology
C. Chemistry

4. Possible Area of Focus:

A. English - Area of focus: Concept of ambivalence on morality in books
B. Biology - Area of focus: Astrobiology
C. Chemistry - Area of focus: Atomic Chemistry

5. Possible Research Question:

A. How does Masashi Kishimoto use pain to create ambivalence between the
concepts of “good” and “evil” in the manga series Naruto?
B. To what extent does the continuous adaptation of plants make it possible for
life to continue in outer space?
C. How does the charge of an Ion affect the energy output when a bond is made?

6. Research done so far and possible future plan to research(First and Second
choice):

A. English:
Naruto is a story rife with topics that could be intuitively and symbolically
dissected for days on end. To a reader, the entire theme of this show is what do
you do with pain when it happens to you. Virtually every noteworthy character
has some level of suffering in their past, and how they respond to it is what
creates their destinies. Some, like the main character, have terrible pain but never
falter from a good path. Others, own their pain and turn from initial evil to lasting
good. Some were initially good but turned to evil before achieving good once
more. And one who fell on both sides at various times, but never really stoned or
redeemed himself like a few others. I find these ideas fascinating. Everyone had
pain that entered in, but it was their response to the pain that set their path
towards good or evil. This topic has a relevance to psychology or human
behaviour, and therefore makes it even more interesting to relate to the world we
live in. The story is very deep and can easily be related to anyone who has been
going through difficult times. Being alone for most of a human's life can lead to
depression and alter personalities at times.
Pain is one of the most inevitable aspects of life. It can be physical or emotional
and usually surrounds tragedy in some form. Pain creates ambivalence because
no matter what our ideals are, it won't stop hurting when it happens to us. We
have three options: we can allow ourselves to be crushed by the pain; we can use
the pain as a teaching tool for others so that they don't experience this level of
sorrow; or we can do nothing at all, which leads to our eventual destruction.
Masashi Kishimoto utilises these ideas by deconstructing characters through
traumatic events and how they respond is what creates their own destinies.
Masashi Kishimoto uses this pain to create ambivalence between the concepts
of “good” and “evil”. For example, while Naruto is supposed to be the protagonist
and his team are supposed to be heroes and on the "good" side, he also has
antagonists like Sasuke Uchiha who's on the "bad" side. Kishimoto does this by
showing how some of these "heros'' will do things that are terrible and immoral.
In turn he shows personal battles between good and evil with violence.

B. Biology:
I have chosen this topic because of two reasons. The universe has always been a
fascination of mine, however humans are nowhere close to being able to
colonise planets in the coming decades. Plant growth is the first step to
colonisation. While astronomers have figured out how to grow simple plants like
radishes and lettuce in green-rooms in rockets and satellites like the ISS, there is
no public information of the phenomenon of exponential adaptation and growth
of plants being put to their limit. Plants do need air and other nutrients to grow.
However what if those nutrients are limited and in areas which there may be little
to none. The second reason is my interest in biology and how life works. While I
may have preferred to use microorganisms for this project at first, because of
their rapid growth and adaptation. I believe that it would be dangerous to grow
adapting microorganisms.
Gravity affects plants in many ways. It not only provides direction for root growth
but also alters the distribution of growing organs, cells, and molecules.
Gravitropism is the process by which plants develop a growth axis that is aligned
with gravity. Whenever there are changes to gravity, as would happen on an
orbiting space station or on Mars for instance, gravitropism needs to be
recalibrated so that this process can continue. Spaceflight experiments have
shown that many plant species are capable of maintaining a plant organ
orientation in zero-gravity conditions; however it has been difficult to reproduce
this result across kingdoms and all species due to the lack of research
conducted on terrestrial analogs. At the molecular level, microgravity induces a
reprogramming of gene expression that mostly affects plant defence systems
against abiotic stresses, indicating that these categories of genes are involved in
the adaptation to extraterrestrial habitats.
The idea of extraterrestrial habitats, which are usually considered inhospitable
environments with extremely low amounts of oxygen, is a daunting one for plant
growth models and plant scientists alike. Plants that have evolved on Earth under
an atmosphere with about 20 percent oxygen typically find it challenging to grow
under reduced levels of atmospheric oxygen—such as those found in Mars or
Venus. These scenarios present a big challenge for future astronomers who will
be searching for extraterrestrial habitats to live off the land.
Sending plants into space is a complicated process that can be best explained by
the following phrase: "when life finds a way". In 2007, during the experiment to
test the growth of Chinese cabbage in Martian soil, two plants survived for
several days on Mars. The same experiment was repeated in 2011 and again
resulted in survival of two cabbages.To understand what might have happened,
we must first understand plant physiology under spaceflight conditions. Plants
are able to perceive gravity through their roots and use it to differentiate between
light and dark environments (without vision), which could be beneficial for
astronauts or for growing plants on Earth as well.

7. Citation(MLA8):
A:
- The Ohio State University. Even Today, We Want Our Heroes to Know Right from Wrong,
The Ohio State University, 16 July 2019,
https://news.osu.edu/even-today-we-want-our-heroes-to-know-right-from-wrong/
- Tsai, Yi-Shan, and Florian Fiddrich. “Looking through the Enemy’s Eyes: Point-of-View
Editing and Character Identification in Manga Naruto.” Sequential Art: Interdisciplinary
Approaches to the Graphic Novel, 2019, pp. 55–63.
- Kelly, Michael P., and David May. "Good and bad patients: a review of the literature and
a theoretical critique." Journal of Advanced Nursing 7.2 (1982): 147-156.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1982.tb00222.x
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1982.tb00222.x
- Gaita, Raimond. Good and evil: An absolute conception. Routledge, 2004.
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203489123/good-evil-raimo
nd-gaita
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203489123
B:
- Medina, F.J., Manzano, A., Kamal, K.Y., Ciska, M., Herranz, R. (2021). Plants in Space:
Novel Physiological Challenges and Adaptation Mechanisms. In: Progress in Botany.
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
- Barjaktarović, Žarko, et al. “Changes in the Effective Gravitational Field Strength Affect
the State of Phosphorylation of Stress-Related Proteins in Callus Cultures of
Arabidopsis Thaliana.” OUP Academic, Oxford University Press, 6 Jan. 2009,
https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/60/3/779/445473
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ern324
- Shymanovich, Tatsiana, et al. “Spaceflight Studies Identify a Gene Encoding an
Intermediate Filament Involved in Tropism Pathways.” Plant Physiology and
Biochemistry, Elsevier Masson, 4 Jan. 2022,
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0981942821006653?via%3Dih
ub
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.12.039
- Shymanovich, Tatsiana, et al. “Spaceflight Studies Identify a Gene Encoding an
Intermediate Filament Involved in Tropism Pathways.” Plant Physiology and
Biochemistry, Elsevier Masson, 4 Jan. 2022,
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0981942821006653?via%3Dih
ub
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.12.039