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What Have I learned from my research?
My collected data implies that those who have experienced the prevalence of symptoms at the rate of 4 or higher have a much greater chance of experiencing a hand disease earlier than the average age in the previous decade. This means that not only has the development of technology and its continuous prevalence in our lives is increasing, but the prevalence of hand disease symptoms is also as well. It could also mean that there will be an increase in the prevalence of hand diseases such as Arthritis, Carpal Tunnel, Dupuytren Contracture, Trigger Finger, and Ganglion Cysts. As stated beforehand diseases have the potential to damage DNA and RNA repair systems, and since these are genetic modifications, this means that future generations are going to be affected. Causing a multitude of problems to develop. These problems include the prevalence of hand diseases at earlier ages, the increased likelihood of weakened immune systems, an increased likelihood of deformed bone growth, and an increased likelihood of decreased bone growth in newborns. According to my data, those who tend to spend more hours on technology tend to show an increase in the prevalence of hand disease symptoms, accepting my hypothesis.
What Have I learned From my academic paper?/Application to my Future Ways
Although my topic and paper did not really have much correlation with what I want to study in the future, doing my research taught me how harmful technology really is with its constant use, now heading into college, I need to learn to balance how often I am on technology and although this can be difficult, I would hate to develop hand diseases symptoms at a young age, and I would hate to cause detriment to my RNA and DNA repair systems which in turn will hurt my children. Especially since I'm going to an engineering school and its inevitable for me to use technology at a constant rate, I am planning on possibly doing hand exercises before hard days of school work.
What Can I do With my Research?
With what I have gathered, I could continue collecting data throughout my college life, and possibly come up with a theory, this can lead to change in how we use technology in the future, by the way, we use it or even how long we use it for. However, I doubt I'll be able to go all out with my research and make a "scientific breakthrough". But instead just have my research published and maybe get noticed by other researchers, which will finish my work.
What Have I learned About Myself?
An important thing I learned about myself throughout this whole process is how bad I am at managing my time. I found myself in a rush on deadlines and not working enough throughout the given time. I will be using my experience in this class to hopefully be able to manage my time better in College, and in everything, I end up doing in the future. This project has really shown me how much effort I need to put into college-level classes, and I feel as though it was great preparation for the hard ships I will be experiencing in my future life. Now that I have experienced this firsthand, I should be able to prepare myself well.
I would like to thank Ms. Dobos and Mr. Winkelman for helping me throughout my project and giving me great advice on how I can pursue my project and what to change within it.
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