 Welcome to ThinkTech on Spectromosi 16, Hawaii's weekly newscast on things that matter to tech and to Hawaii. I'm Arby Kelly. And I'm Cynthia Sinclair. In our show this time, we'll review the most recent top five ThinkTech talk shows and staff pick. We'll check out the elements of the best of the best and get a handle on the public issues and the guests involved. ThinkTech produces more than 35 talk shows every week in our downtown high-tech green screen studio. Here's a list of all our incredible ThinkTech shows and hosts. As you can see, they're very diverse, and their coverage is also very diverse, showing you things you might never have otherwise known. Every week, ThinkTech chooses its top five ThinkTech talk shows from the week before based on the number of views each of them has had on the internet. For this past week, the winning shows were as follows. Number one from the series Young Talents Making Way on June 5th, 2018, hosted by Andrea Gabrieli. It's called Dementia, Beyond Memory Loss, with guests Ryan Nguyen, a student, and Bebe Davis, a STEM resource teacher. It's on our Young Talents Making Way playlist. The most common type of dementia is Alzheimer's disease, which makes up 50 to 70 percent of cases. An estimated number of 25,000 people live with Alzheimer's disease in the state of Hawaii. The societal cost of dementia in Hawaii is high, especially for Ohana caregivers, and concern is on the rise. Ryan Nguyen, a student at Honolulu's Kaiser High School, carried out a science project for the Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair to answer critical questions related to this cognitive impairment disease and shared what he found with us. Cutting-edge research at Kaiser High School is furthering our understanding of dementia and memory loss, so that treatments might be found and implemented. We also learned that recent activities in art museums have brought hope for Alzheimer's patients. So maybe, Ryan, why don't we have your first slide up so you can tell us more about this dementia science project that you carried out? So here, this is just an image of the brain. You can see a cross-section. And you can actually see the hippocampus and the amygdala, two of the main regions that I looked at in this project. What are they? Well, the hippocampus, it has large effects on memory. Okay, so it's a memory storage, can we say, for the brain? It creates new memories and transfers short-term memories into long-term memories. Oh, wow. Okay. So it's very important. It's also affected early on in Alzheimer's disease. And there's also the amygdala, which is another one of the places I looked at. Which is the purple one we're looking at in this image, with the arrow. That's right. Right next to the hippocampus. Right next to the hippocampus. And this area has effects on emotion, including emotional connections. Okay, so that's why you focus particularly on this. Definitely. Yeah. So what's your science project about? Well, in this project, I used data sets from two different databases and using a certain program called Free Surfer, I turned these data sets which came from an MRI machine into processed MRI images that were 3D based and there were 3D and voxel based. And I used these to create these volumetric images that I could perform volumetric analysis on and look at how Alzheimer's disease would affect the brains of these different patients. So you were trying to see a connection between the size of these amygdala and hippocampus with normal patients and people affected with dementia. Yes, definitely. And I also looked at two different areas of the brain, besides the hippocampus and amygdala, which were the insula, which has multiple different effects, and the entorhinal cortex, which has similar effects to the hippocampus, which is memory, but it's also the supposedly the first area in the brain affected by Alzheimer's disease. Right. Maybe just a small wrap up about the importance of the science sphere, our state international science sphere. Yeah. The importance of the state science sphere is that, you know, every kid is curious. Every kid wants to learn and know something and there are so many problems they can solve today. And you know, with new technology, innovation and creativity, you know, kids want to invent. And so this provides a platform for the kids to come and try and so with enough support and the right support and the community and a lot of partnership, we help move that kid and make it happen. So we make dreams possible and for one, we have and help the world to be a better place. Number two from the series Beyond the Lines on June 11, 2018, hosted by Rusty Kamori. It's called Miss Hawaii USA 2015 with guest Emma Wo. It's on our Beyond the Lines playlist. In this show, we focused on Emma Wo's qualities and character, why she believes she won Miss Hawaii USA in 2018 and Miss Hawaii USA in 2015, sharing her experiences in a variety of businesses and the keys to her success as an entrepreneur. Viewers will gain valuable insights into Emma's success and constant striving for excellence and the importance of goal setting and being proactive in achieving those goals. You won the Miss Hawaii Teen USA in 2008. Yes. Why did you enter that pageant? My mom and I have conflicting stories on why I entered the pageant. I mean, it was so long ago now, I almost can't remember, it was like 11 years ago. So I think I just wanted something new and I wanted something different and I wanted to flex my muscle a little bit in the pageant space and I had no idea what I was doing. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I didn't know any of the girls competing. I didn't even know all the phases of competition, but it was a kind of fun thing for my mom and I to prep together on. And then the personal transformation that I went through, preparing for Miss Hawaii USA and then preparing for Miss Teen USA was like addicting. I mean, it was so cool to be so empowered, especially as a young woman who was just finding her way in this world to develop those confidence skills and interview skills and things like that. It was addicting and I think it's why I decided later on to run in the Miss Hawaii USA pageant as well. So what kind of insecurities did you have and what did you end up learning about yourself through that teen pageant? Yeah, I learned so much. Not only those public speaking skills, I mean, now I can walk into a room and I'm not scared to do public speaking and I'm not scared to do a job interview or something like that. One of that I was previously so terrified of. I mean, growing up, I was pretty shy and pretty introverted, I would say. So those skills are definitely something that I learned through competing in that Miss Hawaii Teen USA pageant. And then also, you know, the friendships that I gained through the pageant. It sounds so cliche. You know, people are like, I don't not doing pageants to make friends, but you are though. And you make you meet so many people that are like-minded and have similar values to you. And those are just invaluable to me still today. OK, so you had a goal of wanting to be Miss Hawaii USA. Right. What what tell me some insight into your pursuit of this goal? So I wanted to be Miss Hawaii USA because I think that that feeling of personal transformation that I experienced when I was trying to be Miss Hawaii Teen USA again, it was so addicting. And I wanted that feeling again and not only that, but I wanted to meet new people. Number three from the series Research in Manoa on June 11th, 2018, hosted by J.Fai Dell. It's called The Continuing Eruption of Kilauea with guest Andrea Gabrieli of the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology. It's on the Research in Manoa playlist. The current series of eruptions and remarkable seismic events at Kilauea on the Big Island and the destruction of hundreds of homes in Leilani Estates and in Puna generally has been catastrophic for the people in that area and will have huge financial implications for them, for Hawaii Island and for the state. Our hearts go out to the people who have lost their homes and whose lives have been upended. There are many things we need to learn on how to develop resilience to seismic incidents of this nature and scope. And of course, there are many things that the geologists and volcanologists are learning that will be useful in predicting and dealing with eruptions like this going forward. You might not even recognize it, but that's Halema Omao. So Halema... The bottom dropped out. The main, the crater on the summit Kaldera has dramatically changed. Dramatically changed. And so you can see in the pictures, basically, the... OK, here, yeah, the former lava lake has dropped. You can see the former bottom, but it's really... Everything has changed dramatically and the entire northwestern rim of Halema Omao is sliding inward the crater. And that's what... Or the fractures and folds of... And the scars, basically, that you can see on the right hand side of this picture. So it's really impressive. We're talking about millions of tons of lava here. A lot of material. A lot of material. But it's very interesting to give numbers to this phenomenon that we're looking at. Yeah. The subsidence at the summit was basically 1.5 meters. So meaning that the whole volcano, the summit, basically, went down 1.5 meters as a result of this subsidence, as a result of magma moving from the summit reservoirs into the East Drift Zone and fueling the eruption in Pune. So as it drops down from the Halema Omao, then it sort of finds a way... Well, that first chart, the top left, it finds a way elsewhere and comes out and forms a river that goes down to the ocean. Absolutely. That's the lava that dropped out of Halema Omao. Halema Omao, and it's going in underground, basically, into the plumbing system of the volcano. It emerges in Pune at the Fisher 8 and then it continues down the Drift Zone. But let's talk about a little bit more about this dramatic changes at Halema Omao, as I believe we have another picture that we can see, maybe. So, OK, this one, so this is a mosaic that was put together by, again, Scott Rowland at the Department of Geology and Geophysics at UH Manoa. And on the left, there is a satellite picture of Halema Omao in 2000. Number four from the series, Taking Your Health Back. On June 5th, 2018, hosted by Wendy Lowe, it's called Powering Over Diabetes with guests L.J. Dwaynes and Doug Park. It's on the Taking Your Health Back playlist. In this episode of Taking Your Health Back, Wendy and her guests talk about diabetes. Who is at risk, prevention, and what type of help is out there for those living with diabetes? The bottom line is that you need to know your risks. And you also need to know that, yes, you can live well with diabetes. A lot of the diabetics forget sometimes that they need to take their medication. They're so busy with their lifestyles that they get wrapped up in doing so many different things. But having said all of that, the major things that affected me were physical also. I had some major operations of a lifestyle that I think elied the fact of what I should be doing. I didn't do. And it affected me that way physically. I had some major operations, as I said. And that changed me also. When I woke up one day after that major operation, I made a promise to myself that I needed to make some changes. And that was to not only my lifestyle, but to do as much as I can to help others with diabetes. Well, you've got a lot of history, 40 years in the making. So when you were diagnosed with diabetes till now, what are the major changes you feel as far as managing your diabetes? Well, number one is education again. And it comes back to not only my beginning to educate myself, and that's what started me on the right track, but educating others, of course. The educational benefits I learned along the way is the outreach programs and being able to speak to doctors who was a lot more knowledge than I did at the time. And based on that, I started to learn a lot more of my condition, what needed to be done and the fact that diabetes is a recent illness. Really, when you look at it, it was discovered in 1969 only. So that tells you that it's a recent illness when you compare it to the rest of the world as far as history, you know. But all of that comes back down to, again, the word education. It's educating yourself and getting to how to improve your lifestyle and doing so much more for yourself. Number five from the series, What's On Your Mind, Hawaii? On June 5th, 2018, hosted by Tim Apichella, it's called Kona Vogue Ignored and More. It's on our What's On Your Mind playlist. Kona's air quality is being adversely impacted by the Vogue produced by Kilauea's eruptions. Kona residents feel that government agencies and news media are not reporting the dangerously poor air quality in order to avoid a negative impact on tourism. What's On Your Mind also covered reactions to the recent NFL rule requiring players to stand for the national anthem or pay steep fines and covers opinions both for and against the new rule. So you live in Kona and you've noticed in the last week or so, week and a half, you've had some pretty bad cases of air quality issues. Why don't you tell us a little bit about it? Well, it started, of course, when the eruption began over a month ago, Tim, and it's been getting progressively worse. And on Tuesday, we blew a 154, which is in the dark orange and healthy for everybody range. And then yesterday, we were back up to 153. And it's ranged from the 80s to the high 120s in the weeks between those dates. And right now we're a little bit better, but I'm looking out my window at the ocean and I cannot see the horizon. And normally I see a real crisp demarcation line between the sea and sky. So it's bad. But the weird thing is that we're not being told how bad it is by anybody in the in the TV broadcast media. And also, I think during these these bad days, and I've confirmed this with both Civil Defense and the Department of Health, the Air Quality Division, is that there's really no official broadcast or alert about a high rating of bad air quality. True. And it's into us over here because imagine like looking at the map you showed, imagine if the tables were turned, imagine if that 160 was in Honolulu and that nice green four was over cone. Do you think that the news now, oops, I mean, Hawaiian news now would actually broadcast it and talk about it? OK, I mean, they have plenty of time to talk about Bruno Mars and Honolulu traffic. But this is a very serious issue that is not being covered. So do you think that's just how the news cycle works here in the state because Honolulu has, you know, close to a million people and Big Island doesn't? Or do you think there's some other ulterior motive as to why the reporting is not occurring? Well, there could be a bit of Big Island fatigue going on right now because, you know, we have to give credit where credit is due. They have all been doing an incredible job covering the lava eruption and they've been doing it with great compassion and with amazing detail. And in some cases, they've been risking their own safety. Staff pick. We also have a staff pick. This time, it's from the series Hispanic Hawaii on June 12th, 2018, hosted by Richard Concepcion. It's called Spanish Teachers Teaching Spanish in Hawaii, with guests, Maida Hickling. The show is in Spanish and English. It's on our Hispanic Hawaii playlist. Teachers are very special and they play an important role in our lives all the way from kindergarten to graduate school. They help us understand the world around us and how to become good citizens in our country. The future of any nation is in the hands of its teachers. Teachers can help in the development of leaders and great leaders build great nations. Education plays various roles in different stages of life. Learning different languages can give us a competitive edge in today's marketplace. And Spanish is the second most highly spoken language in the world. The guest for this episode was Maida Hickling. She is a Spanish teacher at Waipahu High School. She talked about the importance of learning Spanish and the benefit of her school's Spanish program. So you're receiving a word as well, monetary, so they can help? It's like an incentive that you can use for your personal classes. There's no restriction on that. And the condition of this award is that in March of the next year I have to go to Texas to compete against teachers from the southwest region that belongs to Hawaii, which are Nevada, California, Utah, Washington State. We're five states. Five states that are going to compete for each association. He sent his year teacher, so he's going to represent Hawaii. Wow, that's great. Well, let's ask you another question. I got this question and I want to know about the Hawaii Department of Education. Have a requirement that every student who graduated from high school had to have some kind of classes learning a second language. Why is that requirement? Because some of the colleges, especially in the mainland, require that you need to have a two year program in a word language. But because we try to help the students who have more options now in the past was mandatory for word language, but now they give an option that could be arts that is good. And it's important that they have a light, that idea, but that kind of divide the pie now. We have to fight with arts for that requirement. But this new superintendent, she has been very good promoting languages. Actually, she's from Puerto Rico. I don't know if you knew that and she's Spanish. She's fluent in Spanish. And she has been helping helping to develop a better vision for the word language program and hopefully stays the same. And there has been a big push for the seal of bi-literacy that is one of the the benefits for being part of an honor society. You can always find the links to these shows in our daily email advisories. 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Indeed, it was one of our top five talk shows this week. And we've added Taking Your Health Back, hosted by Wendy Lowe, which covers personal health issues and information to help you improve your health and your quality of life. It plays bi-weekly at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays. You can find the episodes on our Taking Your Health Back playlist. It was also one of the top five shows this week. And we've likewise added a new show called The Will of the People, hosted by Martha Randolph, which covers politics and public and political opinion in Hawaii. It plays bi-weekly at 1 p.m. on Thursdays. You can find the episodes on our Will of the People playlist. Go ahead, give us a thumbs up on YouTube or send us a tweet at thinktechhi. We'd like to know how you feel about the issues and events that affect our lives in these islands and in this country. We want to stay in touch with you and we'd like you to stay in touch with us. Let's think together. We'll be right back to wrap up this week's edition of Think Tech. But first, we want to thank our underwriters. The Atherton Family Foundation, the Center for Microbial Oceanography Research and Education, Collateral Analytics, the Cook Foundation, the Hawaii Council of Associations of Apartment Owners, Hawaii Energy, the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum, the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Hawaiian Electric Companies, the High Tech Development Corporation, Galen Ho of BAE Systems, Integrated Security Technologies, Kameha Meha Schools, Dwayne Kurisu, Kallamon Lee and the Friends of Think Tech, MW Group Limited, the Scheidler Family Foundation, the Sydney Stern Memorial Trust, the Volo Foundation, Yuriko J. Sugimura. OK, Cynthia, that wraps up this week's edition of Think Tech. Remember, you can watch Think Tech on Spectromosi 16 several times every week. Can't get enough of it, just like Cynthia does. For additional times, check out OC16.tv. 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