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ISEF · 2014
Chemistry Fourth Award
Based on the results of previous work done by the researcher, which showed that quadruplex-forming oligonucleotides induced cell death in four breast cancer cell lines, this project studied…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Upon encountering antigens in the germinal centers of peripheral lymphoid organs such as the spleen or lymph nodes, mature B-lymphocytes undergo class switch recombination (CSR). CSR alters…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
In this work, our aim is to design and made a low-cost vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) operating in the temperature range between 20 and 500 °C for the study of magnetic properties of ma…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
World energy consumption is expected to increase 53% by the year 2035, with a continuing dependence on fossil fuels. Therefore, the examination of alternative fossil fuel and biofuel combust…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
The well-known Jensen inequality: f(x_1 )+f(x_2 )+...+f(x_n)=nf(x_0),where l(x_1 )+l(x_2 )+...+l(x_n)=nl(x_0), holds true if f is convex functions and l(x)=x. However, we found that it is po…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a growing problem worldwide and has no treatment. Tau protein misfolding is linked to AD. Tau is an intrinsically disordered protein, hence natively unfolded in s…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The purpose of this study was to analyze a superconducting maglev launch system for its feasibility to minimize the loss of launch energy and to efficiently propel a projectile using the Mei…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
Overzealous MDM2-mediated ubiquitination of p53 characterizes and sustains over 50% of all human cancers. Targeted cancer therapy hinges on a thorough understanding of the ubiquitination pro…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
A biometric identification system that is coded in Java language on Netbeans IDE which automatically identifies a person by comparing previously scanned bitcodes of their iris. The purpose o…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The presence of noise is ubiquitous in realistic physical systems. Entangled quantum bits represented by atoms, spins, photons, etc., often go through a process known as quantum decoherence…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
The first year's study involved the invention of a novel concentration cell with a single-liquid compartment for green energy harvesting. This year's goal was to improve the performance of t…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
In this work, we observe that the right triangle with integral side lengths possess an interesting feature that the slope of the bisector of each respective interior angle is a rational numb…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry Fourth Award
This project examines two specific factors that influence the accuracy and confidence of eyewitness identification in criminal proceedings. Post-Identification Feedback refers to comments ma…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Blindness forms a significant barrier to participate in physical activities including entertainment. Playing video games is one way of having fun. At present the current video game technolog…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
Purpose: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are new battery-powered devices that resemble tobacco cigarettes and convert nicotine solutions into inhalable vapors. Thirdhand exposure occurs…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
A new kind of fire-retardant thermal insulating polymer material was studied. In order to improve the brittleness of phenolic foam and reduce its production cost, the tar crude phenol was us…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Fruits and vegetables provide us nutrition including vitamins and minerals to stay healthy – both mentally and physically. In pursuit of a pest-free produce, farmers use pesticides, far abov…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Fourth Award
Cancer recurrence affects a large percentage of patients who have finished initial treatment. Unfortunately, with current detection methods, the chance of tumor regrowth can be high. Therefo…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Bioaugmentation is a developing method of remediating the disastrous effects of oil spills. If the existing species of hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria can be augmented through the addition of n…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The quantity and quality of the apple crop mostly depends on the pollination in apple orchards during March-April, for that apple grower’s use many techniques to pollinate. They use polliniz…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Buildings need strong wood beams to hold them up and support them. Can a composite laminated wood beam made out of the strongest woods under tensile and compression forces hold up and suppor…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
In recent years fluorine has become increasingly important to the pharmaceutical industry. Coupled with already-potent drugs, fluorine has allowed common therapies to become even more effect…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
One of the most famous mathematical problems is that of constructing figures with the aid of an unmarked straightedge and compass. A subset of this field concerns the regular polygons that c…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Despite the recent growth of software-based technologies, educating students in computer science (CS) remains a challenge. In the next decade, there is expected to be 1 million more tech job…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Fourth Award
Electricity is a proposed treatment for biofilms. I compared three electrical approaches to treat bacterial biofilms: passage of current through/across biofilms, an electric field, and direc…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
This study was conducted to determine if utilizing a shroud around a small-scale horizontal-axis wind turbine can increase its electrical power output. Three shrouds were constructed out of…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
This study investigated the prevalence of relationships between equid body size and climate by comparing the El Golfo and Rancho La Brea horse second phalanges. Bergmann's rule, which states…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Halyomorpha halys, or the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, is an exotic pest in the United States that causes widespread damage to crops and fruits. The purpose of this experiment was to find a u…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
This project sought to investigate if, curvature forms of Cones, Chutes, and Coils could be better options than Winglets as wingtip devices that minimized wingtip vortices. Attempts also mad…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
Introduction: Bacteria develop resistance to ß-lactam antibiotics by synthesizing a ß-lactamase to counteract this. It is vital to examine the genetic elements within the ß-lactamases that c…