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ISEF · 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This experiment was to test different concentrations of termiticides to effectively prevent termite infestation in the home, and to see if the average homeowner could make a cheap efficient…
ISEF · 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Since 2006 the over winter loss of managed honeybee colonies has peaked over 30%, double the acceptable limit. Continued high losses threaten worldwide food security. Over winter bees do not…
ISEF · 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The freshwater organism, Hydra littoralis, has served as an effective model for biochemical, behavioral, reproductive, and environmental studies. When well-fed, hydra reproduce asexually by…
ISEF · 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Mycoplasma bovis is a devastating disease in the cattle industry resulting in an estimated loss of $140 million in 2011. This causes mastitis, pneumonia, poly-arthritis, and otitis media in…
ISEF · 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment will expose the importance of why adults should be educated on medicine prescribed to them. Due to the similarity between methylprednisolone and prednisolone,…
ISEF · 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Clown fish (an anemone fish) Amphiprion ocellaris symbiotically lives among tentacles of sea anemone Stichodactyla gigantean without suffering any attacks of nematocyst discharge from the se…
ISEF · 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Proper and functional innervation of the heart by the autonomic nervous system is critical for healthy cardiac function. Inadequate innervation or an imbalance of the two branches of the aut…
ISEF · 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause posttraumatic epilepsy, currently 20% of all epilepsy cases are due to TBI. This research project studied the effects of TBI on PTE. The purpose of thi…
ISEF · 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Mytlius edulis, more commonly known as the blue mussel, is located in a wide area of locations that have colder water temperatures, such as the New England area. To determine if climate chan…
ISEF · 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of the experiment is to determine if the chemical Taurine repairs or prevents neurodegeneration in the chemosensory neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans, which can be correlated to…