ISEF · 2015
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Biomedical and Health Sciences
Illiteracy, elder abandonment, elder abuse, poor scientific awareness, misunderstanding of what science really is... These are just some of the problems our societies face nowadays and makes…
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ISEF · 2015
Search for New Ways to Improve Immune Response against Cancer: Modulation of FASL (CD95L) by Lipid Mediators on Lymphocytes
Translational Medical Science
Searching mechanisms to improve the immune system against cancer can be an alternative for treatments used nowadays. In that way, my project studies the relation of lipid mediators (such as…
ISEF · 2015
Simultaneous Inhibition of the PI3K/mTOR and Raf/MEK/ERK Pathways in Melanoma
Translational Medical Science
Melanoma stands as a growing problem in the world, and kills thousands of people every year. In an attempt to find a method of limiting the rapid proliferation and unchecked growth exhibited…
CSEF · 2015
Smokin' Spiders: An Investigation of Secondhand Smoke on Spider Webs
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine whether or not secondhand smoke exposure was detrimental to the average strength of spider webs. If Parasteatoda tepidariorum…
ISEF · 2015
Sorting Nexin 27, a Novel Target Gene to Prevent Tumor Metastasis in Highly Aggressive Breast Cancer Cells
Translational Medical Science
Sorting Nexin 27 (SNX27) belongs to a super family of sortin nexins which mediate protein-protein interaction in intracellular trafficking, membrane remodeling, organelle motility, tight jun…
ISEF · 2015
Stay Tuned! Comparing the Effects of Long and Short-Term Auditory Stimulation for Increasing the Sensitivity of a Person’s Hearing
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In this investigation, the high frequency hearing sensitivity of 200 subjects were tested, replicating the author’s study performed in 2008 with 178 subjects. The results of this longitudina…
ISEF · 2015
Sting Me Not! Inhibiting Copula sivickisi (Box Jellyfish) Stinging Cell Discharge
Translational Medical Science
Introduction: Throughout the tropical Pacific, box jellyfish pose a medically significant sting danger to beach-goers, tourists, & swimmers. Cnidae or stinging cells, including the nematocys…
CSEF · 2015
Sunscreen: Friend or Foe? The Effect of Coppertone and Reef Safe Biodegradable Sunscreen on Ghost Shrimp
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the safety of sunscreen containing Oxybenzone as compared to reef safe biodegradable sunscreen on marine life by testing how each sunscreen aff…
CSEF · 2015
Swimming In Sweetness: The Effects of Artificial Sweeteners on Daphnia magna
Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see if daphnia are affected by artificial sweeteners since some of these compounds have been detected in waste water, landfill leachate,…
ISEF · 2015
Teaching Young Chefs
Biomedical and Health Sciences
We decided to investigate about the eating habits in young children between 5 and 11 nowadays as well as why they have acquired them. The research was done among children who live in Rosario…
CSEF · 2015
Testing the Adhesive and Toxic Properties of Bioremediated Oil
Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test which of 3 types of bioremediation agents,each with different mode of action and listed on NCP(Nat.Contingency Plan)NA(Nutrient Additive)MC(Microbia…
CSEF · 2015
The Anti-Cancer Effect of Green Tea and Ashwagandha
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The object of this study is to investigate if there is a therapeutic benefit in combining green tea and ashwagandha, in the form of dietary supplements, to fight against can…
ISEF · 2015
The Correlation Between Level of Self-determination and Severity of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Throughout history, the horrors of combat have left their mark on soldiers around the world through more than just external battle wounds. As years have passed, the number of men and women d…
ISEF · 2015
The Effect of Age and Gender on the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimonies
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Eyewitness testimony plays a major role in jury verdicts. This experiment is designed to determine if—and how—gender and age affect the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. We hypothesized that…
CSEF · 2015
The Effect of Ascorbic Acid on Alcohol Exposed Bovine Biological Catalysts
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Our experiment was to determine if different durations of ascorbic acid exposure positively affects a liver's enzymatic activity after being previously exposed to alcohol. M…
ISEF · 2015
The Effect of Bilingualism on the Multitasking Ability of Adolescents
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The effect of bilingualism on the multitasking ability of adolescents was investigated by comparing the performance of twelve monolingual and twelve bilingual subjects on a nineteen-question…
CSEF · 2015
The Effect of Ibuprofen on Physarum polycephalum
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to find the effect of Ibuprofen on Physarum Polycephalum's (P.P.) speed and microscopic makeup. The hypothesis states that if Ibuprofen is gi…
ISEF · 2015
The Effect of Multitasking on Reading Comprehension in Teens
Biomedical and Health Sciences
With cell phone use becoming ubiquitous in the academic lives of teenagers, high school students use their cell phones for social connection in a multitasking way while studying and doing ho…
CSEF · 2015
The Effect of Nail Polish on Nail Growth
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine if nail polish affects nail growth. Methods/Materials Before the project was performed a hypothesis was formed stating that t…
CSEF · 2015
The Effect of Neonicotinoid Chemicals on Bee Health
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To determine the effect of neonicotinoid chemicals on the health of honeybees. Methods/Materials Varying levels of neonicotiniod chemicals were given to 11 different groups…
CSEF · 2015
The Effect of Nicotine on Tau Protein in Artemia salina
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Due to the fact that Tau protein failure has been linked with the disease Alzheimer#s, and in-taking nicotine has become so prominent, this experiment has been designed to b…
ISEF · 2015
The Effect of Shape, Weight, and Diameter on Haptic Perception: An Active Haptic Sensing Study of the Predicted and Actual Grip Forces and their Impacts on Weight Detection Thresholds
Biomedical and Health Sciences
It is necessary to better understand human haptics because of the explosion of multi-sensory interfaces and growing need for devices that utilize weight perception to decide force required f…
ISEF · 2015
The Effect of Small Molecule Activators of PP2A (SMAPs) on N-Myc Driven Neuroblastomas
Translational Medical Science
Neuroblastoma is the most common extra-cranial solid cancer in children and there is about one case in 7000 live births, resulting in approximately 700 cases in the US alone. About 25% of ne…
CSEF · 2015
The Effects of Agricultural Runoff on Periphytic Algae
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find if and at what concentration is algae affected by both pollutants. Methods/Materials We made a half series dilution for six different concentrations…
ISEF · 2015
The Effects of Light Exposure at Night on Circadian Regulation of Expression of and Damage from the Retrotransposon L1
Translational Medical Science
This project explored the carcinogenic effects of light exposure at night (LAN). This research is important because LAN exposure, causing circadian disruption, is becoming increasingly wides…
CSEF · 2015
The Effects of Momordica charantia on the Reproductive Rate of Drosophila melanogaster
Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the science fair project is to investigate the long term effects of bitter melon seed on the Reproductive rate of the Drosophila melanogaster. The hypotheses…
CSEF · 2015
The Effects of Pseudoephedrine on the Cardiovascular System of the California Blackworms
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Popular illegal street drug Crystal Meth, composed mainly of Pseudoephedrine, can cause physical and psychological effects. In addition, this addictive substance can increas…
CSEF · 2015
The Effects of Salt Intrusion on Plant Growth
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see the effect of salt on plant growth. Methods/Materials I planted 40 snap peas with 10 in each section (in total there were 4 sections). Once a week I…
ISEF · 2015
The Effects of Technological Devices on Short-Term Memory
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Technology plays a key role in today’s society, but with all the buzz about its benefits, the effects it has on our memory and mental well-being are often overlooked. Heavy technology use ha…
ISEF · 2015
The Effects of Using Indirectly-Educational Games as a Tool for Education and Skill Improvement
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Games have been a part of our lives since prehistoric times, an integral part of all cultures and are one of the oldest forms of human social interaction. In modern times, it is the largest…