ISEF · 2014
Lucid Dreaming
Chemistry
The objective of this experiment is to investigate the effect of Lucid Dreaming on improving motor skills during waking life. In order to prove this theory three groups of 8 were recruited a…
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ISEF · 2014
Musiclock
Chemistry
Although music is characterized as the world’s most common shared language, it can be quite abstract and complex. It is my mission to revolutionize the way how people learn to play and compr…
ISEF · 2014
Neighborhood Built Environment and Leisure-Time Physical Activity Participation among Adults in Utah
Chemistry
BACKGROUND: Research examining relative importance of multiple built environment features and their associations with leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) participation is limited in genera…
ISEF · 2014
Novel Analysis of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation on Amyloid-beta, Tau, and Motility in Transgenic C. elegans models: Targeting Potential Therapeutics for Alzheimer’s Disease
Chemistry Fourth Award
As the 6th leading cause of death in the United States, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects over 5.4 million Americans. Recent studies have hypot…
ISEF · 2014
Novel Inorganic Metallacarborane Inhibitors of HIV-1 Protease
Chemistry Second Award
Protease inhibitors used in clinical practice can be denoted as highly potent weapons against HIV. Unfortunately, the virus easily mutates and becomes more and more resistant. This is the ma…
ISEF · 2014
Organic Foods? Buy or Bypass: A Comparative Study Analyzing the Effects of Pesticides on Nutritional Content, Heavy Metal Toxicity and Pesticide-Induced Diseases
Chemistry First Award
The organic food market is the fastest growing food sector, yet it is unclear whether organically raised food is nutritionally superior to conventionally grown food and whether consuming org…
ISEF · 2014
Perception of Facial Expression of Emotion
Chemistry
More than 25% of people worldwide suffer from mental illness (WHO, 2013). Emotion is a subjective conscious experience essential to social interaction in humans, who express emotions primari…
ISEF · 2014
PNA for Use in Small-Molecule Libraries Derived by Combinatorial Solid-Phase Synthesis: Reaction Optimization
Chemistry
Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) are highly resilient molecules that are resistant to nucleases and proteases. As formidable nucleic acid mimics, peptide nucleic acids can hybridize with complem…
ISEF · 2014
Prodenit
Chemistry
Currently people live in a world where food demand is very large due to the number of people who populate the earth. To take advantage of the food produced , man has used various methods of…
ISEF · 2014
Psychological Defense Mechanisms with Students of Intermediate Level
Chemistry
The study on hand addresses the current Multi Defense Mechanisms of students at intermediate level. Where the study aimed to identify the prevalence of tricks the defense of students at inte…
ISEF · 2014
Psychosocial Variables Affecting Breast Cancer Patient Quality of Life
Chemistry
The role of psychosocial care for cancer patients has become a priority to include in effective cancer treatment. Estimates indicate that 88% of women with breast cancer recover from the dis…
ISEF · 2014
Pulsic: An Intelligent Music Player for Joggers
Chemistry
The aim of this study was to demonstrate that it is possible to influence the sporting behaviour intentionally by music and therefore to prove the concept of Pulsic - an intelligent music pl…
ISEF · 2014
Robot of Upbringing Genius Kids for the Future
Chemistry
This robot intends to solve mental disabilities, physical weakness and poor thinking among children. It also tries to find solutions to these problems which face children. Among these soluti…
ISEF · 2014
Role of Somatostatin Interneurons in Alzheimer's Disease
Chemistry
The neural circuits that subserve odorant processing are susceptible to dysregulation/attrition in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Studies have shown that early…
ISEF · 2014
Self-induced Sleep Loss: A Novel Risk Factor for Nighttime Food Desire in Adolescents and the Association with Brain Dopamine Signaling and Obesity
Chemistry
Obesity is emerging as the most significant health concern of the 21st century. Although the genetic factors and the popularity of energy-dense food cause the increased obesity rate, it also…
ISEF · 2014
Structural Snapshots of K. lactis Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Trapped with Transition State Analog Inhibitors
Chemistry Fourth Award
The use of transition state analogs to inhibit protein and enzyme activity has an extremely powerful application to medical and biochemical disciplines. Kluyveromyces lactis, along with many…
ISEF · 2014
Study of Binding Modes of Synthetic Coumarin Derivates with DNA and Albumin
Chemistry
Over the last years there is an intensive scientific interest to explore the binding modes of a small organic molucules which can interact with the DNA. It came out, that these molecules cou…
ISEF · 2014
Synthesizing pY Nanotubes: Toward a Phospholipid Bilayer Model
Chemistry
As more and more information is discovered about proteins, it becomes necessary to use an appropriate model for the phospholipid bilayer to study the function of intermembrane proteins. Nano…
ISEF · 2014
Testing Teaching Styles
Chemistry
Americans love to make reforms to education, and our most recent attempt is the new "Common Core," also referred to as "English and Language Arts Standards for Technology, Social Studies, an…
ISEF · 2014
Testing the Barnum Effect in Malta High School Students
Chemistry
The study of the Barnum Effect refers to the gullibility of people and how they perceive themselves and their personalities. Also examined was the self-serving bias and if subjects attribute…
ISEF · 2014
Testing the Significance of Racial, Age, and Gender Descriptors in Relation to Personal Interaction
Chemistry
The purpose of this investigation is to determine if people use age, race, or gender descriptors when describing or introducing themselves in a social environment. We hypothesized that descr…
ISEF · 2014
The Accomplice Silence: The Role of Spectators in Bullying
Chemistry
At present, in almost schools is present Bullying. Victims, agressors and witnesses coexist without being fully aware of their role in this phenomenon. The Investigation team focused on the…
ISEF · 2014
The Changing Face of Education: Development of a Pedagogic Computer Application and Its Effect on Student Cognition, Motivation, and Performance, Year Four
Chemistry
Recently, educational institutions have transitioned from traditional instructional methods to computer-based practices. Research must be done to ensure these modifications are not negativel…
ISEF · 2014
The Effect of Academic Rigor on Sociometric Status and Subjective Well-Being
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to determine the correlation between a high school senior’s academic rigor (number of AP/IB courses) and subjective well-being (the overall satisfaction wi…
ISEF · 2014
The Effect of Caffeine on the Development and Nervous System of Drosophila melanogaster
Chemistry
My goal in this project was to determine the effect on caffeine and the development and nervous system of drosophila melanogaster. To do this, I cultured flies with food that contained 0, 0.…
ISEF · 2014
The Effect of Developing a Multilingual Cell Phone Application Based on Voice Search to Meet the Satisfaction of the Islamic Art Museum Visitors
Chemistry
Introduction: The concept of legacy must keep abreast with saving and reviving it. This was an incentive to develop the possessions of Islamic Art Museum (IAM) as they have a major role in t…
ISEF · 2014
The Effect of Innovative Colors Learning Method on Students with Learning Difficulties
Chemistry
Learning difficulties are one of the most common difficulties that restrict learning and education. The goal of this project is to measure the effect of colors on students with learning diff…
ISEF · 2014
The Effect of Surface Temperature on Chemiluminescence
Chemistry
Purpose: Luminol testing is used by forensic scientists as a presumptive blood test at crime scenes. Because Luminol can detect the presence of blood that has been diluted 10 million times,…
ISEF · 2014
The Effect of Technology on Teenagers
Chemistry
Are the advance in technology really helping us? Or, are all of us just unaware of the consequences it brings? We wanted to see how technology really affects our generation by comparing data…
ISEF · 2014
The Effect of the Area of Visible Sclera on a Person’s Perception of another Person’s Trustworthiness
Chemistry
Do people make poor first impressions of a person based on their visible area of their sclera? People make misguided first impressions daily based on the person’s physical appearance. In ord…