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ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Coloniality is a vertebrate social system, observed in 13% of avian species, occurring when individuals breed in densely clustered territories. It is known that coloniality provides species…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Lowering a horse's heart rate is critical in many different situations. This study investigated the effect of classical music when grooming a horse on the neck and withers after exercise. Pr…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Neogobius melanostomus (round goby) are an invasive species that entered the Great Lakes by ballast water transfer in the 1990's. A crayfish location trapping survey within the St. Louis Riv…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Forest fires are quite common during drought season, we see the signs that warn us of the danger, but we hardly take into consideration what happens to microorganisms. Based off of experimen…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
One major issue facing the Florida Everglades is that of water quality. Poor water quality, including heightened concentrations of potassium chloride (KCl) in freshwater from fertilizers and…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
The giant apple snail, Pomacea maculata, is an invasive species that affects local waterways and those as far as East Asia. Attempts, ranging from trapping to mollusticides, have been made t…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Commercial palm oil plantations can influence world economic. In opposite, they may affect negatively on social interaction within particular communities and their surrounding environment. L…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Increased globalization has led to more diversity in the United States, yet, people are often reluctant to initiate interracial interactions. These interactions may engender identity threate…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Eutrophication resulting in algal and cyanobacteria (aka blue-green algae) blooms are an increasing problem in surface waters of the world. Just this year, Professor Paul Cox, writing in the…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Current cancer models in preclinical cancer drug research are not yielding effective treatments. The objective of my research was to study a simple three-dimensional (3D) spheroid method to…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Third Award
Blood analysis is a primary test for disease diagnostics. Most conventional blood analyzers are expensive and bulky, limiting their use in clinical central laboratories. In this project, I d…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and primarily age-dependent neurodegenerative disease that is the sixth leading cause of death in the US. An aged-onset model of Alzheimer’s disease in D…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Comic books, a form of American popular culture, offer a window into time, allowing researchers to track societal changes over several decades. The purpose of this study was to determine if,…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The objective of this research was to apply a newly observed spinning behavior of silkworms in silk sheath production. The spinning behavior of each fifth instar larva of Bombyx mori (grown…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The free-radical pathologies (FRP), including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer, were the leading causes of population mortality in 2014 according to the WHO data. The grade of DN…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder and its root cause is the aggregation of the protein a-synuclein, which leads to neural cell death. There exists no technique through whic…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The accurate representation of voter preference is a question in current U.S. Congressional elections. Shortest split line algorithms were used to test whether or not gerrymandering was the…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Bali has been known as a paradise, not only for its natural beauty, but also for its cultural values, tolerance, and hospitality. However, today we are witnessing the erosion of those values…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Yearly, more than 15,000 people die from aneurysms, making it the 13th leading cause of death in the United States. Today, many risk factors have been identified however no single cause has…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
With most people accepting the dangers of texting and driving, hands-free devices have been regarded as a safe alternative. The purpose of this project was to see if using hands-free devices…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The purpose of this project was to investigate “mistaken identity” theory and relate data trends in attacks to regular shark hunting patterns. External factors were also reviewed to determin…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Due to the fact that current conventional cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy, lack specificity, the development of new forms of therapy is essential to decreasing…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Bacterial infection of the human blood is a very common cause of illness and death. Rapid and accurate identification of the infectious agents is critical for proper antibiotic selection. Th…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The purpose of this research is to indicate the symptoms of a rare duplication located on the chromosome 16 and to propose more efficient way to diagnose the 16p12.3p13.11 duplication syndro…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The purpose of this study is to identify a statistical relationship between owning a dog and the Big Five Personality Facets. Many prospective parents have decided to practice with a dog bef…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The purpose of this study was to observe how conflicting classical reward conditionings affect the memory which is a basic concept of learning and memory, though poorly understood. The hypot…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Chromatin remodeling, modification of nuclear chromatin allowing for the regulation of gene expression, is believed to be an integral part of memory encoding. The enzyme PARP-1 and its produ…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Graphene is a crystalline allotrope with sp2-bonded carbon atoms in a hexagonal lattice. Its versatile properties, such as high mechanical strength, biochemical functionalization, and high s…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Third Award
This research project details the development and implementation of a novel biosensor utilizing gold nanorods for the early stage detection of HER2-mediated breast cancer. Aspect ratio depen…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
This project is to develop a novel targeted next generation sequencing (NGS) assay for early screening of Colorectal Cancer (CRC) using methylated DNA Biomarkers. CRC is the second leading c…