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ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Transcriptional pausing, the inhibition of RNA polymerase (RNAP) elongation during transcription, is a vital regulator of DNA transcription that offers increased control over gene expression…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this research is to investigate which genetic mutations are responsible for Uveal Melanoma (UM), a rare subtype of melanoma but the most frequent primary cancer of the eye. Ge…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Acute cardiac arrhythmias are the No. 1 killer in industrialized countries; the mechanisms behind the onset and electrical dynamics are poorly understood, and mathematical modeling is limite…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
With the advent of atomic resolution imaging techniques comes the challenge of disentangling the intrinsic electronic properties of materials from their stochastic atomic-scale disorder. In…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
When an oil well is drilled, water must be injected to provide easy access to the crude oil in the shale. After, when the oil is pumped, wastewater is produced. This wastewater must be treat…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Creating efficient deep neural networks involves repetitive manual optimization of the topology and the hyperparameters. This human intervention significantly inhibits the process. Recent pu…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
The objective of this work was to evaluate the environmental quality of a forested area of Parque Natural San Francisco, throughout the measurement of the ecological attributes of diurnal bu…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Purpose: Weeds in agriculture compete for energy resources, decreasing yields and increasing labor costs. Herbicides to kill weeds are toxic to human health, environment and most importantly…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Individuals who suffer from lactose intolerance are deficient in the digestive enzyme lactase, which breaks down lactose (sugar in dairy milk). So, they take the lactase enzyme supplement La…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
The random use of antibiotics by people, especially taking them at the slightest pain in throat, or tonsils affects the immunity in the body. As the pain could be caused by a bacteria or a v…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Cancer research is a priority for medicine and modern society. Melanoma is considered one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, since this tumor has aggressive behavior and it is metastati…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
This experiment is meant to understand the relationship between the plane of rotation of a sound/light emitting body in circular motion and the resultant shift in its frequency as per Dopple…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
A Doppler Radar System is presented which is suitable for reporting sudden changes of streamflow. The system includes a Doppler radar transceiver and uses Digital Signal Processing to detect…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In light of the increasing growth of depression, anxiety and behavioral disorders among children between (6-11) years old, which demonstrate the importance of understanding children psycholo…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Lygodium Microphyllum is an invasive species relatively new to Central Florida. It out-competes and destroys varieties of plants in multiple ecosystems. Currently, detection in Central Flori…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
The increasing use of drones by commercial enterprises is creating a growing demand for professional pilots. This demand is not being met due to the initial intimidation and expense of purch…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Diabetes affects 30 million Americans, and costs $300 billion a year. The first regimen prescribed to new patients is usually metformin: it is very effective at reducing the level of sugar i…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical
Now-a-days water scarcity is a crucial global issue, it is also known that accident rates on highways in many countries are at an all-time high due to improper lighting at night. First one i…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a prevalent herpesvirus which is strongly implicated in the development of numerous cancers. Central to tumor progression, hypoxia has also been demonstrated to p…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics Fourth Award
I developed a new method to analyze expanding maps with indifferent fixed points. I applied this method to specifically analyze the iterations of the tangent map, proving both measure-theore…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
In India, small shops and houses are constructed from cement bricks with metal sheets as roofs due to which temperature is high inside particularly in summer. Biodegradable thermal insulator…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Third Award
Brazil is the biggest orange producer in the world and the state of Paraná is the third biggest producer in Brazil. Because this fruit has low shelf life, agrochemicals are widely used to co…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Education is very essential part of our life. If we take care of it, this will lead to great impacts on many other aspects. Recently, the role of modern technology has been shown clearly in…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Measurements of the effectiveness of detergents are important for both producers and consumers of detergents in the multi-billion global detergent market. Current methods of measuring deterg…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Solid waste management is a major concern for Pakistan like many other developing countries. Now with arising climatic impacts on hand, waste management has become an inevitable problem for…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Emissions caused by burning of fossil fuels have tremendously increased acid deposition on earth in the form of sulphuric and nitric acids along with rain, fog, mist and snow badly affecting…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine if English-Spanish bilinguals have more Stroop Interference than English monolinguals. This is important because little research has been done on…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Point of care technology, which monitors the human body through direct-contact sensors, has been on the rise. The next step would be to sense problems and then release medicine or nano-techn…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
BACKGROUND: The androgen receptor (AR) is the driving force of prostate cancer growth. The AR is a nuclear receptor which, upon activation, goes to the nucleus and promotes transcription of…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
There has been substantial growth in the prevalence and popularity of electronic cigarettes since they were developed in 2004, possibly due to advertisements that market them as a safer alte…