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ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) at the earliest possible stage is key in advancing AD prevention and treatment but is challenged by confounders with the normal aging processes in addition…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
This project designs the manufacturing and polymerization process for synthesizing filament in fused deposition modeling. The purpose was to enhance the flame-retardant properties of polylac…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Anthracnose is a post-harvest disease caused by the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz) and is present throughout Brazil, mainly in the Southern and southeastern regions characteriz…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Authors, Genes, Diseases, and Drugs in a Network (GADDNET) is a web-based platform that connects researchers and institutions via the genes and diseases they study. GADDNET can help research…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Supplemental herbs have been linked to improved layer performance in Gallus Gallus Domesticus studies. However, as these studies mainly focus on standard chickens, the relation between such…
ISEF · 2020
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Complications of robotic-assisted surgery are on the rise, partly due to surgeons not receiving proper training. Using the current Da Vinci (DV) surgical system, 150-3,000 surgeries must be…
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Prejudice on the experiences outside of heteronormativity may produce the teachers silencing thus collaborating with violence occurrence and dropout of young LGBT. In Brazil where the levels…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Because the organ and cell type that generated the tumor determine a patient’s response to therapies, quick and accurate identification of the p…
ISEF · 2020
Mathematics
Graphs are defined as a set of vertices and a set of edges consisting of unordered pairs of vertices. They can be used to model many real-world structures, systems and especially networks. T…
ISEF · 2020
Mathematics
A Gray Code sequence is a set of 2^n binary numbers in which only one bit changes between two consecutive elements and this property helps in reducing errors in data transmission in hardware…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
Nowadays it is very difficult for people who do not know about music to be able to create music that is pleasant for others. This study aims to solve this problem using Bayesian Networks to…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The sequences of most proteins are inferred from the longest open reading frame (ORF) found in their parent mRNA. While the rule is simple and convenient, it does not model the underlying bi…
ISEF · 2020
Mathematics
In our project, we create a virtual GeoMir, the inhabitants of which are polyhedrons, as well as virtual organisms, which we called ?-rodents. ?-rodents are able to build straight lines, as…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this project is to transform E. coli with the gene alkB2 from the marine bacteria A. borkumensis; to generate a strain of E. coli that can degrade oil in terrestrial environme…
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of the experiment "Getting Crossed" is it will provide coaches with a tool to help players evaluate and adjust their skills and thus improve their free throw percentage and inevi…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
This investigation researches if using amino acids instead of nitrogenous bases in bacterial data storage systems protects against the corruption of the stored data due to mutations. The hyp…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
The project used the memory shape and super elastic properties of nickel titanium alloy wire to move the fingers on a 3D printed hand. When nitinol heats to 500°C, the molecules set in that…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
We investigate the impacts of the interannual climate oscillations on the global mean sea level (GMSL) with data derived from satellite radar altimeter observations since 1992. After removin…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
With more than 93% of corn produced in the United States being genetically modified in some way, it is challenging for non-GMO corn producers to prevent contamination of their crop from GMO…
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of vaping in teenagers/adolescents on mental acuity. To test this, a mock Stroop Test was implemented and was used to test three different gr…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
When realizing extensive reading curriculum, instructors had to take demanding tasks to set up an appropriate infrastructure, and students were faced by so many unfamiliar words that they av…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
GraFX Cipher is a cipher in which text can be encrypted. We use the basic idea that all transformations made to a point on the Cartesian plane can be reversed in order to revert back to the…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues in the world due to low-recycling rates. In this study, I developed a general recycling method, Liquid Floating Pro…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Humans and some other animals detect non-nutritive artificial sweeteners (NAS). To elucidate whether honeybees perceive ‘sweetness’ from NAS, NAS (sucralose and acesulfame-K) were given to h…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
In this project, it is presented a ROOT developed database for gravitational waves (GW) signal decomposition. Thus, it allowed the analysis of two GW detection events: GW150914 and GW170817/…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Anemia is the most common blood disorder in the world, affecting more than 2 billion people. Iron deficiency anemia, in particular, affects more than 1 billion people across the globe with a…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Oil is a hydrocarbon material that can pollute the drainage system. The Hairy Enhanced Oil and Grease Trap function is to trap oil droplets from the wastewater. We are using human hair as th…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
There are currently 7.6 million blind people living in the United States. According to The National Federation of The Blind, “Braille is vital to literacy for the blind. Compared to listenin…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
The Universal Serial Bus is a serial communication standard that is implemented in most of the computer-like devices in the world. Despite its acceptance, government and private entities hav…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Nanomaterials development is of high interest for the progress in nanomedicine. The purpose of this project was to evaluate to what extent and in what quantities different types of nanoparti…