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ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
Mosquitoes represent a significant proportion of insect biodiversity, and yeasts fill important roles in food webs, decomposition of organic matter, and nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystem…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
Purpose: Colonization of Mars is one potential solution to Earth's rising temperatures, which requires efficient propulsion. The purpose of this investigation is to determine the effects of…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Pollution in freshwater ecosystems from chemicals, personal care products, and pharmaceutical products due to ineffective wastewater treatment poses a significant threat to both water qualit…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Daphnia magna is a large, invertebrate water flea species in fresh and brackish waterbodies. The Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) strain is a soil bacterium that produces toxic proteins which a…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Scoliosis is a common spinal deformity exhibiting high prevalence rates amongst athletes, specifically competitive swimmers. Generally, individuals diagnosed with scoliosis exhibit possible…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women, and tobacco smoke has been classified as a carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. While nicotine is known to…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
The hydraulic jump is a complex, yet familiar phenomenon of fluid dynamics. It exists in both household and larger settings, appearing anywhere from kitchen sinks to the outfalls of dams. Th…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Due to asthma, I took prednisone, an oral corticosteroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. During my 7th grade physical, my doctor noticed my growth rate had decreased from the 50th…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
An environmentally friendly solution to utilize fruit wastes as new raw materials by sustaining the fruit seeds for therapeutic use to inhibit certain bacteria due to their bioactivity and c…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this research was to determine how the brewing temperature affected the antioxidant levels of sagebrush tea . As an American Indian, sagebrush is important in my culture for a…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Stress is a growing issue in society, and results in the excretion of the stress hormone, cortisol. Cannabidiol (CBD) is anecdotally suggested to reduce stress; yet very little scientific re…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
In spin column-based plasmid DNA extraction, the chaotropicity of a buffer which most effectively adsorbs plasmid DNA to a silica surface with optimal elution concentration has yet to be det…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The effect of climate warming on the fate of pollutants has aroused attention around the world. Photodegradation is an important transformation process at the plant leaf surface for pesticid…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Cortisol is a hormone released in response to acute stress that regulates blood pressure, controls the circadian rhythm, increases blood sugar, and controls many other processes at basal lev…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Nutrition has been demonstrated to have a number of effects on development and overall health. As such, we sought to investigate the effects of the consumption of several nutritional supplem…
ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this research was to determine if hydroponically or soil-grown lettuce would produce higher levels of antioxidants. Antioxidants are an important substance found in many nutri…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Antibiotic resistance is one of the world’s most urgent public health problems. Every year in the US, around 2.5 million people get an antibiotic resistance infection, while 35000 people end…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
Pepper Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. capsici (FOC), is a serious soil-borne fungal disease causing a severe reduction in pepper production and has no satisfying treatment…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
The chemical compound bisphenol-a (BPA, classified as an endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC) for its ability to mimic the body’s hormones and therefore disrupt the naturally-occurring hormon…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology Fourth Award
An estimated 1 in 6 Americans is exposed to foodborne illness annually. Previous research observed increased numbers of microbial contaminants present in plastic food packaging for fresh pro…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
Finding new and more efficient forms of clean energy is necessary for humanity to survive the coming centuries, and although current methods of nuclear fusion are promising, they also produc…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In this project, classification of music genres with deep neural networks is explored. A Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) was trained to identify 10 different music genres. Using the GTZAN…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
In 2050, it is estimated that approximately 5.7 billion people will suffer due to the lack of clean water. Many studies have been developed to treat the water from various contaminants. This…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics First Award
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family proteins, consisting of HER1-4, are the most prominent causes of various human cancers, including breast, gastric, esophagus, lung, pancrea…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Causal relationships have been established between blood-brain barrier (BBB) & inner blood-retina barrier (iBRB) dysfunction and many age-related CNS disorders. However, mechanisms governing…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
Existing methods for COVID-19 informational websites rely on multiple sources that are not clearly labeled which leads to a lack of transparency and trust due to the fragmentation of data be…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Due to the global pandemic situation, several parameters have been affected within societies. One of those parameters is human resources, specifically, this research worked with students fro…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
We propose a novel approach to detect arrhythmias in Phonocardiograms (PCGs). Typically, many arrhythmia conditions are unknown until a patient is suggested an ECG/EKG test. This method, des…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
The industrial revolution impacts in ecosystem and animal's wild, while there are many organizations to protect this animal and environment from human’s behavior. However, Oman has variable…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software Third Award
While computers play an increasingly important role in every aspect of our lives, their inability to understand what tasks users are physically performing makes a wide range of applications,…