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ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Neurotransmitter-release is regulated by several pre synaptic proteins where Syntaxin and Complexin are crucial. The locomotor activity of Drosophila Melanogaster adult animals was evaluated…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software First Award
A rapid, electricity-free cartridge for nucleic acid testing (NAT) from finger-prick blood is proposed to combat the high rate of undiagnosed HIV infection in low-resource settings. The low…
ISEF · 2015
Atherosclerotic Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) remains the world’s preeminent cause of mortality. Blood cholesterol, carried by low-density lipoproteins (LDL), is closely associated with CHD’s…
ISEF · 2015
Traditionally, human-computer interaction has been relegated to the keyboard and mouse. Today’s technologies, for example, 3D cameras and depth sensors, allows human to interact with compute…
ISEF · 2015
First Award
Daily human activities produce TCDD, one of 12 most concerning toxins, which enters rivers, lakes, and eventually drinking water. Research shows that TCDD accumulates for over 15 years in hu…
ISEF · 2015
The aim of this project was to synthesize silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and to investigate their effect on the luminol–hydrogen peroxide chemiluminescent system. It is known that AgNPs could…
ISEF · 2015
When liquid flowing through the pores of sedimentary rocks it will generate what it called streaming current. The measurements of streaming current can provide a crucial information on the f…
ISEF · 2015
First Award
This study presents a 3D magnetic positioning system using a single-source Magnetic Positioning Sphere (MPS). The proposed MPS system is composed of three mutually orthogonal coils and an Ar…
ISEF · 2015
First Award
Hypoxia and heterogeneity in tumor microenvironment is widely recognized as a difficult challenge in conventional cancer therapeutics. Our NanoLab group has verified the use of flagellated m…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
The purpose of this research was to determine whether magnetised Magnetotactic Bacteria can be used to generate electricity. Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) biomineralize intracellular nanopart…
ISEF · 2015
Make-ROV is an easy-to-make educational outreach ROV (Remotely Operated underwater Vehicle) which provides an ROV kit-set for people to use it as a basic observation use ROV or customize it…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Purpose: Breast density on mammograms has become a topic of increasing public awareness. A dense mammogram can obscure a cancer, and raises uncertainty about the effectiveness of mammograms…
ISEF · 2015
First Award
Proceeding introduction to Hawai‘i in 1902, Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) has established itself along the south shore of Molokai colonizing tidal mud flats, shallow bodies of water, coas…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this second-year project furthered the previous findings of mathematical modeling of wildfires. The first goal was to optimize the Cellular Automata model created last year in…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This experiment developed a technique for improved quantitative diagnosis of mental disorders using intentionally ambiguous feedback in traditional pattern recognition testing. Pattern recog…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project was to determine the effect of heart tissue deformation on cardiac action potential duration (APD). The hypothesis was that deformation of the heart tissue would…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
Radon222 is a chemically inert gas with an atomic number of 86. It forms from the natural decay of Uranium238. It is the second leading cause of lung cancer in Ireland. This is due to the em…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Recent research efforts in ambient RF energy harvesting are being focused on designing ultra-low power battery free products and maximizing the efficiency of RF harvesting circuits. But the…
ISEF · 2015
Currently, drug interactions are explained by the lock-and-key model which offers a crude approach to quantifying the efficacy of drugs based on receptor communications. There is no gradient…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
A method is described for the analysis of cotinine, as a metabolite of nicotine, in saliva samples. The aim of this method is to compare cotinine levels between two groups of both non-smokin…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this investigation is to assess the concentration of FD&C Blue No.1 in different beverages. Also, this experiment investigates how bleach interacts with the blue dye solution.…
ISEF · 2015
'Mechanics Simulator' is a program that simulates basic middle to high school level mechanics(also called dynamics or motion physics). It is based on Newton’s laws of motion. This program wa…
ISEF · 2015
Purpose: Cancer has become a common disease in today’s society and although chemotherapy is a prevailing treatment, chemotherapy relies on the use of cytotoxic anti-neoplastic drugs which of…
ISEF · 2015
Arsenic is one of the natural compositions of our earth's crust that can present many lethal effects to our cardiovascular system. In fact, many individuals especially in third world and dev…
ISEF · 2015
Corn (Zea mays L.) is a plant belonging to the Gramineae/Poaceae family, the third most cultivated cereal planet. This way, the stigma of the plant, also known as hair, silk, beard or corn d…
ISEF · 2015
The pharmaceutical industry spends billions of dollars researching and developing new products; however, late in the developmental process, it is often discovered many of these seemingly hop…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimers Disease is a neurodegenerative disease resulting in loss of brain function and memory, caused by the build-up of Amyloid-beta (Abeta) protein plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Background: Mesenchymal stem cells secrete anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial products. Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that results in infection with P. aeruginosa (PA) S. pneumoniae (ST) or…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
Hydrogels can be injected into localized surface tumors for the consistent release of anti-cancer drugs over a specific period of time. This project used metal-free “click” chemistry to deve…
ISEF · 2015
This study examines water quality and biota in Birds Creek to determine if levels decrease as the stream flows past a solid waste transfer station. Data collection Site #1 was 1600 meters up…