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ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
COVID-19 pandemic is life-threatening. We need to boost our body's immunity against infection. Literature review shows that microgreens can provide nine times more vitamins and minerals than…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
Since an effective and reliable antiviral drug against COVID-19 (caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus) has not been developed, research on novel therapeutic targets is crucial. The RdRp protein of…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by toxic aggregates formed by amyloid beta (AB) and tau, which kill memory and learning neurons. With only symptomatic treatments for mild-moderate…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease. Patients suffering from this condition exhibit a neuroinflammatory response mediated by microglial cells; this response h…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems
To assist amateur music performers, I have developed a general-purpose instrumental sound separation method that introduces "selective inference" and makes it possible for a large number of…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
Given the growing world population, the increasing energy consumption and global warming threats, the search for long-term alternative energy sources is of extreme importance. This project a…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Today, the water crisis is growing overall in the world, not only in terms of the little amount of water but also in the misuse of water resources. The paper and pulp industry is a major con…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Various car companies believe that driver monitoring systems are ineffective, so they try to introduce as much automation into cars as possible. The problem can be solved by creating an inte…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Memory impairment caused by Alzheimer's disease seriously affects the daily life and even safety of the elderly. For example, if the emergency medicine cannot be found in time, the valuable…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Phosphates are a major pollutant in waterways, coming from fertilizer runoff. Using varying concentrations of phosphate, species of algae, and light levels, I tested the hypotheses that alga…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
There is an unprecedented global mental health and substance abuse crisis including prescription drugs, affecting adults and youth. A recent FDA guidance requires abuse liability testing in…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
While watching Internet broadcasts, I thought that Internet broadcasters (= streamers) had a lot of work to do. Also Since Corona virus, Personal Internet broadcasting has also increased. Th…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The study examines the unofficial urban names used by the residents of Maunula, a suburban area in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Moreover, the study touches upon the etymology and sosio-…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The problem of research arises from remote education – Aprendo en Casa (I learn at Home), in the area of Social Sciences, taking into account the curricular educational competence "Builds hi…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
The relationship between Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) energy feedback and Star Formation Rate (SFR) has long existed as a debating topic with evidence showing positive, negative, and unrela…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
The hearts of humans as well as Daphnia magna are striated and neurogenic. In humans, substances that induce sleep also lower blood pressure and heart rate. Research indicates that when D. m…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
The remarkable ability of planarian flatworms to heal severe wounds, replenish missing tissue, and recreate missing organs has long captivated biologists, but across the hundreds of planaria…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of death in the world. Because humans form few cardiomyocytes post-birth, engineering new myocardium could transform the treatment of heart…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Solving various social problems—such as environmental pollution and epidemics—requires the majority of the community members to pursue behavioral change. The type of behavior adopted is dete…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Protein kinases are important anticancer drug targets due to their crucial role in regulating key biochemical and cellular processes. Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK-1) is a key regulatory marker fo…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science Second Award
This study evaluated the cytotoxicity of two Centella asiatica (CA) methanolic leaf extracts on the metastatic, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell line MDA-MB-231. CA is a plant regio…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Harmful algae blooms (HABs) containing cyanobacteria significantly lower oxygen levels in natural bodies of water, killing organisms in marine or freshwaters. They also produce microcystins,…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSC) utilize fluorescent dyes in a transparent material to absorb diffuse radiation in the ultraviolet region and re-emit it as visible light. The emitted li…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Fourth Award
As of April 2022, there have been 500 million cases and 6.18 million deaths from COVID-19 worldwide. Current treatments are limited, thus necessitating the development of an effective therap…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is an autoimmune disease that develops in humans resulting from inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. This is due to an overabundance of myeloid cells…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
The current pectin industry is built around the utilization of orange peels (citrus sinensis) as the most commercially viable option for pectin harvesting. Current estimates of pectin conten…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) also known as Exosomes which are secreted by cells and play functional role in cell-cell communications. Recent advances in EV field have shown that they can be…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics
In this study, a linear recurrence relation, a(n)=a(n-1)+ (a(n-1) mod m) where m is any odd positive integer, is investigated for potential applications in cryptography. The periodic sequenc…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
The Chrysemys picta, also known as the Western Painted turtle, is a very common breed of amphibian living in the Sandhills of Nebraska. This project investigated the change in location over…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems Third Award
Surplus nitrogen's runoff causes numerous environmental hazards, such as algae blooms, which endangers marine wildlife. Currently, farmers use 60-cent single-use test strips (returns qualita…