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ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Immunotherapy, the interaction between cancer and immune cells, is one of the most promising treatments for cancer. A prominent research area is the B7-H1/PD-1 pathway. PD-1 (programmed cell…
ISEF · 2015
Oil Palm Shells(OPS) are produced in large quantity by the oil mills. for the instanceit was estimate that over 4 million tonnes of ops solid waste is produced annually and only a fraction i…
ISEF · 2015
Superhydrophobicity is a physical property of a material wherein a drop of water beads up into a spherical shape having a static contact angle greater than 150 degrees. Inspired by lotus lea…
ISEF · 2015
Oil spills in the environment pose a significant risk to both the environment and the ecosystem. This science fair project has explored the possibilities of finding and characterizing oil-de…
ISEF · 2015
In this paper, we develop a method for a problem not heavily touched upon by existing mathematical literature: evaluating the constructibility of n-division points by area that can be applie…
ISEF · 2015
The Saffman-Taylor instability, also known as viscous fingering, forms between two fluids of different viscosities in a laminar flow environment. Viscous fingering structures are anisotropic…
ISEF · 2015
Cerny's conjecture is a 50-year old question which concerns the combinatorial field of synchronizing automata. In particular, it postulates that the maximal length of the minimal reset word…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening genetic disease that causes breathing and digestion problems in those who inherit it. The most common type of CF is caused by the deletion of a phe…
ISEF · 2015
My work is devoted to generating series of infinite words without repetitions. At the beginning of XX century the problem on constructing infinite non-repeating words was raised by a mathema…
ISEF · 2015
Propose of Project: It has been found that, during classes, a wonderful light band is generated on the blackboard when a laser pen irradiates light beams onto a metal pointer. The objective…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Our experiment seeks to prove the existence of elastic collision reactions occurring between ions emitted from a plasma beam and the target chamber wall. In order to prove this phenomenon, w…
ISEF · 2015
Organic photovoltaics are at the forefront of renewable energy because of cheap cost, nontoxicity, scalability, and rising efficiencies. However, PCBM (phenyl- C61-butyric-acid methyl ester)…
ISEF · 2015
The problems in communication and broadcasting of information that have sprung in the Educational Institution Ángela Restrepo Moreno are due to the inadecuacy of the space and the deficient…
ISEF · 2015
Supercapacitors store ten to a hundred times more energy than a simple capacitor; however, supercapacitors possess only one tenth of the energy of a standard battery. Therefore, through the…
ISEF · 2015
The development of volumetric modulated arc therapy – or VMAT – plans for radiotherapy treatments require the optimization of parameters such as gantry angles and multi-leaf collimator (MLC)…
ISEF · 2015
BETA-glucosidase, an enzyme found mainly in fungal species, is essential in the breakdown of plant material and participates in a lysis reaction that cleaves cellobiose into glucose, which i…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Due to its ability to serve as a linkage within larger molecules, 1,2,3-triazole derivatives are widely used in pharmaceuticals as means to facilitate stability, utility, and permeability. T…
ISEF · 2015
Improving ground-level and aerial intruder detection is a growing concern in the advent of threats such as drones for which current detection methods are inadequate. This research adopted a…
ISEF · 2015
The demand for Krypton-81m (Kr-81m), a medical radioisotope used for diagnosing lung perfusions, is increasing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Kr-81m is generated using the Medical cyclotron…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Stem cells offer the unique potential to differentiate into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth including heart cells. This experiment tested the culture condi…
ISEF · 2015
Artificial disc replacement (ADR) is a relatively new spinal surgical procedure in the United States that has had only a small amount of time—less than a decade—to be conclusively criticized…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Purpose 1. The first purpose of this research is to know the applicability of the tannin and catechin which are antibiotic to S.mutans and to know their effect to oral cells. 2. The second p…
ISEF · 2015
Presently, we are using fossil fuels as a major source of energy, but due to the growing demand of energy and the fact that they are nonrenewable, scientists have been searching for a suitab…
ISEF · 2015
Agricultural technology has advanced, so has its waste. Numerous studies show that fertilizers used on large scale farms often drain into local reservoirs of water, creating unique condition…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
Quantifying successful fertilization of free spawning organisms in the wild requires an understanding of how sperm and eggs interact under various concentration and temporal constraints. In…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
“Oysters have held the power of life and death,” according to the Oyster Recovery Partnership of Annapolis, Maryland. During the Great Depression millions of Americans relied on the eastern…
ISEF · 2015
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The study investigated the thermogenic properties of green coffee bean extract on a nonparametric group, as well as placebo expectancy in regards to weight loss. Subjects were measure in fou…
ISEF · 2015
The objectives of this research were to characterize the Mt. Kelud’s volcanic ash (VolcASH) and to utilize it effectively as enviromental friendly material. The activated VolcASH which is pa…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Technology enthusiasts claim that the digital age is coming and no one can stop it. Schools and businesses across the world are switching to use electronic tablets instead of paper. Unfortun…
ISEF · 2015
This research examined the effect of changing the parabolic equation of a parabolic trough solar reflector on its solar conversion efficiency. This research was conducted to advance the impr…