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ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
The family Cactaceae is recognized in Peru due to its great diversity of life forms, distributed along coastal desert, crossing the Andes Mountains and inter-Andean valleys to the Amazon tro…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
With the increasing number of urbanized people working with shifts and dealing with heavy stresses, the effects of sleep-related problems are greatly amplified. Our project aims to use cheap…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Muon scattering tomography is a passive imaging technique able to interpolate the elemental structure of high-Z materials. Given that development of the technique is in a stage of relative n…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Music braille is made up of more systematic and various symbols compared with text braille. Therefore, the translation of braille music requires extensive knowledge of the music and the brai…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
In this work, experiments were conducted that were designed to induce mutations in soil bacteria in an effort to make mutants that could grow in conditions similar to those on Mars. Seven di…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Fourth Award
The integration of deaf-mute people in our everyday life has been always a challenge for our society. Our educational application Mutasd! opens the door to anybody to easily learn to communi…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Strokes are a leading cause of death throughout the world, but little has been done to assess stroke susceptibility or provide retainable education for the subject matter. Increasing medical…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
Commercial fertilizer usage has caused drastic environmental impacts. Its use has lead to the overgrowth of bacteria, causing death to aquatic ecosystems, carcinogenic effects in humans, and…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
My ePass is a platform-independent infrastructure which enables individuals and businesses to establish secure and seamless digital communication. Worldwide, there is a big diversity of stan…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Parkinson’s disease is one of the most commonly seen neurodegenerative diseases. It has no cure and becomes worse over time. Parkinson’s symptoms often go unnoticed in early stages, leading…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Up to date, one of the key features of nanotechnology is its wide range of applicability across multiple biological scenarios ranging from gene therapy to immune system modulation due to the…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Second Award
To detect biomarkers, diagnostic devices must obtain small enough feature sizes to manipulate biomolecules that are just a few nanometers in size. Electrodes separated by a nanometric gap ha…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The current methods used to kill and inhibit microbes though rapid and accurate, these methods involve the use of chemicals and antimicrobial drugs which are harmful and can lead to the deve…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Supercapacitors (SCs) are promising energy storage devices due to their fast charge-discharge speed, long-term cycling stability, high power/energy density and high safety. In this study, pe…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Nanosilver particles can cause potential threats to animals, the enviroment, and even humans if taken or exposed to by a large quanity. So, do nanosilver particles commonly found in househol…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
We spend billions of dollars to clean up our environment from oil disasters all over the planet. The current methods never fully remove all of the oil that is spilled. The winds and ocean cu…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Fourth Award
Although conventional antibiotics have become a staple of modern medicine, resistance is becoming a daunting threat. Essentially, misuse and overuse has allowed bacterial strains to evolve a…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) hold tremendous potential in regard to tissue and bone regeneration. This study evaluated the effects of nanoscale surface topography and cell-plating density…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Most Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NP) are removed from wastewater at wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), but some leave the WWTP in the effluent and enter downstream aquatic systems…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Solar cell is a device that can convert visible light into electricity through photovoltaic effect. Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is a type of solar cells. DSSC works based on photo-elect…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
This paper provides a generalization of the Calkin-Wilf tree. The Calkin-Wilf tree is an infinite binary tree in which all nodes are labeled by reduced positive rationals and each reduced po…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Current cancer treatments involve chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and radiation, among others. However, these are non-specific, resulting in serious side effects. SAS1B, a recently discovered m…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
This is research on public attitudes toward children with HIV AIDS (ADHA). This study aims to determine: 1). What is the societies’ attitudes towards ADHA in Surakarta; 2). What are factors…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Civil and structural engineers are always trying to build a better mousetrap, in this case multi-story buildings that could endure the extreme forces of Nature. Borrowing a simple yet clever…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this research is to design and build an in-shoe fall detection system, as well as test the market for demand. The first phase of the project involved learning the Arduino lang…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The aim of this work is the creation of brain - computer interface for studies of human biorhythms. In the work conducted a unique experiment to determine frequency ranges of biorhythms in v…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a multi-faceted injury and is considered one of the leading causes of death and disability in soldiers and civilians. During injury, a surge in reactive oxyge…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
The discovery and development of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM) are continuous worldwide demands. Virgin Coconut oil, derived from the coconut frui…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
To understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the onset and progression of neurodegenerative diseases aiding the discovery of new therapeutical targets, it is crucial to perform in vivo…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Every minute, a woman somewhere in the world will die of breast cancer. Despite significant advances in the field, breast cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in women globally.…