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ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Parkinson’s disease (PD), a progressive brain degenerative disease, affects over 10 million people globally leading to neurological deficits associated with tremors, rigidity, imbalance, and…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Poor balance in the elderly has caused many falls, serious injuries, and deaths over the years. To reduce the incidence of falls, a systematic assessment was done on the elderly population i…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Emerging evidence demonstrates that COVID-19 can lead to myocarditis and may induce malignant arrhythmias associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) during high intensity exercise. The objec…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The objective of this investigation is to create a functional prototype that activates when it rains and dispense dog treats. This will eventually help the dog owners protect their dogs whil…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
Inducing bacteria into cement concrete can increase concrete durability and therefore its lifespan by preventing microcrack formation from the absorption of water. Bacteria have cell walls w…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
According to the United Nations, about 1 in 6 of the world’s population suffers from neurological conditions. Microglia within the brain, aggravated by amyloidosis, serve as reactive oxidati…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Second Award
Plastic pollution is an environmental emergency. Since 1950, over 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic waste has been generated (Asad, 2018). It is estimated that between 75 and 199 million to…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Water quality describes the condition of water based on its chemical, physical, and biological state. Poor water quality poses health risks to humans and the environment, causing disease, an…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
The current Covid-19 pandemic has developed not only a global public health crisis, but also a very serious impact on production chains. Leveraged by the urgency of the scarcity of resources…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
High-power laser technology is based on ultrashort pulses, which enables research into particle acceleration, non-linear vacuum properties, or electron-positron pair production. Power=Energy…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The cost of the electrical energy from the grid of Puerto Rico is 30% more expensive than the average cost of energy in the United States. The high cost of energy has caused an economic burd…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Recent changes in climate, increased energy production, overpopulation, and inadequate water use and infrastructure led to freshwater shortage globally. There is an urgent need to develop ne…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
MCT oil was used to ease the created addiction.The experimental setup involved three groups, a control, nicotine, and MCT + nicotine. Over a week, both nicotine groups were treated once a da…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The rise of the fast fashion and textile industries has proliferated the release of toxic azo dye effluent into the environment, contributing to ~20% of global industrial pollution. Azo dye…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science First Award
One-billion individuals, one in six, suffer from neurological disorders. Encephalomyelitis disseminata (MS) is primarily an immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system (CNS) where…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics First Award
The Two-Way Partitioning Problem is an NP-Complete problem that seeks to find a partition of a set of integers: given an input multiset S of n positive integers, separate the integers of S i…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Antioxidants can be used to help prevent neurodegeneration and reduce reactive oxygen species (ROS) associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a C.elegans model. The ROS can tr…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Subliminals are stimuli that fall short of the average threshold of the brain’s auditory and visual cortex which have been speculated to establish correlations in the mind that affect one’s…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
While bone diseases may not receive as much attention as heart disease, cancer, and other serious illnesses, they account for more than half a million hospitalizations and the annual placeme…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
The problem established in this research was: Is it possible to extend the lifespan of the Danaus plexippus portoricensis butterfly by changing its diet? If the diet of the Danaus plexippus…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
Ecosystems depend on essential native bumblebee pollination to maintain biodiversity. Concerningly, bumblebee populations in the United States and around the world have been dwindling. Noise…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
Background: Human activity has added a surplus of noise to the ocean. The effects of anthropogenic noise are well-studied in larger vertebrate organisms, but although coral is a keystone spe…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The basis of this project is on a structural component known as a lap joint. Lap joints can be conjoined with bolts to connect two plates of metal together. Forces can be applied to the syst…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
The experiment conducted serves as a novel procedure in which lead extraction is possible in drinking water through the usage of bioremediation, which is cheap and affordable to socioeconomi…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
This study analyzed the effects of circulating adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) and insulin hormones on equine temperament as measured by a specially-developed temperament questionnaire. Given the…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry Second Award
As the world seeks safe, sustainable sources of energy storage, supercapacitors are becoming a lucrative option, with their rapid charging capabilities and long lifespans. Their adoption can…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease believed to be caused by the abnormal breakdown of proteins creating toxic Aß plaques. Copper is naturally occurring in th…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The purpose of this study was to determine which type of oil, synthetic or conventional, was most effective at maintaining its tribological performance when the oils experienced a simulated…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
The purpose of conducting the experiment was to evaluate the effect of distance on bacteria growth from hot air-drying machines. The rationale stems from researchers such as John Ross from H…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Ergonomics is the study of creating a work environment that is appropriate to a user's specific needs so that their productivity is increased and the risk of injury is reduced. Most projects…