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ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
This project developed a new statistical measure of effect size: rate-adjusted standardized mean difference (RASMD). The new measure represents an adjustment to Cohen's measure of standardiz…
ISEF · 2014
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The question to be answered is what water quality parameters contribute to the greatest amount of fertile Cephaloscyllium ventriosum eggs being laid. The main objective was to record how man…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The Birgus latro, commonly known as the coconut crab, is the largest terrestrial arthropod found in the Indo-Pacific region. Few research studies have been conducted on these crabs, as they…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
One prominent treatment for prostate cancer is androgen deprivation therapy, which slows tumor growth by targeting the androgen receptor signaling pathway. Unfortunately, most tumors progres…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Blinds are part of our society and they are suffering from several problems that s why the humanity managed to solve some of their numerous problems but I noticed that blinds can t yet enjoy…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical First Award
The utilization of half-metallic ferromagnets (HMF’s) has been proposed as an ideal method of producing spintronic devices, such as magnetic random access memory and magnetoresistive read he…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Reynoutria japonica (Houtt.) is an invasive species widespred in Europe. The aim of this research is to review the information about RJ and to identify metabolites such as phenols and flavon…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The problem of the project depends on the ability of non- functioning of most of the cars on the snow and in the event of Freeze , leading to the creation of crises and the progress of an in…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Third Award
The ability to be deployed through small access points and traverse through tightly-confined spaces much more efficiently than conventional mobile robots makes snake robots (a type of hyper-…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science First Award
The widespread use of CNTs in aquatic devices has led to an alarming amount of CNTs entering aquatic ecosystems. Due to their relatively new introduction, researchers have only been working…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
Overzealous MDM2-mediated ubiquitination of p53 characterizes and sustains over 50% of all human cancers. Targeted cancer therapy hinges on a thorough understanding of the ubiquitination pro…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
There are an estimated 5.1 million Americans currently suffering from Alzheimer's Disease, a neurodegenerative disorder, and by 2050, it is estimated that over 15 millions will be diagnosed…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Since the recent birth of the Network-On-Chip (NoC) paradigm for simulating System-On-Chip activity, various topological and routing models have been presented to advance processing technolo…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Recent advancements in the development and availability of small-scale wind turbines fit for urban environments necessitate an accurate assessment of wind flows in complex urban settings. Pr…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics First Award
As the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women worldwide, breast cancer metastasis remains refractory to current therapy. Residing in the Polycomb protein group and altering the chro…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
A biometric identification system that is coded in Java language on Netbeans IDE which automatically identifies a person by comparing previously scanned bitcodes of their iris. The purpose o…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Third Award
Gene regulatory network (GRN) studies reveal crucial pathways behind debilitating genetic diseases. While GRNs have previously been found via biological experimentation (bGRNs), recent devel…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The purpose of the project was to determine if adding carbon nanoparticles to a salt water solution exposed to sunlight would cause steam to emerge from the water without it boiling and prod…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Nosocomial infections, along with hospital errors, are one of the leading causes of death in America, resulting in 99,000 deaths annually. The problem being addressed is the prevalence of ba…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Analyzing how drugs affect the cell cycle requires cell cycle analysis. An approach using flow cytometry is limiting as the only parameter that can be collected is intensity. In order to obt…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Second Award
Although tuberculosis (TB) is the second leading cause of death from an infectious disease, affecting approximately one-third of the world’s population in some way, little is known about TB…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Currently, organ transplantation is the best treatment available for patients experiencing end-stage heart and kidney failure. Unfortunately, the ten-year survival rate of a transplanted org…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Black soybean is a medicine-food plant with high-protein kernel and black seed coat. This study is to investigate the effects, active components and its mechanisms of black soybean on promot…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
The egg timer test is a novel test that allows women to know how fast their biological clock is ticking. The test measures anti-Mullerian Hormone/Mullerian inhibiting substance (AMH/MIS), a…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
The purpose of this project is to design an energy harvesting piezo electric solution to power an internal retinal prosthesis system using the natural eye movement. The best and most recent…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The presence of noise is ubiquitous in realistic physical systems. Entangled quantum bits represented by atoms, spins, photons, etc., often go through a process known as quantum decoherence…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Second Award
One of the key challenges of wearable computing is to increase the efficiency and usability of human–computer communication, without burdening people with keyboards. This project proposed a…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Noise in data can mask underlying trends. These trends can consist of ramps, steps, spikes, sinusoids, etc., and may provide important information about the process being monitored. In order…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a type of arrhythmia, where atria contract fast/irregularly due to a dysfunctional cardiac electrical system. AFib starts paroxysmally, and advances to persiste…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Third Award
Melanoma is one of the deadliest cancers but can be cured if detected early. The purpose of this project was to create an accurate system that allows for early diagnosis. Image processing te…