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ISEF · 2015
Currently, medical technology in the treatment of viruses is lacking. Current antivirals are ineffective and often try to work in complex manors inside the cell to protect of remove viral DN…
ISEF · 2015
The project is designed to address the shortcoming observed in conventional traffic light control system which do not vary their time allocation based on the volume of traffic. The volume of…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Last year's research determined that improvements needed be made to the past cooling manifold. The purpose of the past manifold was to cool a solar panel effectively in order to produce an i…
ISEF · 2015
I read once in an article that the wake angle (the angle that leaves an object when traveling on the surface of the water) of a duck or an aircraft carrier is independent of the object. And…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Emotions may become inappropriate, excessive, and even pathological, such as in major depressive disorders, with disabling and costly consequences of emotional dysfunction. The skill to succ…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Lymphoid-specific recombinases RAG1 and RAG2 act synergistically to generate a diverse T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire by catalyzing V(D)J Recombination, a site-specific recombination proce…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project is to test the effects juglone has on bacteria found in the body. If the bacteria are adversely affected, then juglone has an effect external from the soil. The b…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Fourth Award
The objective of my project was to inhibit the proteolytic enzymes of adult and microfilariae Brugia pahangi using protease inhibitors to see if these inhibitors could kill these parasites.…
ISEF · 2015
Gringsing sarong is the famous sarong with double weaving technique. Which is very rare technique in the World. This technique of weaving is the one of the three countries, India, Japan, and…
ISEF · 2015
Everyday more and more vehicles are put into production, and are meant to endure hard, corrosive work. Without the use of an engine oil or lubricant, engine failure is inevitable. Research s…
ISEF · 2015
The original question that was addressed was is an amateur astronomer able to locate and confirm an exoplanet of sufficient quality? If so, based on the calculations of the planet's radius i…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Chronic lymphedema is a progressive, disabling condition characterized by regional bodily accumulation of protein-rich interstitial fluid. It affects over 100 million worldwide, yet no pharm…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
For many, smart-phones have become an integral part of daily life. This study develops a user-friendly, robust, and secure method for authenticating users on smart-phones. The proposed metho…
ISEF · 2015
The current RFID positioning systems mostly use active tags, while passive tags have its own superiority concerning its low cost and free of maintenance. Besides, with a battery in every tag…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
The pericyte is a regulatory cell that rests on blood vessels throughout the body. It has multiple roles and is thought to be an endogenous source of adult stem cells. In the brain, specific…
ISEF · 2015
In modern society, humans are becoming increasingly dependent on fossil fuels. However, this leads to ozone depletion and the destruction of the earth. One alternative to fossil fuels is bio…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
There are several types of polymers with chemical additives. These polymers have different molecular structures and different practical uses. The purpose of this research was to determine th…
ISEF · 2015
Waste biomass material can be harnessed to be useful in several ways, from creating energy to creating novel materials. Using biomass also has the advantage of being able to decrease the amo…
ISEF · 2015
Waste, especially organic waste, is a global problem that has not been handed properly, whereas the leaves waste containing carbon and can be used as a pigment source in the ink manufacture.…
ISEF · 2015
After the Industrial Revolution, the world has witnessed a significant development in the automotive industry which in turn has produced large numbers of the types of cars that compete in th…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Arsenic is an odorless and tasteless chemical that leaches into ground water, and this contamination is found in the major water sources affecting the health of over 200 million people world…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project was to explore the properties of various types of thermally actuated artificial muscles that could be used to make exoskeletons. Using thermally actuated artifici…
ISEF · 2015
My project is called the Thermoelectric Generator and the goal of this project is to increase the efficiency of the car gas. The problem I found was that many cars waste very much energy thi…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project is to find a more efficient, environmentally safe way to reduce algae bloom growth. If algae growth is decreased by the growth of the bacteria, Bacillus subtilis,…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Mammary tumorigenesis converts Transforming Growth Factor-ß (TGF-ß) from a tumor suppressor in normal tissue into a tumor promoter in the later stages of breast cancer by inducing epithelial…
ISEF · 2015
Exogenous treatment of ethylene, the plant hormone is involved in the curling of cotyledons of Japanese radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus). However, even without giving ethylene fr…
ISEF · 2015
Epigenetics is the study of how genes are regulated at a level above the DNA nucleotide sequence. Methylation, the attachment of methyl groups onto DNA to upregulate or down-regulate a gene,…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Acrolein exposure decreased NF-E2 expression in human proximal renal tubular (HK-11) cells and induced renal cell apoptosis and increased expression of pro-fibrotic proteins. Interestingly,…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Syk, spleen tyrosine kinase, consists of two Src homology 2 (SH2) domains and a single catalytic domain that mediates downstream signaling cascades. Recently, Syk has been shown to be recrui…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Purpose of the Experiment Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a widespread metabolic disease, caused by lack of Insulin producing beta cells, or body cells Insulin resistance. Transcription factor Pax…