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ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
The purpose of this experiment was to identify the effects of different Glucose Ketone Index (GKI) values on the proliferation of cancer cells. It was hypothesized that if a GKI diet of .5,…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Carbohydrates and alcohols can have promotive and inhibitive effects on bacterial growth, respectively. However, there exists an intermediate, sugar alcohols, which can have varying bacteria…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
The gut microbiome plays an essential role in human health, and our diet has the ability to alter it. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli are two of the leading causes of bacteremia,…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
With global temperatures on the rise due to Climate Change, decreases in Biodiversity and the increase in temperature sensitive illnesses demand further study to see how increases in tempera…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical
Modern society realizes the great need for environmentally friendly energy sources. Hydrogen was long known as a clean energy option but it is hardly found in nature as a pure substance. The…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
UVB radiation has been known to cause skin cancer by destroying cellular structures and creating mutations in DNA. UVB radiation (from sun) causes repeated cell DNA damage and destroys life…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
If rabbit waste is not cleaned adequately, it builds up in the cage and release toxic air particles into its surroundings. One of these toxic particles is ammonia. Ammonia can cause health p…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
The growing popularity of messaging has made it possible to send personal information to others in an efficient manner. Even though passwords are required to gain access to phones, many apps…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to scientifically look at the effects of sodium on greenery in nature. This project has 3 experiments: the first using beans, the second using algae (chlor…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
While chemotherapy and targeted therapy are common cancer treatments, both have limitations. Induced apoptosis is an attractive alternative. Mitochondrial apoptosis is controlled by the BCL-…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Traditional aids for the visually impaired, such as canes and guide dogs, have short detection range, poor coverage, and slow information transfer. We designed a device through which the vis…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
This investigation reports the finding of three new High Mass X-ray Binary (HMXB) candidates using Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) in the central 30 parsecs of the Galactic Ce…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Silica nanoparticles (SiO2) can selectively and safely destroy tumor cells when loaded with ruthenium complexes, reducing the toxicity of antitumor therapy. Approximately 44,330 patients wit…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
lt is always unpleasant and dangerous to be blinded by glaring light, whether from the setting sun or bright arc welding flashes. As conventional darkening methods provide an inadequate solu…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The goal of this project was to determine the most efficient number of fletchings on an arrow, testing to see how a change in this number of fletchings would affect the shooter’s accuracy. I…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Abstract The Frozen Iron machine The idea of the project is an iron working at very low temperatures to reduce accidents that can happen from ordinary iron. It is lightweight and can be batt…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Not only human, but environments also affected as the human is polluted by oil spill, metal ions and dyeing colour.In this study, a new super adsorbent polymer (SAP), fabricated by adding na…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
It's of scientific interest to develop techniques to analyze the large amounts of data generated by particle accelerators such as the LHC in order to complete the standard model. We've devel…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Asteroids are generally distant and faint, making exact estimation of their shape and size by direct observation difficult. One way of measuring them indirectly is to time the asteroid as it…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a multifactorial autoimmune disease. SLE is difficult to treat due to its various causes and progressions. The PRDM1 pathway has previously been implicated in…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving procedure involving chest compressions used to resuscitate those that undergo a cardiac arrest. Although Basic Life Support (BLS) classes…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
While the Department of Education mandates how many hours of instruction a school must have within a year, they do not specify how those hours are distributed between subjects. Each school d…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
The increase of non-point source agricultural chemical runoff and inadequate waste disposal systems has made remedying eutrophication one of China's most pressing issues. Phytoremediation is…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
As climate patterns change and more pollutants enter the environment, many devastating natural disasters wreak havoc on communities and the ecosystems around them. One such disaster is harmf…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
In the 1900s silver was used extensively as an antimicrobial agent. When antibiotics were developed they became very popular and silver as an anti-bactericide decreased (Alexander, 2009). Th…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Purpose: Analyze microbial biomass of soil samples from natural and restoration sites of Mulanje cedar trees to determine if a higher population of bacteria than fungi is present, contributi…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
Purpose A big problem of the present times is high concentration of carbon dioxide, constantly increasing global warming , as well as other phenomena, which are largely the result of obtaini…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Methane is approximately 84 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, making the emission of this gas to the atmosphere a big threat to rising global temperature. One of the…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
A number of grand challenges obstruct the world’s wheel of development. The world has numerous grand problems that affect daily life such as: lack of water resources, over consumption of ene…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Emergency rooms are overcrowded with patients seeking medical attention for lacerations, the most common injury after broken bones. Most cuts require a simple treatment: sutures or staples;…