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ISEF · 2016
With the rise of bacteria resistant to common antibiotics, scientists are having to research new sources of antimicrobial agents. Spider venoms have been shown to be of great potential as a…
ISEF · 2016
Medicinal properties of Cocos Nucifera are well known but lesser known substance of the Coconut palm, locally called manjh are used traditionally for wound healing. It is found at the base o…
ISEF · 2016
E-cigarettes are becoming even more popular than conventional cigarettes. Few studies have been done on the harmful effects of e-cigarettes as compared to conventional cigarettes. Since both…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This study aims to develop mask containing pregnane glycoside extract from Sansevieria trifasciata leaves as harmful gaseous pollutants absorbent. The leaves extraction was performed with 96…
ISEF · 2016
Nanotechnology has integrated with bioscience to offer several remedial actions against cancer. In this study, the known cancer inhibitory action of the ellagic acid (EA) was tested on chemo…
ISEF · 2016
The project prevents accidents caused by leakages of toxic gases resulting from petroleum and petrochemicals companies which causes threat to people's lives and the environment, so we though…
ISEF · 2016
As we know that water sensor is widely used in our daily life, industry, agriculture, building and so on. But traditional water sensors need direct electricity supply, which is power-consumi…
ISEF · 2016
Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) are one of the most aggressive subtypes of breast cancer. They have a higher concentration of cancer stem cells, which leads to chemoresistance and a l…
ISEF · 2016
Lacking reliable access to electricity is a major issue that impacts the lives of nearly 1.3 billion people around the globe. Without electricity, many individuals and communities cannot use…
ISEF · 2016
Food safety, quality, and composition have become major health concerns with ingredients sourced globally to satisfy our ever increasing demand for packaged, pre-cooked, and fast food. The s…
ISEF · 2016
With increasing irrigation and farming costs, new methods of remotely controlling and managing water use have to be created and applied. In 2012, a university began developing a collection o…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
The objective of this study is to test electroencephalogram (EEG) segments to determine if a logistic regression classification algorithm can predict epileptic seizures based on the variance…
ISEF · 2016
Differential gene expression analysis is commonly used to associate gene expression with a biological or clinical subtype of patients. However, patients rarely divide into homogeneous groups…
ISEF · 2016
In this paper, we have reviewed new modifications of heuristic algorithms based on biology principles which can be efficiently used for solving combinatorial optimization problems. Heuristic…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Sixteen percent of all deaths every year are caused by infectious diseases. Currently, many models over or under-predict the long term progression of diseases, and provide little information…
ISEF · 2016
A progressively neurodegenerative disease, Alzheimer’s disease presents a serious emotional and physical cost to patients and their families today. It is thus imperative that a cure is devel…
ISEF · 2016
Prevotella intermedia is an anaerobic pathogenic bacterium. It is known to cause infections of the mouth such as periodontitis disease and gingivitis. In addition, P. intermedia produces hem…
ISEF · 2016
The ability to detect and diagnose cancer greatly influences patient survival rates. Current cancer detection methods take multiple days to process, are inefficient, and relatively expensive…
ISEF · 2016
The number of found factors damaging cell DNA increases recently. To understand the impact of these new factors it is necessary to have simple method of estimating the impact level. The Come…
ISEF · 2016
With the agreement reached by the Paris Climate Talks, a dire need for renewable energy collection with greater efficiency and lower cost has arisen. The goal of this research was to develop…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Multiple Sclerosis is a progressive illness that affects the brain and spinal cord. 84% of people who have it suffer from a 'Clenched Fist'. My father has Multiple Sclerosis and I have witne…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose for this project was to discover whether golf courses or nearby preserves had greater arthropod diversities within their leaf litter. I hypothesized the leaf litter from the pres…
ISEF · 2016
- The spread of the public swimming pools in hotels and clubs leads to the spread of drowning incidents, especially for children. - We have searched for a means to reduce these accidents tha…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project is to determine whether garlic and rooting hormone, along with water, can be used to help Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) plants resist Ralstonia solonacearum bacte…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose is to create a particle detector in the form of a bubble chamber to detect dark matter particles. This is done through determining the optimal temperature and pressure settings f…
ISEF · 2016
Our Earth is in a multi-planet system, and this is thought to have been crucial for the formation of life. Yet it is poorly understood whether multi-planet systems like our Solar System are…
ISEF · 2016
Nowadays, goods are packaged and delivered by different types of transportation. Synthetic materials like polystyrene, which is high cost and not environmental friendly, was used to reduce d…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Huanglongbing (HLB) disease causes worldwide losses in citrus industry worth billions of dollars every year. The causative bacteria of HLB, Candidatus Liberbacter is transmitted by the Asian…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Silk sheath homogeneity is essential for the quality of silk sheath. Farmers try to increase silk homogeneity by hand distribution of silkworms on the horizontal frames. We tried to develop…
ISEF · 2016
The growth of new materials based on the self-assemblage of individual atoms is one of the most promising methods for achieving nanofabrication at the atomic scale. To achieve this goal requ…