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ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this experiment was to see if convolutional neural networks can accurately predict whether a macroscopic image has skin cancer in it or not. Steps taken for the completion of…
ISEF · 2016
During the summer months, Alaska is an international crossroad for millions of migratory birds from around the world. To investigate the possibility of various avian influenza viruses carrie…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
The Amazon region faces challenges in providing its population with drinking and treated water. In Brazil as a whole, piped water only supplies 36.1% of households. The Amazon is the region…
ISEF · 2016
Around the town of Starobin wildfires are frequent – peat bogs burn. That is why making an available and eco-friendly fire retardant allied to peat bogs from local raw materials is so urgent…
ISEF · 2016
This project is the combination of three different technologies, merged together to implant in any diesel based cars/vehicle to make it ecofriendly. In the first place biodiesel was prepared…
ISEF · 2016
A method was described for the inhibition of lung cancer tumor growth based on the findings of a 2012 study which shows that mutations in ciz1 found in 98% of SCLC were responsible for cance…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The present project searched to verify if it was possible to utilize virtual reality technology to benefit students and teachers of elementary school, on behalf of learning and new education…
ISEF · 2016
The accumulation of microplastics, defined as plastic particles with a diameter < 5 mm, in freshwater and marine ecosystems is a growing concern. Fauna across a range of feeding guilds can i…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Biohydrogen generated from algal cultures can be an effective solution as cleaner alternative fuel to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Most of the related research is focused on limited st…
ISEF · 2016
The main purpose of this project is to see which direction of motor spinning takes better tire grip. When the motor spins, according to the newton’s third law, it always has the opposite for…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to determine the effect of biochar on the growth of Zea mays in different soil types, as well as measure the soil capacity of each. 8 pots were labeled, and 2…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design First Award
Characterization of excited-state behavior of inorganic complexes will limit the set of dyes for the optimal dye-sensitized solar cell. This study goaled to elucidate Jahn-Teller distortions…
ISEF · 2016
As a natural mechanism of extruding harmful substrates, bacterial efflux pumps have become increasingly relevant in the antibiotic resistance crisis. Spanning the outer membrane of all bacte…
ISEF · 2016
Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) is an inexpensive and effective method for disinfecting water that uses readily available materials such as Polyethylene Terephthalateplastic (PET plastic) b…
ISEF · 2016
Given the steady increase in CO2 emissions resulting from the combustion of biofuels in the energy plants in power plants in Qatar, it was thought necessary to find a way to reduce the CO2 e…
ISEF · 2016
Currently, over 1.5 million of the world’s population suffer from unsanitized water containing waterborne diseases. One of the most common diseases is enterotoxigenic E.coli. This disease de…
ISEF · 2016
This project investigates potential of transitive RNAi in human genetic modification, a phenomenon currently discovered only in viruses, bacteria, and plants. Transitivity allows gene-speci…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to determine the effects of new forms of smoking apparatuses such as electronic cigarettes (E-Cig) and vaporizers (V-Cig). The project was divided into three…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Diethyl Phthalate (DEP) is a commonly found endocrine disruptor found in the ocean. DEP comes from plastics that have been floating in the ocean and releasing certain pollutants, including b…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
The mosquito, Aedes aegypti, the principal vector of dengue virus has caused an alarming health issue worldwide. Commercial mosquito insecticides are readily available, but the vectors devel…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Previous studies at the Roskamp Institute and in other laboratories have demonstrated that the visual system is particularly vulnerable to the effects of repeated mild traumatic brain injury…
ISEF · 2016
Solar panels use the energy in light to free electrons create potential difference, creating a flow of electrons (current) and electromotive force (EMF, or voltage). Because electromagnetic…
ISEF · 2016
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is an actively researched disease since the underlying cause is still unknown. After a substantial loss of dopaminergic neurons in the brain a patient will experienc…
ISEF · 2016
Type 2 Diabetes mellitus is a global issue that is alarmingly increasing. Due to this, the development of research for an alternatively new medication is significant. The effect of various C…
ISEF · 2016
The sweet potato whitefly, Bermisa tabaci (Genadius) has become a major pest of economically important crops worldwide. Especially in vegetable crops in the lower Rio Grande Valley. In this…
ISEF · 2016
Energy consumption and refrigerants employed in air conditioning are an environmental concern due to global warming and ozone layer destruction. However, this problem can be minimized by the…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
My project addresses a long-standing problem at the intersection of computer science, cryptography, and game theory. A truly efficient system for secure multiparty computation (sMPC) has bee…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The security of data is a major issue in today’s society–one way to ensure this security is to use digital signatures. NTRUSign, the signature scheme based on the N-th Degree Truncated Polyn…
ISEF · 2016
Heavy metal spills are amongst the most perilous threats to current and future populations. Once an environment is over polluted with heavy metals, there is no natural intercession for its r…
ISEF · 2016
The project is a theoretical and experimental study of electro sensitive elastomers, more specifically polydimethylsiloxane, which is concretized in a comparison of polymers based on polydim…