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ISEF · 2016
This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of using bio-waste to remove the total coliform count and Escherichia coli in raw river water. The goal of the investigation is to help villa…
ISEF · 2016
Every year, 7 million people die around the world due to air pollution related causes, and 4,400 people die every day in China alone. Lung cancer rates have risen 465% in the last 30 years.…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
Heavy metals are increasingly found in drinking water worldwide from road, mining, agriculture and factory runoff. The heavy metals arsenic, cadmium, copper and lead are carcinogenic and cau…
ISEF · 2016
Nutrient pollution is a widespread and serious contamination issue that occurs when excess aqueous phosphate causes severe algal growth, which curtails dissolved oxygen in freshwater bodies…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Many outdoor extremists encounter loss of power for lighting, navigation, and communication devices in times of demand. Small problems soon escalate to major issues in absence of these techn…
ISEF · 2016
Acne is a problem all too common in teenagers that can seriously affect self-esteem and social interaction among adolescents. Therefore, tackling acne is of paramount importance at this age…
ISEF · 2016
Single atomic layer (2-Dimensional Semiconductor) materials may be fabricated from whole crystals. An example of fabrication is exfoliation of graphene from pyrolytic graphite. Many of these…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
A survey of the degree of sensitivity of Anopheles Albimanus to organophosphate and carbamate insecticides was made in the locations of Aguas Claras in the region of Madugandi and Felipillo…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
Resistant starches are resistant to digestive enzymes in the small intestine and have numerous health benefits. Naturally present in raw starchy foods, much of it is lost in the cooking proc…
ISEF · 2016
Coronaviruses can cause fatal respiratory diseases in humans and are responsible for the most recent worldwide outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) that claimed more than…
ISEF · 2016
One of the major problems in contemporary architecture is that most people are not satisfied with the environment of the monotonous concrete jungles left to us by the communist era. The goal…
ISEF · 2016
The traditional papermaking industry consumes enormous energy and causes serious pollution. In addition, a lot of paper is wasted. How can be the paper reusable? In this study, a new type of…
ISEF · 2016
The project arose from the assumption that the reuse of waste cooking oil is insufficient; oils have low solubility in aqueous medium, causing pollution and suffocation of aquatic life. I al…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing (ESBL) bacteria are resistant to virtually all antibiotics, including carbapenems which are often considered the antibiotics of last resort, and ne…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
The newly designed test tube presented in this abstract would improve on the design of blood test tubes commonly used by hospitals, clinics, and both research and commercial laboratories all…
ISEF · 2016
The goal of this research was to clone both the lacc2 gene and the cbhI gene from Pleurotus ostreatus into the common yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The Lacc2 coding sequence is 1.57 kbp l…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Although the great porosity of metal organic frameworks (MOF) has been used to achieve excellent gas adsorptive properties, MOFs still largely remain unexplored for electrochemical energy st…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Bacteria small ribonucleic acids (sRNAs) are important cell regulators. Bacterial cells naturally take up nucleic acids in order to better regulate functions. However, bacterial cells that a…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Silicate weathering processes have immobilized CO2, contributing to the regulation of greenhouse gas effects. Due to the similarity between composition of silicate and phytolith (an amorphou…
ISEF · 2016
Project's Goals: During the healing process of a patient with a broken leg the doctor instructs him to put a certain load on his leg. This load is translated by the doctor to weight. The pur…
ISEF · 2016
10199 Chariklo, a centaur and minor planet, is the smallest identified ringed object within the Solar System following the identification of a ring system in 2013. The relatively low mass of…
ISEF · 2016
Through the application of remote sensing technology and the utilization of ArcGIS mapping software, this study validates the importance of riparian vegetation, and extends this knowledge fu…
ISEF · 2016
The objective of the “Robot Arm Complement” project is to improve the production in manipulation of light objects process, reducing the time in manufacturing processes. The robot arm can man…
ISEF · 2016
Chronic wounds are a major and growing healthcare issue in American society. In chronic wounds, decreased rates of keratinocyte migration and proliferation cause wounds to heal abnormally. T…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Preterm infants are at a high risk of developing diffuse white matter injury (DWMI) after chronic hypoxia. DWMI is a leading cause of permanent neurodevelopmental disabilities and has been l…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
In this study, I demonstrate the tuned liquid dampers (TLD) consist of paraboloidal tanks equipped with flow-guiding vanes, which can effectively mitigate the vibration of structure induced…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Our DNA is constantly exposed to mutagens generating damage in the polynucleotide chain. If not repaired, these DNA lesions can lead to genomic instability and potentially to cancer. Fortuna…
ISEF · 2016
My hypothesis is that a little less than 10% of hypervelocity stars (HVSs) will be found in the asymptotic giant branch (AGB). If HVS candidates are observed over a longer period of time, I…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Multicopters have a wide range of applications from surveillance to package delivery and medical support. Although growing in popularity, they are not yet used on an industrial scale for saf…
ISEF · 2016
Compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs are not disposed in an environmentally safe manner. The most serious threat to the environment is the toxic mercury vapour contained within CFL bulbs wh…