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ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Drimentines are a novel family of nine alkaloids that exhibit antibiotic, antifungal, anticancer, and anthelmintic activities. Nine forms of drimentines (forms A-H and 3,25-dihydrodrimentine…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics First Award
A pandemic outbreak of a highly pathogenic influenza virus such as the avian H5N1 or H7N9 strain could potentially kill millions of people before new vaccines become available. Since current…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
In previous research, I explored how shrouding/ducting can improve the efficiency of both horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines. My results clearly showed that the concept was viable, w…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Acute cold is important to animal survival as temperature plays an important role in metabolism, lifespan, and other physiological phenomena in animals. An experiment is conducted to determi…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Conventional concrete is a mix of water, cement and aggregates (sand and gravel). Extraction of gravel contributes to environmental problems like erosion, and PET (Polyethylene terephthalate…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Due to high death rate caused by avoidable accidents in most of our roads,inability of the visually impaired to make use of our roads, non- adherence to traffic laws by commuters and the ine…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
True slime molds exhibit memory and navigation that may resemble the precursors to functions performed by our complex cognition networks. Physarum polycephalum has been shown to use its trai…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Third Award
Recent developments concerning indoor mapping and navigation have relied primarily on preexisting or manually developed floor plans, a condition precluding such improvement to locations wher…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
The goal of this project was to prevent a trailer from flipping easily by adding more stability to it. In that case, I hypothesized that if stabilizers were added the trailer would have less…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
The early and accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is often challenging, yet critical to the matter of a patient’s life or death and the quality of remaining life. The purpose of t…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Nuclear Receptors are proteins that are involved in many different diseases including cancer, obesity, and diabetes. Finding chemicals that can inhibit the harmful functions of Nuclear Recep…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
The fungus Candida glabrata is part of the normal human flora. In hospitalized patients with weakened immune systems, the fungus can enter the bloodstream from the GI tract and cause a serio…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The human syndrome Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) is a rare genetic disease characterized by high sensitivity to sunlight, and, in some cases, early aging and neurodegeneration. Defects on eight…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
While creating models of objects with identical front and side views, I accidentally created an elementary cell, which is capable of transforming from a flat structure into a spatial object.…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
In extreme situations deaf-mute people have some communicative difficulties because of the language barrier. For example, as occurs when a deaf-mute person cannot ask for help. We have desig…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Recently, there has been a world-wide supply problem with rare-earths and so, there is a great incentive to develop strong magnets with reduced amount of rare-earths. Superconductors are one…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Lymphedema is chronic, progressive and potentially disabling, characterized by regional bodily swelling and accumulation of protein-rich interstitial fluid. It affects over 100 million peopl…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Third Award
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignancy of the central nervous system in adults. Despite medical advancements, long-term patient survival (>5 years) remains bleak (<15%). GBMs conta…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effects of triclosan on the muscle functioning of a Pomacea diffusa snail. Triclosan is an antibacterial chemical found in consumer produc…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Purpose: The hypothesis that three methods of alterations in bottom friction might reduce shoaling wave amplitude before the wave arrives at the beach was tested. Alterations of the near-sho…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
This work is to demonstrate how simple it can be to convert a computer screen into an interactive screen, this is because we are replacing the cursor with an infrared pen, then, with this we…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The growing popularity of social media has made it possible for computers to easily analyze human communication to identify trends and sentiment; however, limited work has been done to analy…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
The limitation of the speed of a computer is the access speed of its Random Access Memory (RAM). The growing disparity between CPU speed and RAM access times in computation is known as the m…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
New nozzle occupies the niche between hydraulic and pneumatic injectors. Hydraulic nozzles energy to fuel atomization is applied to liquid, and pneumatic energy is supplied to gas. Proposed…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Ultrasonic sound tunnel aims to create solution for sound pollution. A normal sound resources provides the sound all around it.This sound reaches to everyone around who needs to hear this so…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Neurodegenerative diseases cause incurable neuronal damage and often result in fatality. A major challenge in treating neurodegenerative diseases is the inability to deliver drugs to the bra…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Third Award
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, and currently treatment requires patients to receive chemotherapeutic drugs intravenously, which is both inconvenient and e…
ISEF · 2014
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two commonly used insecticides for mosquito control on the Threatened coral Acropora cervicornis. The chemicals used in this study…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
With over 34 million people living with HIV today, a prophylactic vaccine is urgently needed.Due to a history of vaccine failure, a novel vaccine modality is necessary. Researchers studying…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
My disabled grandmother has difficulty locking and unlocking her door, raising concern regarding her security. The goal of my project was to build a low cost device that would fit her existi…