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ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Surface plasmons are vibrations from free electrons residing on the surfaces of metals such as gold. Since the frequency (or the wavelength) of these vibrations is very sensitive to surface…
ISEF · 2016
Background: Today, part of our daily lives is handwashing. This is a common practice that every individual uses to clean their hands after they handle or touched certain objects that may be…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
A recent study showed that over half of Irish adults drink hazardously. Adolescents report increased levels of alcohol consumption. Previous research has inferred the influence of the parent…
ISEF · 2016
This project focuses on problems caused by forest fires. After thorough researches on internet or other current programs, it is possible to observe a high number of forest fires occurrence.…
ISEF · 2016
This project in its current form is the result of a three part experimentation on the relationship between the algae strain Chlorella and the amount of biofuel it produces. The purpose was t…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
As more and more hydrophobic compounds are turned away each year due to the fact that the cannot dissolve in the human body, the goal of this project was to a novel alginate-based drug deliv…
ISEF · 2016
Calculating all fifth-order magic square (5MS) arrangements with a high-performance computer (HPC) was performed in 156 minutes in 2014. My aim in the present research was to develop and imp…
ISEF · 2016
Allergy can cause itching, hives and even anaphylactic shock that can lead to death. The difficulty of identifying foods that present the antigen to which the person is allergic causes the n…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Plastics form an integral part of daily life and are used in a plethora of ways. However, the primary raw material used in conventional plastic production is petroleum, which is harmful for…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this study is to test for the presence of Ketamine and Flunixin transference to insects from injected pig tissue during different decomposition stages by using body farm techn…
ISEF · 2016
Anthracnose disease, caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, is among one of the most destructive diseases of plants worldwide. C. gloeosporioides is listed as one of the top 10 fungal pat…
ISEF · 2016
Earthquakes are devastating natural disasters which affect regions all around the world. One of the many problems is that first-response teams struggle to recover victims buried under piles…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Background: Sleep is believed to play a role in the clearance of potentially harmful substances that accumulate in the brain during wakefulness. One such harmful substance is beta-amyloid, a…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to explore alternatives to commercially manufactured antibiotics. This experiment was meant to test if natural alternative medicines, honeys, and herbal essen…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Liver tissue for transplant is unviable for many patients as a result of hepatocellular damage during transport. Standard cold storage, the usual method of transport has been shown in multip…
ISEF · 2016
Forgetfulness, It is a widespread phenomenon. Caused by two main factors: stress, and over thinking. It leads to forgetting, yet losing many personal items. After conducting the questionnair…
ISEF · 2016
In its present form, this fourth-year investigation into Alzheimer's disease risk factors addresses the following question: what factors contribute the most in increasing an individual's lik…
ISEF · 2016
One of the most challenging problems in the field of medical science today is predicting the drugs that will work for specific cancer patients. The future of personalized cancer therapies re…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are unique proteins that lack rigidly defined three-dimensional structures. Due to their conformational flexibility, IDPs serve diverse protein funct…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Multifactorial diseases are a product of simultaneous alterations in several genes. However, there exists no computationally robust method to fully understand the relationship between co-alt…
ISEF · 2016
The presence of toxic phenolic compounds in drinking water presents a major health concern in areas near aerosol manufacturing plants. Maintaining quality drinking water in these areas requi…
ISEF · 2016
Coffee rust is a disease of coffee plants. The cause of coffee rust disease is the fungus Hemileia vastatrix. Since 2010 there has been a particularly severe epidemic of coffee rust in Centr…
ISEF · 2016
The Ebola virus has infected over 30,000 people, killing almost 13,000 in Africa since its discovery in 1976. Since then, outbreaks occur on average every 1.5 years. A mathematical model of…
ISEF · 2016
In response to the recent surge of viruses in rural areas, the international community has put an extra emphasis on preventing the spread of these diseases. The World Health Organization has…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this investigation was to develop a means of encoding information into DNA sequences that can then be decoded and to develop error correction methods to detect and correct pos…
ISEF · 2016
A magnetic induction line is a closed curve that depicts the magnetic field. Current research on the application of the magnetic induction line is extensive, but rarely focuses on the study…
ISEF · 2016
Palestinian society ,like all other societies consists of different segments, kinds and levels of people Among these categories are very important category of people with special needs ,sing…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This research was based on previous research conducted on obtaining biofuels from various food waste sources. It was determined that wasted grease was the best source for biofuel production.…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond detectors are being investigated as alternatives to scintillators for neutron detection in fusion environments. Data were obtained for four CVD detect…
ISEF · 2016
Oxidative stress is present during kidney disease. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a transcription factor which combats oxidative stress and compounds inducing Nrf2 red…