952 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
952 projects · showing 421–450
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
A randomized controlled trial was run over the course of a 5 week period on 40 high school students to investigate the effects of simulation racing (SR) on attentional control. Prior researc…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software Fourth Award
With the inherent interconnectivity of online communications comes the presence of disinformation. While the utilization of disinformation by individuals is harmful, the tactic is worse when…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology Fourth Award
Based on prior studies, Avian Paramyxovirus Serotype 4 (APMV-4) has shown a rapid apoptotic cell death response within tumors in complement with the upregulation of stimulated immune signals…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Wood laminates are sandwiched layers of wood glued together to distribute forces to increase its load-bearing capabilities. Laminated timber is used in vertical and horizontal beams that exp…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Robust neural networks are crucial for image recognition. However, not all images are equally differentiable. It's easier to differentiate a cat from a tree than from a dog. Most image class…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that destroys memory and thinking. This study focused on two critical gaps in AD research: novel treatment identification and early di…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
With major outbreaks in over 150 countries, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on public health, daily life, and the global economy. Absent a vaccine or therapeutic treatment…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology
A big question in the neuroscience community pertaining to our sense of smell is how the olfactory cortex is able to distinguish between millions of odors. I hypothesized that chemical compo…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Impact cratering is the circular depression byproduct of meteorite collisions on a solid celestial body. Impact craters are important geological and geomorphological features that not only m…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
While pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease that is difficult to diagnose at an early stage, early diagnosis yields a much higher survival rate, making it key for treatment. With an increase…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Neuroblastoma is one of the most common malignant pediatric tumors, accounting for 10% of all childhood cancer deaths. However, current treatment methods often involve chemotherapeutic agent…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
This study used deep learning neural networks to investigate the most important clinical variables that could be used to determine escalated care early on in COVID-19 patients. Hospitalized…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
This paper presents a deep learning model to detect ‘fake news’ through tone and sentiment in text. The primary challenge facing researchers in the ‘fake news’ detection field is a deficit o…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
For decades, coastal erosion has progressed without effective remediation; the process inhibits coastal populations, animals, and habitats in tandem to negatively impacting local economies.…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
This study involved developing a Machine Learning (ML) algorithm to create an efficient approach for predicting Molecular Surface Area (MSA). MSA is a fundamental property that models the am…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Aberrant Nuclear Factor-kappa B (NF-?B) activation is observed in autoimmune, inflammatory, and malignant disorders. Current therapeutics targeting NF-?B inhibit upstream NF-?B activators, a…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Over one million individuals in the United States are addicted to cocaine, yet limited knowledge of underlying molecular mechanisms prevents effective treatment development. Chronic cocaine…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology First Award
Gastrointestinal illnesses afflict more than 100 million people in the U.S. alone and are often indicated by gut microbiota motility. Typically, swarming bacteria are indicators of infection…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Bainbridge-Ropers Syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental disease characterized by predicted truncating mutations in the ASXL3 gene. Around 200 children have been diagnosed…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many school districts were forced to shift to one of three different E-learning models: asynchronous, synchronous, or hybrid. The present study examined how the…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In amusement parks, almost everything has a line, from entering the park to exiting the park. To eliminate the tedious part of waiting in the line queue, theme park engineers and designers h…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Causal relationships have been established between blood-brain barrier (BBB) & inner blood-retina barrier (iBRB) dysfunction and many age-related CNS disorders. However, mechanisms governing…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Women are more prone to disorders such as PTSD and depression. Yet, most preclinical psychopathological research solely uses male subjects, and there is a paucity of sex-specific studies. Th…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Roughly 3% of all pregnant women consume selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as fluoxetine, to ameliorate symptoms of depression. SSRIs can be transmitted to the fetus thro…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Fourth Award
It has been approximately 17 years since the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) epidemic and the world is presently facing the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 vi…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Third Award
Green crabs (Carcinus maenas) are an invasive species in Maine that have severely impacted marine environments and decimated commercially-significant bivalve populations, including the blue…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology Second Award
Most HIV-1 drugs act as passive defenders to inhibit viral replication inside the cell, while a few function as gatekeepers to combat viruses before viral entry. These entry inhibitors are d…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Gene Enrichment Analysis is used to analyze the relationship between genes and known biological annotations. The lack of a versatile Gene Enrichment Tool has been a major hurdle throughout b…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Over the past few years, as internet usage has skyrocketed, online review sites have grown in popularity as well. Recently, the idea of review sites has expanded into the medical sector, in…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coral reefs, which house millions of marine organisms and drive multibillion dollar tourism and ?shing industries, have been under severe threat of bleaching due to the warming, acidi?cation…