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ENGINEERING
AUSTRIA
lUkAS [email protected]
STEFAN [email protected]
Booth No.: 38project Title: CubeControl
CubeControl is an elaborate light switch. 10 x 10 x 10 cm in size, depending on the direction in which it is tilted, it detects which lamp in the room it should switch on, in which colour it should be illuminated and how bright it should be. The advanced electronics behind the opal acrylic glass allows the Cube to communicate wirelessly with a receiver that is connected by USB-A cable to a PC, from which the destiny of the lamps can also be controlled. The dots on the dice can light up in various colours and it can also provide information. While this innovative product is currently designed to control lamps, it can easily be applied to other systems without too much effort. The CubeControl is an eye-catching remote control that we can imagine using in all areas of life.
FOOD - EXPO 2015
AUSTRIA
Booth No.: 63project Title: LebensMittel
every year, Austria’s households dispose of upto 157,000 tonnes of food, often still in its original packaging,thatwouldotherwisebeedible–afigurethatisdifficulttodigest.No wonder that dumpster-diving has become so popular, when you can help yourself to food from supermarket or domestic rubbish bins. For their diploma project, the students have produced a book on the subject of wasting food. The title: “LebensMittel” (“Eat from the street - our appreciation of food”). theyfilledthebookwithillustrations, images,reports,graphics and portraits of people who - as a result of illness, belief or lifestyle - have a very different appreciation of food. The objective of the students is to present inspiring questions and provide food for thought.
lIllIANE [email protected]
ElENA OlYMpIA [email protected]
FABIAN [email protected]
MATERIALS
AUSTRIA
Booth No.: 69project Title: Fatigue Limit Test Stand
The project is about a fully automatic test rig to estimate the fatigue limits of tail rotor shafts of helicopters. The system is designed to test their tensile strength and torsional strength, i.e. how easily the shaft twists. The two students hit upon an idea that had not yet beendescribedinscientificreferencematerial:theyfittedavibratormotortothetorsionflywheeltoexcitetorsional vibrations.In parallel to the mechanical plan of action they developed software to control the fully automatic operation of the test rig. The software constantly collates all the measured values received and displays them in an intuitive overview. Companies can now test their helicopter shafts in-house, rather than flying them at greatexpense to be tested elsewhere.
lORENz [email protected]
STEFAN [email protected]
MEDICINE
AUSTRIA
Booth No.: 86project Title: Tendon Tissue Engineering - Development of a Novel Tissue Bioreactor for Culturing Tendons
People frequently damage tendons as a result of varioustypesofaccidentswhicharedifficulttotreat.To obtain more precise results about the process of tendon regeneration, a bioreactor was developed based on prior experiments with local institutes. As one of the major goals was to refrain from animal experiments, the reactor was designed to cultivate tendons in situations as true to real life as possible.Six cultivation chambers allow for parallel clamping of 1.3-cm-long rat tendons while providing them with circulating nutrient solution. To mimic lifelike conditions, the tendons are strained by an array of motors. A specially developed software monitors the operations based on sensor results and measures tendon growth using a highly accurate optical system.This novel device is expected to assist institutes worldwide in advancing their tendon-research.
MIChAEl [email protected]
FlORIAN [email protected]
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BELARUS BELARUS
DzMITRY [email protected]
Booth No.: 30project Title: Creation of the multifunctional UAV and research of its main physical characteristics
Booth No.: 70project Title: Functionalequationsoverfinitesets
In my work I investigate generalized functional cauchy’s equations for functions from specialtype finite groups to arbitrary abelian groups orcommutative rings. There are found all solutions to these equations and explicit formulas for number of solutions are provided. My results are useful for theory of functional equations over abstract algebraic structures. inparticular, theseresultscanbeappliedforfindingand counting homomorphisms of groups and rings including characters of abelian groups.since the significant part of my work is devoted tofunctional equations over groups of residues, so my results are perspective for cryptographyapplications.
this project’s aim is to createamultifunctional UAVand study its physical characteristics. Currently, there are many civil UAV which may be used only in one direction. So my idea was to develop the UAV capable of changing its usage at any time. Within the project,I developed a quadcopter equipped with a GPS module to carry out autonomous missions, and a videocameratoflyinamanualmode.A ground station receives the necessary sensor data and transmits commands. After I had assembled and tested the drone, I designed the UAV to monitor air pollution around various enterprises, deliver medicines or parcels to hardly accessible areas, perform 3D mapping, keep different objects in security or warn people in case of an emergency situation.
NIkOlAI [email protected]
MATHEMATICS ENGINEERING
BELARUS BELGIUM
Booth No.: 87project Title: Increasing wing lift for safer landing
Booth No.: 35project Title: Farmclean
The retirement age in Belgium was raised to the age of67.that’swhywecametotheideatoautomateamachine which can take over an intensive job. So we invented a machine which cleans cubicle beds for cows fully automatically. We made it all by ourselves and some parts were made with a 3D printer. The robot scrapes the slats, sweeps the stables and spreads a layer of bedding, all at once. Cleaning the cubicle beds results in good quality milk. We can also call our robot ecological because it runs on solar energy and in the future maybe on bioenergy.
the landing is themostdifficultand importantstageoftheflight.The main idea of our project is to decrease the landing speed and thus to decrease the risks when landing. The lifting force of the wings exceeding the weight is necessarytoensuretheflight.Westudiedfactorsinfluencingthelift,thendesigned,created and tested a model enabling to increase theliftduringtheflightthusdecreasingtheminimumairspeed. The lift increase was reached by embedding a rotating cylinder in the wing. The designed model can be used for aircrafts in areas with limited landing conditions. In future, we believe such a model will allow creating a new type of aircrafts with speed characteristics of planes and landing advantages of helicopters.
vIkTAR [email protected]
AlEh [email protected]
MIkITA [email protected]
kENNETh MATThIAS [email protected]
JENS RIk GhESqUIè[email protected]
PHYSICS
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BELGIUM BULGARIA
YUAN YUAN EMMA [email protected]
Booth No.: 91project Title: Amanflightinwingsuit
Booth No.: 22project Title: A new genetic algorithm for the 3-dimensional matching problem
Genetic algorithms are a powerful metaheuristic that mimics the process of natural selection. Using methods imitating natural selection of a starting set of potential solutions, genetic algorithms aim to provide a solution close to the optimal on a certainoptimization problem.In this paper we examine how genetic algorithms can be applied in the 3-dimenensional matching problem.This is one of the classical NP-hard problems and it has numerous applications. We have demonstrated that the author’s geneticalgorithm provides much better results than the already existing approximation algorithms.
Have you ever dreamt of soaring through the air like a superhero? You are not alone if this idea has already come to mind.Flying like a bird has always beenan unreachabledream for the human being from Greek mythology toleonardodaVinci’sdrawing.However,manhasdiscoverednowadays,thewingsuitflying,anextremeair sport comparable to skydiving. With a flexible winged combination which inflateswith air, thrill seeker can fly by an increase of liftand a reduction of vertical speed transformed into horizontalspeed.Whatisthewingsuitflying?Howdoesitwork?Whicharetheforcesappliedtotheperson?Howtomodelawingsuitflight?theseareallthequestionswewilltrytoanswer.So now, take a deep breath and imagine that you are a little bird.
pAOlINA STOYANOvA [email protected]
PHYSICS COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
BULGARIA BULGARIA
Booth No.: 40project Title: influenceofwatercontaminationonthe environment and the biodiversity of cross-border Struma river
Booth No.: 72project Title: Creating two dimensional manifolds by gluing the edges of 2n-gons
We investigate a classic connection between combinatorics and topology, which stretches in differentmathematicalfields.One can construct different two-dimensional manifolds by gluing the sides of a 2n-gon. In the current project we compute the number of ways in which a sphere, torus, Klein bottle or real projective plane can be constructed for given n. Furthermore we provide a conjecture for the number of ways an arbitrary two dimensional manifold can be obtained from a given 2n-gon.
General aim of the project is to underline the importance of the environmental monitoring for achieving preservation of the natural resources for future generations, including water, soil, air, forests, fish,agriculturallands.specific aim of the project is to obtain informationabout the quality and possible contamination of the water, sediments and soils along the cross-border strumariverandinfluenceofthewatercontaminationonthedistributionoftheriverfishspecies.thestudyisnecessary,becausetheriveranditsinflowscross large trans-border area between 4 European countries. Moreover Kyustendil area is sustained almost entirely by agriculture. Thus the water of the studied rivers is used extensively for irrigation, farming, and food processing.
lAChEzAR vASIlEv [email protected]
kRISTIAN GEORGIEv [email protected]
MATHEMATICS
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CHINA
Booth No.: 31project Title: Programmable Human-Computer Interaction Puppet
it’s a human-computer interactive acting system,which combines traditional puppet arts and modern mechanical & electronics technology. The system enables several functions like movement edition, automatic performance, mobile-based loading and renewing in puppet show.
SIYAO [email protected]
ENGINEERING
CHINA
Booth No.: 02project Title: The effects of Chimney ash fertilizer on the growth and yield of 4 kinds of maize
Chimney ash is produced by the waste of the making of iron and steel, it is harmful to the air, but contains a large amount of trace elements. This research is to mix the chimney ash and chicken manure in certain proportion, making the plants absorb, promote plant growth and production. Study shows that compared with the control group without chimney ashes, the fertilizer with 0.8% chimney ash in significantly promote the growth of maize;the chlorophyll in Ke Bao 301 increased by 37%; the production of Ke Si 11 increased by 43%. 1.0% chimney ash added promoted the growth of trace elements in maize; the manganese in Ke Bao 301 increased by 57%. At the same time, the value of salvaged materials is increased the resource recycling are realized.
zhAORU [email protected]
YUTING [email protected]
JIAMING [email protected]
BIOLOGY
CHINA
YIFENG [email protected]
Booth No.: 71project Title: A Robust Log-Optimal Strategy and its Application in NYSE
The log-optimal strategy attempts to maximize the expectation of the logarithmic rate of return. This strategy has been shown to have long term superiority over other strategies and allow updating the real-time market information quickly. However, the distribution function of the returns is usually unknown and need to be estimated from the history in a real world. The estimation error will affect the asset allocation directly so that we went to answer whether it can resist investment disaster. We develop a new strategy based on the allocation utility, a quadratic, approximation to the expectation of the logarithmic rate of return. We show that the upper bound of the allocation utility deviation can be controlled. We apply our strategy for NYSE data and have a great result.
MATHEMATICS ENVIRONMENT
CYPRUS
AlExANDROS [email protected]
STElIOS [email protected]
FIlIppOS [email protected]
Booth No.: 45project Title: School Waste: A source for energy production
The society has to confront the major problem of climate change that severely affects our environment.The CO2 emissions from the use of crude oil for energy production is the biggest contributor to the problem. Education on tackling climates change should start from the school society. As Cyprus energy needs are covered in 94% by oil, there is a great need for the development of renewable energy sources. The main idea of the school project was to discover a new way to produce renewable energy which would be environmentally friendly but efficient enough tocovertheschool’sneeds.A high school team suggested a new innovating way to produce energy by transforming the organic waste into biogas.The project proved to be successful, as experimental data showed that biogas was continuously produced.
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CHEMISTRY
CZECH REPUBLIC
Booth No.: 16project Title: The Effect of Cholesterol on Biological Membranes
Mammalian cell membranes, thin borders on the surface of cells in the bodies, are responsible for molecular transport. thepurposeofmyprojectwastoclarifytheinfluenceof cholesterol on different types of lipid membranes in atomistic details. I prepared bilayers composed of various types of lipids, differing in the percentage of present cholesterol. I monitored the system behavior for 200 ns using molecular dynamics simulations and then performed several analyses. All the membranes were more organisedandlessfluidafteradditionofcholesterol.The properties of the membrane differ depending on the lipid bilayer type. However, cholesterol reduces the differences and makes all the membranes almost similar, when the amount of cholesterol increases far above normal values.
MIChAElA [email protected]
CZECH REPUBLIC
Booth No.: 52project Title: Falsificationoffood
Nowadays, falsification involves almost all kinds offood and is widespread throughout the world.This work is mainly focused on meat products because they are among the most commonly falsifiedcommodities. The theoretical part summarizes the history, ways of falsificationanditsimpactsonhumanhealth.It also describes 2 methods by which the food of poor quality is being revealed – HPLC and ELISA.In the practical part, the quality of meat products is verifiedusingthese2methods.Although the tested products only came from the Czech Republic, this work may have use for other countries as well. The practical part describes the exact process by which the quality of the food can beeasilyverified.These procedures were validated and optimized and may be readily used.
MARkéTA pITROvá[email protected]
FOOD - EXPO 2015
CZECH REPUBLIC
Booth No.: 82project Title: MoreefficientcancertreatmentUsingNovel Ferrocene and Titanocene Derivatives
As the cancer incidence rapidly grows and current treatments have limitations, the development of new effective anticancer drugs is essential.The main goal of my project is the research into the properties of newly synthesized ferrocene and titanocene derivatives, to determine their cytotoxicity and clarify their mechanisms of action compared to widely used drug cisplatin.the ferrocenederivativehada significantcytotoxiceffect on ovarian cancer cells including cisplatin resistant cells.The mechanism of action is different from cisplatin-apparently they do not bind to DNA, but increase oxidative stress.This work showed that ferrocene derivatives are very promising anticancer drugs,and gives impulse for further research of organometallic compounds as potential effective anticancer drugs.
ThI ThU GIANG [email protected]
MEDICINE
DENMARK
Booth No.: 77project Title: Rearranging Rectangles
this report is an original contribution to the fieldof pure mathematics, specifically geometry, byconceiving, defining, examining, and explaining aninnovative geometric concept, which I have termed a “rearrangement”. Said concept is then used to solve the isoperimetric problem for rectangles, i.e. prove that the square encloses a greater area than any rectangle where a is not equal to b with the same circumference, in a new and aesthetically pleasing way.Finally, this report emphasises the fact that math-ematics is endless. Solutions to problems proposed almost three millennia ago can still be improved upon and optimised today through mathematical innovation and creativity.
MIkAEl lINDMARk [email protected]
MATHEMATICS
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DENMARK
lASSE FRANk [email protected]
Booth No.: 98project Title: Supernova type 1a
I have worked with a special type of enormous explosions in the universe; so-called Supernovae Type 1a. What’ssospecialaboutsupernovaetypela?Wecanuse it to measure large distances in the universe. This is only possible since Type la can be used as a standard candle in the universe which is caused by the specific way they explode. i’ve also receivedand analysed data from University of London and University of Oxford. Afterthat, i’vemeasuredthedistancetothegalaxy“M82” where a Supernova Type la exploded in jenuary 2014. Furthermore, I have looked at the physics behind the shape of the light curve for this Supernova and createdanumericalsimulationthatfitsmydatawell.Finally, I have my own pictures of the supernova in M82 with a 16” telescope.
PHYSICS
EGYPT
AlAA [email protected]
MENNAAllAh [email protected]
Booth No.: 01project Title: Bio-energy production from organic wastes
Conversion of organic food wastes (rotten fruits and vegetables) into electricity by applying microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology.Under anaerobic conditions (absent of oxygen) lead to an anaerobic fermentation considered as a useful forms to produce renewable energy. So we use rotten fruit (apple) and rotten vegetables (onion and potato) mixed with source of anaerobic bacteria to make our cell. We produce approximately 0.7 Volt then by connecting more than one cell parallel (to increase Ampere) then connected as series (to increase Volt) then to amplifier circuit (to increase both volt andampere) we manage to operate a LED lamp and motor of small car.
BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY
EGYPT EGYPT
Booth No.: 11project Title: Methane Recovery from manure biogas by amine absorption for hydrogen synthesis
Booth No.: 32project Title: increasingtheefficiencyofwindturbines
Egypt faces many problems but the most critical one is electric current cut-offs. So we thought that we can use one source of renewable energy that has many plentiful sources in our country like the sun, water and “WIND” which we started to work on. We used wind because of the geographical site of Egypt at which the wind has the fastest rate; by which the wind turbine can record the highest energy. This energy is wasted. One technical reason is the traditional horizontal shape of the wind turbine so we changed the shape to a new one that is vertical and can increase the outcomesowecanincreasetheefficiency.Also we thought about the economical part of our project we reduced the cost as the vertical turbine costs almost one third less than the horizontal one.
Since the beginning of the industrial revolution in the 18th century, fossil fuels in the form of coal, oil, and natural gas have powered technology and transportation networks that drive society. This threatens the supply of energy and causes enormous strains to the environment. The international energy agency projects a 33% increase in oil consumption by 2020, which would affect the use and number of automobiles in the world affecting the environment, too. In addition, fossil fuelresourcesdoesn’tguaranteeasustainablefutureof energy which further indicates the importance of findingalternativeresources.This study is conducted to develop an effective solution with the potential to replace the fossil fuel resources focusing on hydrogen as a clean and renewable source of energy.
ABDEl-RAhMAN [email protected]
MOhAMED [email protected]
SAMIRA [email protected]
SAMAA [email protected]
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ESTONIA
Booth No.: 24project Title: Effectiveness of different anti-cheat methods used in games
Anti-cheat is a type of software commonly used in different computer games with the purpose of detecting and banning players, who run forbidden software or try to alter games behaviour to their advantage. The aim of the study was to cover main reactive methods used by different commercial anti-cheats and to show their effectiveness from the cheaters perspective. The work is structured by method types explaining how they work and showing their weaknesses. Effectiveness of a method used is evaluated by how hard it is for a cheater to exploit and bypass it. The research showed that the most commonly used techniques were either signature or hash based and all of them were by their general application exploitable. As a conclusion different ways to improve the anti-cheat methods are proposed.
COMPUTINGCHEMISTRY
ESTONIA
Booth No.: 15project Title: Synthesis and biochemical characterizationofcovalentfluorescentprobestargeting mitotic protein kinase Aurora A
Aurora A is an enzyme that contributes to the cell cycle regulation; the over-expression of Aurora A has been reported in cancer cells and it is an important drug target. in thiswork 3 novel fluorescent probesweresynthesized targeting Aurora A, of which 2 compounds (Probes1and2)possessedlownanomolaraffinitytoAurora A. Upon UV-irradiation, 2 probes incorporating photo reactive moieties (Probes 2 and 3) formed successfully covalent complex with recombinant Aurora A, whereas no signal was detected for the control compound (Probe 1). Overall, Probe 2 formed the complex most effectively and readily (15 min irradiation time).
kATARIINA [email protected]
ENVIRONMENT
ESTONIA
Booth No.: 47project Title: The Härjapea Riverbed on Tallinn City Map and the Importance of the River in the Temporal Development of the City
Extant historical maps and schemes contain invaluable information about the geography and history of the areas presented on them.However, their use and direct comparison with present-day maps is complicated. In this research project novel web solutions that wouldenablequickandefficientmappingbetweenhistorical and present-day city maps were generated. This mapping was based on the digitalised forms of the historic city maps available in Estonian National Library; georeferencing technique and geoinformatics software were utilised. A total of three different web solutions were generated, all of which could be used in conventional internet browsers.
kARl kIUR [email protected]
ESTONIA
GEORG [email protected]
Booth No.: 54project Title: Determination of neutral sugars from different honeys by capillary electrophoresis
Honey is widely regarded as a natural and healthy alternative to processed sugar. The results of this paper indicate that not all honeys possess an equally high quality. Normally the fructose to glucose ratio should be between 0.76 – 1.86. The analysis of fructose/glucose ratio revealed that in some honeys the concentration of fructose was more than 2 times higher than that of glucose.thisisprobablycausedbyartificiallyaddedfructose,making the honey unnatural. The Optimized BGE enables to analyse the content of amino acids and carbohydrates in a sample simultaneously. BGE created for analyses, based on ionic liquid (C14MImCl), is efficient and novelmethod for analysis of neutralsugars and amino acids. BGE has a great value for developing the method of capillary electrophoresis.
FOOD - EXPO 2015
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EUROPEAN SCHOOLS
Booth No.: 67project Title: Biomimetic Bulletproof Suit
New materials, inspired by nature, can be of great use in everyday life. We developed the example of the design of an innovative shockproof suit inspired by: the scales and their net-like structure, of Striped Basses; an interesting approach to achieve protection from shear stress, used by limpets; the protective rings, complemented by the repeated use of exposed non-touching hexagonal plates, used by armadillos. These observations led to the invention of several techniques, whose purpose is to provide the sturdiest protection, with the lowest amount of materials, so as nottocompromisetheflexibilityorventilationofoursuit. With the gathered information, we designed a complete bulletproof suit that proved to possess better protective qualities than current body armour.
lUDOvICO [email protected]
SAMUEl CIAN lIEBANA [email protected]
MATERIALS
FINLAND
Booth No.: 58project Title: How Toothpastes Affect Coffee Stained Teeth
Pinja Laitinen and Kira Huuska studied the recovery properties of the coffee dye using different tooth pastes. The test involved ten kinds of paste and the best ones bleached dyed coffee egg shells almost completely. thefindingsofthisworkwasthatsignificantdifferencestheefficacyofwhiteningpropertiescanbeshown.
kIRA [email protected]
pINJA [email protected]
FOOD - EXPO 2015 SOCIAL SCIENCES
FINLAND
Booth No.: 103project Title: Optimizing Mobile Blood Collection with a Computational Tool
In countries with an unpaid and voluntary blood donation system, most donations are collected by mobile blood collection units. How to optimally utilize these units is a labor intensive task and manual planning often has suboptimal results. I designed and implemented a program, which would optimize where, how often, and how much blood should be collected in each region of the target country. Previously collected statistics and the generated plan canbe efficiently analyzed using the createdmapview. The program was tested with data provided by the Finnish Red Cross Blood Service with promising results. Many European countries share a similar mobile bloodcollectionsystem,andcouldalsobenefitfromthe implemented tool.
pETTERI [email protected]
FRANCE
zOé ClAUDE-ANNIE GISElèNE [email protected]
FINN MORTEN kö[email protected]
SANA RAhANA kAhINA [email protected]
Booth No.: 39project Title: Distrib Médic
Today, in France, 23.000 tons per year are thrown away, it is equivalent to 7 billion euros wasted. Knowingthesocialsecuritydeficitisto19billioneuros,reduce the waste of medicine could be reducing this deficit.To resolve the waste problem, we thought of a drugs distributor to the unit that would combine all the advantages of unit sales especially present in English countries while maintaining security. In our idea, the drugs are in the form of strips into rolls. They would be the one after the other separated by some space and vacuum as they are actually on our French platelet drugs. The patient may access the instructions through his smartphone. However for those who do not have smartphones, it would also be possible to print the label.
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FRANCE
Booth No.: 97project Title: Calefaction at low temperatures
Described in 1756, the Leidenfrost effect is a phenomenon in which a water drop in contact with ahotplatedoesn’t instantly evaporatebut insteadstays liquid on the plate.After studying the behaviour of a drop on a metallic cold plate, we examined calefaction in relation with the water drop volume and hotplate temperature which allowed to model the behaviour of a drop.We measure the vapor layer between the drop and the plate using the diffraction method, as well as dynamical calefaction using ratchets. Finally, we show, with superhydrophobic surfaces, that a similar behaviour was observable below the Leidenfrost threshold; this is the cold Leidenfrost effect. We are currently studying the behaviour of coated water drops to examine the guided motion of fragile objects at low temperature.
MAxIME CAMIllE MIChEl [email protected]
PHYSICS
FRANCE
Booth No.: 65project Title: contaminationofacornfieldbyanother
Weworkedonthecontaminationofafieldbyanotherone after we heard of the fear created byGMo’scontamination. We wanted to see it, but GMOs are banned.thereforewesowednon-GMo’splantswithhomozygotes grains but of different colours (yellow for the dominant and white for the recessive) in the park of our school. All the summer long we took care of the fieldandharvestedtheninoctober:ourmaizewascontaminated, there was yellow grains among white maize’sspikes.Wedidfewexperimentstoseeapollengrainflybutwecaughtonthatitwasn’tthatuseful.Wetriedtogetbackourfield’sresultswithanalgorithmandwemadeit!Bothmodellingandfieldcurvesweresimilar.Hence we proved that the contamination between twofieldscanhappen!
AlICE ANNE xAvIèRE [email protected]
ClARA [email protected]
JUSTINE AUDREY [email protected]
FOOD - EXPO 2015
GEORGIAGEORGIA
IRAklI [email protected]
kARlO [email protected]
Booth No.: 36project Title: Multiclimatizator and Quadcopter
Booth No.: 27project Title: Sound Glasses
Our project-sound glasses are created to help deaf people. Many parts include this device, but heart of the device is raspberry pi (mini computer). User cares glasses and on the clicking on the button, LCD starts lifting down, which was above the forehead and stops in front of the eye. And when communicator starts talking to this person, who has a hearing disability, every word is written on the display.
The project consists of two main gadgets: Multiclimatizator and quadcopter. Multiclimatizator measures the temperature and humidity of the soil, as well as atmospheric humidity, pressure and temperature. Quadcopter measures salinity of the soil as well as atmospheric humidity and temperature. The Project helps us to avoid possible damage and thus to save plants and protect the environment. The Gadgets are multifunctional, useful, available, effective, easy to use, compact and practical.
NIkOlOz [email protected]
kAkhA [email protected]
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Booth No.: 90project Title: The Way to the Space
In order to move on to a next stage of space exploration and carry out long-term missions, it is necessary that a sustainable and resilient system be developed and installed in a spaceship. The system will provide crews with basic food and oxygen supplies which is more cost-effective than transporting supplies from the earth. For this purpose we applied to the aquaponics system which can be used to provide astronauts with both animal fat (fish) and vegetables (tomatoes, salad,cabbage) and oxygen. Importantly, the system is regenerative and requires no additional efforts by astronauts.
GURAM [email protected]
GAIOz [email protected]
PHYSICS
GERMANY
Booth No.: 19project Title: Power to gas - an alternative approach
Where does the electricity go when windmills and solar power systems supply more energy than necessary? An appealing storage medium is methane gas, a main component of natural gas. thisgascanbegeneratedbyfirstchemicallysplittingwater with excess current; this process produces hydrogen and then converts it into methane using carbon dioxide. This process has been known for a long time, but jakob Dichgans, Daniel Riesterer and Lumen Haendler perfected it. The young researchers built a system that extracts the necessary carbon dioxide from combustion gasses in a continuous process. A double advantage for the environment: The climate-damaging carbon dioxide no longer reaches the atmosphere, allowing it to be a valuable storable energy source.
JAkOB pAUl IGNAz MARIA [email protected]
DANIEl SIMON [email protected]
lUMEN lATUS [email protected]
CHEMISTRY
GERMANY
Booth No.: 28project Title: Statistical modeling of volume-scattered light
How does a light beam scatter in a specificenvironmentandhowisitreflectedbyobjects?theseare key questions in generating computer graphics that look as realistic as actual photos. A particular challenge in this process is light scattering, which can occur in many typical materials such as wax, marble, skin or certain liquids. To simulate these kinds of effects so they appear as natural as possible, Lukas Stockner implemented a special mathematical method that makes use of statistics. The result for the young researcher: astoundingly realistic images, for example of filled glasses andtransparent gemstones.
lUkAS [email protected]
COMPUTING
GERMANY
Booth No.: 61project Title: renewablestogreenolefins
Crude oil is not the only option-important basic industrial chemicals such as ethylene can also be made from plant-derived raw materials. The young researchers have shown this in their experiments. They first studiedacatalyticcrackingmethod that,eventoday, is used to extract ethylene from glycerol. Improvements in the catalyst enabled them to improvethisapproachandsignificantlyincreasethegas yield. They then replaced glycerol with vegetable oils, even testing used frying grease.Their analyses of the generated gases prove that oilsmaketheprocesseasierandmoreefficient.theyieldofolefinswith important industrialuses,suchasethyleneandpropene,ishigher.thisfindingopensupnew prospects for a post-oil area.
lEvIN STEFAN [email protected]
lARISSA [email protected]
FElICITAS ANGElIkA [email protected]
FOOD - EXPO 2015
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GERMANY
ANSElM vON [email protected]
Booth No.: 95project Title: Monopod - Physics at the tipping point
six-leggedrobotscapableoftraversingdifficultterrainare popular objects of research. But is it possible to build a robot that stands on just a single leg, is stable and moves forward by jumping? This is the question Anselm von Wangenheim sought to explore. Using complex simulations, he was able to show that it is physically possible to build what he refers to as a monopod - a one-legged robot - capable of movement by tipping forward while avoiding toppling overbytherotationofaflywheel.theyoungresearcherisalsoabletoannouncehisfirstexperimental successes: He has already succeeded in building a duopod out of skewers, hot glue and sensors.
PHYSICS
HUNGARY
Booth No.: 23project Title: Gyromouse
Gyromouse is a smartphone application for easy controlling our computer from a distance. theapplicationbasicallyconsistsofprofiles,whicharediverse user interfaces.these profiles are specialized for different uses,currently there is one for holding presentations in which we can see a stopper and we can control the slideshow, there isacomputermouseprofile forcontroling the computer’s pointer with tilting androtating the phone. Amediaprofileisalsoavailablethatmakesusabletocontrol media players comfortably even from our bed without the need of any other tools. But these are not all the possible ways of using GyroMouse as our plan is to let people make their ownprofileswith draggingdifferentmodules to thescreen, so the only limit would be their imagination.
BENCE Tó[email protected]
DáNIEl áDáM kECSké[email protected]
COMPUTING
HUNGARYHUNGARY
SzIlvIA kIRá[email protected]
Booth No.: 80project Title: Building blood vessel-like structures using stem cell derived endothelial cells
Booth No.: 49project Title: Anewenergyefficientmethodforoptimizing the environment of cultivated plants in the greenhouse
I studied the direct effect of light on the growing of vegetables. At my internships I gained practical knowledge in understanding occurring complex symptoms at light deficiencyperiodofplantsgrowningreenhouses.The irradiation with suitable spectrum range of fluorescent lightcandrastically reduce thedurationof exposure and the energy consumption. The differentiation degree and resistant factor of the plantswereincreased.theamountoffemaleflowers,therefore the amount of the crop was increased at some species. The fruit quality, color materials, nutritional value was better compared to traditionally produced vegetables. The competitiveness of this production is better at the market.
The aim of my study was to create blood vessel-like 3D structures, using stem cells-derived endothelial cells (EC) and biological scaffolds. EC were differentiated from human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells (hESC and hIPSC). Compared to adult cells, several endothelial markers were present, and using tube formation assay, both EC formed capillary-like tubes. PCR suggested high mRNA levels of endothelial genes in both cell types. To build vessel-like structures, I made a vascular extracellular matrix with decellularisation and cultured with EC. Cells can adhere to the extracellular matrixes in vitro, so hESC-EC and hIPSC-EC share similar structure and function as adult EC. Tissue engineered vascular grafts can be further developed for therapeutic use.
vIkTOR TERé[email protected]
MEDICINEFOOD - EXPO 2015
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HUNGARY
Booth No.: 88project Title: Detecting particles with TPC detector
The aim of the project was to create a high performance,costefficientdetectortomeasurethetrajectories of charged particles in three dimensions. The technology choice was for Time Projection Chambers (TPC), which are excellent trackers, however are complex systems.After designing the instrument by the REGARD detector development group, i constructed a simplified tPc,and demonstrated its capability for cosmic tracking. The crucial part is the data acquisition system: I have designed and programmed an FPGA-based readout unit driving simultaneous ADC channels. This kind of detector setup can be used for cosmic ray detection or educational purposes.
péTER zSOlT pázMá[email protected]
PHYSICS
ICELAND
Booth No.: 04project Title: The effects of volcanic ash on vegetation
Volcanic eruptions are frequent in Iceland, causing extensive damage to livestock and vegetation. Ash can have serious damaging effects on agriculture and livestock. The degree of the damage is relative to the thickness of the ash layer, and the type of ash.ourconclusionsshowthatashhasasignificantimpacton grass. They also indicated that the extent of the damage depends on the structure and thickness of the ash, and we feel that further research into this is warranted. climateisanimportantfactor.inhighwindsfineashblows away, and in those cases the soil would not become like clay and the vegetation would fare better in the coarse ash. If the layer of coarse ash is not too thick, there is reason to be wary.
SúSANNA kATARíNA GUDMUNDSDó[email protected]
kRISTíN BJöRG ThORSTEINSDó[email protected]
BIOLOGY
ICELAND
Booth No.: 57project Title: Milk in glass bottles
theaimofour studywasfindingouthow interestedpeople are in reusable packaging for milk, i.e. packagingwhichpeoplerefillthemselves.There were two groups of participants. On the one hand, a sensory perception group to discover whether there is a difference between milk stored in a glass bottle, or in a carton. The other group participated in an online survey involving various questions concerning milk, the environment and interest in reusable packaging for milk. The results of the study indicate that there is no significant tastedifferencebetweenmilk stored inaglass bottle or in a paperboard carton. The results of the survey show that many people are ready to try reusable packaging, however, there was a big difference between age groups.
öRN BJARTMARS ó[email protected]
FOOD - EXPO 2015
IRELAND
MARk WIllIAM O’[email protected]
Booth No.: 50project Title: Injury Increasing Crop Yields
The aim of this project was to investigate the effect of mechanical injury on crop yields, in the hope of increasing these yields.Three experiments were carried out, on grass seeds, barley, oats, beans and wheat seeds, and finallyon barley seeds alone. Within each of these trials, experimental groups were crushed using either rolling or perforation. It was found that yield increased in crops such as barley when they were rolled and perforated at seedling stage. Oats were found not to benefitfromthemechanicalinjury.These results lead to the conclusion that mechanical injury can increase crop yield for certain crops, which will beofbenefit to further research including largescale field trials, and could ultimately lead tomoresustainable food production.
FOOD - EXPO 2015
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IRELAND
Booth No.: 101project Title: Alcohol consumption: does the apple fall far from the tree?
Aim: To investigate the association between adolescent alcohol consumption and their parent’sconsumption pattern and attitudes towards alcohol use. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was undertaken. Univariate/multivariate logistic regression and chi-square tests were used in our analysis. Results: 47% of parents and 34.2% of adolescents were hazardous drinkers. Using multivariate logistic regression we discovered the main parental factors were (i) father’s hazardous drinking, (ii) the fatherpermitting his adolescent to drink alcohol on special occasions (iii) the mother allowing her adolescent to drink alcohol on special occasions.Conclusion: We found that a liberal attitude to alcohol and increased levels of consumption by the parent are linked to hazardous adolescent drinking behaviour.
EIMEAR FRANCES [email protected]
IAN DOMINIC O’[email protected]
SOCIAL SCIENCES
ISRAEL
Booth No.: 06project Title: The structure of the large ribosomal subunit of Deinococcus radiodurans in complex with different antibiotics
The ribosome is a cellular component responsible for translating the genetic code into proteins. The research focused on understanding the inhibition mechanisms of the ribosomal antibiotics erythromycin and the antibacterial compound SB-280080 on the prokaryotic ribosome from D. radiodurans. the ribosomes were purified from bacteria and theinhibition of these compounds was determined by preforming an in-vitro transcription translation essay. The ribosomes were then crystallized in the “hanging-drop” method and subjected to X-ray crystallography experiments. Then the structure of the large ribosomal subunit in complex with these compounds and the inhibition mechanisms of the antibiotics were concluded. In the future this knowledge will allow scientists to designmoreefficientantibiotics.
AvNER ARIE [email protected]
BIOLOGY
ISRAEL
Booth No.: 26project Title: ImproApp – an Application that Transforms Live Music into Sheet Music
ImproApp is the name we chose for an application that assists musicians and composers to transform live music into sheet music. As musical instrument players (clarinet and violin), we were aware of the lack of available sheet music for pieces we like and the problem of preserving our own improvisations to enable them to be replayed and shared. This was our motivation. The core technical development is about signal processing of audio recordings using mathematical procedures of Fourier transform, filters and displaytechniques. Our development platform was MATLAB. We are now extending the application to other programming platforms,withthefinalgoalofcreatingasmartphoneapplication.
NADAv MEIR [email protected]
COMPUTING
ISRAEL
Booth No.: 75project Title: Counting Horizontally Convex Polyhexes and Polyamonds
A polyhex is a shape made out of regular hexagons where neighboring hexagons share at least one common side.A polyhex is called horizontally convex if any horizontal line that passes through at least one of the centers of the hexagons divides the polyhex into at most 2 parts.A polyamond is a shape that is similar to a polyhex but made out of equilateral triangles.I solved the following questions:How many horizontally convex polyhexes made out of n hexagons exist?How many horizontally convex polyamonds made out of n triangles exist?I solved these questions by sorting the polyhexes andthepolyamondsandfindingregressionformulasbetween the types of the polyamonds and the polyhexes.
MATHEMATICS
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ITALY
Booth No.: 14project Title: Metals - Catchers: “A banana a day keeps the heavy metals away”
Water is the most precious resource: all life depends on it. Metal-catcher devices really allow to solve the global problem of water contaminated by heavy metals, which are known to end up in the food, bio-accumulate in tissues and organs and cause serious diseases. thefiltertubesandthepodsproposedexploitsomefood waste (peels of fruit and vegetables), turning them into a real resource, managing to sequester metal cations and to clean up the water in short time. They have also shown to be able to reuse the waste several times (about 9), without losing their effectiveness, to avoid the chemical pretreatment of the traditional methods, eliminating also their additional environmental impact, and especially to be used on a large scale and at a very low cost.
AlvARO [email protected]
CHEMISTRY
ITALY
Booth No.: 42project Title: iBin: A “smart” bin to separate waste collection
iBin is an automatic recycling bin which is able to separate the different kind of refuse on its own, and so it can reduce the time of collection and separation of waste, it can promote the recycling and make it more convenient. What is more, it can make the waste recognition easier for older and disabled people. iBin is characterize by 2 cylindrical sections: one on top of the other. The lower one is designed to separate waste collection in a motor driven multi-refuse containers carousel, whereas the upper one contains the waste receiving system and the automatic recognition system of the received materials.iBin can recognize the refuse thanks to a series of sensors that analyze the waste and then send the data to a microcontroller which allows the implementation of the operating cycle.
DAvIDE [email protected]
AlESSANDRO [email protected]
ENVIRONMENT
ITALY
Booth No.: 33project Title: BOpHIS - Buoy for the measurement of pH by ISFET technology
Our project is divided into 2 parts: the IT-Electronic part which focused on the design and construction of a buoy for monitoring the pH of marine waters with reduced costs and better functionality than commercial ones. The biological part is focused on controlling the health of the sea and biodiversity through sampling of Coccolithophores, ideal biomarkers that can detect changes of pH even of a few units. To measure pH we used 4 sensors called ISFET that provide an output voltage depending on the pH of water. They were placed in two small tanks, one with neutralpHwaterandtheotherfilledwithseawaterevery hour, using a pump. The voltage is read by a microcontroller that controls the pump, sends the data to a server that allows the user to view and save them in a spreadsheet.
ThOMAS [email protected]
AlESSANDRO [email protected]
SOFIA [email protected]
ENGINEERING
ITALY
FABIO [email protected]
MATTEO [email protected]
lORENzO [email protected]
Booth No.: 53project Title: Photosynthesized sugar partition and improvement in the plant production quality: use of afluorescenttracer
Our project represents an important innovation in the fieldofenvironmentalsciencesince,thankstovariousexperiments, we have found out that the sugar loading-unloading pathway in Prunus avium occurs via apoplast. No previous research has been conducted on this very plant: therefore, our project is meant to be a basis for the development of further studies concerning the loading-unloading pathway in the cherry tree. Furthermore, in our research we used a marker (CFDA-SE) and we demonstrated its validity as cellular tracer. Finally, the innovative aspect of our project concerns some methods to increase the production of sugars.catalan vase pruning, a specific arrangement ofplants inrowsandtheuseofreflectivediamond-cutsheets can increase fruit quality and productivity.
FOOD - EXPO 2015
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LATVIA
Booth No.: 17project Title: Stereoselective synthesis of 2`-Deoxy-β-ribonucleosides
DNA nucleoside analogue synthesis is the way to produce and investigate biological properties of new drugs. Nucleosides are proved to be bioactive substances which can fight serious illnesses such as cancer orHIV and a number of 2`-deoxyribonucleosides have been in clinical use, for example, Decitabine and Cladribine. Nucleosides attack a virus cell, blocking it`s DNA or RNA so it can`t continue spreading out in the human body. With the help of this research Nikita tried to develop the method for synthesis of new deoxyribonucleoside analogue which could exhibit antiviral properties. His method of synthesis has never been described before and the occurred reaction of protected 2`-deoxyribose is new in organic synthesis, with the products having potential bioactive and antiviral properties.
NIkITA [email protected]
CHEMISTRY
LATVIA
vAlTS [email protected]
Booth No.: 56project Title: jerusalem artichoke juice fermentation by non-conventional yeasts
More and more farmland is used for fuel crop production so less remains for food production. Plants growing in depleted soil can be a solution. Perspective plant for bioethanol production is jerusalem artichoke. It can grow in depleted soil and contains many carbohydrates. Its main carbohydrate - inulin cannot befermentedbymostyeasts.theaimwastofindoutthe best yeast for jerusalem artichoke fermentation. 3 experiments were done: measuring growth of yeasts using different sugars, enzyme activity of yeasts, ethanol production when fermenting jerusalem artichoke juice. It was found out that yeast Kluyvermoyces marxianus 89 was the best at jerusalem artichoke fermentation as it was the only one which grew in inulin and showed activity of inulinase - enzyme which breaks down inulin.
FOOD - EXPO 2015
LATVIA
Booth No.: 74project Title: Groups and polyomino tilings
This project aims to discover some innovative methods that can be applied to solving polyomino tiling tasks. Sometimes problems may occur proving that one figure is impossible to tile by a certain kind ofpolyominoes (figures made of equal squares), andthenthesemethodsbasedonthedefinitionofgroup– a Convey method and a Pedestrian method – can give you a hand. The author of the work gathered theoretical material and made instructions, helping to prove impossibility of tiling step by step, and also has managed to solve the two previously unsolved tasks herself, applying these methods in practice. After solving one of the tasks, the author composed a mathematical puzzle, which challenges a player tofindatilingoftworectanglesbyX-pentaminoandI-tromino.
OlGA [email protected]
MATHEMATICS
LATVIA
Booth No.: 92project Title: Hydrogen storage and ion-exchange capabilityunmodifiedNaA,NaX,clinoptilolitezeolites
Hydrogen is an energy carrier that can facilitate a transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources avoiding harmful by-products. Prior to realizing a hydrogen economy, however, viable hydrogen storage materials must be developed. Physical adsorption provides an opportunity for hydrogen storage under low-stringency conditions.Physically adsorbed hydrogen molecules are weakly bound to a surface and are easily released. Zeolites appear to provide efficient hydrogenstorage, with the advantages that they are low-cost to produce and are easily prepared. We summarized the preparation methods, pore characteristics and profoundly investigated the ways of increasing zeolite adsorption capability by performing ion-exchange in the samples and by comparingtheirefficiencypractically.
AMANDA [email protected]
INGARS [email protected]
PHYSICS
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LITHUANIA
Booth No.: 03project Title: Herbal Extracts to Control Granary Weevil (Sitophilus granarius L.)
Nowadays, there are still a lot of poor countries, whose main source of food is grain. However, every year about 20 % of grain harvest is damaged by various pests on a global scale. The greatest damage is caused by a grain weevil. In order to protect grains from pests, large quantities of chemicals are used, which later poison our food. Therefore, we offer a cheap, safe and effective way to protect stored grains from pests without using any chemicals. As the main means we used extracts from natural local plants, which possess distinguished captivating or deterring characteristics. We developed a complex grain weevil control method using the best captivating/deterring characteristics of herbal extracts. The use of our method to control pests, would guarantee cleaner foods for people.
GABRIElĖ BUMBUlYTĖ[email protected]
lUkAS [email protected]
BIOLOGY
LITHUANIA
Booth No.: 34project Title: Inhibition of mould growth by environmentally friendly factors
Nowadays, the problem of mould is becoming urgent because the climate is warming. it is difficult to eliminatemoulds by using chemicalsbecause they quickly become more refractory. Mycotoxins produced by fungi pose a great risk to human health. They are genotoxic and belong to a group of carcinogenic substances. We explored alternative ways of mould destruction. Moulds were subjected to sound waves in a wide range of frequencies, light of various wavelengths, and were grown up on different substrates.We found out that sound waves of high frequency and blue light not only inhibit the growth of mould, but also reduce the amount of released mycotoxins.thesefindingscanbeused toprolongbread’s shelftime, to prevent ecological products from moulds, to clean ventilation systems, etc.
lIGIJA ANDRIJAUSkAITĖ [email protected]
kAROlIS ŠIkŠ[email protected]
ENGINEERING
LITHUANIA
Booth No.: 44project Title: Scented pelargonium against horse-chestnut leaf miners
European countries are confronting problems caused byhorse-chestnut leafminers.theycausesignificantdamage to horse-chestnut trees. Many ways to fight leaf miners have been tested,however,noneofthemhasbeenefficientenough.An effective natural, cheap, and convenient-to-use solution – scented pelargonium. The aim of research was to find the optimal way to use pelargoniumagainst leaf miners. A large number of horse-chestnut trees were sprayed with different concentrations of pelargonium extracts, a number of leaves were marked and mines on them were counted 10 times. We note that the trees, which were sprayed with the pelargonium extracts, were much less damaged when compared to the control trees. inconclusion–wehaveagoodsolutiontofightthisproblem.
GRETA pATkAUSkAITĖ[email protected]
ENVIRONMENT
LITHUANIA
SIMONAS [email protected]
Pijus Ž[email protected]
Booth No.: 55project Title: Winter Rape Germination and Growth Control Using Sound
The problem which every agriculturist faces – uncontrollable weather. in order to reduce the influence of meteorologicalconditions, it is worth to look for ways to speed up the plant development. The purpose of this research is to findamethod toacceleratewinter rape seedgermination and plant vegetation. We achieved this goal by activating seeds with sound waves before sowing. We also examined seed surface, fluid permeability,and checked seed content. The main result of this research – the rape seeds germinate and vegetate faster when activated with the sound of 800 Hz frequency. this finding would allow to mitigate the delay ofsowing time caused by unfavorable meteorological conditions. Furthermore, the application of sound waves is cheap and eco-friendly as well.
FOOD - EXPO 2015
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LUXEMBOURG
Booth No.: 05project Title: doelectrostaticfieldsinfluenceorganisms?
Weareeverywheresurroundedbyelectrostaticfields.Near the railroad for example, but the world also has anelectrostaticfieldwhichisalldayincontactwithusandwedon’tknowhowitinfluencesourbody.sotheaimoftheprojectwastofindouttheinfluenceofelectrostaticfieldsonplantssurroundedbythem.Therefore seeds of different plants (corn, cress and radish) hasgerminated inanelectrostatic fieldandafter this were planted. To check the difference to the normal seeds, we subjected the same number of seeds as the control grouptothesameconditionsbutwithouttheinfluenceofthee-field.ingeneralitcanbesaidthattheseedsinthee-fieldseem to germinate faster. This has probably something to do with the increase of the energy of the system.
AlExANDRA ANNETTE AMélIE [email protected]
JENNIFER SERvé[email protected]
BIOLOGY
MALTA
Booth No.: 18project Title: removalofcellreceptorspecificPrecursor B-cell Lymphoblasts from Whole Blood through Electromagnetic Filtration Therapy by Metalloprotein Cell Surface Attachment
The hypothesis of this project is to develop a blood filtration system purely specific to selectedpredetermined cells. This is possible due to the technology conjectured in this research that by attaching a paramagnetic metalloprotein to a cluster of differentiation protein whichbindsspecificallytoaclusterofdifferentiationcell surface marker, one can extract the conferred cell by magnetic attraction since by exerting a pull on the metalloprotein, the entire cell is pulled along with it. This can be adapted to form a system for the extraction of detrimental cells found in the blood by passing the blood through a dialysis-like machine that performs an extracorporeal form of treatment.
lAURA MARIE [email protected]
GABRIEl [email protected]
CHEMISTRY
MALTA
JESSICA [email protected]
NICOlE GRECh [email protected]
Booth No.: 07project Title: An in vitro study to measure the antioxidant activity of complex phytonutrients
Research has shown that people living on plant-based/pescetarian diets have a higher life expectancy than those living on animal-based diet. Oxidative stress underpins aging, morbidity and mortality in humans. Our study tests the antioxidant activity of Spirulina, Acai berry and Astaxanthin, popular complex phytonutrients. Free radical scavenging was measured using the free radical reagent DPPH and a spectrophotometric method. Our study supports the rationale for introducing anti-oxidant rich plant foods into our diet as a way of reducing the risk of oxidative stress-related diseases which in turn may correlate with increased life expectancy.
BIOLOGY
MALTA
Booth No.: 83project Title: Effect of protease inhibitors from apples to prevent asthma in affected patients
The common House Dust Mite, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus , is one of the major cause of year-round asthma or allergies. duringitsprocessofeatingtheskinflakesweshedingreat amounts everyday, it releases a certain enzyme which easily ends up in the air (and our lungs) due to its very small size.This then reacts badly with our body causing known symptoms of coughing,wheezing and shortness of breath. My project is about how we could inhibit this enzyme using an inhibitor. The best part? This inhibitor is found in common red apples. thismeansthatthefinalproductextractedcouldbeeasy to make but even more importantly cheap to produce and it would not only be a preventive but possible even a permanent cure!
ENRICO zAMMIT [email protected]
MEDICINE
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NEW ZEALAND
Booth No.: 41project Title: To Graze or Not to Graze?
Traditional New Zealand grazing practices with a low-moderate stock rate have allowed the survival of many non-palatable native plants within grasslands now dominated by exotics. However, agricultural intensification and weedinvasions easily disrupt and out-compete the low-stature grasslands plants, which make up much of the last native biodiversity on the Canterbury Plains. The investigation focus was whether stock grazing enhances survival of native prostrate plant species. Results show that biotic variation between grazed and un-grazed sites is substantial, with grazed areas showing higher diversity and abundance of native plants, with the biggest effect occurring on deep soils through the thinning of dense exotic grasses that would otherwise out-compete most native species.
TIMOThY MATThEW [email protected]
ENVIRONMENT
NORWAY NORWAY
Booth No.: 93project Title: Modelling Coupled Metronome Systems; an Application of the Kuramoto Model
Booth No.: 102project Title: How far were the conditions of female prisonsinspainaresultofFranco’spoliticalaimsortheideologicalinfluencebythecatholicchurchin1940-50?
This research aims to answer the question by using a variety of primary and secondary sources (including books, website, films, official documents) from the1940-50’suptocurrentdatehistoriography.To come to a conclusion I investigated the role of Franco’spoliticalaimsandtheideological influenceof the Catholic Church as the main factors that caused the conditions in female prisons in 1940-50. theconclusionofthisessayisthatboththeinfluenceof the catholic church and Franco’s political aimshad an effect on female prisons, but in different ways. Franco’s political aims were the “theory” of therepression, the legal jurisdiction for the conditions, whereas the Catholic Church was the “nature” of the repression as a controlling element inside prisons.
Entrainment is a fascinating phenomenon where weakly coupled oscillators synchronize through their interaction. This effect is present in many systems such as the synchronization of fireflies flashing, or applause in aconcert hall. The goal of this project was to investigate the synchronization of a mechanical system of two out-of-synch metronomes on a rolling platform. iderivedasimplifiedKuramotomodeltopredictthebehavior of this system mathematically. The theory matched the experimental data very well, both in its rate of synchronization and equilibrium phase difference values.
pETER ERDMANN [email protected]
BlANCA YáñEz [email protected]
PHYSICS SOCIAL SCIENCES
POLAND
Booth No.: 42project Title: Research of the relationship between temperature anomaly on Earth and chosen parameters of solar activity
Some contemporary scientists assign an important role in global climate formation to relatively high solar activity which has been observed from the beginning of 20th century. In my project I examined the relationship between temperature anomaly on Earth (global and regional data) and chosen parameters of solar activity with taking into consideration a division of sunspot cycle into two phases: onset and decay. From among 8 examined parameters of solar activity, 5 showed a relationship with temperature anomaly on Earth.Results of the research could be applied to climate models which could lead to better long-term predictions of the climate changes, as well as they mightbeusedasaproofofsignificantsolaractivity’scontributiontoformationofearth’sclimate.
Paulina Małgorzata Droż[email protected]
ENVIRONMENT
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POLAND
Booth No.: 51project Title: theinfluenceofessentialoilsonselectedbacteria and fungi microorganisms as to verify their potentialasplantandfoodprotectionspecificities
The demand for eco-friendly methods of production of goods is striking in all fields of industry, but alsoin agriculture, where chemicals responsible for preventing plant diseases have a significantlydestructive impact on the natural surroundings. Myproject’saimwastoexaminetheroleofessentialoils, hence natural compounds possessed from plants, as potential bactericides, fungicides and tools lengthening the expiry date of nutritious products. Five chosen essential oils were tested against common plant pathogens and microorganisms which can causally appear on plants. The research is still evolving, moving towards creating a product that could be used by food producers on farms, plantations, but also in homes of average people.
SARA [email protected]
FOOD - EXPO 2015
POLAND POLAND
DOMINIkA kATARzYNA [email protected]
JOANNA MIChAlINA [email protected]
Booth No.: 81project Title: Origami BioBandage - mathematically described multipotential bioimplant based on polymericnanomaterialmodifiedbyhydroxyapatiteand stem cells
Booth No.: 89project Title: The studies of behaviour of single and coupled on-off type oscillators on the example of bottle oscillators
What is common for clocks, human hearts and... divertedbottlesfilledwithwater?Allof themexhibitoscillations! We have analysed “bottle oscillators” and obtained a mathematical model describing them. Next, we decided to make more complicated systems like two, three or four bottles linked in a big oscillator! These “coupled oscillators” behave very chaotically, what is described in physics as frustration. If You are curious about incredible hydrodynamics, feel invited to see our work or to write us!
this project has been created to fight againstosteoporosis, which is a serious problem affecting whole society. The project is an innovative research describing bioimplant consisting of polymeric nanomaterial coveredwithstemcells.Materialhadbeenmodifiedby the hydroxyapatite, which helps stem cells to differentiate into osteoblasts (bone cells). Our experiments were complemented by mathematical modelling and computational simulations, which included initial data taken from our biological in vitro experiments.Using computers allowed us to describe bioimplant more precisely, consider more cases and control more variables, like folding origami from the material, what is done by cells. Those bioimplants would be applied in a place of bone fracture of the patient with osteoporosis.
Michał BĄ[email protected]
Paweł Piotr czyż[email protected]
MEDICINE PHYSICS
PORTUGAL
Booth No.: 09project Title: Food Additives: (cyto)toxicity in Drosophila melanogaster
The evaluation of effects of additives on human health is a crucial line of the feeding policies in European Union. With this project, we intend to develop bioassays of cytotoxicity to infer the consequences of additives (present in commercial products) in Drosophila melanogaster. Our study was divided into three parts: the evaluation of refrigerants (Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero and Pepsi) in a wild type; the assessment of isolated food additives (E407 Sol, E407 Gel, E950 and E951) and sucrose in a wild type; the analyses of food additives and sucrose effects over the intestinal epithelium cells in a transgenic type (esgGAL4, UAS-GFP/Cy0). The results show that these products delay the growth oflarvaeandadultfliesandthesesubstancesarealimiting factor to the biological development.
BáRBARA ISABEl pINhO [email protected]
NúRIA SOFIA CARDOSO DOS [email protected]
pEDRO AlMEIDA pOç[email protected]
BIOLOGY
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PORTUGAL
FRANCISCO MARIA SANTOS lIMA GERAlDES [email protected]
JOãO FRANCISCO ROBERTO [email protected]
SARA FIlIpA DOS SANTOS [email protected]
Booth No.: 20project Title: Decrease in chromium concentration as a result of the bioadsorption by Sacharomices cerevisiae
Nowadays,effluent’streatmentofindustriesthatuseheavy metals are very expensive. The increasing environmental conscience aims for an effluent disposal that is harmless towards theenvironment. This project introduces a biosorption technique to reduce the hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] concentration in industrial effluents, using thewasteof Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast used by alcoholic fermentation industries, which has no commercial value.
CHEMISTRY
PORTUGAL
Booth No.: 64project Title: Lipids on the run!
The main aim is analyze the capacity of lipid absorption on a food diet by using organic substances like agar-agar, chitosan, crustaceans’ exoskeletons and pillswith Orlistat. Nowadays there is a concern for owning the perfect body with the least possible effort using “miracle” diets, doing intensive physical exercise and taking “fat burning” pills. The results show a high lipid absorption capacity on the part of the test substances, having agar-agar absorbed 100%, just like the capsules with Orlistast.However, the substance that obtained the best price/effectiveness relation was agar-agar, followed by the exoskeletons, chitosan and finally the capsuleswithOrlistat. the last ones, in scientific terms, were the moreeffective in lipid retention, but they were also the moreexpansive.
CAROlINA lOURENçO [email protected]
DORA FIAlhO [email protected]
lAURA SANTOS [email protected]
FOOD - EXPO 2015
RUSSIA
AlEkSANDR DMITRIEvICh [email protected]
Booth No.: 29project Title: LigoDrive: portable wireless NAS
With the development of new technologies people create and consume more and more content using theirmobiledevices,that’swhythemainpurposeofthis project is to create and develop the LigoDrive that will change the way how people store data andtransfer it between mobile devices and make this process even more convenient. So what is LigoDrive? ligodriveistheworld’sfirstcompactwirelessNAsthatallows storing all data in one safe place. it lets stream media files to several devicessimultaneously, transfer filesbetweenmobiledeviceand computer, and upgrade the internal storage of smartphones or tablets and much more.LigoDrive works with smartphones, tablets, laptops, PCs, smart TVs or even gaming consoles.
COMPUTING
RUSSIA
Booth No.: 48project Title: Successions of vegetation and recultivation of the anthropogenically changed landscapes in neighborhoods of the Krasnoye settlement and in the Nenets state nature reserve, 2013-2014
thiswasthefirsttimethatthesuccessionsofvegetationof the anthropogenically changed landscapes of floodplainmeadows, tundra and forest tundra hadbeen traced in the territory of the Nenets Autonomous Area. The natural landscapes of the Krasnoye settlement andtheNenetsstatenaturereservehavesignificantlydisrupted as a result of human activity. It is revealed that the restoration of damaged vegetation communitiesof tundraecosystemsdoesn’thappen;willow-grass-gramineous cenoses develop on their place.This process proceeds extremely slowly. It is established that the remains of wooden structures in the vicinity ofabandoned gas condensate wells are overgrown much faster than on bare sand. The author has developed recommendations for recultivation of anthropogenically modif.
pOlINA vlADISlAvOvNA [email protected]
ENVIRONMENT
06_PROJEC
T ABSTRA
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91
RUSSIA
Booth No.: 96project Title: Muon telescope
Elementary particles are very small. The fact of their existence is proved by indirect signs of its interaction with the outside world.The aim of my research paper was to solve the problem of detection of such particles. The subject of my paper was chosen as following – one of the elementary particles, muon to be exact. The study of these particles is very perspective. Even minor changes to the muon flux close to planet’ssurface can tell a lot about the processes happening in high layers of atmosphere and heliosphere.One of the results of the project turned out to be a prototype of a muon detector, which can be used tomakesimplemeasurementsofmuonfluxinspaceradiation.
ARTEM vIkTOROvICh [email protected]
PHYSICS
SLOVAKIA
Booth No.: 79project Title: Occurrence and prevention of Trichinella spp. In the Prešov region
Trichinella is a helminth parasite, infecting also humans. Its main reservoirs are carnivorous and omnivorous animals, which become the risk of infection. The aim of our project was to perform survey about the occurrence of Trichinella in the Prešov region, to analyze the occurrence of the parasite in wild boars and red foxes in the Prešov region, to compare the method of artificial digestion and compressionmethod, to verify the chosen precautions in practice and propose practical usage of the obtained result. For examination we used the method of artificialdigestion and the compression method. We performed an experiment of the vitality of larvae of Trichinella britovi in the frozen muscles of a mouse infected with the reference strain.
BARBORA FEDORkOvá[email protected]
MEDICINE
SLOVENIA
Booth No.: 13project Title: Development and application of the reaction system based on chemiluminiscence for forensic applications
In the analysis of blood traces chemiluminiscence serves as a structure forming light, being released from the source, constituting of hemoglobin and assisted by the other reagents, which help to produce emission of light. Modeling reagent, luminol which transmits light is a representative of hydrazides of aromatic carboxylic acids. Reaction can be preformed in the presence of sensitizers, causing increase in the emission of light and extension of reaction time. We can also change can be a catalyst and introduce thicker medium.Contribution of these conditions presents introductory example of applications in forensic studies for the analysis of blood and blood stains in the low range.
CHEMISTRY
SLOVENIA
Booth No.: 46project Title: Pyrolysis of organic waste materials
Pyrolysis is a thermal treatment of organic material, in which only a little oxygen is present. The products of this process are oil, gas and pyrolysis coke which can be used as fuels. The purpose of my research was to present the pyrolysisofwasteorganicmaterialsandconfirmtheabove fact by calculating the heating value of the pyrolysis coke of various samples of organic waste materials. By using the school laboratory equipment I pyrolysed various organic waste materials and plants that pollute the environment, e.g. packaging, invasive plant species, sea grass... In addition, energy value of carbonised residues was measured and calculated by burning of pyrolysis coke and water heating in order to determine which organic waste material is most effective in the pyrolysis treatment.
ENVIRONMENT
06_PROJEC
T ABSTRA
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93
SOUTH KOREA
Booth No.: 68project Title: Basic study for applications and physical properties change by surface treatment of the magnesium alloy (AZ31)
Magnesium alloy is light and strong, but its high corrosivity and monotonous color interrupt commercialization. After cleaning and etching, magnesium alloy put panel and ultrapure water on teflon airtight container and heated on specificcondition. After we see surface color changed. We heated and see color change when put on a dye. Also coated lauric acid understood hydrophobic property.As a result, we observe on specific condition, andhigher contact angle appear above the surface when heated high temperature and long times. So it improved higher hydrophobicity. Tensile strength measured 11.0 Mpa. This research can use of basic data on development magnesium components and materialize color.
GUMIN [email protected]
JUNhYEOk [email protected]
MATERIALS
SOUTH KOREA
Booth No.: 73project Title: Asymptotic properties of the additive nonbase
The set of nonnegative integers A is called an asymptoticadditivebaseoforderhifeverysufficientlylarge integer can be represented as the sum of h elements of A. The set of nonnegative integers A is called an additive nonbase if the set A is not an asymptotic additive base and has infinitelymany elements that are relativelyprime. In this paper, we present some properties of additive nonbases concerning the asymptotic density. We also propose a conjecture about an equivalent condition for the given set to be an additive nonbase, and give several propositions which may lead to the solution of the conjecture.
IkhAN [email protected]
JUNO [email protected]
MATHEMATICS
SPAIN
Booth No.: 12project Title: Corrosion on metallic alloys in a sodium chloride solution
This research studies the corrosion of an alloy of a conventional steel sample and another of aluminium, used in construction, by immersion in sodium chloride 3.5% in mass during three consecutive months at room T. It studies at the same time the effect of the chloride ions in the medium and the T, and optimizes a stripping method for these metals. In this way, the decrease in mass, the variations of pH in the solution or the changes produced on the surface that we detected through optic microscopy are important aspects to recognise the type of corrosion which takes place. Among the conclusions it stands out that steel corrosion is uniform being its rate 680 g/m2 per year and linear with time, whereas the aluminium corrosion islocalisedbypittingwithanalmostinsignificantrate.
CARMEN ARAGONéS ROMá[email protected]
ISABEl MARíA MáRqUEz [email protected]
SANDRA MORENO [email protected]
CHEMISTRY
SPAIN
MARíA DEl pIlAR vICENTE NICOlá[email protected]
SAMAh [email protected]
Booth No.: 100project Title: Am I happy? A research about stated happiness or subjective well-being of young people in Molina de Segura (Murcia, Spain): Who is happier, boys or girls?
The objective of this research is to analyze the declared happiness or well-being of the young students of Molina de Segura who are in the 4th year of ESO or in the Baccalaureate A level and determine if there are any important differences in the level of declared happiness between both sexes. The students obtain an index of declared happiness of 23 in the Diener´s Scale, standing in the level rather happy. The declared happiness of the boys was higher than the girls. We conclude that there are important differences in the level of declared happiness according to the sex. Boys generally declared them happier than girls. We have also found a difference in the level of happiness according to their family relationship, their economic situation, academic performance and their daily activities.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
06_PROJEC
T ABSTRA
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94
95
SWEDEN
Booth No.: 08project Title: Bright and oil-producing plants for a better future
Increasing the extraction of vegetable oils by transforming plants with genes encoding for WRI1 couldbecomethesolutionofourproblemsfindingasubstitute for the fossil oil. At thesame time, GFP is a protein that exhibits fluorescenceinUVlight,aqualitythatcanbeusedforanalyzes of miniscule structures in organisms.Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze the gene expression of GFP and WRI1 in a transiently transformed plant. The laboration was executed at SLU in Alnarp. Results show that the transgene areas of the plants exhibited significantfluorescenceinUVlight.The gene expression of WRI1 resulted in positive regulation of vegetable oil in transformed plants.
SOFIA BJö[email protected]
AMANDA vIkTORIA [email protected]
BIOLOGY
SWEDEN
Booth No.: 84project Title: The Effect of Selenite and Selenium-Methylselenocysteine on T-lymphocytes
According to previous studies, selenium compounds have a cytotoxic effect on tumour cell without affecting healthy cells. Though, the effect of selenium compounds on T-lymphocyte is unknown. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the effect of selenite and selenium-methylselenocysteine (SeMSC) on T-lymphocytes. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were incubated with various concentrations of the compounds and flowcytometrywasusedforanalysis.The result indicate that selenite induce cell death in high concentrations, while SeMSC leaves the cells unaffected. Therefore, SeMSC may be more useful in future cancer therapy since immune functions are left intact. Though, it is important to examine this further by e.g. repeating the experiment on a larger group ofindividuals.
klARA EDIT MARIA [email protected]
UlRIkA hElENA SOFIA [email protected]
MEDICINE
SWITZERLAND
Booth No.: 25project Title: Controlling a swarm of robots by sight using electroencephalography
Several methods have been explored to enable a user to steer a swarm of robots. Indeed, allowing a human being to control a robot swarm could be beneficial inavarietyofapplications,suchasvictimsearch and rescue. This work proposes an innovative approach: using brain waves (EEG) to detect which robot the user is looking at. In fact, the brain generates a particular neural response to regularly blinking visual stimulations that vary depending on the stimulation frequency. By making the robots blink at different frequencies, EEG analysis can be used to detect which robot the user is looking at. This work analyses several factors impacting the efficiency of this approach and studiesthe performance on 10 subjects, opening new perspectives on the combination of EEG and robotics.
lUCA MATTEO [email protected]
COMPUTING
SWITZERLAND
Booth No.: 59project Title: Natural arsenic poisoning? Decontamination of spring waters using superparamagnetic particles!
All over the world and even in developed countries, water and soil are contaminated by arsenic. An example is Switzerland, which has many places that are heavily contaminated by this toxic metal, although it has – like many other rich countries - knowledge and tools for easily removing arsenic from spring water. Unfortunately, especially lower developedcountriescan’taffordexpensiveremovalmethods (such as ion-exchange resins or inverse osmosis machines).In our project we developed an easy and cheap procedure to purify water from arsenic (and also from other toxic heavy metals) using nanotechnologies, in our case superparamagnetic particles of magnetite, which can bind arsenic through an organic ligand.
NENCY pATRICIO [email protected]
ROBERT [email protected]
FOOD - EXPO 2015
06_PROJEC
T ABSTRA
CTS
96
9797
SWITZERLAND
BARBARA [email protected]
Booth No.: 94project Title: Analysis and visualisation of space-time models
I built a membrane model consisting of a bed linen mounted in a ring with a diameter of approximately 60 cm. Di erent weights from 0.1 kg to 2.8 kg were used to bend the membrane to a funnel. I let small balls roll on the funnel-shaped membrane and lmed their movements. Using this model I visualised di erent aspects of space-time (i.e. the gravitational potential and the curvature of space-time). Furthermore, I analysed several properties of the self-built membrane model such as its shape, trajectories of marbles and geodesics on its surface. The physics represented by such a model di ersfromreality.Forexample,atleastoneofNewton’slaws is violated.
PHYSICS
TURKEY
Booth No.: 21project Title: Development of a Novel Radiation Shielding Material
Development of a Novel Radiation Shielding Material ABSTRACT Radiation and nuclear terrorism are the growing threats for all humanity in our world today. One reason for this is the lack of a shielding material that is effective against both neutron and gamma radiation. The objective of this study is to develop a novel non-toxic and inexpensive radiation shielding material that protects against neutrons, gamma and X-rays. In conclusion, in comparison with current lead shielding material; our novel radiation shielding material is 10 times lighter, 136 times less expensive, non-toxic and more effective.
hARUN YAŞAR [email protected]
TAhSİN [email protected]
CHEMISTRY
SWITZERLAND
Booth No.: 104project Title: The tinfoil crackled: how students in Mussolini’sitalywereindoctrinated.organisation,methods, content
The present work asks the question of how primary schoolchildreninMussolini’sitalywereindoctrinatedwith fascist ideology. It looks at the historical context, the organisation of the education system and especially at several primary school notebooks from a village-school in the rural Northeast of Italy. Texts from the school subject cultura ascista (fascist culture) and notebook-covers containing fascist texts and illustration were analysed.The conclusion is: Believe,obey,fight–andnothingmore.thiswas,whatprimary school children were intended to do in fascist Italy. Anecdotic fairy-tale-like narrations with no room for ambiguities were used to accomplish that. Logic, reason and individualism had to be eradicated. Young fascists should believe, not think.
GIORGIO ElIAS [email protected]
SOCIAL SCIENCES
TURKEY
Booth No.: 66project Title: The usage of the faeces of household-waste-fed snails as fertilizer and for vegetation efficiency
The utilization of the household waste for the nourishment of snails moreover, the production of snail faeces as natural fertilizer is the main objective of this research. In line with these developments, 40 snails have been collected from hazelnut gardens. Cress has been used as the vegetative material in this research. The reason behind is the fact that this vegetation grows quickly and responds the fastest to different growth environments. The output rate (%), number of leaves (amount/plant), leaf width (cm), leaf color (kroma,hue),efficiency(g/m2),and leaf lengthhasbeenidentifiedontheharvestedplants.Cress cultivation with snail fertilizer has shown positive resultsintermsofvegetativeefficiencyandquality.
UMUT ERAY [email protected]
özAY özTÜ[email protected]
FOOD - EXPO 2015
06_PROJEC
T ABSTRA
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99
TURKEY
zEYNEp DİDAR [email protected]
YAvUz SElİM [email protected]
Booth No.: 78project Title: From the Fibonacci to the Lucas
First of all, we have written the Fibonacci numbers respectively to the corners of the polygon clockwise and found the patterns between the numbers of each corner. If we express the corners in an n-gon as A0, A1, A2, ..., Ak,we have shown that the mth term ofthe Fibonacci numbers corresponding to the corner Ak can be found with the relation:F_((m-1)n+k)=F_((m-2)n+k).L_n-(-1)^n.F_((m-3)n+k) Then, we have found the relationship between the terms of F0 ,Fn ,F2n, F3n... referring Ao for odd natural numbers as: F_mn=F_n[((m-1@0)) L^(m-1)+((m-2@1)) L^(m-3) + ((m-3@2)) L^(m-5)….],and the relationship between the terms of F0, Fn, F2n, F3n.. referring Ao for even natural numbers as: F_mn=F_n [((m-1@0)) L^(m-1)-((m-2@1)) L^(m-3) + ((m-3@2)) L^(m-5)-((m-4@3)) L^(m-7)….]
MATHEMATICS
TURKEY
Booth No.: 99project Title: GenerationofArtificialGravitybyUsing Electrostatic Force for Prevention of Muscle Atrophy and Osteoporosis Occurring in Gravity-Free Environment
thisstudyisaimedtogenerateartificialgravitybyusingelectrostatic force, with the help of an electrically charged suit/plate in order to prevent muscle atrophy and bone resorption (osteoporosis) in astronauts that occur due to the microgravity environment during long-term space missions. A prototype of the suit /plate having electrostatic charges on them was designed. While designing, the suit was divided into numerous parts, calculations for dimensions of the suit were performed. The formulas for electrostatic force between charges were obtained. By using these formulas; equations were established, solved to specify the amounts of charges on the suit/plate. The results proved that this study is applicable for space missions, does not pose any danger for astronauts or space module.
BARIS vOlkAN GÜ[email protected]
PHYSICS
UKRAINE
DMYTRO [email protected]
Booth No.: 37project Title: Study of the dynamics of physical parametersdefiningthedegreeofwatermelonripeness
Having studied the dynamics of watermelon growth, we suggested three approaches to determine whether a watermelon is ripe or not.thefirstapproachisbasedonmeasuringthefirmnessof the watermelon’s skin; this can be done bycalculating the ratio of next-to-previous time intervals between ball rebounds from the watermelon. The higher the ratio, the riper the watermelon. Two other approaches are based on analysis of the watermelon’s response to knocking. the signal froma ripe watermelon is more regular than that from an unripe one. The degree of “non-regularity” is calculated as a dispersion of time intervals between zero crossings in the response.Analysis also includes asymmetry of the response histogram. Combination of approaches in the same instrument is recommended.
ENGINEERING
UNITED KINGDOM
Booth No.: 62project Title: Reducing Acrylamide Content in Wheat UsingGeneticModification
Wheat is a staple food product in cultures all around the world; however recent research into acrylamide has raised some concerns about potential health risks attached to wheat.Acrylamide is a molecule found in wheat that could interfere with nerve function in humans and is also a suspected carcinogen. The aim of the project was to clone the gene Asparagine Synthetase 3 (TaASN3) toinvestigate its effect on acrylamide production in wheat. TaASN3 codes for an enzyme that is involved in the synthesis of the amino acid asparagine and when wheat is cooked asparagine forms acrylamide.Therefore by studying the gene TaASN3 we could potentially cut down asparagine concentrations and acrylamide levels, reducing the health risks associated with wheat.
EllEN FRANCESCA [email protected]
FOOD - EXPO 2015
06_PROJEC
T ABSTRA
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100
101
UNITED KINGDOM
Booth No.: 85project Title: Understandinglubiprostone’smechanism of action to examine whether it can be prescribedtocysticfibrosispatients
The project was investigating whether a drug commonly used to treat irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) couldbeusedtotreatcysticfibrosis,alife-shorteningrecessive inherited disease, affecting between 80,000-100,000 people worldwide. Peoplewithcysticfibrosishavea faultygenewhichaffects their ability to produce a particular protein (CFTR) that moves ions and water out of human airway/gut epithelial cells cells. I was part of a team that investigated the mechanism of action for the druglubiprostone,whichpromotesfluidsecretion inthe intestine, on CFTR channels. We hope by improving our biochemical understanding of this drug further, it may one day be used as a cheaper and effective additional treatment for cystic fibrosispatients.
SARAh [email protected]
MEDICINE
USA - INTEL ISEF
Booth No.: 76project Title: On the Stability and Algebraicity of Algebraic K-theory
The purpose of this paper is to establish a new perspective on the algebraic K-theory of exact infinity-categories.if the definition of algebraic K-theory is slightlymodified,onecaninterprettheK-theoryofanexactinfinity-categoryasastableinfinity-category,andnotas a spectrum. We demonstrate that this formalism significantlysimplifiesK-theoreticcomputations.
SANATh kUMAR DEvAlApURkAR(CALIFORNIA)[email protected]
MATHEMATICS
USA - INTEL ISEF
ThANANON hIRANWANIChChAkORN(THAILAND)[email protected]
NATTApONG ChUEASIRITAWORN(THAILAND)[email protected]
SUTThIlUk RAkDEE(THAILAND)[email protected]
Booth No.: 10project Title: Alternative method for Silk Sheath Production Developed from Observation of Spinning Behavior of Silkworms
We study the spinning behavior of silkworms and factorsaffectingthesilkfiberproduction.the spinning behavior of each fifth instar larva ofBombyx mori in different shapes paper mountages were observed in comparison to that without mountage. We found that the silkworms showed similar spinning behavior and formed cocoons in all shape. But they could not make a cocoon and spun the silk into silk sheath instead in without mountage. therefore,wecameuptofindoptimalconditionthatpossibility of using this observation as an alternative method to produce silk sheath.
BIOLOGY
06_PROJEC
T ABSTRA
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103