Intel ISEF 2013 Abstracts

ME012
THE SYNERGISTIC EFFECT OF ROASTED VIGNA RADIATA, COFFEE ARABICA AND ORYZA SA
VITRO
Bradley Tobillo Saunders
Holy Infant Academy, Calapan City, PHILIPPINES

Applying pressure as first-aid can stop bleeding of skin cuts and wounds in 2- 3 minutes. Any delay in
rate of wound infection. This study sought to determine the synergistic effect of coffee bean (CB), mun
blood clotting cascades of a normal human blood sample. Test plant materials were roasted in mediu
ground to powder using a blender. Each test plant material was dissolved in 10mL of purified water he
proportions of 50%, 30% and 10% concentrations. Then, 50L of individual extract and their combinati
in 1:1 ratio and CBMBRG in 1:1:1 ratio, were added consecutively to cuvettes with a healthy plasma sa
using a photo-optic coagulometer. The test plant materials and their combinations at 30% and 10% co
which suggests that clotting was too long to detect. However at 50% concentration, the combinations o
showed 99.8sec and CBMBRG showed 16.7sec. With 1.7sec difference to the standard coagulation ti
50% concentration can initiate clotting cascades and therefore be an effective as first aid treatment to
can have the potential role in the treatment of dengue hemorrhagic fever and management of other co

PS009
IMPATIENS BALSAMINA LEAF EXTRACT AS POTENTIAL FUNGICIDE AGAINST FUSARIUM OX
TROPICAL RACE 4 CAUSING FUSARIUM WILT OF BANANA
Judel Jay Angelia Tabsing
Panabo National High School, Panabo City, PHILIPPINES

Use of commercial fungicides in controlling the growth of fungal pathogens can harm other living things
fungicides are needed. This study was conducted to test the potential of Impatiens balsamina (Kamant
oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical race 4 (Foc TR4) causing Fusarium wilt of banana. This study also
leaf extract with commercial treatment Benzalkonium chloride. A Complete Randomized Design was
T0- Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA), T1- 25% I. balsamina leaf extract solution, T2- 50% I. balsamina leaf
leaf extract solution and T4-Benzalkonium Chloride, with three replicates per treatment. The experimen
Technique was observed for seven days. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Tukeys test were used to
percent of inhibition and number of days before occurrence of Foc TR4. The results showed that I. bals
organic-based fungicide against the radial growth of Foc TR4. 25% and 50% concentrations significant
concentration of I. balsamina leaf extract yielded the most effective treatment. The study indicates that
promising organic-based fungicide because the results of the experiment demonstrated antifungal acti
Keywords: Impatiens balsamina, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, banana

Awards won at the 2013 ISEF

Fourth Award of $500 - Plant Sciences

AS302
EFFECT OF ASCORBIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION ON MULBERRY (MORUS ALBA L.) LEAVES
DMMMSU 346
Carla Diana Ancheta Guiner, Marizol Marie Bautista, Fatima Jane Clemente
Bacnotan National High School, Bacnotan, La Union, PHILIPPINES

Sericulture industry is designed for countryside development offering subsidiary occupation to the rura
the local workforce. Its success as a livelihood project depends on the nutrition of silkworm and other h
sufficient quality mulberry leaves should be supplied to meet the normal development of the organism.
used as test specimen. Bioassay of silkworm was conducted after thoroughly disinfecting the rearing h
2% formalin solutions. They were fed with the desired leaf age and preparation at three normal feeding
except at night (8 p.m.) when ascorbic acid enriched mulberry leaves were administered as required
and 3% ascorbic acid solution). Improvements were observed in the larval parameter, single cocoon w
filament length at all concentrations of the ascorbic acid (AA) solutions. Maximum increase was observ
(4.97 g), single cocoon yield (0.13 g), raw silk thread % (4.94%), and filament size (0.10 denier). No ef
weight. The silk filament length showed concentration dependent effect with an increase of 59.79 m at
silkworm rearing is an option to sericulture farmers who could not produce quality mulberry leaves for t

CS013
REAVIS (REVOLUTIONARY ANTIVIRUS) A PERSONAL COMPUTER SYSTEM ULTIMATE VIRU
Abien Fred Maranan Agarap
Nabuslot National High School, Pinamalayan, PHILIPPINES

REAVIS is a computer program designed to prevent computer system infections, and improve comput
defense protection system that operates simultaneously, different from that of commercial programs. H
revolutionary impact in the global computer security. REAVIS was developed using AutoIt compiler pro
commercial programs in uninfected and infected computers both installed with the trial version of Wind
used to test if the antivirus can block malicious sites in such condition. The first wall, Malicious Site Blo
command in blocking confirmed malicious sites in the watchlist of Microsoft and other trusted sources.
exhibit errors. It enabled REAVIS to effectively block all malicious sites in this study including the top 1
wall, Malicious Process Blocking, subdivided into two barriers. The first blocked malicious processes b
malicious processes; and the second blocked all executable files that included malware. This explains
malicious processes. The third wall, Autorun Virus Prevention, eradicated the systems Autorun virus ro
preventing malware infection. The fourth wall, Direct Malware Deletion, removed the malware root sou
complete a six-second computer scan, REAVIS consumed only 13% of the CPU resources. The four-w
proactive security management surpasses the existing antivirus programs.

CH018
ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF PD-NI NANOPARTICLES DISPERSED ON GRAPHENE ELEC
FROM GRAPHITE OF USED BATTERY
Emmanuel Joseph Macuha Magnaye
Taguig Science High School, Taguig, PHILIPPINES

Graphene is a promising electrode catalyst support for use in fuel cells because of its unique electrical
This study, as part of a bigger project of a university research group working on graphene, aimed to inv
characterization of nanostructured Pd and Pd-Ni electrocatalysts dispersed on graphene as potential a
cells. The graphene was exfoliated electrochemically from graphite rod of a used battery. Pd and Pd-N
graphene using borohydride-facilitated reduction. Scanning Electron Microscopy of graphene showed
graphene from graphite. Atomic Force Microscopy analysis revealed a rough morphology of graphene
protrusions could be attributed to the metallic particles Pd or Pd-Ni dispersed on graphene. Cyclic volta
supported catalysts demonstrated electrocatalytic activity towards ethanol oxidation. Pd-Ni/graphene s
oxidation than Pd/graphene catalyst (1.058 mA/cm2 versus 1.037 mA/cm2 peak current density and -0
This study showed that graphite rod from used battery is a good and inexpensive source of graphene.
exfoliates graphite into graphene. Pd-Ni on graphene support is an effective anode catalyst for the elec
promising anode material for use in direct ethanol fuel cell. Keywords: ethanol oxidation, direct ethano
electrocatalyst