Browsing Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Student Theses by Title
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Acrylic Painting Techniques: A Series of Nature Themed Acrylic Paintings.
(New York, NY: Yeshiva College. Yeshiva University., 2020-05)Acrylic paint is an extremely versatile medium allowing for numerous creative techniques. The goal of this thesis was to explore these techniques. Research was conducted through the library and internet sources, along with ... -
The Adventures of Rabbah bar bar Hannah as a Polemic Against Babylonian Jewry
(2021-05)In the Babylonian Talmud (Bava Batra 73a1) there is a legal discussion pertaining to the buying and selling of ships. Amidst this deliberation, the Talmud veers off course, as it is wont to do, and introduces the reader ... -
Analysis of Modern Computing Threats: Injection and Server Side Request Forgery
(Yeshiva University, 2022-09)In the modern world, digital computing and the Internet define the way we live our lives. Banking, commerce, transit, and even most jobs rely on various computing systems. Due to the importance of these systems, it is ... -
An Analysis of the Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Trump Support . / Avi Hirsch.
(New York, NY: Yeshiva College. Yeshiva University., 2020-06)Presidential elections have always given us opportunities to derive insights into the partisan opinions of the population of the US. When citizens vote for a president, a robust dataset of percounty votes is generated ... -
An Analysis of the Measure of [A]l in Geometric Probability
(Yeshiva College, 2010)One familiar concept from geometry is that of flat spaces such as lines and planes. By analogy, we can consider higher-dimensional analogues, as well as the 0-dimensional equivalent, which is easily shown to be a point.1 ... -
Awareness and Performance of Testicular Self- Examinations: An Analysis of Religious, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Barriers to Cancer Screenings in a Faith- Based Community.
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“Aye be whaur extremes meet”: The Contradictory Dimensions of Hugh MacDiarmid’s A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle
(Yeshiva College, 2016-05)“Aye be whaur/Extremes meet,” Hugh MacDiarmid’s Drunk Man declared in his seminal poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle.1 “[I]t’s the only way I ken/To dodge the curst conceit o’ bein’ richt/That damns the vast majority ... -
Between Roman History and the Apocalypse: A Historiographical Study of the Number of the Beast of Revelation 13:18
(Yeshiva College, 2014-05)Perhaps no part of the New Testament has been as completely assimilated into contemporary imagination as the number 666. The Number has been used to varied effect in religion, politics, and media. However, the imagined ... -
Beyond Words: On Jeremiah's Subversive Use of Deuteronomic Idioms
(Yeshiva College, 2011-05)Biblical scholarship has, to date, noted the close resemblance between the language of the Book of Jeremiah and that of the Book of Deuteronomy. In reacting to these linguistic commonalities, several theories have been ... -
Caillebotte and Haussmann: Art as Commentary on the Modern Built Environment
(Yeshiva University, 2022-05)A comparison of French impressionist artists and their works. -
Calcium-independent Phospholipase A2β is Vital in Neurons and Possibly Other Tissues to Inhibit Age-Related Motor Degeneration.
(NY: Yeshiva College. Yeshiva University., 2019-09)By 2020, nearly one million Americans will be living with Parkinson’s disease (PD), and nearly ten million worldwide. This number outstrips every other age-related neurodegenerative disease save for Alzheimer disease (AD). ... -
Catalysis to React Carboxylic Acids with Isonitriles under Mild Conditions
(Yeshiva College, 2013-09)Previous research has shown that isonitriles and carboxylates react in a simple two-component coupling (2cc) reaction to form homogenous N-linked glycoproteins via 1,3 O N acyl transfer. However, activating the ... -
Cellular Aging: A Mitochondrial Approach to Oxidative and Glucocorticoid Stress.
(NY: Yeshiva College. Yeshiva University., 2019-05)cancer, arthritis, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. To meet Aging is a universal process that drives a vast number of pathologies including Alzheimer’s, cancer, arthritis, osteoporosis, ... -
Christ-figures, Religious Imagery, and the Critique of Religious Institutions in Film.
(NY: Yeshiva College. Yeshiva University., 2019-05)This thesis incorporates a multi-faceted approach to film interpretation, combining close readings of scenes and shots with thematic and allegorical readings of narratives and characters. In addition to expounding each ... -
Commutative Subgroup Pairs of B n with Applications for Cryptography.
(2020-05)Cryptography is the science of writing and deciphering code. In the last few years Cyber-Cryptography, or the science of writing and deciphering digital code has become central in our society. Many methods of Cyber-Cryptography ... -
Comprehensive Analysis of Mutations in the Skeletal Muscle Ryanodine Receptor (RyR1).
(Yeshiva College. Yeshiva University., 2018-05)General Abstract ---------------------- Patients born with mutations in the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor (RyR1) suffer from muscular dysfunction associated with significant morbidity. Previous research has elucidated ... -
Computational Study of Interstrand Carbonyl Coupling in AntiParallel Beta-Sheets
(Yeshiva College, 2010-05)Proteins are composed of chains of interlinking peptides, and the backbone of each peptide consists of a carbon-oxygen double-bond (C=O), or a carbonyl group. When a protein is excited by infrared radiation at the ... -
Constitution or the Rule of Conscience? How the Psychology of Zionism Explains Israeli Law
(2021-05)Why doesn’t the State of Israel have a written constitution? This is a notable question because every single other democracy in the world has one, with only four exceptions. Moreover, Israel and its political leaders were ... -
Convergence of Fates.
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Copper Promoted Aromatic Acyloxylation: The Formation of Aryl Esters through the Cross Coupling of Aryl Halides Via Comproportionation of Copper II Reactants
(Yeshiva College, 2016-08)Previous research in Prof. Barrios-Landeros lab has shown that Cu (I) acetate complexes can successfully promote the cross coupling of aryl halides with carboxylates to make aryl esters. The reaction proceeds by a sequence ...
