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Personalized Medicine: Mutation Detection in Thyroid Carcinoma
(Yeshiva College, 2016-05)
Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy, with an
incidence that has been rising rapidly since the early 1990’s, and is the fastest
increasing cancer in both men and women1
. An estimated 64,300 cases are ...
FANCONI ANEMIA CARRIERS ARE AT INCREASED RISK FOR SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY LOSS
(Yeshiva College, 2017-01)
Fanconi Anemia (FA) is a genetic disorder caused by mutations in genes that function in the
DNA interstrand crosslink repair pathway. Deficiency of FANC genes results in an impaired
ability to repair DNA damage and an ...
Unjustified, (Ir)rational, Ideological Belief: Why the Etiological Challenge Reveals That No one Justifiably Holds Ideological Beliefs, (and Why They Should Remain Dogmatically Committed to those Beliefs Anyway.)
(Yeshiva College, 2016-10)
This honors thesis focuses on the “etiological challenge” in epistemology. Roughly, that
challenge says: “A person cannot justifiably hold ideological beliefs given the contingency of these
beliefs on irrelevant or biasing ...
The Theory of Efficient Breach: Contrasting Halachic and Secular Perspectives
(Yeshiva College, 2011-05)
The theory of 'efficient breach' permits, and even encourages, contractual breach
that advances economic efficiency. It rejects the notion that breach is a moral failure, and
advocates contractual breach that moves goods ...
Paradigms of Change in Orthodox Thought
(Yeshiva College, 2010-05)
The analysis of halakha (Jewish Law) in a historical and academic setting is often
perceived as a challenge to Orthodox Judaism. This challenge arises as historians study the rich
and varied history of halakha, they ...
Quantification of Breast Cancer Stem Cells from Fine Needle Aspirates and Correlation with Metastatic Risk
(Yeshiva College, 2015-01)
Why do cancers relapse? For decades, scientific thinking saw relapse solely
as an extension of drug resistance. Cancer is, fundamentally, a disease of
uncontrolled cell growth—a characteristic that also imparts cance ...
Investigating the Roles of SMAD4 and TGF-α in Promoting Metaplasia and Pancreatitis
(Yeshiva College, 2016-01)
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common neoplasm of the
pancreas. Despite its low frequency of 6-12 people per 100,000 per year, it is the fourth leading
cause of cancer death in the United States. ...
Developing a Molecular Diagnostic Technology to Detect Gene Fusions in Lung Cancer
(Yeshiva College, 2016-05)
Lung cancer is the second most occurring cancer in the United States, behind
breast cancer, but it is by far the leading cause of death out of all types of cancer. As lung
cancer develops quickly, early detection is ...
Masculinity and Power in Romantic Relationships
(Yeshiva College, 2010-05)
This study explores the connection between masculinity and power for men and women in
romantic relationships. 54 men and 68 women from Yeshiva University filled out surveys
with masculinity and power measures taken from ...
Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts using Supervised Machine Learning
(Yeshiva College, 2013-05)
One of the major concerns in contemporary Bible scholarship is the problem of dating biblical texts. Our aim is to use an
algorithmic approach known as supervised machine learning to utilize linguistic features of a ...