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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 ...
Eigenvalues, Adjoints, and Conjugates of Set-Valued Sublinear Functions
(Yeshiva College, 2013-05)
When one thinks about a mathematical function, one often conjures up a picture of
its graph. For example, one usually identifies the function f(x) = x
2 with a graph of
a parabola. In the field of mathematical analysis, ...
HYDROXYAPATITE GROWTH REGULATION BY OSTEOPONTIN HEXAPEPTIDES: A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH
(Yeshiva College, 2013-01)
Hard tissue gives the body its shape and structure and literally provides its
backbone. Mineralized tissue, including bone and tooth enamel, is composed of minerals
whose hardness and brittleness can be attributed to its ...
Palladium-Catalyzed Aryl Fluorination
(Yeshiva College, 2013-05)
Fluorinated compounds have an extensive role in modern chemical applications. An
estimated 20% of all pharmaceuticals and 30% of synthetic agrochemicals contain at least one
fluorine atom. Furthermore, radioactive ...
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 ...
Nanoscale Dielectrics
(Yeshiva College, 2013-05)
The concept of a dielectric constant is ill-posed in systems
at the nanoscale because the classical definition of a dielectric
requires the presence of a very large number of elemental dipole
particles. Here we asses ...
Political Presence: Using the Self-Expansion Model as an Accurate Predictor of Candidate Preference in Close Presidential Elections Throughout Modern American History
(Yeshiva College, 2013-05)
This thesis argues that the Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale reliably predicts
candidate preference. This scale has so far only been utilized psychologically in the
context of close interpersonal relationships, but ...
Women’s Ordination and Institutional Decision Making: A Qualitative Content Analysis of the Ordination of Women as Rabbis at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
(Yeshiva College, 2013-01)
The entry of women into the rabbinate is one of the most significant changes in
contemporary Conservative Judaism and was debated throughout the 1970s and 1980s. The
Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), the ...